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    <![CDATA[Dear Reader,<br/>If you have just picked up this particular book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read.<br/><br/>Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda.<br/><br/>I have sworn to write down these tales of the Baudelaire orphans so the general public will know each terrible thing that has happened to them, but if you decide to read something else instead, you will save yourself from a heapful of horror and woe.<br/><br/>With all due respect, <br/>Lemony Snicket <em>LemonySnicket.Com</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first of these books that I really and truly loved- but I like all of them. I can't say enough good things about them so I'll say one bad thing- they're not for everyone. You may not like them and I can't convince you of how good they are. I can't list all of the reasons why they are great, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38905217">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book Ersatz Elevator is a good book my favorite part in this book is when the Baudelaire children are walking up these very very long stairs to go meet their new gaurdens.This book is full of mystery so if you like mystery than I strongly recommend this book to you.It was one of the best books ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50858905">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dear Reader,<br/>If you have just picked up this particular book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read.<br/><br/>Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda.<br/><br/>I have sworn to write down these tales of the Baudelaire orphans so the general public will know each terrible thing that has happened to them, but if you decide to read something else instead, you will save yourself from a heapful of horror and woe.<br/><br/>With all due respect, <br/>Lemony Snicket <em>LemonySnicket.Com</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Fans of Lemony Snicket's wonderful Series of Unfortunate Events won't be  surprised to find that in the sixth installment the three Baudelaire orphans'  new home proves to be something of a mixed bag. As our ever sad but helpful  narrator states, &quot;Although 'a mixed bag' sometimes refers to a plastic bag that  has been stirred in a bowl, more often it is used to describe a situation that  has both good parts and bad parts. An afternoon at the movie theater, for  instance, would be a mixed bag if your favorite movie were showing, but if you  had to eat gravel instead of popcorn. A trip to the zoo would be a very mixed  bag if the weather were beautiful, but all of the man-and woman-eating lions  were running around loose.&quot; And so it is for the bad-luck Baudelaires. Their  fancy new 71-bedroom home on 667 Dark Avenue is inhabited by EsmÃ© Gigi  Geniveve Squalor (the city's sixth most important financial advisor), and her  kindly husband, Jerome, who doesn't like to argue. EsmÃ© is obsessed by  the trends du jour (orphans are &quot;in&quot;), and because elevators are &quot;out,&quot; Sunny,  Violet, and Klaus have to trudge up 66 flights of stairs to reach the Squalors'  penthouse apartment. (Other unfortunate trends include pinstripe suits, aqueous  martinis--water with a faint olive-y taste--parsley soda, and ocean  decorations.) <p>  As the book begins, the Baudelaires are not only frightened in anticipation of  their next (inevitable) encounter with the evil, moneygrubbing Count Olaf but  they are also mourning the disappearance of their dear new friends from <em>The Austere Academy</em>, the  Quagmires. It doesn't take long for Olaf to show up in another of his horrific  disguises... but if he is on Dark Avenue, what has he done with the Quagmires?  Once again, the resourceful orphans use their unique talents (Violet's  inventions, Klaus's research skills, and the infant Sunny's strong teeth) in a  fruitless attempt to escape from terrible tragedy. Is there a gleam of hope for  the orphans and their new friends? Most certainly not. The only thing we can  really count on are more gloriously gloomy adventures in the seventh book, <em>The Vile Village</em>. (Ages 9 and  older) <em>--Karin Snelson</em></p>]]>
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