Book #104 of 2016: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9) These books are gradually becoming less episodic, but they still move at a glacier’s speed when it comes to moving the series plot along. The Baudelaire children learn no new information in this book, and they end up in …
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Book #74 of 2016: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8) I’m still reading A Series of Unfortunate Events for the first time, and I have to say, I’m getting a little frustrated at how slowly the overall plot details are getting revealed. I like that the series has diverged …
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Book #11 of 2016: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7) A Series of Unfortunate Events… continues. This book was pretty similar to the ones that came before it in the series, with little forward plot movement. They’re each entertaining enough on their own, but they don’t leave me excited …
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Book #42 of 2015: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4) I’ve yet to be really blown away by this series, and it’s getting harder to ignore their awful gender politics. Count Olaf’s (nonbinary?) lackey who looks like neither a man nor a woman is regularly treated as a grotesque …
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