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 I read Ben H. Winters’ Last Policeman trilogy (I said I’d find ways to talk about it), I checked out other things he’s written.  One book was Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.  I never read any of those mashups when they came out.  Even though Donna Bowman gave this one a glowing review, and even though Winters won my undying love, I don’t think I can read something so identifiable with a fad.  What books do you consider so much of their time that they can’t be separated from it?
 

One caveat:  because we’re here to use our words, this is a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone (the OTs are full of clutter, and I want to keep that out of this thread).

upcoming topics:
3/7:  Remember treasure hunt books?
3/14:  favorite review/critique/blurb