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Things We Have in Common
Things We Have in Common | Tasha Kavanagh
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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015* 'Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it' NATHAN FILER, The Shock of the Fall 'A striking and highly enjoyable debut' SOPHIE HANNAH Yasmin would give anything to have a friend . . . And do anything to keep one. The first time I saw you, you were standing at the far end of the playing field. You were looking down at your brown straggly dog, but then you looked up, your mouth going slack as your eyes clocked her. Alice Taylor. I was no different. I used to catch myself gazing at the back of her head in class, at her silky fair hair swaying between her shoulder blades. If you'd glanced just once across the field you'd have seen me standing in the middle on my own, looking straight at you, and you'd have gone back through the trees to the path quick, tugging your dog after you. You'd have known you'd given yourself away, even if only to me. But you didn't. You only had eyes for Alice.
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Clwojick
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Here a blank layout for anyone who wants it for April‘s #ThingsinCommon challenge. ❤️

willaful A shameless beg for tech support: Is there a way to import the layout into pic-collage on the web? Or another program I should be using? 13mo
willaful Never mind, I'm going to give Canva a try. 🤞 12mo
Clwojick @willaful I use an app called Perfect Image. I put this pic as the background image, and then layer the book covers on top 12mo
willaful Thanks! 12mo
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Clwojick
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It‘s that time again! April is just around the corner, and with that brings the 2nd annual #ThingsinCommon challenge. As it states above, you‘re simply choosing your next read based on it having ANY similarity with the previous book. You could make this as broad or specific as you like. This challenge really helped me to looks at my shelves,& I found I read way more from my personal collection than impulse downloads from the library.

TheAromaofBooks Oh yes!! This was such a fun challenge last year!! 13mo
Laughterhp Oh! This was so fun last year! 13mo
DieAReader I‘m in! Thanks for the tag💕🤓📚 (edited) 13mo
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Lindy Sounds fun! Thanks for tagging me. 13mo
BethM Glad to see it again this year! 13mo
JessClark78 Thanks for tagging me. I‘m in! 13mo
willaful This sounds fun. I'm actually always finding patterns in books I read, without even trying. 😁 13mo
Clwojick @willaful same! I randomly read two back to back where a characters name was Riley. Feel like that‘s not super common, so I was surprised 😮 13mo
TheSpineView Love this challenge! Thanks for tagging me! 13mo
LiseWorks This should be fun! 13mo
PuddleJumper Fun! 13mo
MatchlessMarie Just now seeing this. So fun. 👯‍♀️ 13mo
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Cinfhen
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Thanks @Clwojick for hosting April‘s #ThingsInCommon challenge
I managed to connect 26 books to completer a FULL circle!!! I was able to knock off lots of “older” books from my TBR & some ARCs too!! While I enjoyed the challenge, I‘m ready to go back to less rigid reading choices.

Megabooks Way to stick with it!! 2y
Nutmegnc Impressive! 2y
Chelsea.Poole Wow! Impressive 😊 2y
Clwojick Way to go! You crushed it! I agree though, I‘m really to read those holds that came in 🤣 2y
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Allylu
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After experiencing the incredible mind of Amos Decker who has an infallible memory, I moved on to Genealogy about a discovery of a batch of love letters from the past - memories. #ThingsInCommon This is fun!

Clwojick Great match! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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Allylu
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I‘m trying! Lucky about the last names, right?

Clwojick Woohoo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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Clwojick
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Is anyone else shocked that today marks the end of the first 1/4 of 2022?! I can‘t believe how fast the year is going by!

Along with the end of March, comes the start of the #ThingsinCommon #readingchallenge which runs all throughout March! Which book will you be starting off the challenge with? Is it a book you didn‘t finish in March, or are you starting the month fresh?

Can‘t wait to see which books you guys choose, and how you match them! ❤️

LiseWorks This one should be interesting to see where ot takes me 2y
peanutnine Ooo yes I forgot about this! I tend to read multiple books at once but I'm gonna try this out anyway 2y
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LitsyEvents
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Just a reminder that the #ThingsInCommon challenge will run for the month of April! Can‘t wait to see how you guys match your books!

Join @Clwojick for more

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Clwojick
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Just a reminder that the #ThingsInCommon challenge will run for the month of April! Can‘t wait to see how you guys match your books! 🔥🔥

tokorowilliamwallace This sounds like a fun way to explore. 2y
coffees Ooo sounds fun! 2y
MidnightBookGirl This sounds like a reading adventure! 2y
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Sarahreadstoomuch Thanks for the reminder! This will be interesting for sure! 2y
Cinfhen Thanks for the reminder!! Can‘t wait to see how this month plays out!! Of course I have no clue which book to start the month with🤪 2y
TheAromaofBooks I was just thinking about this challenge this morning! I can't wait to see where the month takes me! 😂 2y
AsYouWish I already have my first book of April planned, can‘t wait to see where I go from there!!! Super excited about this challenge!!!!💙💙 2y
julieclair This will be so much fun! 2y
TheSpineView I needed this reminder! Thanks! It should be fun! 2y
LiseWorks @Clworrell I would like to join this, it sounds like fun 2y
AllDebooks Starting to think about book choices and possible connections. Always up for a challenge 2y
Bklover Can I join in? 2y
AbigailJaneBlog Ooh this sounds fun - count me in! 2y
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Clwojick
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I couldn‘t wait to make a #bulletjournal spread for the #ThingsInCommon reading challenge, even though it doesn‘t start until April! I immediately envisioned a game board style spread, so I went with it. The purple boxes will hold the book covers, and inside the blue boxes, I‘ll write the linking similarity… in this example “blue covers”.

