Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation is hosted by Kate at booksaremyfavoriteandbest. A book is selected each month as the starting point for us to link to six other books. I go a bit rouge by selecting my own book from the previous months’ Five Star Friday, but still maintain the spirit of the meme.

This Month's Book

The Incredible Kindness of Paper by Evelyn Skye
Published by Emily Bestler Books on August 12, 2025
Age/Genres: Adult, Enchanted Realism, Romance
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In elementary school Chloe Hanako Quinn is assigned Oliver Jones as her pen pal. Before sending her letter she also whispers a note into it…and he hears her. It is the beginning of a friendship that blooms into something more—that is, until disaster strikes.

Now more than twenty years later Chloe is a high school guidance counselor in New York City, but life is not what she dreamed it would be as she faces a layoff, rising rent, a situationship, and loneliness. Desperate for encouragement, she gives herself a pep talk via uplifting messages written on yellow origami paper that she folds into roses. When one of the roses accidentally finds its way to a neighbor in need of cheering-up, Chloe, feeling a desire to spread kindness and optimism, begins purposely leaving them around town.

Across the city, Oliver has picked himself up from the rough circumstances that forced him to leave everything behind as a teenager—including Chloe. Now a successful financial analyst, Oliver’s past continues to haunt him. But when the city is suddenly inundated with yellow origami roses, a specific one finds its way into his hands and changes his life forever.

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The Incredible Kindness of Paper

This was a wonderful and uplifting story of acts of kindness, second chances, and first loves

The Tryst

Like the pervious book, first loves are reunited for a second chance romance. 

These Summer Storms

This book is also a family saga, same as the previously connected book. 

Summer Stage

As with the last link, this book is set in Rhode Island. 

Tom Lake

This book connects to the last one as it also centers around a summer stage production. 

The Simplicity of Cider

Both these books take place partially or wholly on an orchard. 

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

The connection here is that both stories feature a single dad hero. 

What books can you connect to the starter book?
Let us know in the comments!