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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
This is apparently trending right now on Twitter; people add a word to the title of a famous Christian book, to make something (hopefully) funny. Religion NewsService has collected some good ones. Some of the best I saw were:

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction
The Power of a Praying Mantis Wife
God Has Made You Special Brownies

Roll your own, Shippies!
 

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Posted by South Coast Kevin (# 16130) on :
 
Meercat Christianity? If I can get away with the spelling alteration...
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
The Shake Shack
 

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Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on :
 
The Crosswords of Christ

Matthew Henry's Live Commentary on the Whole Bible (he barely stops even for breath!)

The Divine Conspiracy Theorists
 

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Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on :
 
Sorry, one I've just seen on Twitter:

"Stop dating the Church Secretary" (made me laugh especially as my Dad is a church secretary...)
 

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Posted by Quinine (# 1668) on :
 
Till We Have Face-Lifts
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Pilgrim's Progress Slow.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Do NT books count? The First Epistle of Peter Rabbit; The Second Epistle of Elton John...etc...
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
If I can move spaces a little...

Left Be Hindquarters

Screw Tapeworm Letters
 

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Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
The CS Lewis titles have me going:

The Silver Commode Chair
The Last Beetle Battle (co-written with Dr. Suess)
 

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Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on :
 
The Caddy Shack

Wasn't there a film of this book, with golf and gophers?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Heaven Is for Real Numbers
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Holy Living and Holy Dying Out.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Lion and the Lamb Chops
 

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Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on :
 
I've used some of these on Twitter already, but I hope you'll find them amusing:

Introverts in the Church Basement

The Reduced Cost of Discipleship

What's So Amazing About Grace Jones

Simply Christian Slater
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
The Mime Acts of the Apostles

The City of God Botherers

The Book of Common Prayer Mats
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Text Message

Book of Tedious Hours
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Psalter Pepper
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Story of a Soul Eater
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Cross and the Switch Hitter

[whichever meaning you like ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[If I may bend the rules a bit and change some letters in an existing word]

The Power of Positive Drinking
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I refuse to Lead a Dying Church Mouse
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Not a book as such, and an improvement rather than ruining them, but I think there's room for a series of Chic(k) Murray Tracts.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pre-cambrian:
The City of God Botherers
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Which made me think of The City of God Particles
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Hinds' Feet on High Voltage Places

My Utmost for His Highest Bid

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Originally posted by Pre-cambrian:
The City of God Botherers

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Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
The City of God Particles

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[ 11. October 2013, 15:57: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Doors

you know, those you get in provincial French Hotels de Commerce which have to be wedged shut with the rickety chair...
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
..and which burst open in the middle of the night to release a large lady in her underwear, three sapeurs-pompiers, and a respectable monsieur décoré without his trousers.
That's the last time I ask M. Feydeau to recommend an hotel.
 

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Posted by South Coast Kevin (# 16130) on :
 
Pearl B4 Swine has sort of beaten me to it, but I give you 'Reaching for the Invisible God Particle'. Especially topical as Prof Peter 'God Particle' Higgs has just won the Nobel Prize for Physics.
 

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Posted by BroJames (# 9636) on :
 
The Cheap Imitation of Christ

Naughty for your comfort
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Dark Night of the Filet o' Soul
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Actually, it really is uncommonly good.
 

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Posted by BroJames (# 9636) on :
 
Women's Institutes of the Christian Religion

The interior decorator's castle

God's arms smuggler

Power cut evangelism

The Living Room Bible

C++ and Basic Christianity
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Windermere Christianity

The problem of back pain
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Imitation Pearls of Christ

(Thrown before imitation pork products, no doubt.)
 

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Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :
 
Power Tool Evangelism
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Chasing the Soup Dragon
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Late Great Planet Earth Shoes
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
The Book of Concordes
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
Luther's Small Cataclysm
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
And The Prayer of Jabberwocky (i'll go away now)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
It was more add a word than garble a word, but those are good.

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More Than a Karen Carpenter
 

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Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on :
 
The New Testament and the Village People of God
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Within my own Community we could have:

Quaker Faith and Sexual Practice

which neatly segs to the admittedly Tantric

The Sexual Practice of the Presence of God
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Not a book, but Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's celebrated TV series: Life is Worth Living Dangerously.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The King James Bubble

Bearish prognostication about the market for Jacobite memoribilia.

(Yes, I realize I'm combining Jameses there.)
 

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Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 
I know I'm really going out on a limb here, but what if I combine a movie title with a book title?

