The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)

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It's tough when the things that stand between you and your desired sugar bowl are a host of deadly mushrooms and an uncomfortable diving suit. The unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves in deep (once again) in this eleventh book in Lemony Snicket's odd-and-full-of-woe-but-quite-funny Series of Unfortunate Events. In The Grim Grotto, the siblings find themselves headed down Stricken Stream on a broken toboggan when they are spotted by the submarine Queequeg, carrying Captain Widdershins, his somewhat volatile stepdaughter Fiona, and optimistic Phil from Lucky Smells Lumbermill. The adventures that follow as the crew tries to get to the aforementioned sugar bowl before Count Olaf are so horrible that the narrator inserts factual information about the water cycle so that readers will get bored and stop reading the book. It doesn't work. As per usual, readers will want to soak up every awf! ul detail and follow the Baudelaires all the way back to the place we first met them--Briny Beach. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

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Plan to spend this autumn in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times best–selling Series of Unfortunate Events.

Lemony Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent, and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to provoke suspicion and despair in readers the world over. In the eleventh and most alarming volume yet in the bestselling phenomenon A Series of Unfortunate Events, the intrepid siblings delve further into the dark mystery surrounding the death of their parents and the baffling organization of V.F.D.

Customer Reviews:

Grim Reading.......2007-10-05

The Baudelaire orphans continue their search for the VFD and the sugar bowl with the hidden message as they escape down the slippery slope of the Mortmain Mountains and away from the evil Count Olaf. Their toboggan ride down the stream leads them to discover a submarine manned by a Captain, his stepdaughter, and Phil - a man the siblings met previously, all of which are friendly to the search for the sugar bowl and interested in keeping it out of Olaf's clutches. But just when it seems as though the Baudelaires have other people to work with and confide in, Olaf manages to strike again and keep the children on a collision course with disaster. The children must work together and keep their wits about them if they are to hope that they will someday escape from Olaf and his evil henchmen for good.

This installment contributes almost nothing to the overall plot line of the series. After a slight increase in the pace of the series, this one brings the fun back to a screeching halt. The concept is frustrating at this point and ready for the big conclusion. As in some of the earlier novels, the writing at the beginning of chapters is often disjointed and seems in need of good editing. It is good that there are only two books left because if there was no end in sight, I would likely put an end to it myself.

Oh, Dear! The Dreadful Happenings Continue........2007-09-09

Dear Reader,

When we last saw the Baudelaire children, they were being swept out to sea after having fallen down a mountain. It was most dreadful. I should have just left them there and not continued reading about their unfortunate lives in THE GRIM GROTTO, the eleventh chronicle of those poor, unhappy Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny.

THE GRIM GROTTO finds them even in more dire circumstances than before. They are misled into believing they have found a former ally of the VFD. Then they have to live in the cramped and tight living arrangements aboard a submarine with no chance of getting out unless they put on these horribly heavy underwater-breathing suits. Aboard the submarine they are threatened from the outside by a giant mechanical monster and Count Olaf and his crew. Then we they finally do get out to walk around they are almost killed by poisonous mushrooms and despite all the precautions they take, disaster strikes anyway.

You'd best stay away from this one. But if do choose to read THE GRIM GROTTO, it's not my fault if anything happens.
Sincerely,

Uncle TV

Hook-Handed Man's secret revealed!.......2007-08-14

After nearly escaping from the almost-melting Mortmain Mountains in the previous book in the series, The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10), the Baudelaire orphans (Violet, Klaus, and Sunny) are taken in by the eccentric Captain Widdershins and his stepdaughter Fiona aboard a submarine. The Queequeg submarine is not exactly in good shape, so the Baudelaires are not exactly any more safe in this particular chapter of their lives than they ever were. During their perilous quest to find the mysterious sugar bowl down in an underwater grotto found on the bottom of the Striken Stream, the unlucky children encounter a poisonous fungus known as the Medusoid Mycelium. The deadly mushroom has the ability to grow on human throats and choke its victim to death in an hour or less. Of course, one of the Baudelaires is infected by the horrible fungus and might not make it to the next book! This book, along with all of the other books in the series, is great read for the little kids and the teens and the adults and everyone else who loves a good page-turner. Not only is this book a good mystery, but also touches on the subject of villainy. Just like in real life, characters in the book change from being good to evil and vise-versa - a serious topic to discuss to readers. Besides that, Lemony Snicket (the author) makes references to various famous writers and their words through the Verse Fluctuation Declaration poem-involving V.F.D. code (similar to Aunt Josephine's and the Quagmires') and the submarine's name and uniform. Even though it is fiction, I would not doubt that A Series of Unfortunate Events will someday become a book required in many schools. They are simply so well-written with suspense, humor, mystery, and a bit of drama! (By the way, my review`s title speaks the truth).

How Could You Not Like It.......2007-08-03

If you are reading this series you obviously like the books. The author hasn't disspointed you with this one. Another creepy amazing little story about the 3 children you have grown found of... another suspenseful ending.... a must read.

