2005: #21 – The Ersatz Elevator (Lemony Snicket)
Book #21 was Book the Sixth of A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Ersatz Elevator. The back of the book reads:
In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children are clever and charming, I’m sorry to say that still, the unlucky orphans will encounter more disaster and woe. In fact, in this sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the children will experience a darkened staircase, a red herring, an auction, parsley soda, some friends in a dire situation, a secret passageway, and pinstripe suits.Both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted, A Series of Unfortunate Events offers an exquisitely dark comedy in the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. Lemony Snicket’s uproariously unhappy books continue to win readers, despite all his warning.
Another winner from Mr. Snicket. I even learned a new word — ersatz! How I escaped 6th grade vocabulary without that gem, I’ll never know.
P.S. I’m extremely glad that Tim Curry is back reading these books. He adds so much to it.
Book count: 21/50 — 42%
Page count: 6,187/15,000 — 41.25%
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Ersatz is a great word! And one I didn’t know. I looked it up.
ersatz \AIR-sahts; UR-sats\, adjective:
Being a substitute or imitation, usually an inferior one.
Good word!