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 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I recently saw the film and loved it. I’ve also seen another excellent film adaptation this year – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell.
Hamnet focuses on the death of a son, as does Yiyun Li’s memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow (both of Li’s sons died by suicide).
The same week I read Li’s memoir, I also read Miriam Toews’s memoir, A Truce That is Not Peace. Coincidentally, she quotes Li.
In A Truce That is Not Peace, Toews outlines her idea for a wind museum. She’s actually done a lot of thinking about it and I wondered if she will read Helm by Sarah Hall – Helm is the story of a wind. Another side note: the ‘wuther’ of Wuthering Heights is British dialect for a fierce wind.
All things weather made me think of The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn, a book about amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, who assigned poetic names to the clouds in 1802.
Howard’s naming of clouds became important to not just meteorology, but also in art, where the painting of sky and clouds were captured in the works of the Romantics. This links to one of my favourite books in my cloud-spotting collection (I have a bunch of books about clouds), Constable’s Skies by Mark Evans.
I went from film adaptations to weather – where will other chains go? Link up below or post your link in the comments section.
Next month (April 4, 2026), we’ll start with Virginia Evans’s epistolary novel, The Correspondent.
I’ve been thinking about your reference to the wind museum ever since reading your review of A Truce That is Not Peace earlier this week, such an intriguing idea. I loved the connections of wind and sky and weather in your chain!
https://rosereadsnovels.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte/
I love all your sneaky little internal links here Kate … well and entertainingly done. I am hopefully honing in on Toews!
Here is mine: https://whisperinggums.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wuthering-heights-to/
My post is up. https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte/
Yes, I also went the book to film route, but I took it the WHOLE way! https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/07/tcls-6degrees-of-separation-for-march-7-2026/
I love your weather filled chain.
A bit late in the day but I’ve been gadding about. Here it is:
https://anzlitlovers.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wuthering-heights/
BTW I know it’s not your side of town, but do try to get to the Clarice Beckett exhibition at the Bayside Gallery. I’ve been to two CB exhibitions, in Adelaide and in Geelong, but there are paintings in this exhibition that I’ve never seen before, including some with a much brighter palette than usual. See https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/ClariceBeckett
An excellent set of links! I’ve been having a Six Degrees sabbatical … but I missed it too much, so I’m back, here: https://margaret21.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-from-wuthering-heights-to-back-in-the-day/
Very nicely done! Here’s mine: https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/03/six-degrees-of-separation-wuthering-heights-to-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/
Classic novels on screen and one actress in particular inspired my chain this month!
https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/03/07/6degrees-of-separation-for-march-2026-from-wuthering-heights-to-bleak-house-booksky-%f0%9f%92%99%f0%9f%93%9a/
Nice chain! I’ve been resisting the movie of Hamnet as I wasn’t a massive fan of the book, but I do love Jessie Buckley
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Great idea to start with another book that has been adapted into a film recently. But since I haven’t seen either (though read both), I didn’t even think about it. I went with the Brontë sisters.
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/six-degrees-of-separation-wuthering.html
I never finished Hamnet because the library kept wanting it back and the movie looks lush but way too sad! I did like The Correspondent, however. Here is my chain: https://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/six-degrees-of-separation-from.html
Great chain, I’m going to check out the cloud books.
wow, these references to clouds sound fascinating
Someone told me I have last month’s link. Here is the correct link https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte/
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Like Davida, I went full throttle film adaptation. I almost managed a full thread of twisted romance. See if you can spot the odd one out https://thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/six-degrees-of-separation-march-2026/
One author quoting the other! Great link!
Gave it a go https://jhohadli.com/2026/03/07/im-back-baby-reading-journal-070326/
I started with the same first link but diverged after that!
Haven’t read any of the books in your chain except, for a change, this time – the starter one (though ages ago).. here is mine – https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/sowing-seeds-of-hope-trust-and-bookish-love/
Wuthering Heights is the only one I’ve read here, weather is such a good link; I really enjoyed this one, thank you!