#6Degrees

Six degrees of separation:
from darkness to murder

Quite a jump today: starting with a dark murder, and ending up in Arvo Pärt’s beautiful music!

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. Connect the books through key words
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

This time, we are supposed to start from
Long Island, by Colm Toibin

I haven’t read it, and have no intention to do so.

2. 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, by Matt Madden
MY VERDICT: superb twist on Exercices de style, by Raymond Queneau
Check my full review

3. Tell No Lies, by Tanya Anne Crosby
This is romantic suspense, which I usually don’t read.
I actually read this series because I was asked to translate it into French!
I ended up really liking the plot a lot. Very well done.
Check my short review

4. Lies Told in Silence, by M.K. Tod
MY VERDICT:
For lovers of historical novels, the best way of reading something special at the occasion of the anniversary of WWI is to grab the latest book by M. K. Tod. Full of true to life characters and details on this somber page of French history, it will make you relive these dreadful events as if you were there, in the company of a normal family in northern France.
Check my full review

5. Arvo Pärt: Out of Silence, Peter C. Bouteneff
Check my full review, with excerpts

6. Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language, by Joonas Sildre
MY VERDICT: Masterful chronicle of Arvo Pärt’s journey, through meticulous research and striking monochromatic illustrations.
Check my recent full review

So we started with murder and ended up with music!

📚📚📚

Visit other chains here

📚📚📚