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eepman said... thank you so much. JUNE 16, 2009 9:39 PM

troy steele said... Thank you everyone reading this for being such big fans. I guarantee I would not have returned to finish this out if it wasn't for all of you! JUNE 16, 2009 9:44 PM

Brent Waggoner said... So the book actually ends with the third set of kids returning the book to the garage sale? JUNE 17, 2009 11:12 AM

troy steele said... Yes, which means you can add "How garage sales work" to the list of things RL Stine doesn't quite understand JUNE 17, 2009 11:38 AM

Groggy Dundee said... Um... You earned those seven months "off", Troy. That wasn't a water-shed blog entry by any means, but you should get some sort of prize just for getting through that. I haven't read The Haunted Car, but as indicated before, Full Moon Fever will be a tough one to get through, I imagine. Earth Geeks Must Go should at least be fun. No comment on Slappy's Nightmare or The Ghost in the Mirror, I'll leave you to discover their wonders on your own. Anyway, nice to have you back. PS: Where's the Tim Conway joke? JUNE 18, 2009 4:05 PM

troy steele said... Groggy, how can you not recognize Conway's greatest, Scandinavianiest role? JUNE 18, 2009 5:02 PM

Anon e Mouse Jr. said... "Say Cheese and Die 2" and "Chicken Chicken" were both just plain deranged. 'Nuff said. Until next time... Anon e Mouse Jr. JUNE 23, 2009 4:44 PM

troy steele said... If I ever read a book worse than Chicken Chicken, don't you think you guys would be third or fourth to know-- after the paramedics, the fire department, and the police, who are all called to talk be down from the ledge? JUNE 23, 2009 5:22 PM

troy steele said... Please note that this blog entry is not dated or awkward in light of the recent bad news thanks to my foresight in deciding against making a reference to the Wiz JUNE 25, 2009 8:16 PM

Anon e Mouse Jr. said... I have book 12. And I must say... it was interesting. Very interesting. (I'll avoid spoilers until the rest of you have the chance to read it. But I'll probably be reading this one again.) "Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide" is out in October, along with the eleventh reissue, and reissue 12 is out in December. And next January, a whole new thrill-ride begins with "When the Ghost Dog Howls", the first of seven new HorrorLand books. And I'll be watching for it. Until next time... Anon e Mouse Jr. JUNE 26, 2009 7:36 PM

troy steele said... It's like not even RL Stine wants this goddamn blog to ever end JUNE 26, 2009 8:42 PM

Anon e Mouse Jr. said... "It's like not even RL Stine wants this goddamn blog to ever end" None of us want to ever end, Troy. Remember, you've got... how many is it... five left in G2K, two GB short story collections, the two "It Came From" books, "The Beast" and its sequel, and "The Nightmare Hour". That's twelve right there. Then the first twelve in the HorrorLand series makes it 24. "Give Yourself Goosebumps" runs 50 books, "The Nightmare Room" ran 12, and "Ghosts of Fear Street" ran 36. All told, that's 122 books you've got listed there. Throw in "The Haunting Hour" (another book similar to "The Nightmare Hour") and the HorrorLand companion book, and it's 124. Another seven (bringing it to 131) won't kill you. Trust me when I say, the HorrorLand books are a lot better than G2K. I don't think I've seen a single instance of actual vomit in the entire series. Not even when Slappy was around. Until next time... Anon e Mouse Jr. P.S.: I know you've got your list of "Ten Best" and "Ten Worst" GB books in your retrospective post. Do you have a list of the 41 in between in order from best to worst? JUNE 26, 2009 9:39 PM

troy steele said... I kept a running tally of the original 62 books with star ratings, but it didn't exactly end up matching the final top and bottom ten. It was more for me to keep track of which were decent and which weren't, because the books blend into background noise after a while. I can't imagine it to be of any interest to any of you who aren't me though JUNE 26, 2009 9:48 PM

