Book Titles that Came Close – A List

As I’ve said previously, I’m a sucker for book lists.

I came across this on the Morton Grove Public Library website.  They have several lists: http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html

I thought this one was great.

September 2007
Compiled by Sarah Brown, of the Tippecanoe County Public Library, Layfayete, IN, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

 

Butchered Title Requests

A Race Car Named Desire   (“A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennesee Williams)

A Thousand Days of Silence   (“One Hundred years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

A Thousand Splendid Sins   (“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini)

All About Cooking   (“It Ain’t All About the Cooking” by Paula Deen)

Anne of the Green Cable   (“Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery)

Anti-Gone   (“Antigone” by Sophocles)

Attack of the Trivets   (“Day of the Triffids” by John Wyndham)

Bonfire of the Vampires   (“The Bonfire of the Vanities” by Tom Wolfe)

Canary Road   (“Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck)

Chicken Noodle Soup   (“Chicken Soup with Rice” by Maurice Sendak)

Chicken Soup for Dummies   (“Chicken Soup for the Soul” series OR “For Dummies” series)

Cream and Berry Tales   (“Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer)

Diuretics   (“Dianetics” by L. Ron Hubbard)

Don’t Let A Pig On a Bus   (“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” by Mo Willems)

Eat a Cat   (“Etiquette” by Emily Post)

Ed Who Ate Rats   (“Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles)

Everything’s Over Except for the Yelling   (“All Over But the Shoutin’” by Rick Bragg)

Fire Hydrant 415   (“Fahrenheit 415″ by Ray Bradbury)

Flowers for Allergies   (“Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes)

Flycatcher   (“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger)

Freddy the Rabit Slept Late   (“Friday the Rabbi Slept Late” by Harry Kemelman)

Funny Farm   (“Animal Farm” by George Orwell)

Harry Potter and the Chamberpot of SEcrets   (“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling)

How to Kill a Mockingbird   (“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee)

Huckleberry Finn, by Tom Sawyer   (“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain)

I Left My Heart at Broken Arm   (“Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee” by Dee Alexander Brown)

Jane Erie   (“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte)

Jungle Love   (“Love Among the Savages”)

Lame is Rob   (“Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo)

Looking in Honey’s Window   (“Up in Honey’s Room” by Elmore Leonard)

Lord of the Files   (“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding)

Lord of the Rings   (“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding)

Love’s Breasts, by Dr. Susan   (“Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book”)

Make Way for Ducklings A L’orange   (“Make Way for Ducklings” by Robert McClowsky)

Mice are Gay   (“My Sergei” by Ekaterina Gordeeva)

Mold Art Effect for Children   (“Mozart Effect” by Don Campbell)

Moonlight in Savannah’s Garden   (“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt)

Old Sappy Tree   (“Cold Sassy Tree” by Olive Ann Burns)

Oranges and Peaches   (“The Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin)

Oziman’s Prayer   (“A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving)

Red Bird in Russia   (“Cardinal in the Kremlin” by Tom Clancy)

Redfern Rose   (“Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawles)

Salad at a Bad Cafe   (“Ballad of the Sad Cafe” by Carson McCullers)

Satan in the White House   (“Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson)

Satanic Nurses   (“Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie)

Seed of the Soul   (“Seat of the Soul” by Gary Zukav)

Silent Ship, Silent Sea   (“Run Silent, Run Deep”)

Sister Yo-Yo’s Holy Secret   (“The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” by Rebecca Wells)

Sixteen Candles   (“19 Minutes” by Jodi Picoult)

Sneaky Caboose   (“Puss ‘n Cahoots” by Rita Mae Brown)

Tequila Mockingbird   (“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee)

Tess of the Ooba-Doobas   (“Tess of the D’Urbervilles” by Thomas Hardy)

The Angry Raisins   (“The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck

The Best and Worse of Times   (“The Worst Hard Time” by Timothy Egan)

The Canine Mutiny   (“The Caine Mutiny” by Herman Wouk)

The Cat Who Shat   (“The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss)

The Hiding Place, by Carrington Boone   (“The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom)

The Lion With the Wardrobe   (“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis)

