Heartwarming / Blogger Beware

• In his Retrospective on the series, Troy gives a list of the best Goosebumps books, and he puts Be Careful What You Wish For... at number one. His explanation...just read.
  "For better or worse, this book is Goosebumps. It is deeply flawed and contains many of the worst problems the series suffers from, yet remains just as disturbing and memorable as it was the first time I read it in grade school. The finale, with its completely unfair and entirely out of proportion punishment, remains the single greatest reminder of why kids everywhere loved these books. The book reminds us all of how we were able, for at least a little while, to look past the flaws and embrace the series. We read the books to be surprised. We read the books to be entertained. We read the books to be scared. Perhaps we even read the books just because everyone else was too. Regardless, the twelfth book in the series gives the reader the entirety of the Goosebumps experience in one shot. Be Careful What You Wish For... is the definitive Goosebumps book, and the best.
• Although it didn't ultimately work, Troy pauses in the middle of the Brain Juice review to implore his readers to watch Pushing Daisies in a last-ditch effort to prevent it from being cancelled.
  This causes them to do stupid things, like mistaking "D-O-G" for "C-A-T" and watching Knight Rider instead of Pushing Daisies on Wednesday nights.
  (That last zinger was part of my dual effort to both save the best show on TV and reduce the shelf life of this blog's references. I hope you enjoyed it. Now please watch Pushing Daisies. I'm not even being paid to say this. Barring a miracle, it's pretty much going to get canceled and I'm holding all of you reading this personally responsible if that happens. I mean, viewers are really watching a talking car and a Jay Mohr sitcom over PD at the rate of almost 2:1. Obviously the twist here is that America needs some Brain Juice)