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Carnivorous Carnival
Carnivorous Carnival | Lemony Snicket
Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at the carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events. In fact, in this appalling ninth instalment in Lemony Snicket s serial, the siblings must confront a terrible lie, a caravan, and Chabo the wolf baby. With millions of readers worldwide, and the Baudelaire s fate turning from unpleasant to unseemly, it is clear that Lemony Snicket has taken nearly all the fun out of children s books. Ages 10+"
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The Baudelaires find themselves in the Hinterlands with just Olaf's troupe of villains for company and a carnival to hide within, disguised as freaks so they aren't recognized. They are close to uncovering more secrets about VFD but are beginning to question what they must do to find the answers.
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great job! 14mo
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MatchlessMarie
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These letters to the editor at the end are one of my favorite parts of this series. #SuperSeptember #BookSpinBingo

EadieB Thanks for participating in the readathon! 3y
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MatchlessMarie
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“Adding cinnamon to hot chocolate is a terrific idea, Sunny,” Violet said, “but I‘m having trouble enjoying it.” “Ificat,” Sunny said, which meant “Me too.” “Count Olaf‘s latest scheme leaves a bad taste in my mouth,” Klaus said, “and I don‘t think cinnamon will help.”

AC went out again yesterday. But I‘m drinking hot chocolate like a disturbed person because Sunny said so 😂 #foodspiration

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roseread
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Was the series that really got me into reading as a kid

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KimberlyJuracich
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I liked it

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Clwojick
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Audiobooks for the win!!! That Agatha Christie collection included 9 short stories, so here‘s another 181 pts for #TeamSlaughter!

#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #Scarathlon #OutstandingOctober @Andrew65 #CocosTurning50 @CocoReads #FraterfestRAT #ReadLikeHellathon #Thrilloween #TrickorTreatathon #Sbooktober

CocoReads You‘re doing great! 4y
alisiakae 👻🙌🏽 4y
Andrew65 I‘m rethinking of doing another Readathon , audiobooks, ebooks or physical books to finish off the month, 26th - 31st. You‘re doing brilliantly 👏👏👏🥳🥂🍾🏆 (edited) 4y
Clwojick @Andrew65 I was thinking that too! A perfect way to tie things together! 😎 4y
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OakOwl
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KristenDuck
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Honestly not as much fun as I thought it would be given the title, but it was still entertaining!

Exactly as you would assume, the children wind up on yet another dangerous path (involving lions and a fortune teller, oh my!) as Count Olaf still tries to get his hands on them!

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GatheringBooks
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AbbaZabba02
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Book 50 of the year, finished??, Audio

Got a little behind in my book records. Not sure when I finished this one.

I surprised myself by actually enjoying it. I figured the rest of the series would be a slog but I found this enjoyable. Probably because the kids are truly on their own and are not relying on ineptly dangerous adults anymore. Go do your thing Baudelaires!

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holarosarita
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Wolf Baby!

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holarosarita
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My re-read of these kind of stalled. But what better time to pick it back up again than when trapped in the backseat on a road trip like a child.

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janeycanuck
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Enjoying my reread of the series as I watch each Netflix episode, despite Daniel Handler being totally icky as a human.

3/13 for #13books13weeks

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janeycanuck
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This is why we renovated the bathrooms.

LeahBergen Perfection 💕 6y
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Ericalambbrown
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Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket is resplendent. The Netflix series makes me nostalgic. This is one of the many series I started reading aloud to my daughter when she was small and she finished them on her own as she grew up. I love how these books don‘t treat children as adorable little idiots but as thinking growing people.

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kgriffith
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I don‘t remember Sunny using expletives in the books, but this gave me a much-needed chuckle tonight. Err, this morning.

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TracyReadsBooks
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A shout-out to one heck of a cliff hanger...love A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix. We just finished Season 2 and all four of us agree it will be an interminably long wait for Season 3. So fun watching with the kids who are mesmerized by the show—gasps, groans and even a “curse you Count Olaf,” were heard tonight as we watched one unfortunate event after another. Now, we are relaxing with our books & all reading before bed. Super fun day.

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TheRomantiCate
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Well I‘ve finished the entire second season and I give it 👍🏻👍🏻!!

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KrystleTheBookSlayer
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Whew! I have finally finished books 5-9 of A Series of Unfortunate Events! As usual, the books were full of unbelievably stupid adults, but I still enjoyed reading them (although I am so ready for some more grown-up books). I love the writing style, the added characters, and the added mystery of the VFD. And rather than being continuously placed in unfit homes, the Baudelaires are now on the run.