Anonymous said... [QUOTE]Yeah, that's an interesting point to bring up Troy. And I can read 131 books in less than that many weeks, no prob. And write scathing entries. Although I wouldn't. I'm not as funny as you.[/QUOTE] Oh, please. You could probably wipe the floor with Troy with your scathing Goosebumps reviews. R.G. Quimby on "Little Snarky Two Shoes" is (of course, she's not doing the entire series. She's only doing ten or 15 books she got on eBay). JUNE 27, 2009 8:14 PM

troy steele said... That will serve as the last street-teaming post talking up "Snarky Two Shoes" that I'm approving. I have no doubts that it's not very hard to write a funnier blog than this one, but so much energy exerted on a subject already exclusively covered by a blog nearing its one-millionth hit is a bit bewildering JUNE 27, 2009 10:40 PM

Groggy Dundee said... I don't mind waiting for awhile between entries, but on the other hand I'm not sure I'm sticking around for another six months of nothing. JULY 03, 2009 12:19 PM

troy steele said... I'm not sure when the next update will be, but it'll certainly be closer to now than it is to six months from now JULY 03, 2009 12:29 PM

Unknown said... Hmm...which Goosebumps book should I be stuck in? There are several wonderful possibilities: -"The Blob that Ate Everyone": I'd use my magic typewriter to type that CHICKEN CHICKEN NEVER EXISTED. -"Monster Blood": As a favor to Troy, I'd throw Evan off of a cliff and into a pit of werewolves, and then bring Andy back into the real world with me, where she'd spread her Day-Glo cheer to everyone! -"Calling All Creeps"-I could make five dollars washing a car. So...yeah, nothing too bad. JULY 05, 2009 9:41 AM

troy steele said... Those are pretty good answers JULY 05, 2009 12:03 PM

troy steele said... As much as I hate to interrupt a fight on the internet, I thought I'd chime in to let everyone know that I've read the next book in the series and though I haven't written one word of the update, you should be prepared for the fact that ***SPOILER ALERT*** It's the best book in the 2000 series by a mile JULY 07, 2009 6:31 PM

Unknown said... Troy, I need help. It seems that R.L. Stine's using some kind of dark magic on my community. In the span of two days, we have had two car washes around here. The problem? BOTH CAR WASHES COST FIVE DOLLARS!And one was even at a school! Please help! AUGUST 02, 2009 6:16 PM

troy steele said... FYI Comments like that one make this whole venture worthwhile Update coming sooner than later-- still need to do that last short story book before the summer is over too. I've been putting it off since the first story's about werewolves and there's only so many trips to the well...

Elizabeth said... If we had an actual message board/forum, the comments pages wouldn't have to get so long. But I'm kind of glad that we don't have one. I think a message board would have more spam and more "WHY ARE YOU MAKIN FUN OF THESE BOOKS THESE ARE KIDS BOOKS YOU ARE MEAN" comments. (Sorry, but I'm kind of tired of the "But these are kids' books!" argument that I've seen on the comment pages for some entries. A lot of us have mentioned feeling cheated with some of the books when we read them as kids. I don't think it's okay to produce crappy or completely confusing books, just because they are for twelve-year-olds.) AUGUST 10, 2009 10:03 AM

troy steele said... Plus I too was a big fan as a kid and even today I go out of my way to praise the books when they deserve it. I like to think of this blog as more of a friar's roast than anything overly negative or vicious AUGUST 10, 2009 10:30 AM

troy steele said... 2:1 odds say the next update will be the last short story collection, that ghost car is a long way off yet AUGUST 17, 2009 3:38 PM

Elizabeth said... Troy, I want to mention R.L. Stine's adult novel, "Superstitious" again, because it was crappy. *SPOILERS* Basically, a college professor has all the demons/spirts of superstitions living inside him, so he has to do a lot of little superstitions and rituals (like tossing salt over his shoulder) in order to keep from turning into a monster. His sister that lives with him is later revealed to be his wife, not his sister. They were trying to find a woman that he can marry and have a baby with, so that all the superstitions would leave him and live in the child instead. AUGUST 18, 2009 4:38 PM

troy steele said... Elizabeth, it sounds like that novel was spoiled long before you summarized it AUGUST 18, 2009 4:55 PM

