What is the common denominator in these book (and one movie) combinations? Tell me the number and what you think the five books have in common, Go ahead and take a guess – you could be right! If you are the first to get it right you will earn an extra entry in both of the giveaways I have going on right now.
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Set in Kansas (Candice)
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Main characters named Jack (Nise)
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Books made into movies starring John Cusack (Mark)
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Published after author’s death (Hannah)
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Magical Realism (Mary)
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Pirates! (Hannah)
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Authors born in Ohio (Susan)
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First published in 1926 (Em)
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2009 RITA award winners (Mark)
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One degree of Kevin Bacon (Mark)
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#3 are John Cusak movies. High Fidelity is one of my favs.
#10 are either 4 silly movies and 1 smart enough to feature Elizabeth Shue, or all 1 degree of Kevin Bacon movies.
You are so clever and I’ll be kicking myself (as usual) after I find out the answers. Hmmm… here’s going nothing! 🙂
1) same location (midwest?)
5) food, magic and romance (magical food that leads to romance?)
6) island and/or boating
7) motherhood and depression (Love Erma Bombeck!)
1.Yes, but where?
6.Boats, yes, but there’s a bit more.
5&7 were guessed by someone else.
It’s hard to believe Little House and In Cold Blood could have anything in common, lol!
4. authors final books?
5. magical realism
4. Yes and no. Austen’s NA and Persuasion were both published at the same time. There’s just a bit more. You’re halfway there!
Well darn, I was all excited because I thought I knew #4, and Mary beat me to it. I was going to say the authors have passed away.
Hmm, not really coming up with anything that hasn’t already been said.
7. Ohio-born authors
#1 all books set in the mid-west, Kansas!
and rats, i knew #3 too.
Love this, thanks.
is #4 debut novels?? and #8 pulitzer prize winners??
big guesses!
OK, I’m going to take a shot … #6, pirates?
Another guess, #9: Romantic adaptations of classics, from the Odyssey to Pride and Prejudice
Ooh, #4: Were they all published posthumously?
8. All the authors served in WWI.
Ooh, you had me intrigued, but no. As far as I can tell Kafka and Bromfield never served. If I’m wrong let me know. But that was such a good guess I’ll give you a hint…you are on the right track thinking of the time these books were published.
OK … this is great but leaves me stumped. (Could be I’m way too tired.) For 1, I can see a connection between “In True Blood” and “Sharp Objects” but the rest don’t tie in. I’m curious to see the answers……
8 All published in the 1920s.
and were they all 1926?
#2 – characters named Jack
wow, this was such an awesome quiz, sad it’s over though, I might have been able to guess a couple 🙂
Wow…how do you come up with these quizzes? These are so clever. I had no idea on any of them. What does one degree of Kevin Bacon mean?
Sorry. Kevin Bacon was in all of these films. You’ve heard of the games Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? It’s a silly game we played after college in the mid 90’s.
The pressure to come up with fun quizzes sometimes has me staring blankly at the computer screen hours before I should be posting one. Actually, these common thread quizzes are the most fun, I think, but the hardest for me to come up with! Thanks for the compliment 🙂
Everyone is so smart!!! These are so cool…how do you think up the themes and ideas????
Duh, I just needed to read #19!!
9 is going to tick me off.
It is not:
paranormal romances (the edge of impropriety and tribute don’t fit)
characters incorporated into literature (unless you’re going to do something probably not quite right with Oh. My. Gods.)
Not really romances kicked off by the death of a character(Seducing Mr. Darcy doesn’t fit the bill).
Soooo…somebody who, you know, reads, should probably take a shot here.
Have you ever heard of RITA? I so love to frustrate you 🙂
See, this is where my Y chromosome just gets in the way. I hear Rita and I think Bill Murray’s love interest in Groundhog Day. You say RITA and you mean a contest where Dragon Wytch should have won based on cover art alone.
Besides, since Oh. My. Gods. failed to win the Young Adult Romance category…well, that should mean something.
Nuts.