6 degrees of separation
February 1, 2025
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, where book lovers all start with the same book, then link it to six other titles in any way that our brains form connections. This month’s starting book, thanks to Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest, is Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Although most of us know it as […]
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January 4, 2025
Welcome back to a new year of 6 Degrees of Separation, where book lovers across the world start with the same title (thanks to Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest). We then create links to six other books and see where we all end up. The first book of the year is the 2024 Booker Prize winning novel, […]
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November 2, 2024
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation where book lovers all start with the same title (supplied by Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest). We then link it to six other books in whatever way our brains make connections. This month’s starting book is Intermezzo, Sally Rooney’s latest novel. Intermezzo is an interlude between acts of a […]
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June 1, 2024
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, where book lovers start with the same book and link it to six other titles in any random way the mind chooses to find connections. This month’s starting book, courtesy of Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest, is Butter by Asako Yukuki, a novel set in Japan, about food and murder […]
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April 2, 2022
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, where we all begin with the same book and link it to six others in whatever random ways our brain decides to make connections. This month’s starting title is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. As is often the case with the 6 Degrees nominated title, […]
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June 1, 2021
I recently ran a workshop for a group of local year 8 students to help them make connections and links between books, both the ones they “have” to read at school and those they are choosing to pick up outside the classroom. At the end of the workshop, I left them with the choice of […]
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