Happy New Year!
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 Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.
My first link is to another book by Amor Towles which appeared on multiple ‘Best of 2021’ lists – The Lincoln Highway. I’ve only read four books on the Best of 2021 list, including Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout.
I’m not usually one for reading series, but I have enjoyed Strout’s loosely linked stories, which began with My Name is Lucy Barton.
In 2018, I went to a special Melbourne Writers Festival book group event to discuss Lucy Barton. It was hosted by Sarah Krasnostein and Angela Savage. At the time, Angela had just finished her novel, Mother of Pearl.
Mother of Pearl drew on issues raised in the real-life surrogacy case of Baby Gammy. Another novel that drew on a real-life Australian story that made international headlines is The Truth About Her by Jacqueline Maley (it’s based on the crimes of Belle Gibson).
The Truth About Her was what I class as ‘light suspense’. I’m difficult to please when it comes to suspense, but one of the more memorable ones that I’ve read is Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson.
Where will other chains go? Link up below or post your link in the comments section.
Next month (February 5, 2022), we’ll start with a book that topped Best of 2021 lists, No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.
