Six Degrees of Separation: The End of the Affair to Bitter Greens

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 this month is The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. I vaguely remember reading Graham Green in high school but I am pretty sure it was The Power and the Glory.

This month I have taken a very simple approach and I am focussing on the word green, whether it be spelt with or without an E.

My first choice is Summer of my German Soldier by Betty Greene which is another book I read in high school. I reread it back in 2006 (review here)

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - By losing the E off the name Green I have read a number of books by YA author John Green but not for  a long time now.

The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood - I started reading Australian author Kerry Greenwood back in 2006, but I have chosen this book because of the green both in her name and in the title. This is the fifth book in the Phryne Fisher series.

Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery -  I feel as thought I can't choose books with Green in the title without mentioning this book.

Evergreen Falls by Kimberly Freeman - What's more green than just green. Why, evergreen of course.

Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth - My final choice is one of my favourite books by Aussie author Kate Forsyth.

Next month, the starting point is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.

Six Degrees of Separation: From No One is Talking About This to Wyrd Sisters

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 this month is No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. Sometimes the hardest part of this post is to get that first link so that you can get your chain going. I had a couple of options here. I had a vague thought about starting with other books nominated for the Booker prize, but in the end, I ended up going down another route.

My first choice is The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns because in theory, a secret is something that no one should be talking about right?

From the art of keeping a secret to the Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal. There are so many books where people unexpectedly inherit a house which reveals a family secret I could have chosen several of these books. Another option is that I could have gone down the art route.

Instead I am choosing The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, a fantasy novel about a young man who unexpectedly inherits a kingdom after his father and older brothers are all killed. 

Taking the names Addison my next choice is The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. We finally have news of a new Sarah addison Allen book later in the year which I am looking forward to!

My next choice is The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley, part of the Seven Sisters series.

My final choice is based on the word sisters, and is Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Next month's starting point is The End of the Affair by Graham Greene