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:  gateways to the classics.  Which books inspired you to dig into something in the canon?  Did a discussion, a class, a person inspire you to read a classic?
(hat tip to Malice Aforethought)

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. Images related to a post are fine, though.

upcoming topics:
12/23: giving and receiving books as gifts
12/30: highs and lows of 2020
1/6:  ring in the new for 2021
1/13:  mash-ups and mixed elements

Book Nook posts every Wednesday at 8:15 AM Eastern.