Hey bookworm friends, I hope everyone’s first week of September went well 🖤! On the first Saturday of the month, Kate over at Books Are My Favourite And Best hosts Six Degrees of Separation. This fun meme plays around with the idea that everyone in the world is separated from everyone else by just six links. Check out the rules below and join the fun if you wish! Today’s starting link is After Story by Larissa Behrendt and aside from it, I’ve read every book in my chain.
How Does #6Degrees Work?
- Every month, a book is selected to begin the chain. Link books together in a chain however you’d like. Be creative!
- Check out the host’s post and add your link to Mr. Linky.
- Spend some time checking out the other bloggers’ chains
About After Story
“When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England’s most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past.” Twenty-five years earlier, the disappearance of Jasmine’s sister devastated the family. On their literary tour, Della is inspired to rediscover the wisdom of her own indigenous culture and storytelling.
Orange words denote the theme that will connect with the next book in the chain. Bolded words denote the theme of the current book that is being highlighted.
Son Of A Trickster – Eden Robinson
This YA book by a Canadian novelist weaves First Nations culture and mythos into its storytelling.
What We All Long For – Dionne Brand
When I think of other Canadian novelists, Dionne Brand comes top of mind because this book was assigned reading for my undergraduate studies. Brand grew up in Trinidad before moving to Canada as a teenager.
When We Were Birds – Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
This literary fiction is set in Trinidad and Tobago. It features a Rastafarian man and a woman whose job is to guide spirits to the afterlife. This book incorporates elements of magical realism. See my review here.
Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
I’m not a huge fan of magical realism stories so I have not read a lot but here is another one that I read in my formative years. I also read it in Spanish: Como Agua Para Chocolate.
Zorro – Isabel Allende
Speaking of books I read in Spanish, this is the first adult Spanish book I remember reading and I loved it. It’s the origin story of Diego de la Vega AKA Zorro. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man, and Diego is sent to Spain where he first joins a resistance movement.
The Last Cato – Matilde Asensi
While this historical thriller may not be set in Spain (It’s set in the Vatican and travels around the world), the author herself is from Spain! Plus I think it also connects to Zorro because they are both adventure stories.
I hope you found something interesting in my chain, from After Story to The Last Cato!
Let’s chat in the comments!
Would you read any of the books in my chain? Or, feel free to share your link below if you joined in on the meme 😄!
I can’t believe its already been a month since you first tried this out. It doesn’t seem that long ago. And I haven’t really heard of many of these books but a few sound interesting, particularly the Zorro one. Which of them has been your favourite?
I know, time flies doesn’t it!! Hmm good question, a lot of them I read years ago so it’s hard to compare but the Zorro book has such a spot in my heart I have no idea what I would think of it if it reread it now. The Last Cato was another one I had a lot of fun with but it was more recent so I’ll have to say those two.
It really does. Ooh those are two of the ones I added to my TBR. I get what you mean about books you read a long time ago too, I have some u wonder how I’d find if I read them again now.
ahah great minds think alike, apparently 😂 I hope you like them if you decide to pick them up! Yeah I wonder the same thing, sometimes they are disappointing the second time around but I love when they stand the test of time!
Thank you. And yes so true. It’s just so frustrating when they don’t live up to your memories.
What a great list, Veros! And I congratulate you on being able to read in Spanish. If I had my life to do over, I would learn more languages. I wish the U.S. education system included learning other languages the way many other countries do.
Thank you, Mary 🙂 & I certainly should practice it more, Spanish is my mother tongue but I don’t read in it as much as I really should. And I wish the education system is the U.S. did the same thing since it’s much easier to learn new languages as children!
Great chain! I think I’ve read Like Water for Chocolate but can’t actually recall much about it!
That’s the same for me, I read it so long ago the details are fuzzy haha!
I really like this chain–I like seeing First Nations culture in a YA books. I LOVED Water for Chocolate.
Yes, I like that too 🙂 ! & Oh I’m so glad you loved it. I remember really enjoying it as well but that’s about it 😅
Gosh, I read Like Water for Chocolate years ago! Fun chain!
That’s the same for me, Marg! haha 😀 I’ll go check out your chain!
What a great chain, I’ll have to check out some of the books. I remember reading Zorro many years ago and loving it also, maybe one day I’ll have time to revisit it again.
Oh, awesome I haven’t met many people who have also read Zorro so that’s awesome! I wouldn’t mind a re-read if I can ever make time for it! lol I hope we both can! 😛
Oh, I like how you did this one.
Thank you so much 🖤!
Fab chain! Love the Zorro connection!
Thank you 🙂 Zorro is such a great one!
That’s a really nice chain with all new to me books. I especially like the sound of Son of a Trickster!
Thank you 🙂 And Son of a Trickster was fun in some ways but a lot heavier than I was expecting.
Great chain! I haven’t read any of these books, but I’ve read others by Isabel Allende so I’m interested in Zorro.
Oh nice, I really like Allende’s writing style though I’ve only read 2 books by her so I’d love to read more. I hope you like Zorro if you pick it up 🙂