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BookBoggart
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Bacon cheddar sammich with broccali soup and beverage. Had a biopsy yesterday, bloodwork tomorrow and its a white out outside. Just done today. So time to curl up eat my dinner watch X-Files and finish Carnivorous Carnival before the new season! #roughweek #hatesnow #muchlove #cupofaccuracy

JoScho Oh I hope everything comes back ok. Enjoy your comfort food 😊 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Crossing my fingers for you! 💙💛❤️ 7y
Reviewsbylola I hope everything is ok. And this bitch for sure doesn‘t do mornings either. 7y
CouronneDhiver Mmmm - looks great! 😋 7y
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KrystleTheBookSlayer
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Starting the last book I need to read before season 2 of the Netflix series! Incidentally, this is also the first book of the series that I ever read...proving that I've always been terrible at reading books in order and it's also the reason that 6th grade me never remembered which books I had already read in the series ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ncostell
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I‘ve been slowly picking away at these books, borrowing them from my son who has the entire series. This is Book 9 and is one of my favorites so far as I loved the carnival setting and the circus “freaks” especially ambidextrous Kevin. With a cliffhanger ending I may go on to read the next quicker than I usually would. I feel like we‘re getting closer to some more answers...maybe?

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AtomCornett
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And I never went to the fair again...

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Things are really kicking off now! Count Olaf is no longer hiding, and instead the Baudelaires are. That cliffhanger really makes me want to read the next book quickly! I do feel like things are getting dragged out a little though. It would be nice to get a clue or two a little more often.

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Kalynrebecca
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3 stars. Just okay

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Tanzy13
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"One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has very little to do with what does or does not happen."

MyNamesParadise Such a melancholy quote but so true! 7y
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There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them...

the_englishbookgirl Which number is this? I haven't gotten further than six yet 7y
BookishMel @the_englishbookgirl this is book 9 and it's just getting interesting 🤗🤗 7y
the_englishbookgirl @BookishMel I need to continue then! Book six was rather weird 😅 7y
BookishMel @the_englishbookgirl yes do carry on! I didn't find book 7 that good but you did find out a lot of information!! 7y
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Broookee03
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everlocalwest
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Moral complexity intensifies! As much as I enjoyed the early books this series really does get better and better.

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rara
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About to continue the series. Excited but nervous as to what will happen to the Baudelaire children in this part of their unfortunate story x

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kirstyreads
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I have at least ten other books to read for uni but I'm low-key addicted to these ❤

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empreske
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The children decide to take on Count Olaf by using his own tricks against him. They wear ridiculous disguises and come up with preposterous background stories and hide right under his nose for the majority of the novel. They hide and lie and scheme. They reach out, they encourage, and for the first time, they feel real hope for their future, even when it looks like everything and everyone is against them.

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Finished this one a couple of weeks ago, but haven't gotten around to saying so until now. I love how Lemony Snicket can make me laugh just with the clever word play and antics of the narrator. Still dying to know who Beatrice is and wondering what the Baudelaire orphans will be getting themselves into in the next installment! (This pic is of my Luna doing what I wish I could have done today!) #littenkittens #catsoflitsy

Bookzombie Pretty! 💕🐱 8y
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freyaheart
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I am hearing and seeing this word everywhere now.

tpixie Funny how that happens sometimes!! 8y
Suzze I had the same thing happen with "weir". I wasn't familiar with it when a friend told me her husband was taking her to one. (She'd never heard it before either) Then I saw it in two books in the first few weeks afterwards. 8y
freyaheart @tpixie I know right! @Suzze now I see that word everywhere. Lol 8y
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I-read-and-eat This is now happening to mr with 'osprey' I never knew what bird it was (I am Dutch) but now it's everywhere! In books, on bags (turn out to be some sort of outdoor brand) and even on boardgames 8y
freyaheart @I-read-and-eat that happened to me when I read His Dark Materials. 8y
I-read-and-eat @freyaheart Oh that trilogy is next on my TBR (my mom is reading it first) getting ready for some more osprey 😂 8y
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"I'm so tired I can scarcely type these worfs"

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Very funny book... two almost identical pages talking about deja vu. #litsyatoz #letterc

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freyaheart
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If you didn't hate Count Olaf before. That is so gross. She's 14!!

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see.chels.read
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moving right along. @24in48 #VFD

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Libby1
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Oh, those dear, unfortunate Baudelaires.

I ❤️ Freaks.

Can't say why. Spoilers!

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Libby1
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"There are many difficult things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them."

Mariposa_Bookworm 1. My son is quite disappointed that I have not finished reading this series. 2. Is that a bookmark with Trafalgar Square on it!!?!? I love London! 8y
Libby1 @Mariposa_Bookworm - I'm enjoying this series so much. Yes, that IS a magnetic Trafalgar Square bookmark. I used to live just outside of London and bought this at the National Gallery. 🙂 8y
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Libby1
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I don't know who you are but I like you.

Robothugs I second this. 8y
Libby1 @Robothugs - equally cute and fierce! 8y
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autumnlupin
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So I've been reading A Series of Unfortunate Events. I haven't read them before and I'm pretty sure it's because my lil child self thought they were below me, or something. Which is deeply shameful, they're actually quite good. Only four to go. PS I'm reading the big 13-book+ ebook and my iPad can't handle the file size. I have to open a separate window and read it on my computer 😂

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Saryna
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da leggere

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chappy
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Finished this little beauty today ...again
Hate waking up In a cold sweat having nightmares about Kevin the ambidextrous freak

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Brooke_H
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Yeah, a pretty good one. The ending was Very Harrowing and Dramatic. I need to take a good long break before starting the next one though.