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 Wintering by Katherine May. May was prompted to write the book after a trip to Iceland.
On the basis of place, my next link is to Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites.
Iceland’s ‘neighbour’ is the Faroe Islands, the setting for Linn Ullmann’s novel, Unquiet.
The main character in Unquiet is a novelist, as is one of the main characters in The Echo Chamber by John Boyne.
The Echo Chamber explores the pitfalls of social media and ‘cancel culture’. Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed uses real-life examples to do the same.
Jon Ronson often gets confused with, or compared to, Louis Theroux. Actually, Louis refers to Jon in his most recent memoir, Theroux the Keyhole.
Theroux’s memoir documents his experience during COVID restrictions. It’s the first book I’ve read dealing directly with this topic, however the first one I acquired is still in the TBR stack – Alone Together by Jennifer Haupt.
I managed to create a complete loop this month, beginning with a book about solitude and finishing with the same. Where will other chains go? Link up below or post your link in the comments section.
Next month (August 6, 2022), we’ll start with winner of the 2022 Women’s Prize, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
Great first link Kate, and the only one We read. An aside, inspired by your Faroe Islands link. Have you watched Trom, a crime series set there. The scenery is to die for! Anyhow, here is my chain: https://whisperinggums.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to/
#Apologies, I’ll have to skip this month. First Nations Reading Week starts tomorrow and I’m #BusyBusyBusy!
Fascinating… and THANKS for next month’s starter novel, which I totally loved!
Oh, and here’s my chain! https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2022/07/02/tcls-6degrees-of-separation-for-july-2-2022/
I’ve only read one of your books, but I did listen to a podcast featuring both Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux so perhaps that counts? Here’s my chain: https://residentjudge.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to/
Great chain – and from it, I’ve only read Burial Rites, which wasn’t for me. Here’s mine:https://margaret21.com/2022/06/30/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-harvest/
A chain full of books I haven’t read, although I have read the follow up to Burial Rites – The Good People, which I loved, so I suspect I’d love Burial Rites too. I fancy reading Louis Theroux’s book too.
Here’s my chain – https://booksplease.org/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-death-of-a-red-heroine/
I love both The Good People and Burial Rites, Margaret. Kent is an exceptional writer. I’d say that Burial Rites is bleaker than The Good People, but equally compelling.
I have not read any of your books this time but here is my post, the last one before I leave London, a d return to the US after a month of study:
https://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2022/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from.html
Great chain. I especially liked your geographical leap and the Jon Ronson/Louis Theroux link.
My post https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/6degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-on-the-beach/
What an interesting chain you created. So imaginative. I ended up doing words in titles. My Six Degrees of Separation took me around the world from Iceland to Italy, Greece, the USA, Argentina, Turkey and ended in China with Red Sorghum by Yan Mo.
From your list, I only read a book by John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” ). But they all sound highly interesting. Thanks for doing this.
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I loved the Boyne, May and Ronson. I, too, have had Alone Together sitting in the TBR (on my Kindle in this case) for ages!
By some strange coincidence, I copied in a link into the Mister Linky page to Sarah Moss’ memoir of her time in Iceland by mistake, not knowing there actually was a connection! I’ve added the correct link now, although I can’t delete the mistaken one.
That’s a great chain and for once I’ve read two of your books – Burial Rites and The Echo Chamber. I enjoyed both! Here’s my chain for this month:
https://shereadsnovels.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-the-strangers-in-the-house/
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What an interesting chain with all new to me books, but I’m seeing ones that will go onto the TBR, including Unquiet.
I didn’t realise that The Book of Form and Emptiness had won the women’s prize but am glad to hear it because I did enjoy it and it had me thinking long after I finished reading.
Here’s my chain: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-north-and-south/
Great chain, especially enjoyed wintering, which is actually feeling pretty apt for this Irish ‘summer’. Here’s mine https://www.bookshelfdiscovery.com/blog/six-degrees-of-separation-july
Nice loop!
I managed to end in Paris!: https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-tasting-paris/
I’ve tried Burial Rites twice but given it up both times – i think it was because I had it as an audio version and I was getting lost with the names. Probably works better as a print version
Great job! I only recently heard of the Faroe Islands! https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/six-degrees-of-separation-wintering-by-katherine-may/
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I’ve just added Unquiet to my Bookshop.org wish list. Your brief overview was enough to hook me in!
I loved Burial Rites, have the Jon Ronson waiting on my Kindle and will eventually get Theroux the Keyhole (although his previous memoir didn’t really do it for me, leaving me thinking he might be better at the telly than the book writing).
I went with escape as my prevailing theme https://thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2022/07/03/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock/.
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I haven’t read any of the books in your chain this month, although I have other books by Hannah Kent and Louis Theroux on my bookshelf.
Here’s my, albeit a couple of days late: https://www.melindatognini.com.au/6-degrees-of-separation-from-wintering-to-homecoming/
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I am tempted by the Theroux book. I laughed at the John Boyne book but it felt a bit too farcical for my taste. And I really want to read Wintering now. My chain is very late this month (see link).
I think I put Burial Rites on my TBR when it was a Six Degrees earlier and it certainly gets rave reviews so I have put it on reserve at the library.