Hmmm... this is gonna take some thought.

Gone with the Wind/ Tomorrow is another day. (Suggested by Scarlett's procrastination!)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

new title : Wretched Ratched

Kathy, thanks but it is a bit too late now!

I am glad the author apparently had second thoughts about the heroine's name and changed it from Pansy!

There is a book Gone with the Windsors by Laurie Graham. An amusing take on the relationship between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson as 'recounted' by an old friend of Wallis'. LG gets into the place and time of those shallow seekers of pleasure.

yoyo, had to look up Yenta as it is a word of which I had never heard . . and neither has spellcheck!

Vee, I wrote a reply but the Submit box vanished! I complained and thankfully it is back.

I just threw up my hands and said "Oy, vey!" that you hadn't heard of a Yenta.

Haven't you seen "Fiddler on the Roof"? I believe there is one in that musical.

I hurried through Game On by Janet Evanovich as it was a one week loan and then the Support Worker never came as it was a Public Holiday! The kind librarian let me renew by email.

I normally get a weekly drive which includes the library.

I requested the last two books in the John Grey series by L. C. Tyler but couldn't get into "Death of a Shipbuilder" after a few chapters so I dipped into the later one "Too Much of Water" and that went swimmingly! (Excuse the pun!) Possibly because his sharp witted wife came into the story more.

yoyobon, I've been trying to think of something witty for your challenge, but this is the best I've been able to come up with:

The Lord of the Rings ---> Baggins' Baggage, or maybe, Backpacking in Volcano Country...

This is a bit of a side track from the therme of this thread, Donnamira, but Tom and I actually went hiking where LotR filmed the Mordor scenes. There is a trail called the Tongariro Alpine Crossing that goes up the side of the volcano. We just had day packs, not full-on backpacks, but your proposed title made me smile. It is a challenging day hike and can take anywhere from 5-8 hours based on the weather and your livel of fitness. We had good weather but it still took us a good 8 hours, and our knees were killing us at the end. Still, it was absolutely worth it to go Backpacking in Volcano Country.

Ann.....LOL. Oy, Vey indeed ! Of course, it is a Yiddish word and not one that would be expected to be known far and wide...though it is a favorite of mine to use when needed.

On that OT.....and this is of particular interest to Vee I would guess.......I just discovered while reading Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie that the word "rather" , as in ' rather surprising' or 'rather upsetting' means something entirely different to the British.

In the US it means " slightly" or " kind of " whereas the British use it as an intensifier to mean" very".

That could really cause much confusion in conversations !

yoyo, interesting about the use of 'rather'. As you say it can mean 'slightly' etc but if said with enough emphasis (and now somewhat dated) it can have the opposite meaning."Shall we all go for a bike ride?" Sally asked her friends "Oh rather!" they excitedly replied.

A similar eg which I might have mentioned here before. An American cousin was staying with us and we asked if she would like a jar of our home-made marmalade to take home. She said "Well, it is quite nice" We felt damned with faint praise. Quite nice! We think it is b..... outstanding. It took a while to understand she meant 'quite' in the 'old-fashioned' sense. " Darling your new dress is quite divine!" "He is quite amazingly handsome." Maybe as cousin used to be something of a Southern Belle, it is a figure of speech still common there.

Vee.....to me, the use of "quite" would suggest that it is "very" nice /divine/amazing .

I and others get confused with the use of "From" as in 'Four from four" or whatever number quoted, meaning this task has been successful. I would say "Four out of four."

I used this particular example when recalling a cave rescue. The person who was at the start of the rescue, when given a report at the finish, thought for a moment that all four children had died. He must have felt shattered until the misunderstanding was explained.

The only time I can imagine " four from four" is used is in subtraction.

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

" The Darkness Over the Edge"

The Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincy . . . could become

Seven Pink Monsters Crashing from the Ceiling: Wake Me when it's Over.

Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

or

In A Dither Over Darcy

Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

or

Who Tampered With My Tea ?

Martians Stole My Parents by Orphan Welles

The Hound of the Baskervilles or Who Let the Dog Out?

My Life Sucks - Heidi Hoover