MUST HAVE!.......2007-07-23

This audio version of the Lemony Snicket book, Grim Grotto, is excellent. Tim Curry reads and he does different voices for the characters and there is music which is catchy and fun, one song for each book (I also recommend getting the CD, Tragic Treasury by the Gothic Archies). Only get this if you like the series. Start with Book 1, A Bad Beginning. Not all audiobooks in the series are read by Tim Curry, but I think 11 of them are.

Pet Pages Unleashed: Fetching Ideas for Animal-inspired Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers)

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Worth it for the ideas
"Paws-a-tively " great!
Love it.
Fantastic pet layouts!

Pet Pages Unleashed: Fetching Ideas for Animal-inspired Scrapbook Pages (Memory Makers)

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Pets are beloved family members and a cherished part of countless events and memories. This inspiring guide offers pet lovers hundreds of creative ideas for immortalizing their favorite animals with specially designed scrapbook pages. Scrapbookers will discover:

-Hundreds of innovative ideas for creating pages dedicated to domestic pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes and birds

-Inspiring journaling prompts for recording special moments with pets

-Tips and techniques for creating paw print cast molds

-Helpful pointers for taking top-notch pet photos and portraits

-Heartfelt ideas for remembering past pets

-Fun pet facts and stats for extra inspiration

Pet-loving scrapbookers will love this endearing guide to celebrating the ways their animals enrich their lives.

Customer Reviews:

Worth it for the ideas.......2007-05-12

I'm not a huge scrapbooker, but I like to do pages from time to time. This book is great to give me layout ideas when I get tired of doing things the same all the time. It's useful for all types of layouts too, not just pet pages. I'm glad I bought it.

"Paws-a-tively " great!.......2007-03-23

This is such a great book for scrapbooking your pet photos. I have really enjoyed using this book while designing pages of my dog Roxy. The book it self is beautiful and the page layouts are fantastic. It really gives you some good ideas and shows alot of detail for scrapbooking one of the most important members of your family!

Love it........2006-11-10

What can I say - I just love this book. Has some great layouts and plenty of ideas. Can't wait to get started on some new creations of my own.

Fantastic pet layouts!.......2006-08-29

I cannot believe there are no other reviews out here for this marvelous book! Animal-lover scrapbookers will totally love this book. There have been a few prior, but this one is awesome.

I am always looking for ways to scrapbook my dogs and cats. Their photos are so much fun to work with and practice all my techniques. But I rarely if ever see pet pages in the magazines. This book is beautiful. The pet layouts are fantastic and give me lots of motivation to get cropping.
Also recommended: SCRAPBOOKING PETS & ANIMALS !!!

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)

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The Ersatz Elevator is "in"
The Ersatz Elevator
Not suspenseful enough for me. (Some spoilers!)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Best book in the series!!!

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
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ASIN: 0060566213
Release Date: 2003-07-29

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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, "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." And so it is for the bad-luck Baudelaires. Their fancy new 71-bedroom home on 667 Dark Avenue is inhabited by Esmé Gigi Geniveve Squalor (the city's sixth most important financial advisor), and her kindly husband, Jerome, who doesn't like to argue. Esmé is obsessed by the trends du jour (orphans are "in"), and because elevators are "out," 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.)

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 The Austere Academy, 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, The Vile Village. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

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Dear Reader,

If you have just picked up this audio, 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.

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.

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.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

Customer Reviews:

The Ersatz Elevator is "in".......2007-07-29

If you have been following the adventures of the Baudelaire orphans so far, then you DO NOT want to miss this particular book (especially after how The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5) left off) because it is one of the best ones in the entire series. In this book, Violet the inventor, Klaus the reader, and Sunny the biter are (whose parents` died in a terrible fire in the first book, and ever since then they encounter countless misfortunes) are raised by Esme and Jerome Squalor on 667 Dark Avenue during this book`s events. The Squalors live in an enormous seventy-one room penthouse on top of a sixty-six floor apartment. Esme Squalor is obsessed with what's "in" (the word she uses for "cool") and what's "out" (the word she uses for "uncool"). Jerome Squalor is an interesting and friendly character who just does as his wife commands because he dislikes arguing. Unfortunately for the Baudelaires, Count Olaf shows up again in yet another disguise: Gunther, the auctioner at the In Auction (a famous auction that will auction off things that are "in"). The Baudelaires must foil Count Olaf's plan, discover the secret of V.F.D., rescue the Quaqmire triplets, and find out if the mysterious elevator is simply "out" because it is uncool - or because there's something more to it that the naked eye doesn't notice. In all, this an extremely excellent book that I recommend to anyone that has been enjoying the Baudelaires adventures or that simply likes a good mystery. This book is very suspenseful at the end when a lot of the unresolved puzzles start fitting and the children must get to the In Auction in time to [well, I won't spoil it for you]. In my opinion, this is really were the series begins because the V.F.D. mystery really starts in this volume. Also, a great things that makes readers enjoy this book is the unexpected twist at the end. I won't say anymore, just read this book for yourself to see exactly how good it truly is! If you like this book, then I recommend you ALL of the other books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events book series. Though the books are shorter than something like Harry Potter, they can still be enjoyed by all ages.

