It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.
This month we begin with Lucy Treloar’s Wolfe Island. I picked this as the starter book because I thought it might make the Stella Prize longlist. It didn’t, but The Weekend by Charlotte Wood did.
I read two outstanding books at the end of last year that I did not write reviews for (I will) – The Weekend and Heimat by Nora Krug.
Heimat is a graphic memoir – I have very few graphic novels on my shelf and even fewer graphic memoirs. In fact, I have only one other – Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart.
I haven’t read all of Rosalie Lightning yet because it is just so sad (note that it is about the death of the author’s child). Plus, in terms of grief-lit, I think I’m still recovering from The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs.
Some people think I read too much grief-lit. Perhaps, but I’m fascinated by the uniqueness of every grief experience. Caitlin Doughty’s From Here to Eternity examines the death rituals unique to different cultures.
My final link is on name alone – the James Jones classic, From Here to Eternity – I haven’t read it but have seen bits of the movie!
Where will other chains go? Link up below or post your link in the comments section.
Next month (April 4, 2020), we’ll begin with Anna Funder’s ‘classic on tyranny and resistance’ – Stasiland.
I’ve never read From Here to Eternity (the last one), despite having seen the film several times. I think I’d forgotten there was a book…
It was a film adaptation that led me to only graphic memoir I’ve ever read – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which I thought was excellent, I don’t know why I’ve never picked up another one. I’ll await your review of Heimat with interest!
I’d never really thought about graphic memoirs as a genre until Heimat. The odd thing was that I assumed it would be a quick read – it wasn’t because I was reading in such a different way.
Fun to spot two books I’ve read here — the death ones, of course 😉 I love a good graphic memoir as well. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast are two of my favourites. Funnily enough, they both have a death theme, too. I bet you’d also enjoy Let Me Be Frank by Sarah Laing (a New Zealander).
I’ve got my Six Degrees all queued up for Monday 🙂 And I’ve been reading Stasiland off and on recently — how’s that for a coincidence?
I ought to read Fun Home given that I’m seeing the musical later this year!
Awesome!
👏 It’s like you’re picking the books just for me! Stasiland has just been waiting for a push.
Here’s mine for this round:
https://theresasmithwrites.com/2020/03/07/6degrees-of-separation-in-honour-of-international-womens-day/
If you have any suggestions for a starting book please let me know!
I have been thinking about this…
Interesting choices. I am only familiar with From Here to Eternity which us a great books and a good movie.
Interesting linkages for this month. Mine is going to go up tomorrow!
Here’s mine, with an IWD flavour: https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to/
I went with the same theme!
yay for IWD!
It was remiss of me not to set that as a theme this month!
LOL you can count on your bolshie feminist friends to do it anyway, any chance they get!
I have only read The weekend, of yours, and greatly look forward to your review. Mine this month was short and sweet – I like to mix it up a bit – but it went out with last week’s title, darn it. Anyhow, here it is: https://whisperinggums.com/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-fleishman-is-in-trouble-to-2/
Oh, and I’ve already mapped out my Stasiland one over breakfast in bed this morning. Love that choice.
Funny how some come very easily and others take more thinking!
Well, that was a fantastic chain! I so love this monthly meme! https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/03/07/6degrees-of-separation-for-march-7-2020/
I haven’t read any of these book – or even one graphic novel, or memoir. I think I’m missing out.
Here’s my chain, which is a circle this month – https://booksplease.org/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to-blue-lightning/
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I do like the sound of From Here to Eternity – Doughty’s rather than Hemingway’s. I went to an exhibition may years ago which focussed on the Mexican Day of the Dead and found it fascinating.
Who can resist a lovely clip from the iconic FHtE?! I think I may have tried to read the book in the past, but could not get in to it. Your starting point felt like a toughie this month, but always good to have a challenge! 🙂 https://leapinglife.com/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to-the-passion/
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amazing that you’ve read two books with the exact same title. I don’t think I have ever done that.
I have read a lot of graphic “novels” biographies, I usually find them excellent.
My post is https://wordsandpeace.com/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-a-wolf-to-tales/
I’ve read Doughtery’s first book, but not this one. To be honest I’m not up to grief lit at the moment, reality is just a little too depressing right now. My chain takes you island hopping at http://bookdout.wordpress.com
Interesting topics for the links, as always. My chain ended up going in a completely different direction than I thought it would when I first saw which book you picked as the starting point.
Great links, as usual! I haven’t read any of those books but I would like to read more graphic memoirs. Here’s my chain for this month:
https://shereadsnovels.com/2020/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to-daphne-du-maurier-and-her-sisters/
And here’s my entry for this month: https://www.notesinthemargin.org/2020/03/07/6-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to-me/
I’ll look out for your review of Heimat. It’s on my wishlist.
Here’s my chain https://thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe-island-to-the-mirror-and-the-light/
I’m off to read everyone else’s now.
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Another book I was not familiar with (and which may be a little too close to reality for comfort at the present moment in time), but it does sound interesting!
I hadn’t heard of Wolfe Island but boy does it sound interesting. I tried to do a IWD theme too for my chain but failed on the fifth book in the chain….
A little late due to lots of homework this weekend!
https://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2020/03/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wolfe.html
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