Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  Are there books where it’s essential to know a particular culture or … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  Are there writers whose output you’ll read, no matter what?  Bad reviews, … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  innovators.  Which writers or books transformed the possibilities of fiction or non-fiction?  … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  world literature.  In an effort to incorporate more diversity, we’re going back … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  better read at a different age.  Are there books you read as … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  celebrities who write.  I was thinking of trying one of David Duchovny’s … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  waiting is the hardest part.  Are you still waiting for George R.R. … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  when good gimmicks go bad.  It’s happened to all of us – … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  In honor of the world’s worst holiday, what are some of your … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  books you read in middle or high school.  What were the reading … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  local favorites.  What are some of your favorite books about your own … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  audiobooks.  I can’t focus on audiobooks, and I envy folks who can … Continue reading The Book Nook

image credit: Lydia Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  translations.  A good translation can bring us phenomenal world … Continue reading The Book Nook

image hat tip to Hegel Exercises Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  exotic settings.  What books have familiar … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  world literature.  I don’t know how to start a discussion that isn’t … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  In honor of Valentine’s Day, what are some of your favorite books … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  books without romance.  There’s no room for lovers this week, as we … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  every time I base a discussion on events in America, I realize … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  inspired by today’s Presidential swearing-in ceremony in the US, what book would … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  mashups and mixed elements.  What are some of your favorite books that … Continue reading The Book Nook

Welcome to the Book Nook!  This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.  This week’s recommended discussion:  turn a fresh page, hello to 2021.  Now that we’re in our … Continue reading The Book Nook