My Storytelling Mind

This is the first post in a series leading up to the premiere of Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' on January 13, 2017. The series will cover each of the 13 books and 'Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.' Be warned: there are spoilers ahead. Lemony Snicket (AKA Daniel Handler) has one of the most fascinating writing styles you will ever read. Somewhere on the spectrum between existentialism and realism, A Series of Unfortunate Events covers the surprisingly unsoftened story of the Baudelaire orphans: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. The first book, noticeably shorter and simpler than the following increments in the series, starts at the beginning, which is shockingly bad. When the orphans lose their parents, and home, in a house fire, their parents' executor, the coughing and inept Mr. Poe, sends them to live with odious and villainous Count Olaf.  The Bad Beginning focuses on a short span of time, from the orphans' introducti...

With daily prompts up and running again, and me spending more time reading on public transportation (and being a massive dork), I couldn't help being super excited when Netflix released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming show. That excitement reached peak levels this morning when I found out about the official website . Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was a major part of my childhood library. It was a fantastical series that didn't worry all that much about frightening or shocking any children that might stumble across the books. It also served as a significantly more fun dictionary for avid readers. With the new series starting up in fourteen weeks, I decided to start a series of my own. Each week, I'll read one of the books: starting with Bad Beginning on October 13th , and continuing through all 13 books in the series and Snicket's own Unauthorized Autobiography . Stay tuned for reviews every Thursday from October 13th through J...