The Ersatz Elevator.......2007-03-30

The Ersatz Elevator is about three children, Klaus, Sunny, and Violet, who lost their parents in a horrible fire. They have been adopted by relative after relative with their means of happiness only to be shattered by the evil Count Olaf. He has one thing in mind. Their huge fortune they inherited from their parents. In this book, the children are currently adopted by their sixth closest relative, Esme and Jerome Squalor. Esme only cares about things that are "in" or popular and Jerome just follows along. Olaf dresses up as a businessman and fools Jerome and Esme. Then, the kids find their kidnapped friends at the bottom of a secret elevator shaft. In the end, they try to save their friends but Olaf escapes with them. I loved this book because of its interesting storyline, odd characters, and suspenseful moments.

This book has one of the weirdest storylines I have ever seen! The kids actually go down into an empty elevator shaft, not knowing what they will find, and then find their missing friends inside. After that, they climb back up, heat some fireplace utensils in an oven, and rush back down to try and melt the metal bars of their friends' cage. By then, Olaf had swept them away to an auction that he and Esme set up. He was to hide the friends in an auction item and buy the item, allowing him a chance to get out of the city. The children rush to the auction, through a secret passageway they had found, and try to find the right item only to make a fool of themselves while Olaf gets away.

This book also had very weird characters! Esme didn't care what was "in' just as long as she had it. For example, if light was not in, she would do everything she could to make everything she was near dark as can be. If elevators are not in, you would have to walk all the way up the stairs to the penthouse apartment in the dark. Jerome, even though he doesn't like the things Esme does, never talks just because he doesn't like arguing. They live in a seventy-one room penthouse that is about one-hundred stories in the air. The children never got used to living with these crazy people.

This book got very suspenseful at parts. For example, when they climbed down the elevator, you didn't know what was going to happen or what they would find. Another example is when the children were about to reveal that their stolen friends were in the auction item, you didn't know whether or not they were actually there or not.

The last reason that I like this book is because it is part of a huge series. I love to read a series of books because they provide large amounts of information and allow you to solve a big puzzle. The characters continue from book to book and each one contributed greatly towards understanding the big mystery. That is why I loved this book.

C. Copeland

Not suspenseful enough for me. (Some spoilers!).......2007-02-05

I bought all 13 books already with my own money, so i intend to finish the series, but it's hard when these books are sometimes not interesting enough. This book has some suspense like V.F.D. and the Ersatz elevator shaft leading to the remains of the Baudelaire mansion, but it seems that it was not as suspenseful as the 5th book for some reason. I think that these books will become more suspenseful and interesting as the series continues, but right now it is just not to that point. I think this series is good so far, but the plot is overly repeated, so as that the reader and almost guess to what is exactly going to happen. I think/know that the Harry Potter series is better then this series. You should read that series if you want a real good read with a lot of suspense, interest, and magic.

Thank you for your time,
Loran

A Series of Unfortunate Events .......2007-02-04

I absolutely adore these books.. After I start reading them, I don't want to stop! Once I am done with the book, I am on a search for the next one!I recommend these books to any reader that loves the suspense! *****

Best book in the series!!!.......2007-01-26

I'd have to say that this is the best book in A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Baudelaire orphans climb a huge staircase, climb up and down an elevator shaft, wear pinstripe suits, go to an auction at Veblen Hall in order to save their friends, and have to face with Count Olaf. I recomend this book to everyone!

The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)

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Pace picking up
The Best of the Series So Far for Adult Readers
Probably the Scariest Book
A rollercoaster of suspense and of long awaited answers to questions.
The Slippery Slope

The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)
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ASIN: 0060564415
Release Date: 2003-09-23

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What would you do if you found yourself trapped in a runaway caravan hurtling down a precipitous mountain slope? Fourteen-year-old Violet, the oldest orphan of the three Baudelaires, decides to try to slow the velocity of the caravan with a drag-chute invention involving a viscous combination of blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, maraschino liqueur, peanut butter, etc. If plummeting to their death weren't scary enough, Violet and her brother Klaus have been separated from Sunny, their baby sister who is in a car headed in the opposite direction up the mountain with the "facinorous" Count Olaf, his "villainous and stylish" girlfriend Esmé Squalor, and their creepy sidekicks. Do Violet and Klaus find Sunny on the mountain? How will they survive the treacherous, snow-covered peaks with not much more than a ukulele and a bread knife, especially in the face of the "organized, ill-tempered" snow gnats? Will they finally unearth the mystery of the V.F.D.? Will they find out if one of their parents is alive after all? The suspense! As ever, the Baudelaires' unfolding tale of woe is sprinkled with Lemony Snicket's ridiculous, hilarious observations such as "Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like." The tenth book in The Series of Unfortunate Events takes readers through the Mortmain Mountains to the churning waters of the Stricken Stream with all the coexistent horror and silliness a Snicket fan could hope for along the way. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

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DISCLAIMER: The long term effects of listening to this audio are unknown. Scientists have detected slightly higher rates of panic, fright and free-floating anxiety amongst listeners to this audio than that found in those listeners who engaged in more pleasant listening activities.

