Marie H Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hello people! I have used this idea from bookgrouponline and I’m Sorry I Haven’t Got A Clue on BBC Radio 4. I’ve also tweaked the rules slightly. So, imagine book titles were changed quite differently if one letter is changed, or possibly added/removed. For example, if Nevil Shute’s post-apocalyptic novel On The Beach changed by adding an extra letter L, to On The Bleach , then it could be a lockdown scenario without hairdressers salons - On The Bleach. Another example could be another work of Shute’s The Pied Piper, changed to The Plied Piper, (so it was the memoir of a Scottish bag-player, who was once plied with too much alcohol before performing!) Do you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Bun - *raising one eyebrow* Bond, James Bond the Baker.... Edited May 25, 2020 by Marie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Bleak Mouse, by Charles Dickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Thomas Hardy’s Less of the d'Urbervilles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Ha! I love this. 5 hours ago, Marie H said: Thomas Hardy’s Less of the d'Urbervilles This sounds like a reality TV show Five Children and Nit by E. Nesbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Metaborphosis - we studied this by Kafka for German A Level, and it was our nickname for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Hayley said: Five Children and Nit by E. Nesbit Brilliant! So it wasn’t a Sand-Fairy after all.... Virginia Woolf’s A Broom of One’s Own - Virginia’s early years at Hogwarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Drivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch In Search of Lost Timex - Marcel Proust Brave Newt World - Aldous Huxley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Three Men in a Boa - Jerome K Jerome The Kraken Bakes - John Wyndham Bride shed Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Edited June 2, 2020 by Marie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 5:20 AM, Marie H said: Virginia Woolf’s A Broom of One’s Own - Virginia’s early years at Hogwarts. The Curious Incident of the Bog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Scone by J K Rowling The Lord of The Fries by William Golding 9 hours ago, poppy said: The Curious Incident of the Bog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon Edited June 7, 2020 by Marie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Spewed by Alan Bradley (sorry two letters there, but couldn't resist 😅) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markesper1098 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 The lord of the fries killed me Rick Riordian - The See of Monsters Maeve Binchy - Scarlet Father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 You could do a bit of swapping round the letters, change one and you get: Lord of the Fleas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colon Maeve Binchy's Light a Penne Candle Loud of the Flies...or Lord of the Flips 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 4 hours ago, poppy said: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Spewed by Alan Bradley (sorry two letters there, but couldn't resist 😅) Allowed! And that was a hoot! Alan Bradley's The Gravy's a Fine and Private Place (Alan Bradley's titles could be a goldmine!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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