The Beatrice Letters
No matter how much others beg me to quit reading them, I can’t. Just because I have progressed in grade level and the reading level of these books has not, does not mean I should not read them. I love the Lemony Snicket books (A Series of Unfortunate Events, or ASOUE as an acronym). Filled with dry wit and black humor, these books read like a really good movie script (and the first three have been made into a movie). And with the close of the series placed on Friday, October 13, I can’t help but be excited. The hundreds of loose ends will be tied together. Until then, we can mull over the latest installment in the accompanying books (such as Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography), The Beatrice Letters. This 40-page book (but it is much more than that) is written in the form of letters exchanged between Daniel Handler’s nom de plume and his deceased love, Beatrice. This book, priced at a far-from-fair $19.99, is a 40-page book with letters that the reader forms multiple anagrams with, and a double-sided poster with “clues” in it. They both come in a “file folder” inside a hardcover shell sealed with a strip of elastic. The cover is the most expensive part of the book, with laser die-cut lettering. The book itself reveals only a few hidden facts about the secretive love interest of the author. It is, in itself, a very confusing thing, full of twists, turns, and red herrings. The illustrations are very nice, though. This will have to tide us over until the Oct. 13th release of the final installment, “The End”, which is the 13th book in the series.