Dear Listener,

Like handshakes or housepets, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up -- and down -- a range of strange and distressing mountains.

It would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire.

Unfortunately, I have dedicated my life to researching and recording the sad tale of the Baudelaire Orphans. There is no reason for you to dedicate yourself to such things, and you might instead dedicate yourself to letting this slippery audio slip from your hands into a nearby trash receptacle, or deep pit. With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

Customer Reviews:

Pace picking up.......2007-09-27

The Slippery Slope is "Book the Tenth" in the Series of Unfortunate Events featuring the Baudelaire orphans. Count Olaf has kidnapped the youngest orphan, Sunny, and Violet and Klaus must try to find a way to save themselves as well as catch up to Olaf and reclaim their sister. But they find themselves alone and without resources in the cold and scary Mortmain Mountains. To make matters worse, they are not sure to where Olaf has escaped. First they are attacked by snow gnats that sting for no reason, then they run into the horrible Carmelita who made their lives so miserable when they attended Prefrock Prepatory School. But all is not bad as they meet a mystery friend that comes to their aid and turns out to be an unexpected ally. But will the new friendship be enough to overcome Olaf and his evil henchman who grow in number with every installment in the series?

After a stretch of books that dragged, the tenth book finally picks the pace back up. It is clear that the plot is beginning to reach a climax and the story excites the reader to continue. The beginnings of the overall theme are finally coming together and mysteries are being revealed. However, just as it is for the Baudelaire children, the more mysteries that are solved, the more mysteries that evolve.

This series remains a highly imaginative and well written series. Unfortunately it dipped in the middle, but it seems to be making a comeback that will hopefully continue right through "Book the Thirteenth."

The Best of the Series So Far for Adult Readers.......2007-08-21

SLIPPERY SLOPE is the tenth of the thirteen volume A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. As an adult reader who came to this series recently (I saw the film version of the first three volumes, which seriously piqued my curiosity) I have had some complaints about the earlier volumes. As an adult reader, I found that the earlier volumes often moved too slowly and were too repetitive. I tried to get past that because, after all, it's a children's book, and some of the clever double entendre found in Sunny's "baby talk" in the earlier books was well worth it. Moreover, the underlying mystery had captured my imagination, and I found myself searching for clues in the books to see if I could figure some answers out myself.

However, in this book, finally the story begins to move at a faster pace. New characters are introduced, we learn some answers (finally!) to the mysteries that have been haunting us since the first book, and Sunny's growth from a small baby into a little girl makes her the most charming of the Baudelaires. Yes the series was slow on occasion - the 4th and 5th books especially spring to mind - but the developing story is worth the wait. And if you're reading this to a child, you're going to be entertained as much as they are.

Probably the Scariest Book.......2007-08-03

This book was probably the scariest of all of the Unfortunate Event series. The story is well written, very descriptive, no boring parts. Really fun... but really scary. Highly recommended.

A rollercoaster of suspense and of long awaited answers to questions........2007-06-12

I thought this book was really good. The last book left you hanging at the end of which this book begins. This book continues from where Sunny was in Olaf's clutches and Violet and Klaus are rolling down a mountain to a conceivable death. In this book along with long awaited answers to questions, we are joined by past book characters and characters we've only heard about. I loved how we got move insight on the VFD and more clues. This book also brought in information from the previous books, which was good because it tied the series together more. So if you haven't read the series from the beginning then you should so you don't get lost.I'm hoping that the last 3 books have this same build up to the long awaited finale of the 13th book.

thank you for your time,
Loran

The Slippery Slope.......2007-06-06

The Slippery Slope is about the three Baudelaires whose parents died in a terrible fire that burned down their whole house. The Baudelaires are sent to live with an evil man named Count Olaf. In this book they are traveling up the Mortmain Mountains looking for a secret hideout. One of the Baudelaires got captured and has to cook for Count Olaf and his troupe.

I would recommend this book to people who like intense and scary books and are from 9-12 years old. I liked this book because you couldn't stop reading it. Something is always happening so you can't stop reading until you find out what happened. When you did some thing else would happen so you would have to keep reading. I disliked this book because the author would explain everything to you and tell you what they mean

I think people should read this book if they like intense and scary books. You should also read the other books in the series if you like this one.

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9)

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Slow going
Letter from Violet, Klaus and Sunny to Lemony Snicket
The Most Colorful Book of All
The Carnivorous Carnival is in town.
the carnivorous carnival

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9)
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ASIN: 0060566264
Release Date: 2003-09-16

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Dear Listener,

The word carnivorous means meat eating and this carnivorous volume contains such a distressing story that consuming any of its contents would be far more stomach-turning than even the most imbalanced meal.

