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 Sandwich by Catherine Newman.
I thought I would do things a little bit differently this month. Whereas normally this is an exercise in word and thought association. This time, I am going to make....a sandwich
When you are making a sandwich you need to start with bread. In this case, I am choosing a collection of short stories called Bread and Chocolate by Philippa Gregory. I had completely forgotten about this book until I recently revisited the first few book reviews I ever wrote and this was one of them.
Next, I am going to add Butter by Asako Yuzuki
I then need to decide what protein. Will it be ham, or turkey or something else. Maybe chicken, using the book Mr Chicken Goes to Paris by Leigh Hobbs. I read this book many years ago to my nephews when we were visiting the State Library and I have never forgotten it.
Next up tomatoes. I am choosing Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, although I probably wouldn't normally fry them!
The next filling was a little trickier. In the end I have chosen a book about Lettice Knollys, cousin and rival to Queen Elizabeth I. I first read about her in high school in a book called My Enemy, the Queen by Victoria Holt, which is a pseudonym of the prolific author Jean Plaidy.
The final link was even trickier. If I was making a chicken, lettuce and tomato sandwich I would want to add mayonaisse, but there aren't many books where this fits. I am therefore choose a book that was co-written by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Mayer/mayo is close right?) called Agnes and the Hitman.
So there you have it, my chicken, lettuce and tomato sandwich!
Next month, which will also be next year (!!!) the starting point is Orbital by Samantha Harvey, which is a new book to me.
I love this - what a great idea! I particularly like the link to Lettice Knollys.
ReplyDeleteI was quite proud of that one. Just had to make sure I spelt her name correctly! lol
DeleteHa, fun way of meeting the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had fun putting it together.
DeleteOh... really nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Deletebrilliant :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWonderful! I really enjoyed walking through this.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy! It was a bit of fun to put together.
DeleteThat is so cool how you link the titles!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Tina
DeleteWhat a clever theme! I really enjoyed Sandwich by the way.
ReplyDeleteHave a great reading week.
Thanks for stopping by Shelleyrae
DeleteYou are brilliant! I had fun reading this.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that but I did have a bit of fun putting it together!
DeleteOh so so cool. I had a good laugh with the Lettice/Lettuce connection!!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I was pretty happy with that one!
Deletesuch a fun #6degrees!!! am inspired by it now.. especially the lettuce connection :) My post is here
ReplyDeletefor some reason, the link didn't update - https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/whats-in-a-name-how-to-remember-names-and-more/#A_Sandwich_of_Names
DeleteI was pretty happy with that link myself!
DeleteVery clever! And you've reminded me of Victoria Holt. I went through a lot of her books back in my late adolescence, but I haven't thought about her in a long time.
ReplyDeleteI binged a lot of Jean Plaidy books in high school!
DeleteOh I love trying different approaches to doing this meme and making a sandwich is fun, even if Lettice and Mayer are cheeky in the extreme! I have read the Fannie Flagg book. Don't you think frying green tomatoes might be the best option? Or would you prefer to stew them. I'd like to read Butter.
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe a little bit cheeky!
DeleteTo be honest, I would pick red tomatoes everytime!