A Series of Unfortunate Events - Restarting May 1st 2017

[Amy]

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in you hands is extremely unpleasant.It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children.Even though they are charming and clever,the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe.

Starting today (19th August)

[Amy]

Up to and including chapter 6: (view spoiler)[ I'm really liking this! I hate how blunt Mr Poe is though!

"Your parents have perished in a terrible fire" real subtle.

This book doesn't feel that much like a little kids book and I'm loving how fast paced it is! Count Olaf sucks. He hit Klaus! :o (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

Up to chapter nine: (view spoiler)[ Can't believe he is going to marry her just for money! If I was them I'd just run away (hide spoiler)]

[Princess]

I have read this in one sitting so here's my thought

(view spoiler)[IDK why but I'm laughing with their misfortune (okay I'm feeling bad rn) lol

12% I don't trust Edgar, i think he's up to the money

42% I hate everyone around the children. I think they all don't care about the children
(hide spoiler)]

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "Up to chapter nine: [spoilers removed]"

That's what I thought also!! Why wouldn't they just run away. Only a little more wait and they will get their money.

[Amy]

I got three quarters of the way through and decided to sleep. :p

(view spoiler)[ why do they literally have no family that they know of? It's very bizarre. I guess when your parents die its bound to be traumatic but this is just wow! Mr Poe is so stupid and what's up with all the coughing?! :p (hide spoiler)]

Going to finish the rest now. :)

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "I got three quarters of the way through and decided to sleep. :p

[spoilers removed]

Going to finish the rest now. :)"

Hahah can't believe you still notice that lol

[Amy]

Princess wrote: "Amy wrote: "I got three quarters of the way through and decided to sleep. :p

[spoilers removed]

Going to finish the rest now. :)"

Hahah can't believe you still notice that lol"

Done!

(view spoiler)[ I loved this alot! I'm kind of glad Olaf got away, he's an interesting character and I want to know more about him. (hide spoiler)] thanks for reading with me! :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Starting on September 10th 2014 ☺

[Kelly]

I loved these books so much! Are
we doing the whole series?

[Amy]

Kelly wrote: "I loved these books so much! Are
we doing the whole series?"

Diamond is reading from the 3rd book and I'm reading from the second. I will be reading up to the 13th book though, your welcome to join Kelly! :)

[Princess]

@amy I will be reading the second book on the first of september. Would you like to buddy read with me?

[Amy]

@princess. I'm waiting for the books to come in the post. Is it okay if I message you if it arrives in time? Obviously I'd love to br it with you! :)

[Amy]

Actually, forget what I just said, it arrived about ten minutes ago haha. Yes, I will buddy read the second with you princess :)

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "Actually, forget what I just said, it arrived about ten minutes ago haha. Yes, I will buddy read the second with you princess :)"

I will inform the mods :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Reading on September 1st, and on September 10th ☺

[Princess]

So I finished this in one sitting cause it's not really that long and here's what I thought

(view spoiler)[DUMB PEOPLE ARE DUMB

okay, I'm kinda thinking that they're bringing the unfortunate events to themselves because tbh the kids are really not thinking well sometimes although they are really smart for a kid but yeah most of the times they are dumb, also Mr. Poe. I hate him even from the start. (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

I haven't looked at the spoiler yet because I'm only on chapter three but I'm guessing you didn't like this one Princess?

(view spoiler)[ So everything is going all nice and Sunny gets bit? Nothing ever goes right but I suppose that's the point (hide spoiler)]

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "I haven't looked at the spoiler yet because I'm only on chapter three but I'm guessing you didn't like this one Princess?

[spoilers removed]"

hahaha yeah, you guess it right. lol

[Amy]

I just finished :)

(view spoiler)[ Ugh, I kind of agree that this one sucks. Mostly because of the disjointed dialogue and awkward scenes. I felt like not much happened until Monty died which wasn't until like half way through. I still thought it was worth 3 stars but it's a dramatic difference to the first in my opinion (hide spoiler)]

[Diamond]

So since u guys both finished the second book already did you wanna start The Wide Window early? It's up to you, I'm ok with starting earlier or keep it how it is and start on the 10th. Lmk.

[Princess]

Diamond wrote: "So since u guys both finished the second book already did you wanna start The Wide Window early? It's up to you, I'm ok with starting earlier or keep it how it is and start on the 10th. Lmk."

I like to start early too, so we can you know continue the series as much as possible?

[Diamond]

Sure! U wanna start today then!? Or when?? :)

[Princess]

Diamond wrote: "Sure! U wanna start today then!? Or when?? :)"

can we do it tomorrow? I'm reading like 3 books today xD hahahah

[Diamond]

Yeah no problem! We can start whenever, if tomorrow isn't good for you it can be another day :)

[Amy]

Whenever is fine with me, these books aren't really that hard to fit in :D

[Diamond]

Alright then let's start tomorrow! It's cool they're so short and breezy I can start whenever :) It was just the two of us reading this one, right?

