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Ersatz Elevator
Ersatz Elevator | Lemony Snicket
In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children are clever and charming, I m sorry to say that still, the unlucky orphans will encounter more disaster and woe. In fact, in this sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the children will experience a darkened staircase, a red herring, an auction, parsley soda, some friends in a dire situation, a secret passageway, and pinstripe suits. Both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted, A Series of Unfortunate Events offers an exquisitely dark comedy in the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. Lemon Snicket s uproariously unhappy books continue to win readers, despite all his warning. Ages 10+"
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peanutnine
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Tim Curry is back for the narration of this one! I was so happy 😁
Another bleak installment of the Baudelaire's trials against Count Olaf as they are desperate to find their Quagmire friends
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1y
CatLass007 I adore Tim Currie. When I found out just yesterday that he narrates the Lemony Snickett books I knew I had to have them in my audio library. 1y
CatLass007 I adore Tim Curry. When I found out just yesterday that he narrates the Lemony Snickett books I knew I had to have them in my audio library. 1y
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peanutnine @CatLass007 he does such a great job! Hopefully you can get all of them with his narration, for some reason my library had 3-5 with a different narrator and I was sad 1y
CatLass007 @peanutnine That is sad. 1y
CatLass007 Audible just says 3-5 are narrated by Lemony Snicket. 1y
peanutnine @CatLass007 yes that's what my library had. I guess maybe Curry didn't record those for some reason 🤔 1y
CatLass007 I am a huge Harry Dresden fan. James Marsters has been narrating the books from the very beginning. He had a conflict when Ghost Story was released, and John Glover narrated. Fans boycotted that particular book or something. Because in an Audible exclusive, James Marsters recorded the book himself, once he became available again. 1y
peanutnine @CatLass007 that's crazy 😧 1y
CatLass007 I was just glad that James Marsters was back narrating the next book after Ghost Story. I had no inkling that they would have him go back and re-record. I think the John Glover version is still available. I like John Glover as an actor and a narrator, but not necessarily for the Harry Dresden series. A lot of Buffy/ Spike fans started listening to the books just because of the narrator. (edited) 1y
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JackOBotts
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My April #bookspin was a “Mood Pick” - and I decided to return to the misadventures of the Baudelaire children.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Clwojick
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Five down and eight to go! 💖💖💖

AkashaVampie Great job sweetie!!! 3y
StayCurious I like the audiobooks of these 3y
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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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biblioatsea
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4.4.20: The misfortune may continue but we‘re getting closer to solving the mysteries. I think there is a happy ending at the very end of this journey.

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biblioatsea
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2.19.20: Starting book six before bedtime

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LoverOfLearning
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if we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

- Lemony Snicket

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Blaire
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Road trip = family audiobook. We continued with the Lemony Snicket series. The Baudelaires go to live with the Squalors who are obsessed with what is in and what is out. Some more tidbits about Olaf and the Baudelaire parents are revealed and Sunny uses her toothy talent. Plus a good red herring joke. Not my fave in the series but ready to find out more...on to the Vile Village. #middlegrade #midseries

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KristenDuck
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Yes! Lemony Snicket has done it again!

I love these misadventures, and the Ersatz Elevator does NOT disappoint.

The orphans are adopted by a wealthy couple living in the penthouse, above many, many stairs... which must be taken due to a broken elevator. I loved how things that were “in” went “out” so quickly!

Of course, we know Count Olaf is still always lurking.

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AbbaZabba02
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Book 36 of the year, finished May 4, audio

This really highlights how the narrator can make or break an audio book. I was wondering if I was going to be able to finish the series and now that it's back to Tim Curry it's enjoyable again.

As for the book: the kids have a new set of terrible guardians, find the two Quagmire Triplets, and loose them again to Olaf in disguise. Poe is still hopeless and the mysteries of the V.F.D. and Beatrice deepen.

