It’s time for another adventure in Kate’s 6 Degrees of Separation Meme from her blog, Books Are My Favourite and Best. We are given a book to start with, and from there we free associate six books.
This month’s exercise begins with a classic – Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
first degree
Since the starting point is a book I’ve never had even the slightest inclination to read, I’ll take the easiest approach for my first degree, repetition of a keyword from the title: The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman. (Scroll down to #14.) This is one of the most memorable of Lippman’s novels that I’ve read.
second degree
Here’s another danger I found memorable: Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy. This was a long audiobook (30 hours and 10 minutes) that we listened to on a road trip.
third degree
The audiobook version of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese is even longer (31 hours and 16 minutes).
fourth degree
I’m double-dipping for my next choice, The Color of Water by James McBride. It’s memorable, like the first two degrees, and it repeats a word from the title of the third degree.
fifth degree
I read The Color of Water with my book group at our local Borders (remember them?) bookstore. We also read and enjoyed another watery memoir, The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy.
sixth degree
Pat Conroy also wrote a memorable watery novel, The Prince of Tides. (Scroll down to the second entry.)
Thanks for reading. Where did your 6 Degrees of Separation exercise take you this month?
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