LiteraryinLawrence What a creative challenge, and the board game design is clever! 2y
peanutnine I absolutely love all your bullet journal pages 😍 How do you make your cute little book cover stickers? 2y
EvieBee What a great idea for a challenge. Love your layout! 2y
Clwojick @LiteraryinLawrence @EvieBee @peanutnine Thank you!!! I save all my book cover images from goodreads, and paste them into a Google word doc, resizing them to 1” in height. Then I print them out on sticker paper, or label paper. The label paper is cheaper on Amazon than sticker paper, just look for the labels that are 8.5x11” in size. 💖 2y
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BethM
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Check out this fun new challenge for April! #thingsincommon hosted by @Clwojick

Clwojick Thank you for sharing! ❤️💖 2y
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Clwojick
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Posting this SUPER early to get the word out since I know a lot of you are like me, and like to plan their reading ahead of time (even if we never follow our plan😂).

I‘m challenging you to take a deeper look at your TBR in April, and choose each of your books based on the many possible similarities you can find on your physical and digital shelves. 👀🔎🕵🏻‍♂️

Please share to spread the word! Can‘t wait to see how books will be chosen🥸

AllDebooks Ooohhhhh, I LOVE doing this, I'm in. 😃 2y
Clwojick @AllDebooks woohoo! I especially love finding two totally different books with the exact same title! That was what sparked the idea for the challenge ❤️ 2y
AllDebooks Now that is a challenge 😁 2y
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Lizpixie Well you know I‘m definitely in! Now that I have an organised library it‘ll be a lot easier to compare books!🙌 2y
Cinfhen Sounds fun 🤩 Hope I‘ll remember when April rolls around 😃 2y
wanderinglynn You always come up with the coolest challenges! 2y
BethM Fun! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Ooooo I LOVE your ideas!!! 2y
julieclair This sounds like so much fun! I'm in. Thanks for doing this! 2y
Julsmarshall Love love love this! And so funny, I was noticing similarities last night between the book I‘m reading and my last one. So I may be in the zone! 2y
Clwojick @Cinfhen Don‘t worry! I‘ll repost closer to the start of April! ☺️ 2y
Clwojick @wanderinglynn @TheAromaofBooks Thank you! It‘s always my 3am thoughts that give me the best challenge ideas! 🤣 2y
AsYouWish This sounds super fun!!!! Will have to look at my TBR. 💙💙💙💙 2y
Andrew65 Sounds fun, consider me in! 2y
SassyPants617 LOVE this!! I haven‘t done any challenges on here and I think this is the one I will start with! (edited) 2y
Clwojick @Andrew65 @SassyPants617 Woohoo! Glad to have you join us! 💖 2y
Sarahreadstoomuch This sounds like so much fun!! Great idea! 2y
Cinfhen Such a fun idea but im TOTALLY not gonna plan ahead…i can‘t wait to see how my connections will come together 2y
Clwojick @Cinfhen I don‘t think I‘ll be planning too far ahead, I‘ll just make a list for #BookSpinBingo, and then I‘ll go from there. 🤣 2y
FantasyChick Sounds fun for sure! I think I'll pick up a book at random and see where the wind takes me for this one 😊 2y
RedxoHearts Sounds fun! 2y
EchoCharlie I love this idea! I noticed quite a fee of my reads in November and December had mushrooms involved in major plot points. 2y
aperfectmjk I was thinking about how to incorporate this with my bookspinbingo, but my library holds often dictate my reading. Maybe I'll just pick 10 titles for this particular challenge and see how it goes. 2y
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Hooked_on_books
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Yasmin is a lonely, fat, outcast teen who has never gotten over her father‘s death when she was nine. She tends to form unhealthy attachments to people, obsessions really, and is currently obsessed with beautiful Alice. The book description is for a thriller, and there are components, but this is really a character study of a disturbed young woman. It‘s creepy but drags in places and the ending is unsatisfying. Low pick.

Soubhiville Greta is in one of Sietje‘s favorite sleeping positions back there! 2y
AmyG Ha...your dog! 2y
Leftcoastzen 😁🐶 2y
Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville @AmyG @Leftcoastzen I think it‘s so cute when they do this! 😍🐶 2y
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jenrok
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My reaction to this book was: WTF did I just read?! It's worth the time. The writing style was something I had to get past initially. But that is because it was written from the point of view of a teenager, so the style reflects the voice of the main character. None of the characters are particularly likeable... But that doesn't make it a bad read.

