Fanlala Book Club: The Bad Beginning

It’s July, and that means it’s the moment you readers anticipate every month: a brand new book to check out from our friends at HarperCollins!

This month, take a dive into the weird with ‘The Bad Beginning’ by Lemony Snicket.  You’ll join three orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire.  Taken in by their distant Count Olaf, all illusions of warmth and kindness are dropped when the Count learns he won’t be inheriting the Baudelaire fortune.

The three siblings must dodge the wicked hand of Count Olaf and his sinister party guests, including a hook-handed man, two women with white powdered faces, and one who is so obese as to resemble neither a man nor a woman.  Will the Olaf’s troupe swindle the Baudelaire children of their money, or can quick thinking and a strong bite help weasel the kids from this fiendish plan?

You can check out the entire novel ‘The Bad Beginning’ from Lemony Snicket down below, thanks to HarperCollins!  The ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ series continues with ‘The Reptile Room’ for those who can’t wait to see what happens next to our three young heroes!

We’ve been huge fans of ‘The Bad Beginning’ and the books that follow for years now.  We know you’ll be hooked after just the first chapter, guaranteed!  Check it for free down below!