I graduated from Senn High School in 1980. Located on Chicago’s North Side, Senn is a fairly typical inner-city public high school, except for the fact that a lot of famous and semi-famous people graduated from there. Today let’s meet … Continue reading The 1/30 Day Thread Salutes Senn High Alum Herblock
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Adapts to Circumstances
On December 10, 1878. Osbourn Dorsey, a sixteen-year-old Black resident of Washington, DC, filed a patent for the doorknob and doorstop. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot that is known about this young genius, but here’s an article detailing what research … Continue reading The 1/19 Day Thread Hails the Doorknob
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Does a Time Check
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Taps into Spine Poems
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading Book Nook: Best Books You Read in 2023
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine as … Continue reading The Book Nook Presents: Presents
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. The Pits: Best in … Continue reading Now is the Winter of the Book Nook’s Discontent, or Content, Whatever the Case May Be
Time to vote for the best books of 2023! My apologies that this is going up late, I have been trapped under a pile of Dan Brown novels for a couple of days due to a terrible library book sale … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Books 2023
I graduated from Senn High School in 1980. Located on Chicago’s North Side, Senn is a fairly typical inner-city public high school, except for the fact that a lot of famous and semi-famous people graduated from there. Today let’s meet … Continue reading 12/14 Day Thread Salutes Senn HS Alum Barbara Harris
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Has a Degree in Anthology
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Loves Public Libraries
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Hits the Road
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Has the Attitude of Gratitude
I graduated from Senn High School in 1980. Located on Chicago’s North Side, Senn is a fairly typical inner-city public high school, except for the fact that a lot of famous and semi-famous people graduated from there. Today we salute … Continue reading 11/16 Day Thread Salutes Senn HS Alum William Friedkin
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Gets Political
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Is SO Dramatic
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Finds Religion
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The BOOk Nook (10/25)
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Feels En-Titled
Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism. Posting pictures is fine … Continue reading The Book Nook Overlooks (Oct. 11)
