I got stalled in the middle of the Lemony Snicket saga. I still have a bookmark in the next one. I found them very clever, but it's hard to motivate myself to read the next one when I know what will happen: the Baudelaire orphans will be places with terrible, horrible, no good, very bad guardians, Count Olaf will try to steal them using a disguise only they can see through, no one will believe them until it is too late and he gets away again, and they will be shuttled off to the next book, which will repeat the foregoing with a different setting, different guardians, and a different disguise. My favorite parts of the books are the back cover, the dedication, the author's bio-snippet, and the "note" to the editor about the next book. Those are pure pleasure. And shorter. :)

I do MyPoints as well and love it, but how did you order books? Were you able to redeem points for them or did you just buy through a site and earn the points? I usually use my points for gift cards to restaurants, but books are better than food (unless it's chocolate!).

Robin - I still like the series, even if it is very formulaic. Did you notice that the books' illustrator graduated from BYU, just like us??

Amanda - Sorry - I should have been more clear. I had a bunch of MyPoints, so I redeemed them for $75 in Amazon codes. I like doing it that way because I can use my reward immediately!

I think it's great that you review each book you read. I think I would find that overwelming! I really appreciate the reviews you do though.

Oh, and Series of Unfortunate Events does change it's formula at some point during the series (maybe after The Vile Village?) - I thought they really picked up after that. At least until the last one, which I hated.

I'd highly recommend the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis as a great read. The author's imagination and creativity never cease to amaze me. Although most might think that they are for children.,I think most adults would also enjoy reading them. In fact, Disney is coming up with the latest Narnia movie-Prince Caspian, this May 16th. It promises to be awesome by the looks of the trailor. I think its very well-timed also, especially for the kids who'd be on summer break. So dont miss it!