Book the Thirteenth

[stinkerbell]

The End by Lemony Snicket is out today, Friday the Thirteenth!

Anyone else geeked about it like our family? :geek: I'm buying it on the way to pick up my daughter from Outdoor School today. Then we'll fight over it all weekend...and most likely read the entire Series of Unfortunate Events all over again, fighting over books along the way....good times.

I'm sad it's over, but it's been fun.

www.lemonysnicket.com

It's cheaper on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064410161

[Hyperbole]

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I loved the Unfortunate Events series while my daughter was interested, but she got burnt out after book 6 (I think).

[Chernabog]

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OMG OMG OMGOMG..... ok I have to catch my breath! I nearly forgot it was out today!

I read the first chapter, which was posted online. Oh lord how I love these books.... it will be, well, unfortunate to see them come to an end (and probably in a miserable way too) but... I guess I can always restart with reading them

Hyperbole, I would pick them up again -- from book 6 on, the series becomes more about the mystery, and less formulaic.

[Hyperbole]

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Hyperbole, I would pick them up again -- from book 6 on, the series becomes more about the mystery, and less formulaic.

Really? That should interest Bailey a lot! She's really into mysteries. I may have to check out the later "episodes" of this marvelously miserable tale!!!

[stinkerbell]

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I love the books! We fight over the set all the time. :lol: I've re-read most of them, just for the plays on words.

I made my daughter look up some of the references, like Isadora Duncan and the definition of squalor and quagmire and a few others, so she'd understand how really funny the author is. She loved that. She's a :geek: like me.

[MTNGIRL]

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The End by Lemony Snicket is out today, Friday the Thirteenth!

Anyone else geeked about it like our family? :geek:

Yes. Although I'm sure I would rather read something else. So this is it. No more misery. No more sorrow. Tales of misfortune and woe come to The End.

[TikiRoomLiz]

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Sounds like an interesting read, maybe I'll start reading the series.

[mamabot]

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I finally finished Book the Sixth a month ago. I need to get the rest of the series.

I saw this interview with Lemony Snicket on CNN.com the other day. Interesting reading:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/book...ket/index.html

[dsnylndmom]

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OMG I forgot and we JUST left Target, guess where we're going when I go pick up Shawn :clap:

[disneydude35]

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man, i didnt know this was coming out today! I love this series! Its sad to see it end. I'l make sure to pick it up tommorow at target

[pveticket]

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The End by Lemony Snicket is out today, Friday the Thirteenth!
:geek: I'm buying it on the way to pick up my daughter from Outdoor School today.

Outdoor Science School in Malibu? Good times...lol

[SusieP.]

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I'm sad already, and I haven't even started it yet!

A few weeks ago, I picked up The Beatrice Letters, the companion to the 13th. You don't need it, but it's kind of cool. It's a book of letters between Lemony Snicket and Beatrice Baudelaire, but also the pages have letters to punch out and re-arrange to make a clue....or two...or three. I've been playing with it, and I've come up with several different things. The letters themselves are very funny, so if you can find it somewhere like Costco, you might pick it up.

I'm off to read, right now! :yea: and :gladsad: and

[stinkerbell]

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Our Target didn't put it out on the shelves! :bash: We had to go through three employees before a fourth sheepishly carted out three boxes marked, "STOCK ON OCTOBER 13!"

I was starting to sweat and feel like a major geek. But anyway, we have it. Courtney gets it first, I get it second, Cass gets it third, since she still have 50 pages to go in the 12th book.

[Grumpy4]

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I just borrow mine!:whistling: And because I forgot and was so busy, I just started reading 12.:blush: But that just means I'll be all fresh for 13!

[Cindebella]

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I need to get caught up, I think I'm on #6, or maybe just read the 13th. Which was delivered to us on the 12th!

[brigeet]

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Whoa, I didn't know there'd be an ending. I am not with it enough I guess. I think I've read up to 9. I need to catch up so I can see how it ends (in sequence).

[SusieP.]

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Someone else hurry up and read it, I have questions! I might have more questions now than before I even read the book. :judge:

[PanTheMan]

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I bought it for my Son... He loves them. We have met Lemony Snickett (Daniel Handler) he lives up here in San Francisco.

As for the book...

Spoiler

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..............................I Bet you thought I was going tell you some really cool secret, huh? HA! Buy the book and read it you cheapie......lol.................................. ..........................

[stinkerbell]

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Oh man.

I have no clue what happened.

Spoiler

Is Beatrice the name of the Baudelaire's mother? I always thought she was the Beatrice of the dedications. But I haven't read the Beatrice Letters yet, so I don't know. I'm sure she's not, but it's what I always imagined.

So the boat was designed by a B and named Beatrice and Kit's baby was named after someone who died name Beatrice. BAH!

Why did Olaf kiss Kit?

I thought one of the Baudelaire parents survived.

Why is there a pic of a lone man rowing a boat at the end of Chap 13?

Then the dedication for Chap 14 says, "We are like boats passing in the night, particularly you." Which is cute, but does that mean Lemony's out there rowing looking for Beatrice the people of Beatrice the boat? :lol:

And are the Baudelaire's related to the Snickets? Why would Violet have been named Lemony?

So many more questions. I want to read the REAL Series of Unfortunate Events book.

[dsnylndmom]

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Crap now I need to go and buy it asap because if not the image of that large spoiler box will be burned into my brain :lol: