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 we are starting with Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. I feel like I could have gone in a lake direction and pretty much have done the whole chain based on that theme, but in the end I took a different direction.
I decided to use another book by Ann Patchett as my first link and I have chosen The Dutch House.
Recently I bought a book that has easily identifiable Dutch houses on the cover - Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Blugt. I am looking forward to reading this at some point. When I do read it, it will count towards the Books in Translation challenge as it is written by a Dutch author..
I went looking for a book with the word blue in it, and found The Lady in Blue by Javier Sierra. This is another book in translation, this time by a Spanish author.
If you were ever to ask me to name a Spanish author, then the first one that would come to mind would be Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I loved his book The Shadow of the Wind so much!
Another wind named book that I absolutely loved was The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
Patrick Rothfuss is a somewhat famous, or maybe infamous, for being a bit grumpy when people ask when are we ever going to see the next book in the Kingkiller Chronicle series. Another author who is the same is George R R Martin, so I am finishing with A Game of Thrones.
Next month the starting point is a bit different. Kate's instructions are to "look to your bookshelf – do you see a Lonely Planet title there? Or an Eyewitness Travel title? Or any other travel guide? That’s your starting book." I don't think that my starting point will be a surprise to anyone who knows me at all!
I bought Tom Lake ages ago but I still haven't read it. The TBR pile is ever growing...
ReplyDeleteMine too Sherry!
DeleteInteresting chain here. People tell me that Patchett's Dutch House is her best, but I don't know... Maybe I'll read one of her books some day.
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple but neither of these!
DeleteHmm, that starting point for next month would be impossible for me; I don't own any travel guides! I'd have to go creative and pick a vaguely related fantasy book (I guess Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands would work). It's a fun game though!
ReplyDeleteThe good thing about this meme is you can twist it however you like Nicky!
DeleteI love your link from The Dutch House to Midnight Blue! I enjoyed both of those books.
ReplyDeleteI have Midnight Blue on my list of books to read soon.
DeleteI quit reading A Game of Thrones because I'm not convinced the series will ever be finished. I want to read The Name of the Wind, but I don't have the motivation for that currently. :)
ReplyDeleteI am not sure either of those series will have the final books published AJ!
DeleteThat was a fun Six Degrees. I haven't read any of these but I might read Game of Thrones.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun Yvonne
DeleteThat cover on the Midnight Blue book is beautiful. I like your choices this month, and I look forward to seeing where your bookshelf takes you (I'm pretty sure I know) next month.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure you could get it in one Deb!
DeleteMidnight Blue has such a pretty cover. Fun prompt! Have a lovely week!
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely cover and it sounds very good too!
DeleteSome very familiar titles in your Six Degrees post this time around. :-) I keep telling myself I will start participating again. It's always such fun to see where each book takes me.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many possible variations!!
DeleteI have enjoyed all of Ann Patchett's books but Tom Lake is my favorite!
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