There’s a Twitter meme going around for books with a letter missing from the title. You can find them through the hashtag #bookswithalettermissing. Can’t wait to read that romp about the sand-covered South, A Confederacy of Dunes. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Book Title Hashtag Fun”
You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett.
And I’m Martha Barnette.
If you love books and literature, you’ll probably get a kick out of a discussion that’s been making the rounds on Twitter.
The subject was books with a letter missing.
And the idea is this. You take a famous book title, remove one letter so that you create a new book title on a totally different topic, and lots and lots of people rose to the challenge, Grant.
And the results, as you know, were pretty darn funny.
For example, remove one letter from a famous book title and you get Marjorie Wilson’s book about a spiritual leader’s quest to be real. That would be the Velveteen Rabbi.
I saw that one, too. You took one of mine.
And then there’s Louisa May Alcott’s book about a black kitten crossing the path of four sisters. That would be Little Omen.
That’s pretty good. Got one more for you, Grant.
Margaret Wise Brown’s book about the cow who wouldn’t go to sleep.
Oh, I don’t even want to try. Good night, Moo.
That goes well with one of my favorites, All the Pretty Hoses.
What’s that about shopping in the lingerie department?
We’ve got fireman’s hoses. We’ve got garden hoses. We’ve got hoses for your feet.
Anyway, these are great, and we’ll share some more later in the show.
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