The Lovely Boner   (“The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold)

The Mousketeer that Roared   (“The Mouse that Roared”)

The Phallic Mosaic   (“The Parsifal Mosaic” by Robert Ludlum)

The Philistine Prophecy   (“The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield)

Scarlett’s Letter   (“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne)

The Secret Life of Pi   (“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel)

The Sources, by some Roger   (“Roget’s Thesaurus”)

Washing Elephants   (“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen)

Water for Buffaloes   (“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen)

Waterford Chocolate   (“Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel)

Waterford Elephants   (“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen)

We All Fall Down   (“Things Fall Apart” by Chinue Achebe)

Weekend at Morries   (“Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom)

What Color is my Umbrella?   (“What Color is Your Parachute?” by Richard Bolles

Witch, by Rita Flora   (“Sybil” by Flora Rheta Schreiber)

Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked   (“Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out” by Neta Jackson)

Your Erogenous Zones   (“Your Erroneous Zones” by Wayne Dyer

- Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list. This list may not be used for commercial purposes.

A Tour of Israel

I set a goal to visit Nehemiah’s wall in Jerusalem.

I read the leadership book, “Hand Me Another Brick” by Charles Swindoll, and was impressed by the leadership and work of Nehemiah (an old testament character in the Bible – read up, if you get the opportunity).  I wanted to see what he led his people to build, so when the opportunity to tour Israel was offered, I took it.

We arrived in Israel on the day of Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral (you may remember that he was assassinated in November 1995 – interestingly enough, Rabin’s father’s name was Nehemiah… random, but true).  Read up on Rabin, if you haven’t already.  The streets were very crowded because so many people were in town for the funeral, and I was surprised to see all the twenty-somethings carrying weapons (military service), but dressed in civilian clothes.

Yitzhak Rabin from Jewish Virtual Library

We toured through many parts of Israel and Jordan.  Bethlehem was going to be turned over to the Palestinians the next month, so there was a bit of tension while we were there.  I also remember twisting through road blocks around Jericho as we passed through the area where Yasser Arafat lived (I was able to look into his compound without getting shot).  I was able to ride a Camel while in Jericho (another goal).  Most of the rest of Israel was pretty stress free.  We rode out a storm (that came out of nowhere – very biblical) on the Sea of Galilee, waded in the Jordan River, and went swimming (well, floating) in the Dead Sea. 

Jericho Neolithic Tower from BiblePlaces.com

 

Sea of Galilee from BiblePlaces.com

We were able to visit the Holocaust Museum, the Western Wall, the Mount of Olives, and many other sights while in Jerusalem.  An interesting note; while in Israel, we hooked up with a tour group.  Since the tour group did not have any religious affiliation, the tour guide took us to all of the famous sites – there are unique Catholic, Orthodox, and Christian sites for most events in the life of Christ. Apparently, over 2,000 years, each group has decided which sites work for them.

The Western Wall (I think I used to hear it referred to as the Wailing Wall), was part of the outer wall of the Temple, is the only part of the Temple that wasn’t destroyed in 70C.E., and is the closest you can get to “the dwelling place of God.”  You will see, in the photo below, an archway – within is a very nice library.

Western Wall from Jewish Virtual Library

While in Jerusalem, I let the tour guide know that I wanted to see Nehemiah’s wall and he said he would let me know when we were close.  During our tour of the old city, he told me that during our shopping time he would give me directions… he did.  I followed them down a couple of streets and down some steps until I was well under street level.  I saw a pane of glass near the floor and through the glass I could see part of a wall – just about all that was left of Nehemiah’s magnificent wall (you should really read the story).  Jerusalem has been torn down and rebuilt so many times that the people didn’t try to clear rubble, they just built the new walls and buildings on top of the rubble – hence, all the archaeological digs that constantly take place in and around Jerusalem.  So, Nehemiah’s wall is way below ground and even the Western Wall is below street level (look at the top of the Western Wall photo and you will see a white building – that is, more or less, street level).

It was a fun and fascinating trip.  I was able to complete a couple of items on my list and gain a better understanding of current (well… at the time) and biblical events in Israel.  All in all – well worth it.