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#6Degrees

Six degrees of separation:
a passage to France

This time, still using my key word technique, I have decided to focus exclusively on books present on my Goodreads TBR shelf (which contains 1,159 titles at the moment when I write this post – and it could have more the time you access it, lol), to be sure I don’t always feature the same books here.

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 if 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

We are supposed to start from
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life.
I have not read it, nor plan to do so,
as I rarely read self-help books.

2. Towards Another Summer, by Janet Frame

“Towards Another Summer is a meditation on the themes of exile and return, homesickness and not knowing where home really is. It is suffused with beauty and tenderness and shot through with self-deprecating humour and frailty.”

3. The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson

“An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. Gradually, the two learn to adjust to each other’s fears, whims and yearnings for independence, and a fierce yet understated love emerges – one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the island itself, with its mossy rocks, windswept firs and unpredictable seas.
Full of brusque humour and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own experience and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of the novels she wrote for adults. This new edition sees the return of a European literary gem – fresh, authentic and deeply humane.”

4. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading,
by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

I’m actually planning on reading this one very soon, to prepare for The #1940Club, as this classic was published in 1940.

“How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them – from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author’s message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.”

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HAVE YOU READ AND ENJOYED ANY OF THESE BOOKS?
Let me know if you think they should stay on my TBR.
And don’t hesitate to give me a link if you reviewed one of these.
IF YOU HAVE CREATED A CHAIN,
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR LINK IN A COMMENT