Welcome to Litsy!

Things are getting a little dark on the pod today… but only in the most absurd, Lemony Snicket way possible! Author and Snicket fan Noelle Crooks makes her SSR debut for a discussion about the fifth book in the series, THE AUSTERE ACADEMY. Listen at the link in my bio!

The Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to boarding school with horrible living conditions, mind-numbing classes, and a nasty bully called Carmelita Spats. But they also meet the two Quagmire triplets, forming friendship and helping to thwart Count Olaf when he inevitably tracks them down again
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
This was my May #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

Back to my unfortunate #series book 5. This is getting worse where the kids join a residential school ( and the school motto is ‘Remember you will die‘ ?!😰) So you can imagine the rest. Few nice characters are added into the series such as Quagmire triplets. But still it is as mysterious, anxious and adventurous as the previous ones. #seriesread2022 #bookspinbingo

Starting on book 5 while I put away all of our Christmas decorations. Going to have to start planning my Valentine‘s Day decor soon! 💖

#JumpStart2022 #JoyousJanuary

Another chapter in the Baudelaire‘s tragic tale…and our introduction to the worst secondary character, Miss Carmelita Spats. I cannot stand her (which, I guess, is kinda the point)…⭐️⭐️⭐️

Where my poetry loving sapphos 😂 #AwesomeAugust #Readathon #DeweyAug

‪My interpretation of the Found #readathon prompt is this @FrostbeardMPLS candle I found back in stock and ordered recently to go along with book 5 from the series 🕯💰 ‬

Was the series that really got me into reading as a kid

#austere #springsentiments @Eggs

#SpringSentiments #Austere
@Eggs

Another day, another opportunity to neglect my bookmarks

It‘s unfortunate 😜 that I didn‘t read this quote yesterday on the first annual International Ace Day 🍰 🖤🤍💜

I liked it

This is a kids book so I'll try not to be too judgemental. It just wasn't my favorite book in the series. I probably shouldn't have watched so much of the Netflix series if I was also going to read the books. Because the Netflix series is outstanding. This just wasn't my favorite chapter in the story. But I'm also an adult. Mostly.

#BookSpinBingo square 8
@TheAromaofBooks

Honestly, I think the series should have started with this book. The ones before are just as good, but I think it took too long to introduce some key characters/information/VFD. Maybe in the end everything will connect and I just wasn't able to pick on some things. I don't know.

I'm not done reading but I already think this is the best book in the series so far. The story really picks up and the introduction of new characters really helped.

2.12.20: The endings always have me wanting to read the next book. Can‘t wait to find out what happens in the next one!

2.11.20: Opted for a change of scenery today

1.8.20: Started this one the other day (1.5.20). I notice it has a higher rating than the previous books, so maybe this is where the story really starts to pick up.

My son continues to enjoy those series. This time the Baudelaire orphans attend a horrible academy and are of course trailed by the awful Count Olaf. As the series continues we start to get a bit more insight into Olaf‘a history and the backstory grows more intriguing. #middlegrade

Genre: Mystery, dark comedy, fiction
Book started: 10/30/19
Book completed: 11/14/19
Chosen: Watched show
Summary: The Baudelaires find themselves in care of an adult who doesn't have the slightest clue as how to take care of kids. They get tortured, forced in a horrible shack, and meet Carmelita Spats. But become friends with the Quagmires who help stop Count Olafs wicked plans and who only believe the Baudelaires its him while in disguise.

"As I'm sure you know, a good night's sleep helps you perform well in school; and so, if you are a student, you should always get a good night's sleep, unless you've come to the good part of your book - then you should stay up all night & let your schoolwork fall by the wayside."

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#currentread #currentlyreading #audiobook #readingwithmyears

Good one!

Loving my journey with the orphans, and even though I had appreciated the fourth book in the series, I had my reservations about how these books would continue.

This one set it all back on track!

The children are sent to a prep school, and while ridiculous situations arise (of course), they also find friends in two triplets. And (of course) Count Olaf finds his way to them again.

Onto book number six!

Book 31 of the year, finished April 20, audio

Finally finished this one. I want to like this series, I really do, but I am having more and more trouble finishing the stories. I appreciate that the kids finally made some actual friends in the two Quagmire Triplets, but the overwhelming stupidity of the adults in this series is exhausting.

I sincerely hope that Snicket isn't narrating the next book, he's one of the worst narrators I've heard.

📖 Tagged Book because there is a Gil that call people “cake sniffer” in it.

🎥 Half Baked

🎶Happy Birthday

#ManicMonday #🍰

This mom agrees!

Yes, they are! ❤📚📖

Currently working on finishing A Darker Shade of Magic. What are you reading today?

I read every morning to my kids. We‘ve been steadily working through A Series of Unfortunate Events. It‘s so fun to watch my 12 year old get certain references and laugh at the more mature jokes in all the books.

Seems like the overall plot of the books is starting to gain traction now, if only by a bit.

#quotsymay18 #orphan #lemonysnicket

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This was one of my favorites of the series so far besides #2. The children are sent to a horrible boarding school but they meet the triplets. There are only 2 of them because they lost their sibling in a fire. I enjoyed seeing the Baudelaire's finally having friends and even better, friends they could relate to. It made the book a lot more happy even though the ending was depressing as usual. I am reading them before I watch the Netflix episode.

Despite Daniel Handler revealing himself to be a rather trashy human, I still love the Beaudelaires and enjoyed rereading this after watching the Netflix series episodes.
#problematicfavs

Truth 📖📚😳

“In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be difficult to stay true to one‘s philosophical and literary principles.”

Happiest of birthdays to @Maggie — today I bought lunch for a friend just because I wanted to. Your #35randomacts of #kindness birthday wish is a lovely one, and I‘m so glad to have been able to contribute!

“I don‘t know what that building is. I never go in there.”
“It says ‘library‘.”
“Only a cake-sniffer would notice something like that!”
Rainy afternoon at drop-in seems like an excellent time to screen the new series.

I‘m so stoked for the new Unfortunate Events season!! Growing up, the Austere Academy was my absolute favourite - probably because it reminded me of my old school a bit 😂 #tvseries #adaptation

Taking bets on the number of jokes along the lines of "Good Friday is now Bad Friday".

#ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents #ASOUE #TheWorldIsQuietHere #VFD #LemonySnicket #Netflix #Friyay

Will read the next few books in the series before I binge watch Season 2 next week📖📚📺
A book with alliteration in the title
6/40 #popsugarchallenge
19/100 #goodreadsreadingchallenge2018

So I just realized that season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events is coming to Netflix at the end of the month...guess what books just moved up to the top of my TBR! 😂 At least when I get my hands on all of the books, they're really quick reads!

... if you are a student you should always get a good night‘s sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means “flunk.”

I love the Netflix version and Neil as Count Olaf. 9 more books to go 📚📚📚

Nothing made me want to drop out of 5th grade faster than this book.

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3 stars. I wonder if I would have rated this series more than a solid 3 stars if I had read them when they at the age they were intended to be read..🤔

I had forgotten a lot of the details of this book, and maybe that's why the absurdist humor of it grabbed me more than any of the previous books this read-through. It also contains the first real hints at the overarching plot, though, so maybe this is just where the series really stats to hit its stride. #notaSOREjoke #VFD

#mementomori

Things are starting to get even more unfortunate, but also more interesting for the Baudelaires. They finally made some friends and they're onto a lead about the reason behind everything that's happening to them. This installment ended in a cliffhanger for the first time, so I'll read the next one soon!