six degrees
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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July 5, 2022
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where readers all start with the same book and link it to six other titles in any random way our minds decide to make connections. This month’s starting book is Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May. I haven’t read Wintering, but […]
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March 5, 2022
It’s been several months since I’ve participated in the bookish version of Six Degrees of Separation: begin with the same title as other readers and link it to six others in whatever random way the brain decides to make connections. This month, the starting book is The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. I […]
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August 1, 2020
Welcome to this month’s Six Degrees of Separation. For anyone interested in history, the term ‘six degrees of separation’ was originally inspired by Hungarian writer and poet Frigyes Karinthy, who coined the phrase in his 1929 short story ‘Chains‘. It’s the idea that everyone in the world is separated from everyone else by just six connections. […]
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May 2, 2020
Welcome back to the bookish version of Six Degrees of Separation. Start with the book suggested by Kate over at booksaremyfavouriteandbest, and see where you end up by linking it to six other titles. It’s easy and it’s fun, and no two chains are the same. This month’s starting point is Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic tale, The […]
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