I'm better now.

[sarea]

Okay, am I the very last one to know that Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket, author of the Series of Unfortunate Events series??? I've been meaning to check that out anyway, but now that I know the author of the series is the same guy who wrote The Basic Eight, I've decided it's a must. Particularly since they're already making a movie out of it. I was just saying to Jade that Lemony Snicket couldn't possibly be a real name, but I didn't know it was a pseudonym for Daniel Handler. I thought Lemony Snicket was a Brit!! Who knew. Anyway, have ordered the whole paperback set from eBay. Those of you who've read it -- what do you think? No spoilers, but general impressions would be good. :D

And since I was in a spending money kind of mood, I also ordered two CD sets of the same music: Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites. The first performed by Yo-Yo Ma, the other by Janos Starker. The one thing I did love from Master & Commander was the music, and after I downloaded the Prelude from Suite No. 1, I knew I had to get more like it.

Why? Because it's really, really, REALLY hard to find music I can wake up to. It all gets old very quickly, and the music I love when I'm up and about tends to be v. irritating (and invasive) first thing in the morning. The cello suite, on the other hand, has just the right amount of tranquility and brain jump-starterness.

Also ordered Roswell S1, even though it was totally highway robbery. And JEM arrived today! Hehehehehe. DVDs: the only way to watch TV.

Comments

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I do not understand how a book that can aghast "normal" people can be a children's book, and then go on to be so popular that there are more than 10 books (so far) in the series. WTF?

Lemony Snicket is def. more popular than Daniel Handler. He's only written two adult novels, but I reaaallly enjoyed The Basic Eight, which was rec'ed to me by corianderstem. This was a couple of years ago, so I was able to get the hardcover of TB8 for $7 or something ... when I looked on Amazon last night, you couldn't buy it there, and all the used sellers were asking $35-79! :O And I'm sure it's only that high because of Lemon Snickety.