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Find your new favourite book or recommend one on our Book forum.

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janeite · 06/09/2008 19:32

A colleague heard about this on the radio and it sounds great fun. You have to think of a book title that be changed into another potential book title by removing the final letter:

Eg - Of Mice And Me
Three Men In A Boa
The Sound And The Fur
etc

Can anybody think of more? Personally I would love to read Three Men In A Boa!

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EachPeachPearMum · 06/09/2008 20:25

Hi Janeite!
The Red Ten?

This is quite hard

One Big Damn Puzzle (almost same as real title)

Think I need to pace in front of some bookcases for a while!

janeite · 06/09/2008 20:29

Hello - I thought I might get a reply from you!

It's really hard isn't it? The only one I can think of at the moment is The Wee Free Me.

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janeite · 06/09/2008 20:30

Oh and The Colour Of Magi - sticking to the Pratchett theme.

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BecauseImWorthIt · 06/09/2008 20:32

Great Expectation
Hard Time
Far from the Madding Crow

janeite · 06/09/2008 20:34

Far Form The Madding Crow was mentioned on the radio I think; it's fab!

Am still on TP at the mo - I rather like The Thief Of Tim.

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filthymindedvixen · 06/09/2008 20:35

Romeo and Julie suddenly sounds rather more common though

beansmum · 06/09/2008 20:35

the portrait of a lad

BecauseImWorthIt · 06/09/2008 20:36

Oh and there was me thinking I'd been brilliantly inventive!

beansmum · 06/09/2008 20:36

It's very hard!

filthymindedvixen · 06/09/2008 20:36

Like one of those sunvisor strip things on a ford escort...

BecauseImWorthIt · 06/09/2008 20:38

Of course, there's Jane Austen's indecisive "Emm"

BecauseImWorthIt · 06/09/2008 20:40

The Road to Wigan Pie

lyrasilver · 06/09/2008 20:40

The end of Mr.

MegBusset · 06/09/2008 20:41

Leak House

MegBusset · 06/09/2008 20:42

Animal Arm

janeite · 06/09/2008 20:42

"Emm" - love it! And I love the ones that create whole different connotations; "Julie, Julie wherefore art thou Julie" just doesn't sound the same does it?!

Animal Far
The Invisible Ma

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wheresthehamster · 06/09/2008 20:44

Damn! I came running back from the bookcase to post Road to Wigan Pie thinking how clever I was

janeite · 06/09/2008 20:44

The Road To Wigan Pie is brilliant!

Meg - you take away the last letter, rather than the first - or that's what they did on the radio anyway. Pity, because Leak House sounds great, if rather smelly!

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MegBusset · 06/09/2008 20:45

Sorry will have a rethink!

wheresthehamster · 06/09/2008 20:46

Charlie and the Chocolate Factor

TotalChaos · 06/09/2008 20:46

The Da Vinci Cod

beansmum · 06/09/2008 20:47

a portrait of the artist as a young ma

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wheresthehamster · 06/09/2008 20:48

The Chamomile Law

MegBusset · 06/09/2008 20:49

The Maltese Falco

wheresthehamster · 06/09/2008 20:49

The Daughter of Tim

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