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 Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a book I have not and I am unlikely to read.
I did start reading The Sundial by Shirley Jackson a few years ago because it was a read along book for RIPXVI. I never did finish the book.
The readalong book for this year's RIP (the 20th time the event has been held!!!) was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia which I ended up sending back to the library unread
I had a few books set in Mexico I could have chosen but I ended up going with the book Texas by James Michener. I know that sentence seems strange but a large part of the state of Texas was once Mexican territory.
If I think about the early days of Texas as we know it now then Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry comes to mind.
I need to avoid going down the bird route because I end up doing bird related books quite regularly, so instead I am choosing the last book I read by Larry McMurtry which is Comanche Moon.
The word moon leads me to The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.
Next month, the starting point is a novella that you may read as part of this year’s Novellas in November – Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
Will you be joining us?
I loved We Have Always Lived in the Castle but can see why it wouldn't appeal to everyone. I haven't tried The Sundial yet, though.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mind what I read of The Sundial. I might finish it one day. Might not too!
DeleteI've never read Michener but got a copy of Poland at a book sale and have been waiting for the right moment to read it.
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple of his books and loved them! It has been at least 25 years since I read one though..
DeleteVery creative chain here. I blind read the opening to Mexican Gothic and realized it wasn't for me, so I don't know if you're missing much there. I've heard of Lonesome Dove, but I'm also not into western fiction. No matter!
ReplyDeleteI am not into westerns either but that is one series that I would make an exception for!
DeleteI love Michener and have read many of his enormous books. I used to write to him decades ago and his assistant would write back. Nice connecting list.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool Tina!
DeleteI've not read Texas, but it sounds interesting. I'm eager to read your review on that one as well as The Girl who Chased the Moon. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI read Texas a long time before I starting blogging so no review on that one I am afraid! My post for The Girl Who Chased the Moon is http://www.theintrepidreader.com/2010/04/girl-who-chased-moon-by-sarah-addison.html
DeleteThese are always so fun! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThey are always fun!
DeleteI love Lonesome Dove, and I always wonder why I haven't read other books in the series! I once read all of Michener's books, and I especially liked Texas. Yes, so many of us forget that Texas was once Mexico!
ReplyDeleteI think I liked the other books in the series but it is a long time since I actually read them!
DeleteWow! What a great chain--Sarah Addison Allen, Larry McMurty AND Michenar!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great list, Marg. I've read several of Michener's books but not Texas. And of course you can't mention Texas without including Lonesome Dove. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I came out as "anonymous." It's me, Mary @ Notes in the Margin.
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