Book #24 was Book the Seventh in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Vile Village. The back of the book reads:

Sadly, Lemony Snicket continues to research the increasingly distressing plight of the unfortunate Baudelaire orphans, and offers up another awful episode of their terrible lives. In this seventh book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the unlucky siblings are residents of an unnerving village, where they encounter a flock of crows, a strict council, a prison break, a censored library, a harpoon gun, and a hot-air balloon.

The wretched adventures of the charming Baudelaires are exquisitely dark comedies, both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. The multi-talented Lemony Snicket spins another uproariously unhappy tale about three captivating and resilient orphans facing yet another bout of outrageous misfortune.

Between weeding last night and driving to work this morning, I finally managed to finish this book. I think I enjoyed this one more than the last few. The formula was shaken up a bit. And I’ve never heard “deus ex machina” explained so well!

Only 4 left! I’m not sure what I’m going to listen to when I’m done with these.

Book count: 24/50 — 48%
Pages in book: 256
Page count: 7,387/15,000 — 49.25%