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mandapants
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Couldn't put it down. Quick read cause you just can't stop. Read it in two days. You're kind of cringing but feel like you can't look away the whole time. Right from the beginning.

rather_be_reading love those unexpected quick reads! 6y
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elliemcc11
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This was definitely YA. Yasmin is a teen who's just a little obsessed with Alice. Yasmin lost her father recently, and now she has issues with food and is bullied. Alice is your typical English Rose and popular. Yasmin sees a man watching Alice when they are at school. When Alice goes missing Yasmin sets out to befriend this man & becomes obsessed with him.

I didn't find the ending very satisfactory. Lots of unanswered questions.

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elliemcc11
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Not the best pic but it's late, it's a school night (read work night) and it's bedtime. Just sharing my new gadget and case purchase. #Kindlepaperwhite and the backlight are necessary for the future camping trip!

Things we have in common - bit of an odd story about teen obsession. This reads as a YA which is a genre I don't read a lot, but this is readable. #netgalley #justgettingroundtoreadingit

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wallacereads
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Coffee, sun and a new book. #summersolstice

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Ej_books
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Mehso-so

You never know where you'll find a friend #books #booknerd

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Valink
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Bailedbailed

I'm 100 pages in and just don't care- about the characters or the plot. This sounded good, but I just can't get in to it.

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Valink
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My book club is reading Things We Have in Common this month. I know not a single thing about this book. Hope it's good!

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Kleonard
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Just starting! Hope it is good. #blameMrBook

MrBook I hope I don't let you down 🤞🏻🤞🏻! 7y
Kleonard I enjoyed it! Different than I expected it to be. 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! This is a coming-of-age thriller. Yasmin is a 15-year-old overweight outsider whose father died & mother remarried. She only has 2 comforts, food & Alice. She's obsessed with Alice. And then she notices a guy who keeps watching Alice too, all the time. She figures he wants to abduct Alice, in which case she'll be Alice's hero by providing the lead that finds her. Then Alice really does go missing. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Jennick2004 Yes please!!! 💜 7y
blondie This sounds so good! 7y
PacingTheCage I thought it was just okay. 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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PacingTheCage
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Pug in a blanket, and in a book

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youngreadrshelf
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Yasmin thinks a man is watching Alice and is going to kidnap her. She plans on being the one to rescue Alice. She begins to investigate the man and finds some connections with him. So when Alice does go missing, Yasmin has to make some choices. Definitely YA. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterT @BookishMarginalia

BookishMarginalia 👍🏼👏🏼 7y
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ReadingEnvy
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Review copy: A dark YA novel from the UK with an obsessive loner protagonist that I still empathized with! Nicely done. I had to read to the ending, which I won't spoil but warrants some discussions if you've reached it! #costa

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youngreadrshelf
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Yasmin, a pariah, is obsessed with classmate Alice and with food. She watches Alice – imagining scenarios where they are BFFs or more. With food, she is constantly eating things not on her diet. Now Yasmin thinks a man plans to kidnap Alice. She will be the hero. She begins to investigate the man and connects with him. When Alice goes missing, Yasmin has to make some choices.
Definitely YA. For high school.
This was part of a Goodreads giveaway.

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youngreadrshelf
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So I know something bad is going to happen. (I try now to read blurbs or reviews right before I pick the book off my #TBR shelf. Yes, I picked them because I either like the author or I've heard good things about the book) Anyway, avoiding the bad. 😣

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youngreadrshelf
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Here you go, @Liberty This is my contribution to #Andawaytheygo.

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youngreadrshelf
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Started this one. It was a #Goodreads giveaway. So far it's definitely YA.

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Kelly
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Read a killer review of this and since I had a crap day, my book and I are cuddling in bed early tonight.

mdemanatee Sorry about your day 🙁. But glad you have a good book to curl up with to help. 7y
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NeeSwee
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I've been racing through this book like a hot knife through butter (but have to keep putting it down due to ferrying kids about for early dismissals and delayed openings! 😫). I can't wait to see how this resolves itself. If this is an indicator of YA fiction this year, I'm all in for 2017.

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AngelErin
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🌟I just finished #reading #thingswehaveincommon by #tashakavanagh and I really loved it! I'm so glad I won this in the #goodreads giveaways! Full review to come soon on my blog.🌟

nicki Great pic! 👏 7y
AngelErin @nicki Thank you! 😃❤️ 7y
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yasmien88
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Really enjoyed this one, even though the ending didn't feel quite right...

MrBook Cute! Welcome to @Litsy! We hope you enjoy your stay, I think you'll like it here 😎👍🏻. 8y
yasmien88 Thank you @MrBook ! It definitely looks a great place for us booklovers ;-) 8y
MrBook ☺️👌🏻 8y
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