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Face book (Posted on 2010-11-29) Difficulty: 3 of 5
It's good to be popular. I wrote down a list of books I wanted to read on a card, but someone came in after I had finished and changed part of the titles to suggest a title I forgot. What was it?

The Lion, the Witch, and New Apparel
The Sun Up There
The Red Massive Achievement
Gone with Breezy Draft
All Quiet on the Eastern Edge
The Grapes of Rage Maker
The Sound and the Fur of Animals
One Flew From the Bird's Home

  Submitted by Gamer    
Rating: 3.6000 (5 votes)
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First note as with the comment "it's good to be popular", these are all fairly popular books. The original titles should read:

The Lion, the Witch, and (the Wardrobe)
The Sun (Also Rises)
The Red (Badge of Courage)
Gone With (the Wind)
All Quiet on the (Western Front)
The Grapes of (Wrath)
The Sound and the Fur(y)
One Flew (Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Taking the first and last letters of the fake text gives a hint of what to do next:

N L New Apparel
U E Up There
M T Massive Achievement
B T Breezy Draft
E E Eastern Edge
R R Rage Maker
O S Furry Animals
F E From the Bird's Home

Counting the number of letters in the part that was replaced gives a number.

11 The Lion, the Witch, and (the Wardrobe)
9 The Sun (Also Rises)
14 The Red (Badge of Courage)
7 Gone With (the Wind)
12 All Quiet on the (Western Front)
5 The Grapes of (Wrath)
1 The Sound and the Fur(y)
18 One Flew (Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Then replacing the number with the letter in the usual A=1, B=2, Z=26 way gives the extra book KING LEAR.

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  Subject Author Date
Hints/Tipsre(2): Applying itPaul2010-12-01 18:04:53
re(2): Applying itGamer2010-12-01 00:53:54
re: Applying itbroll2010-11-30 13:47:26
Hints/Tipsre: Applying itJyqm2010-11-30 12:58:13
Applying itGamer2010-11-30 12:44:14
Partial solutionbroll2010-11-30 02:27:37
re: titles -- tentative listGamer2010-11-30 01:50:06
re(3): titles -- tentative listGamer2010-11-30 01:47:45
re(2): titles -- tentative listed bottemiller2010-11-29 20:40:00
re: titles -- tentative listPatrick2010-11-29 19:35:01
titles -- tentative listed bottemiller2010-11-29 17:55:58
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