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.
The starting point this month is Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. I have read one Sally Rooney book but I am not sure if I will give this one a go or not. If I do, it will be on audio so that the lack of punctuation doesn't bother me.
Rather than go with another Sally Rooney book, I decided to take a different route. Intermezzo is a musical term. I am therefore choosing A Good American by Alex George because of the musical notes on the cover.
In my review of that book I mentioned jazz, which is music I associate with New Orleans. How to Mend a Broken Heart by Rachael Johns is set in New Orleans.
When I did a post about this book, I shared some photos of our time in New Orleans. We visited a couple of houses that author Sara Donati visited as part of her research into her book Queen of Swords.
Another place that I have visited after reading about it is St Malo which I read about in Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See.
From there we go from something we cannot see to something we apparently can see in Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters.
And for the last link, a cat features on the cover of Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai.
Where did your chain take you this month?
Next month, the starting point is Sandwich by Catherine Newman.
Oh, nicely done! I'd like to visit St Malo some day.
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed St Malo, walking around the walls and out into the beach.
DeleteAn excellent chain, from which I only know the Doerr. More to discover here, I think!
ReplyDeleteIsn't there always more to discover Margaret!
DeleteFun chain! I love the two places that you visited after reading about them.
ReplyDeleteI love it when we get an opportunity to do this!
DeleteI enjoy how you went from not seeing to seeing and finally to cats. I love hearing about your travels via books and via real life transport, too. Thank you for sharing this fun chain.
ReplyDeleteI amused myself with the not seeing and seeing! lol
DeleteWell, I'm going to give Sally Rooney a go. Having never read any of her books, but they do sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteHopefully you will enjoy her books if you do read them
DeleteI did my 6 degrees post last night. Then today my Sunday Salon post, late. Here is that post. Just click on the HOME tab and scroll down and you'll fin the second.
ReplyDeleteMy Sunday Salon
I will check out both posts Anne!
DeleteI love the musical links - well done!
ReplyDeleteI was pretty happy with those I have to say!
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