It would be best if I didn't mention any of the unnerving ingredients of this story, particularly, an unruly crowd, a wooden plank, and Chabo the Wolf Baby. I also shouldn't mention the features of the interactive CD, which include:

Perplexing word games
Photos from The Lemony Snicket Archives
Art from The Brett Helquist gallery

Sadly for me, I continue to research the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, but your time might be filled with something more palatable. With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

Performed by Tim Curry

Customer Reviews:

Slow going.......2007-09-23

The Carnivorous Carnival is the 9th installment in the Baudelaire orphans' Series of Unfortunate Events. The orphans have escaped the burning hospital from Book 8 by climbing in the trunk of Count Olaf's car and sneaking away with him and his evil henchmen. They arrive at a carnival isolated in the barren hinterlands and immediately realize that they must disguise themselves so that Olaf and his friends will not recognize them. They get jobs as carnival freaks and try to find a way to escape and continue to look for the Snicket file and the possibility that one of their parents might still be alive.

This book is another fun installment in the series, but unfortunately, for some time the series has been dragging. It is possible that for children each book is entertaining as a stand alone book, but for me, I find that the repetitive formula of each is now tiresome and I am ready for it to conclude. I continue to be impressed by the writing style and the clever way the author uses language to instruct and entertain. Overall the series is fantastic, but the pace is frustratingly slow at this point. Hopefully the pace will accelerate as the ending draws near.

Letter from Violet, Klaus and Sunny to Lemony Snicket.......2007-09-16

Dear Mr. Snicket,

We have found out about you telling our story, and we wanted to communicate with you. Luckily for us, this reviewer visited the carnival in which we were performing in an unusual capacity (as f-r-e-a-k-s) and agreed to make this message available to you. At first we were enraged, since we realized that you were interjecting funny comments in our story, which seemed to derive from really bad taste. But then we understood, if you did not do that, nobody would want to read about our miserable experiences.

As you already know, we barely escaped from the hospital. "Slash!", that was a comment from Sunny, who intends to say that Olaf and his cronies were trying to chop off Violet's head and they almost succeeded. We sneaked into the trunk Count Olaf's car and ended up in this carnival, trying to figure out the secret of V.F.D. If you have any information, please, please, please, help us out. "Chersssh", that was Sunny again, saying that we found out that one of our beloved parents may be alive. If you have any news, we would appreciate you providing this information to us.

We have found a few compassionate people in the carnival, but the lions arrived a short time ago, and we are getting scared. If you have any way to contact Mr. Poe, tell him to come rescue us. He seems to have missed our telegram. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire

PS from the reviewer: Mr. Snicket, I realize that you have found out about the events that unfolded at the carnival and already wrote a book about it. I applaud your accuracy in telling the tale and I thoroughly enjoyed your use of humor at such a grim time. I hope you can help these children and I hope I get to find out soon about what happened to them. I have a lot of questions and the suspense is killing me. I will now let you get back to your writing, which I hope many people get to read. Best regards.

The Most Colorful Book of All.......2007-08-03

This book was definitely different. Lots of canival characters. Still consistent with the other books. Lots of action. Very entertaining. Highly recommended.

The Carnivorous Carnival is in town........2007-05-17

Do you like books that have mystery, adventures, secrets, or orphans in them? If not, then I am warning you right now that you can put this book down get a happier story like "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." It's your decision; you can choose the book I just suggested or you can choose "The Carnivorous Carnival". If you want to know more or get to know the Baudelaire's read on, if not you can put this down and run around screaming like a maniac into the night.

This is the story of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, three orphans who have been put under the care of Count Olaf. This story began when the Baudelaire parents perished in a fire that destroyed their entire mansion. The three children were on Briny Beach when Mr. Poe, the wealthy banker told the Baudelaire orphans that, well, they were orphans. Then, at Count Olafs' house he put the Baudelaire's to work. Some chores rough, some chores were as easy as ringing a doorbell.

If I were to give the book a rating out of 10, I would personally give it a 9 ½. I think this is the best book I've read up to date because, it has a lot of suspenseful moments, and a whole lot of mystery, drama, and some clues to whether the Baudelaire parents are alive or dead.
I highly recommend this book for every age group from 10 and up. The only people who wouldn't like this book are people who hate books without unhappy endings.

If you want to know more about or get to know the Baudelaire's you can start from the beginning and read the 13 books in chronological order, or you can read them scattered like I did. It doesn't matter how you read it, it just matters if you do read it. (All books are Accelerated Reader Eligible.)

By: Jordan

the carnivorous carnival.......2007-05-08

Now we are back in the belly of the beast. The Carnivorous Carnival was an exciting book. Klaus, Sunny, and Violet joined Madame Lulu's carnival. They dressed themselves up as freaks so Count Olaf wouldn't recognize them. At the end, Violet and Klaus were in an RV being pulled by Count Olaf himself. Count Olaf has someone cut the cord that attaches the RV to the car and pulls away with Sunny. I highly recommend this book.
The book has a phrase that is repeated through the book whenever the children are about to be in a bad situation. "Back in the belly of the beast" was repeated about nine times in this novel and every time something bad happened. For example, when the cord attaching the car to the RV was cut; also when they figured out he knew who they were.
The book was very exciting. At many points, I could not set the book down. The events in the book were so extreme. When Olaf said to push the children, I thought they would die.
The book had a thrilling ending. Olaf was able to escape from Violet and Klaus with their baby sister. IN real life, he wouldn't have been able to pull off stealing their sister, so it was more fictional, but a great ending. The ending is not cliché because the villain got away.
The book had many creative characters. One of the characters was a contortionist; another was a humpback; another was a wolf baby. I suggest this book to seventh graders.

