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 and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea hosted at Boondock Ramblings.
This month the starting point is Ghost Cities by Siang Lu which was recently announced as the winnter of the 2025 Mile Franklin Literary Award here in Australia. I haven't read it, and I don't think I am likely too, but that doesn't mean that I can't make a chain from it!
A book I read earlier this year that featured a house that was haunted by ghosts was Lauren Westwood's The House of Light and Shadows. (my review)
I do love it when a house is almost a character in a book. In The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Briarwood House is a character in it's own right, telling part of the story. I listened to this book on audio recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The next book I listened to on audio was Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt which also featured an unusual character - a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus. I loved the voice of Marcellus in the audiobook so I am really pleased to hear that the same actor is going to be the voice in the upcoming movie version too!
There are remarkably few books with the word remarkably in the title (at least in my reading lists) but there is Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier which is about a woman who was a fossil collector.
Which leads me nicely to The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper.
Choosing the final book was actually a bit harder, as there were almost too many directions I could choose from but in the end I went with the surname of Cooper and chose A Brief History of Montmoray by Michelle Cooper
Next month, the starting point is Dominic Amerena’s novel about authors and publishing, I Want Everything.
Will you be joining us?
I really enjoyed the Montmoray series and shared the books with my sisters when I was done. The author is also a school story fan.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of Tracy Chevalier but could not get into that particular book when my book group read it. I will try again another time. There was someone who accidentally read the book about the octopus instead!
That's too funny! Remarkbly Bright Creatures was a good read so maybe they got the better end of the deal!
DeleteWeird timing. I just told my sister this evening what a good narrator it was that read the part of the octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures. And then you mention the same thing here! Love!
ReplyDeleteThat is a coincidence!
DeleteI enjoyed both Remarkable Creatures, as well as Remarkably Bright Creatures, as well as one book - not this one - by Kate Quinn. Which makes me think I would enjoy your other choices in this imaginatively constructed chain.
ReplyDeleteI have read a couple of other Kate Quinn books and liked those too
DeleteWhat a great chain. I need to check out Remarkably Bright Creatures.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great read Olivia!
DeleteI enjoy books where the setting is almost like a character. I think Fiona Davis does that well for buildings in NYC.
ReplyDeleteI swear that when I finally read a Fiona Davis book I am going to love it!
DeleteVery nice, and as your friend Deb says, Fiona Davis does make buildings into characters in her books!
ReplyDeleteOne day I will read her books!
DeleteYou have a few I have been meaning to get to this year. There is still time as it's only September!
ReplyDeleteHeaps of time
DeleteGood chain. Remarkable Creatutres is my favorite Chevalier book.
ReplyDeleteI think my favourite is Girl with a Pearl Earring
DeleteI enjoyed The Briar Club too. The way the house told part of the story was very unusual!
ReplyDeleteIt was unusual wasn't it!
DeleteRemarkable Creatures sounds interesting. And I still need to read Remarkably Bright Creatures!
ReplyDeleteRemarkably Bright Creatures was a great read!
DeleteI loved Remarkably Bright Creatures! I read the physical book though so I'm curious about the narrator and his role in the movie (which I didn't even know was being made)! I must do more research :-)
ReplyDeleteIt isn't long until the movie comes out if I remember correctly
DeleteGreat chain here! Thank you for reminding me that I must read Remarkably Bright Creatures.
ReplyDeleteIt's so good!
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