Hi said... The Most Shocking thing in the World: Troy still has readers of this blog. Seriously! LSTS is better at staying on an update shecdule than you are Steele! AUGUST 24, 2009 12:49 PM

troy steele said... Good things come to those that wait AUGUST 24, 2009 2:18 PM

Anonymous said... Troy, are you aware that the Wikipedia page for "One Day at Horrorland" is a copy of your review for the book, with the jokes taken out? AUGUST 24, 2009 6:53 PM

troy steele said... That happens sometimes. Can a loyal reader please revert the page back to a non-plagiarized version plz AUGUST 24, 2009 8:14 PM

Elizabeth said... Troy, when you're done with the Goosebumps 2000 books, will you do a top five best/worst or something? I say five instead of ten because there aren't as many books as in the original series. AUGUST 25, 2009 12:44 PM

troy steele said... Elizabeth, yes, that is the plan. And thank you to the Blogger Beware Wikipedia Warriors for your tireless editing! AUGUST 25, 2009 1:48 PM

Elizabeth said... Troy, I hope my question about the book covers didn't sound sarcastic. I'm just wondering where to get them. I apologize if it sounded that way. AUGUST 27, 2009 1:58 PM

troy steele said... Elizabeth, no worries. Using and commenting on a book cover in a comedic review is considered "fair use." As for finding the pics, try looking at Amazon-- sometimes I'd find a decent sized picture of the original covers (I only review the original copies, not either generation of the reprints, FYI). I only scan as a last resort. Before I got a scanner, I just took a picture of the cover if I couldn't find a decent-sized picture via Google Image Search (and you can tell which ones, haha). As a sidenote, GISing Goosebumps is now how a whole lot of people find out about this blog AUGUST 27, 2009 3:26 PM

Hi said... Ok second guy who doesn't even have a name. LSTS does not always do goosebumps reviews and is only doing like 15 or so. While they are funny I can't count on her (The person who runs it is a girl) to give me humorous reviews of all goosebumps books. I like this blog a lot too but feel sort of betrayed how Troy makes his fans who are counting on him to provide humorous reviews of goosebumps books. Oh and somehow Troy has time to approve our comments but doesn't have 10 minutes to write a review of a book he's already read? hmmmmmm..... AUGUST 28, 2009 6:17 PM

troy steele said... Well, my updates can't be shat out in ten minutes with a barrage of "OMFG"s, "Sally is wearing an ugly sweater. Hahaha, what a stupid bitch"s, and "Sally eats breakfast. OMGAWWWWDDDD! Remember that movie The Breakfast Club? ROFL"s AUGUST 28, 2009 7:08 PM

Elizabeth said... Aha! The Susie Snowflake comment was really submitted by me, Elizabeth. So that one + my comment before it only count as one incident of update-begging, not two. Troy, do you still think that the "Susie Snowflake" short story is the best Goosebumps story, after having read many books after it? Is "Chicken, Chicken" still the worst? SEPTEMBER 01, 2009 8:27 PM

troy steele said... Yes and Yes SEPTEMBER 02, 2009 2:43 AM

Hi said... Mwhahahaha. Troy, your fans now support my cause!!!!! They finally realize lazy you are! You may have been able to swing the "it's that bad excuse" with babva but not anymore! By the way, whatever happened to "A Tool". He just stopped posting all of a sudden. SEPTEMBER 03, 2009 6:44 PM

troy steele said... Hi, if your cause was to get people to think I'm lazy, you were scooped like at least three years ago. SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 3:05 PM

Thrasher said... Unfortunately, it seems people have caught onto its death and aren't commenting enough to put it up to 400. At least Troy is approving comments again, that's a start. NOVEMBER 27, 2009 3:48 PM

troy steele said... Just building anticipation for the launch of Blogger Beware Series 2000 NOVEMBER 27, 2009 4:30 PM

Anonymous said... so do we get an update once a certain number of comments are reached? NOVEMBER 28, 2009 8:38 AM

troy steele said... No, I'm not that arbitrary. The honest truth is that half of the entry is written and eventually it will be finished and posted. I don't want to promise anything other than that I committed to finishing the series and I will do so eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. I'm sorry for the delay, but all longtime fans know it wouldn't be Blogger Beware without long periods of inactivity NOVEMBER 28, 2009 8:43 AM