A Series Of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snicket - Reading from 'The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events #6)' from December 13th 2018

[Ashley W]

ch 10
(view spoiler)[ those terrifying realtors. lol (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ These kids get everyone killed! If she is dead. They said she may have known an escape route. I doubt it since nothing good is supposed to happen. I love how oblivious Mr. Poe is. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Miserable Mill
Chapter 4
(view spoiler)[ I love how child labor laws are nothing in this book. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 7
(view spoiler)[ He lost a leg. No big deal lol (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 9
(view spoiler)[ Haha they can just pass around kids like that. Like hey too many accidents here. You can have them now. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ I really thought while reading this that the doctor was hypnotized by Olaf. I think Mr. Poe believed them a little easier in this one, but I doubt that's going to progress. I really wanted Charles to stand up to Sir. And maybe adopt them himself. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

23% (view spoiler)[Ann this 'In" and "out" is amusing me. "Dark is in" "Elevators are out" LOLOL . (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

50% (view spoiler)[Oh no...where is he hiding?? Doorman admits to being an actor though.... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

70% (view spoiler)[Glad they found the triplets. But sad they lost them again. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Again failed to save. And just when I though Jerome was decent he walks away from them. Sad (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

30% : (view spoiler)[Isthe VFD town a dead end?? (hide spoiler)]

[Lane]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ So Count Olaf clearly had Gustavo killed or something. What a terrible person. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I'm not sure how killing Uncle Monty helps Count Olaf at all... it's not like Mr. Poe is going to give the kids to him. I feel like he just wanted to kill someone. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ I feel like Violet should just sabotage the Jeep. That would really solve all the problems of having to get in with him. Mr. Poe really is quite useless. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ I knew that the Doctor was the hooked hand guy! Sucks that Uncle Monty had to die for all of this and the snakes had to get separated. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

40% (view spoiler)[So sunny was getting a few words out in the next one, now she is at basic baby words? She is getting worse! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

70% (view spoiler)[I cannot believe someone else looks like olaf. ANd then their one alibi is too chicken to speak up?!?. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Accused of Murder great...this won't help them... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

25% (view spoiler)[The Snicket Files?!?! Dun dun dun...see getting stuck on paper duty might be a good thing...for now. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

50% (view spoiler)[Oh no they got Violet! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

80% (view spoiler)[THis hospital has some strange policies and how they handle things. Esme's shoes disturb me... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[What an intense end! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

20% (view spoiler)[THey are STILL in the trunk from the end of the last book. And how huge is this trunk?! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

55% (view spoiler)[Madam Lulu is SO annoying!! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

75% (view spoiler)[Feeding "freaks" to lions...How rude! What is wrong with these people?? (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Well that abrupt end is disturbing... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

15% (view spoiler)[ Sunny is acting way too smart for her age but I like it. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

48% (view spoiler)[Glad Sunny saw the signal and has hope again! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

75% (view spoiler)[I like how Quigly has such faith in Violet!. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

**These % are wrong for me! This was an audiobook so I estimated it on the length but the last hr is just a soundtrack used so not part of the story. So probably about each part is 10% less than mentioned!

[Jamie]

Done. (view spoiler)[They FINALLY shocked Count Olaf!!! YAY!. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

25% (view spoiler)[AAll these AYES!!! Cracking me up. Most used word of the book! Possibly the series!! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

50% (view spoiler)[.I'm probably have fun exploring the grotto and finding random items oddly enough (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

65% (view spoiler)[Why is she suddenly talking like her stepfather??? Very concerned about this... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Glad they saved Sunny. That was sad/scary. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

20% (view spoiler)[So now they are working in a hotel?? Jeez thee kids ca never just be kids. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

45% (view spoiler)[All these characters from the past book int one is strange. Each got a very fitting confrontation. (hide spoiler)]

