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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:

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

I finished book #11 on my mp3 player while on the treadmill last night. It was the third book in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Wide Window. I’ve already expressed my dissatisfaction with Lemony Snicket as audio book narrator, but the book itself was fine. They’re getting a little formulaic, but you have to learn to lower your expectations when you’re reading

Thanks to my 8 hour round trip to Richmond for a meeting (yes, I’m blogging in the middle of it now!), I’ve managed to knock off the next Lemony Snicket A Series of Unforunate Events book — Book the Second, The Reptile Room. Again, the book was quite good. I’m starting to get into them. One especially charming technique he uses is the use of