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 a travel guide. I selected Lonely Planet’s The Joy of Wild Swimming.
You can’t swim without water, so that leads me to Water by John Boyne.
I had hoped to get to Water during Reading Ireland Month but didn’t (will save it for Novella November). I did read The Bee Sting by Paul Murray though.
Paul Murray will be appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival this year. I am absolutely devo that I’m missing the Festival (away the whole week). It means that I’m also missing Leslie Jamison speaking about her new memoir, Splinters.
Jamison examines her own marriage, and that of her parents. Kate Legge does something similar in Infidelity and Other Affairs.
When I think of stories about affairs, I think The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon.
Final link is based on names – The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt by Tracy Farr (I’ve had this book in my TBR stack for years!).
Where will other chains go? Link up below or post your link in the comments section.
Next month (May 4, 2024), we’ll start with a novel longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize – The Anniversary by Stephanie Bishop.