The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)

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Unsatisfying
Really fun book to read with children
A tacky ending to a great series
The World is Quiet Here
Highly disappointing

The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)
Lemony Snicket
Manufacturer: HarperChildren's Audio
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ASIN: 0060579528
Release Date: 2006-10-13

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Picking up from the final pages of the Pentultimate Peril, this farewell installment to the ridiculously (and deservedly!) popular A Series of Unfortunate Events places our protagonists right where we last left them: on a large, wooden boat in the middle of the ocean, trapped with their nemesis Count Olaf, who has armed himself with a helmet-full of deadly Medusoid Mycelium.

The situation quickly and--this being the Baudelaires--predictably deteriorates. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny find themselves tossed in a storm so terrible that our beloved narrator spends four pages describing how he cannot describe it. From this point on, fans of the series' smarty-pants wordplay and acrobatic narrative can rest assured that they're in for more of the same (and how) in this 368-page finale, and Daniel Handler's deadpan Snicket continues to tutor a generation in self-referential humor (including one particularly funny bit regarding three very short men carrying a large, flat piece of wood, painted to look like a living room). Snicket notes, of course, that if you read the entire series, "your only reward will be 170 chapters of misery in your library and countless tears in your eyes."

There's one big question, though, for anyone who's made it through "the thirteenth chapter of the thirteenth volume in this sad history": is the final book a fitting end? That question is probably best-answered by one of The End's most oft-repeated phrases: It depends on how you look at it. Those looking for conclusive resolution to the series' many, many mysteries may be disappointed, although some big questions do get explicit answers. Not surprisingly for a work so deliberately labyrinthine, though, even the absence of an answer can be sort of an answer--and reaction to The End can be something of a Rorschach test for readers. Or, as Lemony Snicket says, "Perhaps you don't know yet what the end really means." --Paul Hughes

Book Description

Dear Listener,

You are presumably looking at the back of this audiobook, or the end of the end. The end of the end is the best place to begin the end, because if you listen to the end from the beginning of the beginning of the end to the end of the end of the end, you will arrive at the end of the end of your rope. This audiobook is the last in A Series of Unfortunate Events, and even if you braved the previous twelve volumes, you probably can't stand such unpleasantries as a fearsome storm, a suspicious beverage, a herd of wild sheep, an enormous bird cage, and a truly haunting secret about the Baudelaire parents.

I also shouldn't mention the features of the interactive CD, which include:

Perplexing word games
Photos from The Lemony Snicket Archives
Art from The Brett Helquist gallery

It has been my solemn occupation to complete the history of the Baudelaire orphans, and at last I am finished. You likely have some other occupation, so if I were you I would drop this audiobook at once, so the end does not finish you.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

Customer Reviews:

Unsatisfying.......2007-09-24

I had such high hopes for at least a few answers to all the superbly intertwined questions developed in the previous 12 books. Unfortunately, after finishing "The End," very few were truly answered, and a long laundry list of questions remain dangling in the wind waiting for resolution. In fact I feel like this book created more questions than it answered. I can appreciate the author's style and desire to leave some of the resolution up to the reader, but in my opinion, it was too much, and I was left very unsatisfied. After 12 books of building suspense, "The End" is very anticlimactic.

Really fun book to read with children.......2007-08-26

I almost didn't read this book after watching the dreadful movies, but it was recommended, so I gave it a shot. I like to pick fun books and read them with my children. My 8 and 10 year old sons have really enjoyed these books, and it keeps them interested in reading. I have been hooked on Harry Potter, and these books do not captivate my interest anywhere near to the same degree, but they are a really fun series that I have had a great time reading with my kids.

A tacky ending to a great series.......2007-08-25

I've read most of the Series of unfortunate events books twice and after finishing the 12th one, I was very excited for the last to come out. The end of the 12th book sets up a great stage for the series end, were all our burning questions will be answered.

So, I get the 13th one the day it comes out. I read the book non-stop, waiting for the grand finale that will reveal everything.

So what did the ending reveal? nothing good. It really only reveals one thing, and its not even something I would have thought about if they hadn't brought it up. The only redeeming thing about the ending is that count olaf dies, which I'm sure everybody was eager for.

I would rather have Lemony Snicket release a FAQ answering all the mysteries in the series than having read this book

The World is Quiet Here.......2007-08-21

This book is so much more then i can put down. It is all so speachlessly true and powerful. I cried 4 times-and then went into shock! It's like Lemony says my thoughts. It is all so emotional-everything from Beatrice to the RING. V.F.D is expecialy important. I can not think of anything it needs. I promise that this book will be more then anything you have ever read. You won't be disapointed in the least. Please choose to purchase this book. If you don't you'll need help. That way you can learn the mystery of the ring and all of the other secrets that are dangerous to you- rather you know them or not. He warned you from the very bad beginning that it might be more then you can handle.

