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Monthly Archives: July 2009
The End (and series comments)
The End © 2006 Lemony Snicket 324 pages The End of the Series of Unfortunate Events begins on the open ocean, with the Baudelaires and Count Olaf in the same boat — having escaped a burning hotel and an angry … Continue reading
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The Penultimate Peril
The Penultimate Peril © 2005 Lemony Snicket 353 pages As its name suggests, we are nearing The End. Following clues left for them by VFD members, the children arrive back where the series began — at Briny Beach, where Sunny … Continue reading
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The Grim Grotto
The Grim Grotto © 2004 Lemony Snicket 323 pages I continue the Series of Unfortunate Events. By this point in the series, the format has completely changed. The Baudelaire orphans are no longer being protected by the system and ushered … Continue reading
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The Slippery Slope
The Slippery Slope © 2003 Lemony Snicket 337 pages The last book ended with the Baudelaire orphans not in a quiet place where they could reflect on their fate, but in a perilous place that threatened death within the span … Continue reading
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The Carnivorous Carnival
The Carnivorous Carnival © 2003 Lemony Snicket 286 pages Although for the first six books the Baudelaire orphans were bounced from one psychotic or useless guardian to the next, they had a sense of stability in that they knew Mr. … Continue reading
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This Week At the Library (29/7)
Books this Update: The Vile Village and The Hostile Hospital, Lemony Snicket Syrup, Max(x) Barry Finding Your Religion, Scotty McLennan Reclaiming Virtue, Ray Bradshaw I started the week off by continuing in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. While I … Continue reading
Reclaiming Virtue
Reclaiming Virtue: How We can Develop the Moral Intelligence to do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason © 2009 Ray Bradshaw 528 pages When I checked this out, I expected a rational defense of morality. … Continue reading
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Finding Your Religion
Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up with Has Lost its Meaning © 1999 Scotty McLennan 242 pages I didn’t go into the library to find this book — I pulled it off the shelf on a whim, … Continue reading
The Hostile Hospital
The Hostile Hospital © 2001 Lemony Snicket 255 pages The Hostile Hospital represents a dramatic break in the series’ pattern: rather than Mr. Poe delivering the children to yet another guardian who will either die, denounce the children, or attempt … Continue reading
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