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message 1: by smetchie (last edited Aug 05, 2011 01:56PM) (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments I thought perhaps you'd played this game in TC already but I did a thorough* search and came up with nothing so if you've already got a thread, moderate me. My friend alerted me to this trend on twitter last night and it's really fun!
(#bookswithalettermissing)
You remove one letter from a book title to make it something new.

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Sow Falling on Cedars: When pigs don't fly.

PLAY WITH ME!






*okay I tried for like a minute and got frustrated.


message 2: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Bossypants by Tina Fey
Bossy Ants: When the bastards make you ruin your own picnic.

The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Cod: The loaves weren't that big of a deal. The fish on the other hand...

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Finds a Ho Dog: A book about cross-species love and prostitution- for children.


message 3: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments HAHAHAH!!! I ♥ you Kristina!


message 4: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

A Ear in Provence: I hear French people


message 5: by Stina (last edited Aug 05, 2011 02:51PM) (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Torn Birds: Should they fly south for the winter?
Ehhh, it's hard to say- They've always wanted to see New York at Christmastime.
The Thor Birds: Crows with hammers. Pretty much the worst birds ever.


message 6: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
Ha.


message 7: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Elegance of the Hedgeho
the story of a glamorous suburban neighborhood prostitute


message 8: by Stina (last edited Aug 05, 2011 02:57PM) (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Gunn's Golden Rules Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work by Tim Gunn
Gunn's Golden Rules:Life's Little Lesson's for Making It Wok: Making stir fry out of last night's pajamas and a bedsheet.


message 9: by Suefly (new)

Suefly | 620 comments Kristina wrote: "The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Torn Birds: Should they fly south for the winter?
Ehhh, it's hard to say- They've always wanted to see New York at Christmastime.
The Thor Birds: Crows wit..."


Good one!


message 10: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments All The Pretty Hoses

The sequel to The Elegance of the Hedgeho


message 11: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments RandomAnthony wrote: "All The Pretty Hoses

The sequel to The Elegance of the Hedgeho"


BHAHAHAHAH!


message 12: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Hose of the Spirits: just because you're dead doesn't mean the lawn has to be.


message 13: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Her Earful Symmetry: No seriously. Her ears are identical.


message 14: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Rapes of Wrath
and you thought The Depression was rough


message 15: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Dream Hop by Julia Durango

Dream Ho: the third installment


message 16: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Loop Group  by Larry McMurtry
Loo Group: A tale of sisterly bonding in front of the restaurant bathroom mirror.


message 17: by Brittomart (last edited Aug 05, 2011 03:18PM) (new)

Brittomart A Tree Rows in Brooklyn, a tree from the rough side of town fights to become a member of a posh crew team.


message 18: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel

Grasshopper on the Rod and other genital afflictions


message 19: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments smetchie wrote: "Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel

Grasshopper on the Rod and other genital afflictions"


HAHAHAHA!


message 20: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments So far my favorite, by far, is The Pigeon Finds a Ho Dog.


message 21: by Suefly (new)

Suefly | 620 comments 'Lice in Wonderland'---a short story of the adventure(s) of the under reported population of lice in Wonderland. Eww.


message 22: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Sinny Dip: A recipe for disaster; sour cream, sloth, pride, garlic powder, lust and a dash of pepper.


message 23: by Suefly (new)

Suefly | 620 comments 'Skinny Itch': a diet program aimed at reducing the sizes of itches.


message 24: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pop Joan: A grandfather's surgical journey to womanhood.


message 25: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Duces : We're out bitches!


message 26: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Britomart wrote: "A Tree Rows in Brooklyn, a tree from the rough side of town fights to become a member of a posh crew team."

It's so hard being a tree from the wrong side of the tracks.


message 27: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Kristina wrote: "Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pop Joan: A grandfather's surgical journey to womanhood."


HAH! We did that one at bookclub last night but I couldn't think of a funny tagline for it.
(please write a blog Kristina. really, you're a talented motherfucking woman)


message 28: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Suefly wrote: "'Lice in Wonderland'---a short story of the adventure(s) of the under reported population of lice in Wonderland. Eww."

