I won't tell you whether it was Snowden or not, but I will tell you I thought that Elizabeth's mother was behind it. Which might or might not (but probably would have to) involve Snowden.

I'm not sure why we're whitefonting his name, since we're not talking about *what* it is we think he did.

I'm also pretty sure we're the only ones obsessed with reading these, but hey! Better safe and all that.

I do so want Diana and Henry to have a happy ending! And for Penelope to die in a fire.

Penelope needs to die in ALL THE FIRES.

I'm starting to want to punch Henry in the neck, though, for being so passive. Even though some of the situations aren't his fault, per se, he's still getting on my last nerve. Although I still want him and Diana together in the end.

Yeah, Henry definitely needs to man up and make some changes, even at the end of Rumors. But with Diana, she managed to show he does have a heart, and he's a little more than a spoiled playboy, so I have hope for him. Diana would do him a world of good.

Two related questions: I use Kindle for Mac - can I borrow books from people? If so, does anyone have Gail Carriger's Heartless to lend?

So Mark Reads has gotten to Boromir's death in Two Towers. And he has redeemed himself of some of my dismay at his, well, inexperience, because he *gets* Boromir and understands the tragedy of it all.

I wonder what Mark will make of Eowyn. He better like her or I may have to hunt him down. I have vacation next month. No one would ever know. Sorry if he suddenly stops posting.

I am only on the fourth book of A Series of Unfortunate Events but would like to nominate Sunny Baudelaire for Greatest Baby in All of Literature, Possibly Fiction. Please discuss.

Please discuss.

She's a biter.

Also, the translation of her gibberish is a gimmick that has not gotten old for me (while the definition-of-words thing is more scattershot and got old in the first book). I think it's because it continues to depict her character as absurdly mature for a baby. Also, baby characters are totally adorable in audiobook form (see also: A Dirty Job).

So far, The Reptile Room is my favorite. I'm glad to see this fourth book is at least attempting to break the standard formula, although I don't like the setting as much.

Have you seen the movie, P-C? The scenes that were based on The Reptile Room just broke me -- not only do I shallowly just want to live in that house, but Billy Connolly gave such an amazingly warm, affectionate, heartfelt performance as Uncle Monty.