Highly disappointing.......2007-08-05

While I loved the first twelve books, and even reread them all carefully in final anticipation of the thirteenth, I really hated The End. Unbelievably disappointing. So disappointing that I gave away my entire series of first edition hardbacks.

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A wonderfully upbeat and carefree picturebook.
A rootin', tootin', boot-scootin' read-aloud!

Buckamoo Girls
Ellen A Kelley
Manufacturer: Abrams Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810954710

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In this rollicking read-aloud Western, meet Joanna and Susanna, the ultimate cowgirls!

What if cows could be cowgirls? One day in the pasture, just chewing on cud, Joanna and Susanna imagine themselves as the fun-loving Buckamoooo Girls. The Buckamoooo Girls ride through the Wild West—roping steers, sharing a meal out in the open air, and dancing “by the light of the moooooon.”

This hilarious daydream of a picture book, created by two Westerners, shows that there are few things better than a horse ride under a big sky, and a friend to share it with.

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A wonderfully upbeat and carefree picturebook........2007-02-04

Imaginative author Ellen A. Kelley and award-willing illustrator Tom Curry present Buckamoo Girls, a children's picturebook about a pair of ordinary cows who dream about being a "cowgirl" team in the Old West. A bouncy rhyme complements the exuberant, colorful illustrations of the Buckamoo Girls' exploits, from square dancing to rodeo rustling to singing by campfire and moonlight. A wonderfully upbeat and carefree picturebook. "Yer cowgirl ride / sets with the sun. / You were cowgirls / jest fer fun!"

A rootin', tootin', boot-scootin' read-aloud!.......2006-09-26

Yee-haw! Susanna and Joanna, two day-dreaming cows, trade in their cuds for a taste of the wrangler life - - with udderly delightful results! They herd cattle, chow down at the chuckwagon, swing their pardners 'round and 'round at the hoedown, then bunk down for the night under a Western moon, dreaming anew of their Buckamoo adventures. Poet Kelley has written a rollicking read-aloud that will inspire kids to grap their hats, pull on their boots and laugh, clap, sing right along. Curry's illustrations are hilarious and heart-warming. A must for cowpokes and city-slickers alike.

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7)

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This book was great for my neice who is 9yrs old
Creepy as the Other Books
The seventh and the best
Anything BUT Vile, This Series Keeps Getting Better!
It was actually a pretty good read. possibly some spoilers.

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7)
Lemony Snicket
Manufacturer: HarperChildren's Audio
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ASIN: 0060566221
Release Date: 2003-08-12

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The seventh book in Lemony Snicket's splendidly gloomy Series of Unfortunate Events shadows the three Baudelaire orphans as they plummet headlong into their next misadventure. Mr. Poe, their ineffective legal guardian, having exhausted all options for finding them a new home with relatives (including their 19th cousin), sadly entrusts his young charges' fate to a progressive guardian program formed with the premise "It takes a village to raise a child." Before they know it, the Baudelaires are being whisked off on a bus to a village (vile) named "V.F.D." Snicket fans who read The Austere Academy and The Ersatz Elevator will jump to see these three initials, as they provide a clue to the tragic disappearance of the Baudelaires' friends, the beloved, equally orphaned Quagmire triplets.

To the orphans' dismay, V.F.D. is covered in crows--so much so that the whole village is pitch-black and trembling. "The crows weren't squawking or cawing, which is what crows often do, or playing the trumpet, which crows practically never do, but the town was far from silent. The air was filled with the sounds the crows made as they moved around." Another disturbing element of the town is that the Council of Elders (who wear creepy crow hats) has thousands of rules, such as "don't hurt crows" and "don't build mechanical devices." Fortunately, the Baudelaires are taken in by a kindly handyman named Hector who cooks them delicious Mexican food and secretly breaks rules. Still, neither Hector nor an entire village can protect the orphans from the clutches of the money-grubbing Count Olaf, who has relentlessly pursued them (actually, just their fortune) since The Bad Beginning. Fans won't want to miss any of this marvelously morbid series! (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

Book Description

Dear Listener,

Nobody in their right minds would listen to this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay at the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded on this CD.

I can think of no reason why anyone would want to listen to a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the Duluxe Cell, and some very strange hats.

I also shouldn't mention the interactive features of the CD, which include:

A perplexing word game • Photos from The Lemony Snicket Archives • Art from The Brett Helquist gallery

It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of the Baudelaire children's lives and write them all down, but you may decide to do some other sacred and solemn thing, such as listening to another book instead.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket

Customer Reviews:

This book was great for my neice who is 9yrs old.......2007-08-20

She loved this book and actually got more from this arthor after she finished this one.

Creepy as the Other Books.......2007-08-03

You gotta love the author's imagination and the suspense these books leave you in. If you have read the series you learn to love the children. A fun read. Highly recommended.

The seventh and the best.......2007-05-26

I highly recommend The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket to anyone who is looking for a fun, quick read. This story is about the three Baudelaire orphans whose lives are always full of adventure and mystery. I could not put The Vile Village down. With every page there is another surprise. In my opinion Lemony Snicket's style of writing is excellent and all books in this series are great.

