‘Poison for Breakfast,’ the newest offering from Lemony Snicket, is a predictably strange read, if you are familiar with the author’s other works.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning turns 20
“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.“ When I read these words for the first time, the opening line to Lemony Snicket’s The Bad Beginning, almost ten years ago…
TV Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events
It’s been almost eighteen years since A Series of Unfortunate Events first arrived onto book shelves, and a lot has happened with the series since. With thirteen books creating the narrative, and a 2004 film adaptation under its belt, it’s…
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Why the Books Deserved a Better Film Adaptation
Almost everyone I knew from my elementary or middle school years grew up on Harry Potter, but while everyone else was busy dabbling in the world of Wizardry, I had my own special series of books that would become a pinnacle…
Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ is Being Adapted into a Television Series by Netflix
If you haven’t heard, it was announced late last year that Netflix will adapt the bestselling book series A Series of Unfortunate Events into an original show. The series follows the misadventures of the three Baudelaire orphans: Violet, Klaus, and…
Why YA Lit Matters: An Op-Ed Surrounding the Censorship of YA Novels, From a Young Adult’s Perspective
Young Adults vs. Children: Age Makes a Difference in Interpretation There is a measurable difference between children and teenagers and how they think; and while I lack the scientific data and figures to prove this point with hard-hitting and reliable…