[Lane]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ Where does Mr. Poe find these completely clueless people!? Olaf's disguises are terrible! But Aunt Josephine seems like she has a few screws loose anyway. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ I don't know if I'd ever be desperate enough to give myself an allergic reaction... (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ Aunt Josephine faces her fears to answer the phone at the most inopportune time, but is still holding on to her fear of realtors. Amazing. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ Olaf's response to Sunny revealing his peg leg was legitimately hilarious. And Mr. Poe attempting to chase them down is equally hilarious because he's literally so useless. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

65% (view spoiler)[Sad Dewey died. Not good. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Oiy how could they end up in a boat with him?!. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

25% (view spoiler)[I am surprise how accepting they are of being on the island. Already calling it home (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

50% (view spoiler)[Friday and the others seem decent. They backed the orphans. Rare. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

75% (view spoiler)[Mutiny! And Why are they keeping Olaf's secrets?! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Done (view spoiler)[Ugh. So now they is another kid they are raising. Kids raising kids. Great. (hide spoiler)]

[Lane]

Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ Are there no child labor laws around here?! Though I think they kind of brushed off the benefits of having Olaf kept away, though he'll obviously find a way. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ "At least I'm not right-legged" is perhaps the funniest line I have ever read in a book. Phil is a legend. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ Sunny is such a tough baby, fighting a sword with her own teeth. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ I really with they could've stayed with Phil and Charles somehow. They always end up with a neighbor or friend that's really awesome, but the actual guardian sucks. Let's see what boarding school brings. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Anyone still here? I'm about to continue with #6!

[Eesh]

I'll join with book 8!

[Maddie]

Yay thanks! Now I have a buddy! I'll finish #6 today I think, otherwise tomorrow, and will get through #7 and maybe #8 on Sunday.

[Maddie]

30% (view spoiler)[Oh my gosh this narrator's voice is so gross for Esme! I hate her character too. But most of all I hate how 'smart' these kids are supposed to be, but that they always get stuck in these situations with Olaf. How does he always find them anyway? (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

I'll join too! I forgot that I haven't finished this series yet :(

[Alaina]

Ch. 4: (view spoiler)[LMFAO i love sunny and these kids are hilarious. that's count olaf.. NO IT'S NOT! lmfao yes it is! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Oh cool you were up to same book as me!

I got through #7 as well, will write comments etc in a bit, but won't be reading #8 for a while as I don't have that audio.

[Maddie]

Esme (view spoiler)[Oh how she annoyed me no end! Always talking about what's in! And it's so clear that she and Olaf were having an affair! (hide spoiler)]
Jerome (view spoiler)[He's such a cool adopted father, but the way he lets Esme walk all over him sucks :/ (hide spoiler)]
The shaft (of the elevator... not the other thing :p) (view spoiler)[The way Sunny just so easily was able to stick her teeth into it and shuffle up the wall was insane. (hide spoiler)]
Review: This book was very hard to get into, just so many frustratingly perfect circumstances, such as the way they made that rope that just happened to be the right length, and able to hold them all at the same time. And then Sunny climbed up the shaft with her teeth, digging them into the wall, and made it all the way up the wall inch by inch, when it states that it took them HOURS TO CLIMB DOWN THE SHAFT IN THE FIRST PLACE! It just made me so mad, and them ESME, uuugh don't get me started. And obviously the RED HERRING played an important part, look at what it's called for crying out loud. Olaf's accent in this one drove me up the wall. Why would they let him hold such an amazing popular auction when he can't even speak proper English.. Foreign people were probably 'in' at that point..


Olaf (view spoiler)[I was so shocked that Olaf wasn't Luciano! I was sure it was! (hide spoiler)]
Poems (view spoiler)[How does a 12 year old kid write things like that, and how does a 12 year old kid solve things like that... How did Isadora know that the notes wouldn't fall off the crow feet... (hide spoiler)]
Hector (view spoiler)[JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SPEAK!! (hide spoiler)]
Bread (view spoiler)[Oh yeah suuuure, because getting a piece of bread all soggy, WRINGING IT OUT (how doesn't it fall to pieces) and then then getting it soggy again help to dissolve the FUCKING MORTAR OF A JAIL CELL AND ALLOW THEM TO SMASH OUT AND ESCAPE!! Fuuuuuck me (hide spoiler)]