Hey that was one of Huffington Post's top tweets. You rock Suefly!


message 29: by Stina (last edited Aug 05, 2011 03:48PM) (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments Matilda by Roald Dahl
Atilda: A smart little girl and some Huns plunder the Balkans and invade Italy.

Room by Emma Donoghue
Roo: A kangaroo makes the difficult transition from zoo captive to the outback.

"Can I bring my friends 'water bucket' and 'metal bars'?" No Roo, you have to leave them behind.


message 30: by Brittomart (last edited Aug 05, 2011 03:54PM) (new)

Brittomart Kristina wrote: "Britomart wrote: "A Tree Rows in Brooklyn, a tree from the rough side of town fights to become a member of a posh crew team."

It's so hard being a tree from the wrong side of the tracks."


In the trailer for the movie adaptation-

Preppy Boy 1: You people think you can ruffle a few feathers and get whatever you want???
Tree: I'm not a person!


message 31: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Cold Assy Tree


message 32: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Watership Down by Richard Adams
Watership Don: organized crime on the high seas


message 33: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Turn of the Screw (A Norton Critical Edition) by Henry James
The Urn of the Screw: Upon seeing the ghost of a former governess, the present governess, enjoying a rambunctious bout of sex with her young student, knocks over a 16th century urn in sheer terror.


message 34: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod


The Ma in the High Castle: The Nazis and the Japanese rule America, and a maternal pioneer woman living in a secret location might hold the answers to a riddle.


message 35: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
The Pies of Warsaw: Baked goods play a huge role in Warsaw on the eve of World War II.


message 36: by Harry (last edited Aug 05, 2011 04:42PM) (new)

Harry  (harry_harry) | 226 comments The Unger Games - Felix decided that he has had enough and he is pissed. Oscar better watch his back.


message 37: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
Dad Until Dark: When dusk falls, Dad's genitalia fall off and he grows breasts.


message 38: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
Where Angels Fear to Read: Embarrassed by their illiteracy, angels refuse to have books around.


message 39: by Stina (last edited Aug 05, 2011 05:06PM) (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments The Shack by William P. Young
The Hack: Biography of shit-writer William P. (Wm. Paul) Young.


message 40: by Jonathan (last edited Aug 05, 2011 05:16PM) (new)

Jonathan Lopez | 4726 comments The Rape of Europa The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas

The Ape of Europa: With the common currency and economic union headed down the tubes, only Koko can save the troubled continent.


message 41: by Stina (new)

Stina (stinalee) | 749 comments LG- I love them all!!
Jonathan- And Koko has to do it with ASL!!

Smetch, what a great thread!!


message 42: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Over: She was so trendy for awhile, but now no one wants to invite her to parties.


message 43: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
The Capegoat: A goat living on Cape Cod has an evil doppelgänger.


message 44: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
Kennedy's Brain (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Henning Mankell
Kennedy's Bran: The intriguing mystery of where JFK's morning bowl of bran disappeared to.


message 45: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal by Phyllis Krasilovsky
The Cow Who Fell in the Anal: A cow with wanderlust (you can say that again) learns her lesson when she falls into a disturbing anal crevasse and has undreamed-of adventures. Ages 4-8.


message 46: by Phil (last edited Aug 05, 2011 05:52PM) (new)

Phil | 11837 comments Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Sore: An existentialist bitten on the ass by a passing black widow.


message 47: by Lobstergirl, el principe (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Da: An Irish father's body lies in a front parlor as guests come and go.


message 48: by Phil (last edited Aug 05, 2011 05:59PM) (new)

Phil | 11837 comments Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

One With the Wind: The epic tale of a young southern woman finding peace within the fury of a storm.


message 49: by Phil (last edited Aug 05, 2011 06:01PM) (new)

Phil | 11837 comments The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Greatest Night: A young man achieves multiple orgasms while eating pizza, drinking beer and watching sports on TV.


message 50: by Lobstergirl, el principe (last edited Aug 05, 2011 06:02PM) (new)

Lobstergirl | 24778 comments Mod
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Rod: After an unimaginable nuclear holocaust, the only living things left are two ants, who walk back and forth along a rod hoping to find a crumb.


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