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#6Degrees
Six degrees of separation:
from scandals to pancakes
Time for another quirky variation on this meme.
There’s really no common point between the type of scandal featured in the book we were supposed to start from, and pancakes, except that pancakes is comfort food, and sometimes it helps…
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).
Here are my own quirky rules:
1. Use your list of books on Goodreads
2. Take the first word of the title (or in the subtitle) offered and find another title with that word in it – see the titles below the images to fully understand, as often the word could be in the second part of the title
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
5. To help you understand what I’m doing, you will find in orange the word that will be used in the following title, and in green the word used in the previous title
Notes on a Scandal
1. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout, by Philip Connors
My review with a few excerpts is here.
2. The Mystic of Fire and Light: St. Symeon the New Theologian, by George A. Maloney
This is a great and very accessible translation to Symeon’s (949-1022) hymns. My review with excerpts is here.
3. The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel
I am so glad I can honor this great author (1952-2022) through this post.
VERDICT: With her exquisite style, Hilary Mantel gives a magnificent end to her Cromwell trilogy. Another masterpiece.
My full review, with long excerpts, and links to my reviews of the first two books.
4. Dead‘s Man Mirror, by Agatha Christie
The volume contains actually three stories: “Dead Man’s Mirror”, “Murder in the Mews”, and “Triangle at Rhodes”.
These were not my favorites.
5. Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin, by Ann Patty
I enjoyed this book a lot. Here are a few short thoughts on it.
6. Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France, by Craig Carlson
VERDICT: Eye-opening memoir of an American living his dream to open a restaurant in Paris. Meet the real France.
My full review with a few excerpts is here
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Words And Peace 
Loved the heading you chose for this post – definitely an eye catcher
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Thanks, that’s what I tried
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Pancakes in Paris caught my attention!!
Enjoyed your chain!
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It’s a really good one!
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Excellent chain, as usual! I don’t know why I never read any Hilary Mantel, but I did watch Wolf Hall on TV.
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The trilogy is definitely worth your time
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Possibly… but I’m avoiding them due to all the hype that’s still surrounding them.
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This is well deserved hype, her books are on the challenging side, so it’s not like the hype for the latest Tudor author…
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You mean Phillipa Gregory? I refused to read her books since I knew they were filled with inaccuracies!
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You won the Jeopardy of the day! I also stopped reading her after two or three books. Besides the inaccuracy, they all so sounded the same. It’s night and day with Hilary Mantel’s exquisite craft
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Dead Man’s Mirror? I don’t think I’ve read that one. I will have to take a look… As always, I love your quirky take on Six Degrees and to see what fun books you are going to come up with.
Have a great October Emma!
Elza Reads
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It’s a good one, well like all or almost
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Interesting twist, but it kind of hurts my brain! 🙂 I remember reading yours last week and barely wrapping my head around your ‘rules’. I think whatever makes it fun for us, is what we should do – and this is definitely fun!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/6-degrees-of-separation-2
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Not sure what you find difficult in using a common word between 2 titles
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When you put it like that, it’s pretty darn simple! 🙂 I think the color separations took a minute to sink in. But I do see the common words and it’s a clever twist. Happy Reading.
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I added the colors to help another blogger who could never understand
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From your list I’ve read the Mantel and the Patty the latter at your recommendation I think. A very interesting chain!
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I don’t remember that Christie story – though have read Murder in the Mews collection, so will have to check in the same stories were included.
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It’s a good story!
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I’ve only read the Christie, and the version I have is titled Murder in the Mews, which story I liked for the Gut Fawkes day setting; The Mirror and the Light I do mean to read, only its been so long since I read the first two, I think I will need a revisit before I can pick it up.
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Actually the first pages of The Mirror and the Light make a nice bridge with her previous volumes
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Hilarious links – although perhaps the way I eat pancakes is nothing short of a scandal! (I used to be able to wolf down 12 at a time when my mother made them)
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wow, that’s quite a few!!
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Cool blog
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Thanks
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