Six Degrees of Separation is a monthly meme hosted by Kate @ booksaremyfavoriteandbest.
The rules do not require reading the starting book or any of the titles in your chain. However, barring the starting book, I try to stick to classics that I’ve read – my own self-imposed rule.
This month’s chain begins with Knife by Salman Rushdie, not something I’d read. The title makes me think of a knife as a weapon rather than a tool, which I believe is also the author’s meaning. Weapon made me think of bloodshed, leading me to…
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Blood is not just part of the title; the book is filled with bloodshed. But, from here, I focused on the “meridian” part of the title, which is a line of longitude, which made me think of…
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell: my current read. North and South is set in England, but the title reminds me of the American Civil or War Between the States, leading me to…
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. This next link is not precisely accurate, but it is my impression nonetheless that Mitchell’s masterpiece was her one great work, similar to…
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Don’t get me started on Go Set a Watchman. This next link is a little silly, but again, it’s where my mind went. The character Scout in the nearly perfect film adaption was played nearly perfectly by Mary Badham. In the film, Badham resembles the author Carson McCullers, which led me to…
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. And of course, wedding could only lead to…
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
And that is how you get from Knife to The Princess Bride!
Well done! This looks like a lot of fun to do.
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