Tastings: A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Ersatz Elevator

Well, it would seem that since i’m a home sick today, it’d be a good time for me to catch up with all these posts that I’m sitting on. So without further ado, Book 6 of 13 in the series: The Baudelaires tossed and turned, and wondered about all these things, and as it grew … Continue reading

Tastings: A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Austere Academy

Yea, I’m back into children literature. Specifically, one of my goals is to finish the series of unfortunate events by this year. Don’t want to drag out a series for too long, although to some extent, it depends on whether I can find the books at the library. Well, without further ado, may I present … Continue reading

Book: The Miserable Mill

The fourth book in the series of unfortunate event by Lemony Snicket. This time we see the children shipped off to work in a Lumber Mill. In this book there are many new experiences from the children. First and most surprisingly was that they were made to work. In really bad conditions of course. Secondly, … Continue reading

Book: The Wide Window

The third book in the series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket. And the book in which I realized that the titles for each of the books in the series are all alliterations. You have no idea how clever I thought I was after that. Oh the joy that comes from reading! In this book, … Continue reading

Book: The Reptile Room

  The reptile room is the second book in the series of unfortunate events. It continues where the first book left off, the children are sent off to live with another relative whom they come to love dearly. But dogging their every move is Count Olaf whose appearance spells disaster for the children as he … Continue reading

Book: The Bad Beginning

Yes I have reverted back to children’s books again. Don’t judge me. They are easier to read and because they are so short, it’s much faster for me to get through. Besides, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket has been on my to read list for a long time. When I saw it … Continue reading