Ok, here goes ...
- I recently read THE LOST MEN by Kelly Tyler-Lewis which opened with the telegraph station at Awarua, New Zealand receiving a vitally important message from the survivors of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party.
- Now I'm listening to MISTER PIP by Lloyd Jones and the city of Awarua plays a significant part in the story. The title of the book refers to Pip, the lead character in GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens.
- I just finished reading LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave, in which the title character is given GREAT EXPECTATIONS to read. The character of Little Bee is from war-ravaged Nigeria.
- The next book I started reading was THE SECRET KEEPER by Paul Harris. The main character in this book is a journalist who was in war-ravaged Sierra Leone and who has returned there several years later.
- As I was researching info for my book club's discussion of LITTLE BEE I came across this video posted on Chris Cleave's blog:
Now tell me that isn't a crazy set of connections!
6 comments:
I can't wait to read your review of Mister Pip.
I am always amazed at how interrealted our reading can be sometimes. I pick up books that are related somehow without even knowing it sometimes until someone points it out to me.
Ti - Yeah, it IS crazy. And now I've found similarities between Mr. Pip and The Secret Keeper. Unfortunately I can't mention them in my review b/c it would give too much of the plot away.
Those are a lot of coincidences and connections. It's funny how those things happen.
Rebecca :) - Yeah, it was pretty crazy when I thought about it!
I love the seemingly coincidental and yet very odd connections between books. I've always thought to do a post like this but my thoughts on these are always mid-book and get lost in my notes or just ... lost.
Care - I lose lots of my notes too, but I've started keeping a tiny notebook in my purse where I can jot things down - that has helped a lot! I've got another of these posts scheduled for the coming week - hope you enjoy it. :)
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