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#6Degrees
Six degrees of separation:
The French and Love
OMG! Using my own rules for this fun meme hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest (see there the origin of the meme and how it works – posted the first Saturday of every month), something absolutely amazing happened this month: without even working on it, I started with author Chloe Hooper and ended up with Emma Hooper!
Here are my own quirky rules:
1. Use your list of books on Goodreads
2. Take the first word of the title offered and find another title with that word in it
3. Then use the first word of THAT title to find your text title
4. Or the second if the title starts with the same word, or you are stuck
After the covers, you can find the links to my reviews or to the title on Goodreads:
1. The Arsonist: A Mind of Fire
= I haven’t read anything yet by this author, but this one sounds good!
2. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
= I read this a long time ago, and really enjoyed it a lot. That’s Tammet’s autobiography. He is a British autistic savant with Asperger’s syndrome. He associates words and numbers with colors, and has the most amazing memory. It was fascinating.
3. Born a Crime =
It’s time to read this other autobiography if you have not yet. I don’t have TV, so I didn’t know who Trevor Noah was. After reading the book, I went to Youtube to watch excerpts of his TV show. I hated it. So, even if you hate his shows and his disparaging humor, you have to read this book, it’s very different from the style of the shows. It’s an amazing portrait of South Africa, and his mother is incredible!
Incidentally, I read this book with a read-along with another blogger, and the posts related to this book are super super popular. So if you want to increase your blog traffic, review this book!!
4. Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story
= my verdict was: An unusual classic mystery, where you know early who did what. But why?
5. James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner – A Graphic Biography
= I love reading biographies as “graphic novels”. This one was fascinating – I really didn’t know much about James Joyce. And the art was excellent as well.
Unfortunately, I haven’t reviewed it yet.
Now, do you think I have read a book with the word James in the title?
6. Etta and Otto and Russell and James
= I remembered right away, because this is a charming book, and James is actually a little coyote! I listened to this one, and enjoyed it a lot:
A lovely account of a journey with a talking coyote, both through the land and the self, where memories and discoveries combine to better know oneself and others.
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Words And Peace 
Your rules work well – and great that you ended up with a book by another Hooper!
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I know, I couldn’t believe it!
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We both used the Hooper – but I never even considered they had the same surname – Doh! Well done you for doing the full circle with your own rules too!
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I’m talking rubbish of course – I did use Hooper (my memory’s going!) But I could have gone the other way around to end up with it,
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I think you may just need some rest
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!!! 😀
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And I never intended that
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I loved Born a Crime. It is one of the best biographies I’ve read in a long time.
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yes indeed. Sad though that he left his country
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That IS an usual chain! Unique way of approaching it! I approve.
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I have lots of fun doing it this way, and I have read enough books for it to work
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Love you twist on the theme. I’m also intrigued by Born A Crime, books set in Africa appeal.
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It was a major eye-opener about South Africa
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The most fun I have with your system is checking to see that you did it right, according to your rules. You always do, of course, but it is like a mind puzzle for me. I had to laugh when you said you hated the Trevor Noah show.
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That’s so funny! So I’d better be careful to follow my rules then!! What would be the punishment if I didn’t?
Now, do YOU like that show? Or were you expecting me to hate it?
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Never a punishment. Bloggers don’t get punished ever in my world. Trevor Noah? Never watched it. I laughed because you were so honest in your reaction.
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lol. Remember, I’m French, so not very diplomatic!!
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I love how you went from Hooper to Hooper which, given the way 6 Degrees works, was likely coincidental. In some other chains it might have been the second books, but assuming that in your rules, this wouldn’t have been possible?
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with my rules, it would indeed have been impossible, as neither the word arsonist nor the word mind is in the title of Emma Hooper’s book. And yes, the result was total coincidence
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I’ve got plans to read Born a Crime! I did read Born on a Blue Day years ago and found Mr. Tammet to be quite impressive. His ability to learn Finnish (I believe it was?) so quickly was amazing and I was more than a little jealous!
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Yes, Born a Crime is totally worth it, it was an amazing eye-opener for me about South Africa
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I haven’t read any of them – and #snap! I had to Google Trevor Noah to find out who he was!
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he is a huge celebrity in the US, because of his TV show
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You are upping the stakes a lot by making this a complete loop rather than a chain!
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It happened totally by accident!
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Love this Hooper to Hooper journey!
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thanks Liz
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Congratulations on the perfect circle!
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thanks!
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Very clever!
I’ve had Born on a Blue Day in my TBR stack for ages – thanks for the reminder 🙂
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yes, it’s a fascinating book!
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What interesting books you’ve used! #4 sounds really good!
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It was not the best of classic mysteries, but worth trying
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I’ve read one other in that series of mysteries. It was ok.
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Yes, not all classics are “real classics” worth reading
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