Journal Entry 1 by choclaholic from San Antonio, Texas USA on Saturday, November 22, 2003

Listened to in November, 2003.

Five and a half stars, I'll give it, just to differentiate it from the ones that came before, which got more stars.

This is a book on CD. And the story was pretty decent. Violet, Klaus and Sunny encountered the most miserable living conditions yet -- at a school staffed by a banana eating bore, a metric system obsessed bank-robber, and a violin-playing maniac. There they were housed in the "orphan shack" which came infested with dripping brown fungus and territorial pinching crabs. Punishments for the oddest of infractions consisted of taking away the student's eating utensils or drinking glasses, or being made to fashion their own staples out of metal rods. Fortunately, the Baudelaires did befriend the two surviving Quagmire triplets -- Isadora and Duncan -- who mirrored them in unfortuante ways. The best part of the book was that it wasn't immediately obvious to me why Coach Genghis forced our heroes into the S.O.R.E program. When I realized the reason, it made great sense. And Count Olaf got away with more in the end than I expected, too.

But one of the reasons I didn't rate this book higher was because the voice of both the rude and violent Carmalita Spatz and Vice Principal Nero were particularly irritating, and their characters grated on my nerves. I found myself tensing my shoulders whenever I knew they were about to speak lines of dialogue. Chant with me now: Cake sniffing Orphans in the orphans shack!
 

Journal Entry 2 by choclaholic at on Friday, December 12, 2003

Released on Friday, December 12, 2003 at to another bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

mailing today to karendawn. 

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Tuesday, December 16, 2003

The audio book arrived today. Thank you very much for the trade. Your book went out today. 

Journal Entry 4 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Thursday, January 08, 2004

Well, this was an interesting experience, hearing the book instead of reading it, but this is one experience that I don't think I want to repeat. A couple of the voices were shrieky and really grated on my nerves [added later: I didn't realize that I used the same words as the previous reviewer - sorry! - but obviously the voices are quite nerve grating]. As for the story, much the same thoughts as I've had before, but this one was a little nicer as the orphans actually found some friends. It made them become a little more rounded instead of the flat characters that I keep seeing them as. 

Journal Entry 5 by karendawn at on Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Released on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

RABCK - helping to fulfill my goal of sending a book to every place I can - this one is my North Carolina book. :) You can see where I've sent books here. 

Journal Entry 6 by bodesoda from Mount Airy, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, January 20, 2004

I love these books and can't wait to "hear" this one. Thanks for sending it my way karendawn. 

Journal Entry 7 by bodesoda from Mount Airy, North Carolina USA on Saturday, August 14, 2004

Reserved for ellymae58 

Journal Entry 8 by bodesoda at controled release in -- Wild released somewhere in the state --, North Carolina USA on Monday, November 01, 2004

Released on Monday, November 01, 2004 at about 9:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at controled release in n/a, North Carolina USA.

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It has been an insane several months but I can finally slow down and get caught up on all my BC obligations...sorry for my tardiness. Enjoy the book 

Journal Entry 9 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Saturday, November 06, 2004

I apologize for not journaling this sooner. This arrived a few days ago, but I've been laid up with my back, and this just kinda got lost on the table with all the other mail.

I look forward to listening to it, and then passing it on to another Lemony Snicket fan.

Thanks again, bodesoda! 

Journal Entry 10 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Oh my gosh, make it stop!!

I'm sorry, but I got halfway through the first CD and had to quit. First of all, the character voices are the most annoying I have ever heard on an audiobook. I cringed every time Nero or Carmelita had to speak. Secondly, Lemony Snicket should not read his own books. He's too soft-spoken (I had the volume turned all the way up and I still couldn't hear him very well) AND his hint of a lisp really started to get on my nerves. The "authere" academy, indeed. 

Journal Entry 11 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Journal Entry 12 by LoveTeaAndBooks from Omaha, Nebraska USA on Saturday, December 04, 2004

Received in trade from EllyMae58. Thanks so much!!! 

Journal Entry 13 by LoveTeaAndBooks at RABCK to fellow Bookcrossing member in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (1/4/2005 UTC) at RABCK to fellow Bookcrossing member in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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released to nvangel 2073 in NV 

Journal Entry 14 by nvangel2073 from Moab, Utah USA on Thursday, January 20, 2005

I just got this book in the mail from LoveTeaAndBooks, going to send to Birdee so she can copy for me.