Welcome to this month's edition of Six Degrees of Separation, which is a monthly meme hosted by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best. The idea is to start with a specific book and make a series of links from one book to the next using whatever link you can find and see where you end up after six links. I am also linking this post up with The Sunday Salon, hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.
This month's starting point is Western Lane by Chetna Maroo, which is a novella that has been nominated for the Booker prize.
For my first link I am going to be a bit obvious and go with the opposite direction to West and choose East of Eden by John Steinbeck! East of Eden was a book that I read thanks to the Oprah Book Club back in the day.
Another book I read through that was One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia. I recently heard that that Netflix are making a series from this book.
Another book that recently got the Netflix treatment was All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I haven't started watching it yet, but we will. After all, reading this book inspired us to stay in St. Malo when we were in France earlier this year.
A place I would love to visit in France after reading about it in a book is Carcasonne. A book that is set there is Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Another author named Kate is Kate Atkinson and I have chosen to use her book Started Early, Took the Dog for the purposes of this exercise.
Keeping with the dog theme, my final selection is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The starting point for next month is Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
Where did your chain take you this month?
Another interesting list. There were a couple I'd heard of this time, which isn't always the case.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Mark!
DeleteSome good ones here! I didn't know they might be making a TV series of 100 Years...
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when I heard about it too Davida!
DeleteI have Western Lake here, ready for Novellas in November, but I'm not sure that I want to read it. It's about squash, and I'm not really sure what that sport is all about!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this fun walk through books.
Hitting a ball against walls is the simplest summary I can come up with Deb!
DeleteThat was fun. I'm looking forward to the Netflix series of All the Light We Cannot See. I enjoyed To Say Nothing of the Dog so it was a thrill to see that one at the end of your chain.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy the paths fellow readers take us on these six degrees of separation, but I am also glad to know of the novella with with you began as I am looking for some for Novellas in November. Bellezza
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the series on Netflix All the Light We Cannot See. Great list!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great list. It it ok to admit I haven't read All the Light We Cannot See :o
ReplyDeleteI confess to not having read any of these books! Carcassonne is beautiful and we plan on going back in 2025 if all goes well :)
ReplyDeleteHeard of the first three on your list though yet to read them.. (hopefully before watching the Netflix series for the ones that have them).. the others are new to me ..
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I've read several of these and my favorite is the Kate Atkinson. I prefer her mysteries to her other books. I don't have Netflix but have heard good things about the adaptation of All The Light, so maybe can get my sister to watch with me over Thanksgiving. Here is my Six Degrees:
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