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A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: | Lemony Snicket

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At least one of my 2024 goals has been achieved. ✅️
I set out to read all 13 books of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I moved to audio on book 5 and was rewarded with Tim Curry narration beginning with book 6, The Ersatz Elevator. It proved to be my favorite, with Curry's performance of Esme Squalor and her obsession with trends that are in and things that are out. Overall, the series was a pick, but I didn't love it.⬇️

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Maybe my age is showing, but there can't be that many incompetent adults out there, right?! I also found the ending odd.

@AmandaBlaze The year didn't allow me to be a proper host and follow up regularly. Thank you for joining me early on!
#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView 3w

TheSpineView Congrats! Great job! 3w

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏🙌 3w

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Librarybelle I adored Tim Curry‘s narration of the series! 3w

TieDyeDude I read these 8-or-so years ago, mixing audio and physical. I agree the narration was excellent. I was conflicted on the ending, and the long lists and tangents got a little tiresome towards the end, but I thought it was well done and a refreshingly unique and darker kids series. 3w

PaperbackPirate @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @TieDyeDude I wasn‘t a fan of how the series ended, but it was a mostly fun ride. 😜 2w

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AshleyHoss820

Damned | Chuck Palahniuk

so-so

I am probably in a good place to give a so-so rating because I do typically enjoy Palahniuk‘s work. This one, while a lot of fun at first, petered out for me. I‘m not sure where he lost me, but he did. And that‘s okay. You can‘t win them all. A 13-year-old girl is poised take over Hell. I was unaware this was a series when I picked it up, so I‘ll hold off Judgement Day until I finish it. Maybe it‘ll all tie up nicely?

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Cupcake12

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels | Beth Lincoln

so-so

Shenanigan Swift has always been known for mischief. A family reunion turns into a murder mystery and Shenanigan is ready to solve the case. With the help of her sisters, Shenanigan looks for suspects and finds out about hidden family treasure along the way. I was expecting a great mystery with some laugh out loud moments. I felt it was quite slow and lacked excitement and pace which was disappointing for a middle grade book.

AnneCecilie I didn‘t know anything about it before I dived in, so I enjoyed this one. All the family members. But of course if you expect a mystery book, I guess I can see your disappointments 11mo

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Cupcake12

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels | Beth Lincoln

It was a bright, well dressed morning in early May, and the Swifts were in the middle of a funeral.
#firstlinefriday

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Librarybelle Hi Kerry! I wanted to let you know that a letter I sent to you was returned to me…I must have written down the address wrong, or the postal service couldn‘t read my writing!! I‘ll repost it soon, so hopefully this time it will make its way to you. 🤞 11mo

Cupcake12 @Librarybelle I‘ll look out for it. Hope you are well x 11mo

Librarybelle I am…hope you are too! 11mo

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Cupcake12

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels | Beth Lincoln

Starting this today. Just picked it up from the library.

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AnneCecilie

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels | Beth Lincoln

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The cover caught my attention and then I read the blurb about how each family member is given a name from the Family Dictionary. I knew I had to read this book

All the Swifts are meeting up at the Family House for the big Reunion which is a pretense to look for the hidden treasure. Then the Matriarch is pushed down some stairs and things escalate from there. Our heroine Shenanigan and her sisters have more than enough to figure out

rockpools Shenanigan is a FABULOUS name for a character! 11mo

AnneCecilie @rockpools I know and especially in a family where it is believed that people live up to the name the dictionary gives them. It‘s basically an excuse to to anything you want 11mo

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Choke: A Novel | Chuck Palahniuk

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Book #2 of 2024: “Choke” by Chuck Palahniuk

This is the first book I‘ve read by Palahnuik and boy was it intense. Sex addiction, mental illness, scams, and a look at the prisons we put ourselves in. I liked it and can tell it‘ll be the kind of book I‘ll have to sit with for a while.

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