Sunday, January 02, 2022

Six Degrees of Separation: From Rules of Civility to Venetia

Welcome to this month's edition of Six Degrees of Separation, which is a monthly meme hosted by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best.  The idea is to start with a specific book and make a series of links from one book to the next using whatever link you can find and see where you end up after six links.  I am also linking this post up with The Sunday Salon, hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz. 




The starting point for this month is Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. When this was announced as the starting point I boldly declared that my starting point would likely be a different author that I know I should have read but haven't. Except...it's not.





Instead, my starting point is Everyman's Rules for Scientific Thinking by Carrie Tiffany because...rules. 





My next choice is a different kind of science - cryptology - which is the science of making and breaking codes. The breaking of enemy codes during  WWII is central to The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, one of my favourite reads of 2021.



Having pondered on the words rules and codes, I found myself thinking of the words of Captain Barbarosa from The Pirates of the Carribean




And when you start thinking along the lines of pirates, this leads me to Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown, which I have been reading recently. This book features a lady pirate who is sailing the seas, intent on revenge against those who done her wrong.



Bear with me while I do a litte hop and a skip to get to my next link! I was thinking about lady pirates and the scene that came to mind was from that iconic, so bad it's good, early 1980's movie, The Pirate Movie. This was based on the musical The Pirates of Penzance, and Penzance is in Cornwall



Now there are a number of choices that could be made for books set in Cornwall. Daphne du Maurier for is an obvious choice for starters, but instead I am going to choose Ross Poldark by Winston Graham. This is the first book in the Poldark series which was adapted for TV a while ago.





My next choice is also a period drama TV adaptation - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Now I could share a book cover, but instead I bring you a gratuitous picture of Richard Armitage as Mr Thornton.




It's funny how often my direction changes while I am writing these posts. I start out mapping out the links nd then as I am writing the words around it, the choices change. Instead of going to a book with East in the title, I am instead going to choose Venetia by Georgette Heyer. Why, you ask? Because the abridged audiobook is one of my favourite audiobook experiences of all time. I have listened to it multiple times and still love it. And who is the narrator? Why it is Richard Armitage, which equals aural bliss!



Next month the starting point is No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. Heaven only knows where I will end up!


17 comments:

  1. I do love the Six Degrees of Separation of posts. The chains always have a mind of their own, don't they? I hope you have a great week!

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    1. They definitely do have a mind of their own!

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  2. I always find myself veering off in unexpected directions when I do these posts. Happy New Year. My yearly wrap on through my Sunday Salon posts

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  3. It's so much fun to see where the Six Degrees of Separation will take you each time! It's the perfect combination of serendipity and logic.

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    1. With just a little glimpse into how my brain works as a bonus right Deb?

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  4. That was fun! I especially enjoyed the Captain Barbarosa addition.

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    1. I am glad you did. If nothing else I knew that I had entertained myself! lol

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  5. Hi there Marg! I loved The Rose Code and still need to get to Poldark. Aaah North and South! I need to read that again when I eventually pack out my books after all the renovations.

    Happy New Year Marg! Hope you will have a wonderful year with some great reads and fun recipes.

    Elza Reads

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  6. I loved Rules of Civility, a good reminder to re-read it. The Rose Code was another fine read. Happy New Year!

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  7. Great chain. I love the way you got from The Rose Code to pirates! I enjoyed Ross Poldark and North and South.

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  8. Great links - I've not read any of these books, but I have of course *seen* Poldark - earlier and more recent adaptations - so I enjoyed the photo!

    I've never read any Georgette Heyer, though my best friend at school read nothing but. Maybe I'd enjoy her more than I think?

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