at December 8, 2005 2:37 PMA cool new restaurant in Madison, specializing in small plates. A tiny coq au vin in a crepe. A little risotto. A cold (!) omelette. A trio of tiny soups. It’s very dark in here, and very stylish:Somehow, the first thing that popped into my head when I read this Ann Althouse post - especially the part about “very dark and very stylish” - was Esme Squalor from Lemony Snicket’s “The Ersatz Elevator”. Remember darkness was in when the Baudelaire orphans first visit her and her extremely “in” cafe, the Salmonella… :)
I have been thinking of writing about the Lemony Snicket for a while now, so thanks Ann, for giving me an opening.
Anyone read the “Penultimate Peril” yet? My sister gave me and Amazon gift certificate for my last birthday that I bought the 11-book set with and thus started my journey into the miserable world of the Baudelaire orphans. I found the series funny, full of pop culture references and very engaging, if not a little repetetive. The biggest problem as I see it now with these books as compared to my Harry Potter collection is the “rereadability”. Every time there is a new HP book released, I read all the previous books to freshen up my mind about what happened so far. I love going back and reading those books. When I got the “Penultimate Peril” though, I thought of going back and reading “The Grim Grotto”, which was the 11th book and just could not get myself to do so. I guess the author’s warnings about how miserable the books are, are a bit true.
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Do you really go thru all the HP books when a new one releases ?:shocked: Well I dont consider them that much rereadable. However I read them once and then forget them :beam: of course thats my opinion. The only series I really felt had the quality of rereadibility is The Lord of the Rings:beam:
Posted by: Shubhojyoti aka Boomboom at December 2, 2005 6:35 AM
do us a favour.Please chang your template or atleast increase Font size.regards-PK
Posted by: PK at December 4, 2005 12:50 AM
Shubhojyoti, I actually enjoy rereading the HP books. I really like them :)
Posted by: shanti at December 8, 2005 2:37 PM
PK - you can always change the template using the “change skin” option - there are plenty of templates on that page with other fonts.
Posted by: shanti at December 12, 2005 10:05 AM