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Jackal121
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My current read

hannahx I haven't read this series or watched the movies. I've been thinking about watching the movies with my son and then maybe we could read the books together. 6y
Jackal121 I recommend both 6y
RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
Clutterbucks_Queen There are 13 books in The series of unfortunate events collection. They are all in a set order, id definitely recommend reading them from the bad beginning and follow through the set in order! But they are brilliant books, and the TV series and film are pretty cool too! ☺ 5y
Smrloomis Welcome! 🥳 5y
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tealwish
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Lemony Snicket taught me a new word. I did not know the meaning of "ersatz" before reading this! This is might be my favorite of the series. I love little Sunny in her pinstriped suit! #middlegrade

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Tanzy13
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TK-421
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If they say "Oh!" for instance, the exclamation point would indicate that the person is saying "Oh!" in an excited way, rather than simply saying "Oh," with a comma after it, which would indicate that the present is somewhat disappointing.
"Oh," Violet said, as she opened her present.
"Oh," Klaus said, as he opened his.
"Oh," Sunny said, as she tore open her shopping bag with her teeth.”

#punctuation #QuotsySept18

Libby1 This book is my favourite of the series. 6y
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BecomingBeing
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If we wait until we‘re ready, we‘ll be waiting for the rest of our lives

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Theshadedbuffalo
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Need this today. ❤️❤️

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janeycanuck
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And the plot thickens... This feels like when the books stop being independent stories and start to be linked narrative. A nice reread with the second season of the Netflix series out, even though Daniel Handler has turned out to be a trash human.

OSChamberlain What!?? What happened with Daniel? 6y
janeycanuck @OSChamberlain a racist joke about the winner when he hosted the National Book Awards in 2014 and then more recently, multiple accusations from female authors about inappropriate sexual comments. 6y
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TheRomantiCate
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Watching the new season of Series of Unfortunate Events and so far it‘s great!!

tessavi Yeah, I just finished the first two episodes of the second season 😊 7y
TheRomantiCate @tessavi I‘ve been binging like mad and I‘ve made it to episode 7, Hostile Hospital pt. 1 7y
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totefairie
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Book 6 📚
A book with alliteration in the title
6/40 #popsugarchallenge
20/100 #goodreadsreadingchallenge2018

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TK-421
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“The table of #elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.” #QuotsyJan18

Peddler410 I am making my way through this series with my daughter. So many great quotes to be found by Mr. Lemony Snicket! (edited) 7y
Cathythoughts 👏👏👏 7y
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jpmcwisemorgan
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I‘m traveling. That‘s what I‘ve decided. If I wait forever, I‘ll never do it. Baby steps this year with a trip to GenCon. #waiting #Quotsy #QuotsyJan18 #LitsyQuoteChallenge

GlassAsDiamonds Do it!! 😊😊😊💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😊😊😊 7y
emilyhaldi I need to tell myself this every day 😂 7y
ghosthost Gen Con‘s great. Have a wonderful time! 7y
jpmcwisemorgan @ghosthost I‘m going with friends and we‘re pretty excited! 7y
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Lcsmcat
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From a series of books I enjoyed reading to my kids. #waiting #quotsyjan18 @TK-421

BeckyK Lemony Snicket is the best 😍 7y
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AtomCornett
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Life ain't so bad sometimes.

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Camille2
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Kalynrebecca
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Mehso-so

3 stars

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holarosarita
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Never Forget

khooliha Iconic. 7y
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damgiftshop
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Nothing like a good book with some hot chocolate.

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rachelm
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Oh my. Tim Curry is a fabulous audio narrator for this series. In this one, he has to say "red herring" several times and it is giving me CLUE flashbacks.

SpeculativeFemale I may need this in my life... 7y
SamLBooks Tim Curry's voice is one of my favorite things ☺️ 7y
hwestfall I love Tim Curry audiobooks! 7y
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damgiftshop

The word "nervous" means "worried about something" --you might feel nervous, for instance, if you were served prune ice cream for dessert, because you would be worried that it would taste awful. whereas the word "anxious" means "troubled by disturbing suspense," which you might feel if you were served a live alligator for dessert, because you would be troubled by the disturbing suspense about whether you would eat your dessert or it would eat you.

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This was probably my favorite book in the series so far, even though it leaves us with the same mystery as the previous book. I love the character development of the Baudelaires: they're getting braver with every single book, and Sunny learns to talk a little better, which makes for some really funny word puns. The caretakers in this one were as delightfully frustrating as in the other books, but Jerome was fairly nice.

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keysandopenmind
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I had a pattern is enjoying the odd-numbered books more than three even-numbered ones but I actually got really into this one. Though Mr Poe is getting

4/5 stars.