Thus, "Confessions of Saint Augustine" becomes:

"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Saint Augustine's life as a game show host and CIA agent".
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Back to the original idea:

ADD ONE WORD to a Christian book title to make something funny.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Gospel according to Luke Skywalker.
The Gospel according to Mark Zuckerberg.
The Gospel according to Matt Lucas.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Rule of Saint Benedict Arnold
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
Tramp Stamp for the Lord
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
Soul Train Searching
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
On Being A Christian Scientist

Hans Kung, pretty much blowing his chances at getting his tenure reinstated.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Great Haitian Divorce
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :
 
Spiritual Yoga Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Burlesque Acts of the Apostles

Broken Bread Machine

The Necessity of Time-Lord Regeneration
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
The Seven Storey Mountain Lion

(perfect for a B-movie adaptation)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Know What Newspapers You Believe
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Interior Decorator's Castle
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Kardashians: Looking Good Being Bad
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Celebrity Screw Tape Letters
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Halogen Illuminated Life
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Everlasting Gobstopper Man
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Left Behind Again
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Great Divorce Lawyer
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
An Andrew Greeley collection:

Lord of the Break Dance

Angel Fire Fighters

The Cardinal Sins Mightily
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Gospel according to Luke Skywalker.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Deuteronomy 101
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Epistle of EL James.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Epistle to Titus Andronicus
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
The Epistle to Titus Andronicus

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To my true son in the common faith:

Don't eat the pie.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 

 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
The Shocking Revelation of John the Divine
 

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Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
Paul's Letter to Timothy Leary

The Phenomena of Man Caves (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I Heard The Owl Call My Porn Star Name

probably SFW
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Horse and His Boy Toy
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The George Jefferson Bible

"Weezy! You tell dem honky pharisees I don't give a good DAMN what they say about the sabbath!"

link

[ 19. October 2013, 18:51: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Silver Electric Chair

(Is Jefferson's Bible really a Christian book? Did he consider himself a Christian?)
 

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Posted by Porridge (# 15405) on :
 
Engaging the Super Powers

The Passover Already Plot
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
The Song of Solomon Grundy
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Zen and the Birds of Peckish Appetite
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Surprised by Almond Joy

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Zen and the Birds of Peckish Appetite

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(Is Jefferson's Bible really a Christian book? Did he consider himself a Christian?)

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Originally posted by Stetson:
I'd say TJ is as entitled to the label as is any MOTR cleric who announces he doesn't believe in God, and still gets to keep his collar.

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So, NO then.
 

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Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on :
 
The Man Born to be Jason King
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Jesus - Safe, Tender, Extreme Athlete
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Terrycloth Robe
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The Hammer Of The Kitchen Witches
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Purpose Driven Life Guard

The Flashcard Practice of the Presence of God

The Torch Song of Solomon
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Cook Book of Kells
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Divine Comedy Channel
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Does one letter break the rules?

The i-cloud of unknowing
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Dream-catcher of the Rood
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Take my life...savings

The Hallelujah X factor

Making life Hard work
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Greatest Salesman in the World Series

Crossing the Threshold of Hope Crosby
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Surprised by Joy Beverley
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
My Utmost For His Highest Bidder
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Saints Preserve Us Lemons
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Proverbs 10:31 Woman

[ 26. October 2013, 08:21: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by Erik (# 11406) on :
 
God on Mute Swans
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
I can only steal and recycle:

The Myth of God Botherers Incarnate
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
Drunken Celebration of Discipline

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
[If I may bend the rules a bit and change some letters in an existing word]

The Power of Positive Drinking

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That's actually a Lou Reed song!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I didn't know that. I was of course thinking of Norman Vincent Peale's book.
 

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Posted by fletcher christian (# 13919) on :
 
The Living Dead Bible
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Screwtape Worm Letters
 

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Posted by JeffTL (# 16722) on :
 
Who could ever forget the Pope Emeritus' magnum opus, Jesus of Nazareth, Pennsylvania?

Or the high churchman's guide to death poems for seppuku, Ritual Suicide Notes?
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
Doubts and Loves Chocolate
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
don't know if this countrs but

Surprised by Joy Adamson - C S Lewis
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
Summa holiday theologicum?
 

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Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
The Lyin, the Bitchin and the Warrin-drobe .

Oops added 3 words
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Lion, the Witch, and the Designer Wardrobe
 

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Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
The Dead Sea Rolls
 

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