[Amy]

Diamond wrote: "Alright then let's start tomorrow! It's cool they're so short and breezy I can start whenever :) It was just the two of us reading this one, right?"

I'm guessing Princess wants to join so that makes the three of us. :) I may start it today because I have it with me now but I'll be reading it off and on anyway. :)

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "Diamond wrote: "Alright then let's start tomorrow! It's cool they're so short and breezy I can start whenever :) It was just the two of us reading this one, right?"

I'm guessing Princess wants to ..."

I can start it today? I think? Do you think we could finish the whole series this month? because I think we can do it lol

[Amy]

Princess wrote: "Amy wrote: "Diamond wrote: "Alright then let's start tomorrow! It's cool they're so short and breezy I can start whenever :) It was just the two of us reading this one, right?"

I'm guessing Prince..."

It doesn't matter if you can't read it today :) Like you, I have a few books on the go haha. We definitely can get them all done this month! :P

[Princess]

I decided to start it now lol

[Amy]

Start of chapter five: (view spoiler)[ I'm liking this one a lot more actually. But why don't they just rip the note up saying that Captain Sham can have the children? Although it's obvious that he has taken her and Aunt Josephine has not killed herself. (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

I hate that Lemony Snicket tells you spoilers right after something big has happened. (view spoiler)[ 'I cannot tell the Baudelaire orphans that they are wrong, but I can tell you, as the orphans cry in Mr Poe's arms, that Aunt Josephine is not dead. (hide spoiler)] Ugh, what is up with that??

[Princess]

I'm done

(view spoiler)[ Compare to the 2nd book, I like this one a little more, although there's still some stupidity going on. I'm now starting to realize that hey if you're a kid who's tired of happy ending you should read this because I think if you read between the lines there will be some life lessons (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

I'm also done

(view spoiler)[ I liked this one more than the last. I felt there was much more adventure thrown into this book and the Baudelaire orphans were really good when dealing with all the different situations they were put in. I also really like 'Captain Sham' I mean how funny is that? :D (hide spoiler)]

[Adriana]

Do you mind if I join this late with The Bad Beginning? I want to start rereading this series again. I won't ruin anything for the rest of you, promise (: ~ I actually forgot a lot of what happens (the details).

[Amy]

Yeah no problem Adriana! I think we will all end up in different places of the series anyway :) Looking forward to reading your thoughts. :)

[Adriana]

Amy wrote: "Yeah no problem Adriana! I think we will all end up in different places of the series anyway :) Looking forward to reading your thoughts. :)"

Awesome! I'll get started in the morning.

[Adriana]

Amy wrote: "I'm also done

[spoilers removed]"

Haha! I don't think I remember making that connection when I read the book: (view spoiler)[ Captain Sham *face palm* Duh! (hide spoiler)]

[Diamond]

I'm starting now! I'm going to read this tonight and I'll probably finish too! [ The Wide Window, that is ]

I love how Lemony Snicket has such a Unique writing style and voice. I can tell it's this book even if I didn't know the title I'd know it was part of this series lol.

Have u guys seen the movie? The movie covers the plot of the first three books, so I kinda know what happens, the big parts at least. :)

[Amy]

Adriana: Haha, it took me till the end of the book. Something just clicked inside my brain and I started laughing to myself :D Simple things.

Diamond: I've seen the movie, I think I preferred it. Mostly because Jim Carrey is a pretty awesome actor. I think it's rare to find a book that's totally unique, that's why I rated the first book so highly. :) How far have you got so far?

[Princess]

Amy wrote: "I'm also done

[spoilers removed]"

hahaha Captain Sham 'oh the irony' hahaha

[Diamond]

Ok so I just finished The Wide Window. I wrote a mini review, here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amy, I loved the movie too! Jim Carrey was the perfect Count Olaf.

I thought this was OK, not great. I feel like the plot keeps repeating itself :( If the next book doesn't ever off a bit and do something different, I think I'm gonna lose it! Haha I did like the setting of this more too.
I agree with you, Amy, why didn't the kids just (view spoiler)[ tear up the note? (hide spoiler)]

[Amy]

@Princess I know :D
@Diamond I agree with your review Diamond, hopefully something different will happen in the next book.

When do you guys want to start the 4th book? :)

[Princess]

I think I can start tomorrow :)

[Amy]

That's fine with me too but let's see what diamond says first. :)

[Diamond]

Yeah sure! Tomorrow is fine :) but I may need a bit of a break after we finish the next book since these books are so similar! Lol

[Diamond]

So that would be Friday the 4th , right? That we start?

[Princess]

I think it's now? hahaha arrrgh time zones

[Amy]

Friday is today for me... if that helps at all haha. I can start today, not until tonight though.