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keysandopenmind
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I was ready to return to this series and now that the mystery has started to kick in, i think I'll get through post through a few of them. I was hitting a bit of a reading slump but i think weird, dryly humorous children's fiction was what I needed.

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BookBoggart
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Count Olaf covers every single aspect of a #scrooge he even has the total look! #miser #miserable #muchlove #pennypincher #fortuneythief #nphfan #characters2017
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LibrarianRyan 👍🤓 I know lots disagree, but I loved Jim Carey as Olaf. NPH does a great job too. 7y
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siriusblack
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❤️❤️❤️

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Broookee03
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:)

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rara
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Even though this series makes me laugh at some of the absurd things the 3 children do, I am thoroughly enjoying it. I feel myself getting so wound up at the things that keep going wrong for the children which just proves to me how good the author is. He has me hooked. Cannot wait to see where the story goes next x

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Brenley
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I honestly hope that by the time I make it to the 13th book I'll be tired of reading these. I am addicted and blowing through this series (a thing I haven't done since my early years in college). Thank goodness i have seven more on my #tbr

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kirstyreads
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Flying through this series now, AND have started watching the Netflix adaptation which is superb so far!

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Emily92Bibliophile
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REREAD : 4⭐ I admit I forgot where Esme came from and how she became part of the story; there are so many details I have forgotten about since I last read the series. It's so frustrating I'm struggling to remember how it ends ! 😬🐟👔👛👓🍸🏨🔧🏺📗📓👁

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mikaylas
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thanks to @Graciouswarriorprincess for my new bookmark treats and to @LazyOwl for organizing the swap! making my way through a series of old childhood favorites...

LazyOwl Your welcome 😊 8y
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empreske
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For me, this book felt like filler. It's a transistion between the orphans just trying to get away from Olaf arc and the introduction into the search for the Quagmire triplets and the answers they hold. It felt really slow at points and at times it was easy to tune out and barely follow along. As for the guardians, Esmé irks me and Jerome disappoints me. I don't even understand how they are a couple.

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This was my favorite of the series so far aside from The Bad Beginning, which will always have a special place in my heart. I enjoyed the antics and Tim Curry's narration. Best of all, the ending was fantastic and unexpected (aside from the fact that it was chapter 13)! I can't wait to see this one in live action! 💛💛💛

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I'm still really enjoying this series. Also, the inept adults are my favorite part and I didn't really realize that until Jerome Squalor and his fear of conflict...as silly and ridiculous as these books are they are teaching a good message about hanging tight to scepticism and the perils of just being nice.

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freyaheart
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A word I was not not expecting to see in a book classified as "juvenile fiction" but I'm totally fine with it. More people need to know what this word means. #litsyatoz #lettere

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freyaheart
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Esmé Gigi Geniveve Squalor. E.G.G.S. Eggs...EGGS!! 😂😂😂🍳🍳🍳

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stargazerblue49
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For my #favevillain , I'm going to go with Count Olaf. Partially because I am currently reading these books for (mostly) the first time, but also because he is just so... Olaf. He's absurd and ridiculous and I think that NPH plays him perfectly in the new Netflix series! I am always amused by his antics (even though they're nefarious) and I am usually dashing to the finish to find out what he'll think of next! #RiotGrams

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Was listening to this beauty on my commute to and from clinic today and I had several thoughts.
1. Tim Curry is just amazing.
2. The music they had done for these is super interesting.
3. Lemony Snicket may, in fact, be my favorite dry humor writer. I may be more interested in the asides than the actual story.
4. Why am I only just now, 6 books in, starting to question the absurdity of tasks completed by a one year old?

Libby1 I think The Ersatz Elevator is my favourite of the series. 8y
stargazerblue49 @Libby1 I am definitely enjoying it more than I did 4 and 5, but I can't tell if it's because of Tim Curry's narrating or if it's the plot. Although VP Nero definitely gets my Least Favorite Character award so far. 8y
Libby1 "He gets your least favourite character award," I say in a snotty voice. ? 8y
stargazerblue49 @Libby1 lol Touché! 8y
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Literatigeek
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Things that went over my head when I was younger and read these books for the first time.

tpixie just saw on the #24And48 Website That You Won A Drawing Or Prize!Congratulations !🎉 7y
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