Book Reviews and a Little More…
Book #50 was The Hostile Hospital, the 8th book in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. I *finally* finished listening to this in the car last night. I’m glad he’s continued to shake up the pattern of events in the book. The end of this one was the best cliffhanger yet. I think this may have been the longest book so far. Book count: 50
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Book #24 was Book the Seventh in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Vile Village. Between weeding last night and driving to work this morning, I finally managed to finish this book. I think I enjoyed this one more than the last few. The formula was shaken up a bit. And I’ve never heard “deus ex machina” explained so well! Only 4 left!
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Book #21 was Book the Sixth of A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Ersatz Elevator. 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:
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Book 16 was A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fifth — The Austere Academy. Mr. Snicket switched things up a little bit here. Unlike the first 4 books, this book didn’t end with Count Olaf quickly escaping and the Baudelaires just left to move on to a new home. Nope, this book ends with a kidnapping! There also was the introduction of a couple
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