Anything BUT Vile, This Series Keeps Getting Better!.......2007-05-13

I really dig the Series of Unfortunate Events books. The appeal lies somewhere between: because many people just "don't get it" and the fact that the stories are morbidly fun and fly by in a breeze.

Vile Village (Book 7 of 13) follows the strong pacing of the series best books (Reptile Room and Austere Academy). The Beaudelaire Orphans find themselves in a unique surrounding, with a somewhat helpful guardian...BUT...then everything unravels around them.

Count Olaf (Omar) is especially humorous in this story and the added elements that help tie up loose ends from previous books, while creating new ones for the remainder of the series (including the connecting threads to "author" Lemony Snicket) make the reading doubly rewarding for fans of the series.

It was actually a pretty good read. possibly some spoilers........2007-04-15

Hey again to all you readers. It's been two months since my last book review, which was on the sixth book. So I guess you could say that slacked off a little on my Snicket reading. I actually thought this book was pretty good. I automatically knew who Count Olaf was half way through the book along with one of his newer accomplices. I also knew where the Quagmires were hidden right away. There were some surprises or twists for me that I found as I was reading. I had originally thought that Olaf would eventually kill Hector because him along with the Baudelaires had planned to escape with his self-sustaining hot air balloon motor home. In some of the previous books like books 2 & 3 their caretakers are murdered soon after they set up a plan to live happily ever after with the Baudelaires. I had also thought that the Baudelaires would have made it into the hot air balloon, and then have Esme shoot it down. I was also uncertain whether or not the Quagmires would be able to finally get away from Olaf. I thought it was nice to see Hector accomplish his dream of fleeing the V.F.D. along with the Quagmires who were happy to be flying away from Olaf. Finding out what the V.F.D stood for in the beginning of the book was not exciting like I thought would have been. The book also mentions that Snicket has committed some crimes, so i'm looking forward to seeing that story progress as more of the Baudelaire's lives ahead unfold. I'm also hoping to see more of the Quagmires. I also thought it was a nice ending. The books are definitely fast for me to read. It only takes me about 2 hours to read one of the books now because i've learned to skip over the meanings of the words, and unnecessary detail at the being of each chapter. I'm looking forward to seeing how the series ends, and i'm hoping to see more plot twists, and more information on the passage ways that lead to Esme's elevator shaft and the destroyed Baudelaire mansion.

Thank you for your time,
Loran

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Administrator's Pocket Consultant

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The essential SharePoint 2007 resource

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Administrator's Pocket Consultant
Ben Curry
Manufacturer: Microsoft Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0735623821

Book Description

Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide deliversimmediate answers for the day-to-day administration of Microsoft Windows-SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.Designed as a quick reference that administrators and support professionalscan carry wherever they go, this POCKET CONSULTANT focuses on theadministrative tasks they perform most often. It covers essential topicsfor administering SharePoint Products and Technologies, deployment, siteconfiguration, enterprise content management, search and indexing,workflows, shared service providers, information management policies,scalability, availability, security, logging and processing analysis, andbackup and recovery. Featuring easy-to-scan tables, step-by-stepinstructions, and handy lists, this book offers the streamlined,straightforward information you need to solve problems and get the jobdone--whether you're at your desk or in the field!

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The essential SharePoint 2007 resource.......2007-08-02

This is THE essential SharePoint 2007 reference for Administrators and Developers.
This is the only book that covers User Profile Properties, and LDAP connection values, scaling out to a SharePoint Server Farm and STSADM (the SharePoint command line interface.) The book contains many powerful, and little known, STSADM commands throughout every chapter, with an amazing STSADM appendix in the back of the book.
Topics covered include:

Deploying SharePoint 2007, recommended topologies and required resources.

Operations and Application management using Central Administration.

Creating and customizing site collections.

Creating and implementing workflows.

Farm, server, application, and site collection security.

Deploying, configuring, and using Share Service Providers.

Creating, configuring, and customizing intranet and internet portals.

Using site columns, content types, and official records using SharePoint
server Enterprise Content management.

Scaling out to a SharePoint server farm, and backing up restoring a farm.

Logging and process analysis of SharePoint and related technologies.

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Spider-Man 3: Deluxe Sound Storybook
Brandon T. Snider
Manufacturer: Spider-Man 3
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0696234092
Release Date: 2007-04-04

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Long a fixture of comic books, Spider-Man ^(tm) is one of the most popular superheroes of all time. Whether it he is shooting a web to catch a villain or swinging from building to building, this superhuman hero has captured the imaginations of children and created an enormous following.

Pow! Zap! Kids will love the sounds designed to bring the latest Spider-Man adventure to life in this sound storybook that closely follows themes of the blockbuster hit. Pictures matching those on the sound panel are scattered throughout the book's 22 pages to encourage children to follow along and push the button when they see the picture, which creates both an educational and entertaining experience for boys aged 3-7. A similar book based on the Spider-Man 2 movie is the highest revenue producing Meredith ^(r) Children's title to date.

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