Ramona’s dad has lost his job and so much of the book centers around that and its repercussions. She’s also trying to get her dad to quit smoking. It’Ramona’s dad has lost his job and so much of the book centers around that and its repercussions. She’s also trying to get her dad to quit smoking. It’s all quite serious for a Ramona book, actually, but really well done at a kids level. ...more
“Wish for something, want a Blue Kerlew Hound tooth? Because everything comes true with it but it can cause trouble soGalen finish on March 16, 2024.
“Wish for something, want a Blue Kerlew Hound tooth? Because everything comes true with it but it can cause trouble sometimes. I like it but the ghost dog is only at the end of the book.”...more
“You know what? Not everyone that are very special guests are good guys. As if Jillian and Jackson work for the Menace becGalen read March 10-11, 2024
“You know what? Not everyone that are very special guests are good guys. As if Jillian and Jackson work for the Menace because they got their powers from the Menace. (The Menace is Karloff Mennis.) Hurry! Escape from Panic Park! As if the Fear Meter goes up then Karloff Mennis gets his Panic Park back! Make the Fear Meter go down so it disappears forever! Problems are going on. Robby is invisible! Carly Beth and Julie won’t stop shaking! And Brittany has a ventriloquist dummy head.”...more
“At the beginning I didn’t feel I was reading a Goosebumps Horrorland book. The book doesn’t go with the name because most Galen read March 9-10, 2024
“At the beginning I didn’t feel I was reading a Goosebumps Horrorland book. The book doesn’t go with the name because most of the time they’re not even in Horrorland. And it was also good.”...more
“Good. It was fine. What I mean by it’s fine is that it’s really good. The evil camera can do a lot of evil things. TheGalen finished on March 8, 2024
“Good. It was fine. What I mean by it’s fine is that it’s really good. The evil camera can do a lot of evil things. The pictures that the evil camera takes can make that actually happen in a couple minutes.”...more
“It was good. It was kind of… it was good especially at the end of the main book whenGalen finished on February 15, 2024
“1000 million thousand” stars
“It was good. It was kind of… it was good especially at the end of the main book when they were at the pool and we realized the hook was just a comic strip and Brooke and Sam went missing and Sam was Dr Maniac and Brooke was the Scarlet Starlet.”...more
“It was fun. And… I don’t know. It was exciting when we knew that Laura was actually thGalen read from February 8-10, 2024
How many stars? “Just five.”
“It was fun. And… I don’t know. It was exciting when we knew that Laura was actually the person who started the stampede of horses at the haunted stable.”...more
How many stars? “500 million trillion quadrillion”
“It was boring at the beginning, but then later when Matt ate monsGalen read on February 6-7, 2024.
How many stars? “500 million trillion quadrillion”
“It was boring at the beginning, but then later when Matt ate monster blood for breakfast and he turned nine or eight feet tall, it got exciting.”...more
How many stars? “500 million thousand! With a little bit of creepy.”
“It was fun and scarier than Revenge of the Living DGalen read on February 5, 2024
How many stars? “500 million thousand! With a little bit of creepy.”
“It was fun and scarier than Revenge of the Living Dummy. This one had more details than the other one. The scariest part was when the guys named Roger and Goldie we knew they were imposters when Goldie took off his mask and they were pirates. And captain Ben he took the treasure away from them for 200 years!”
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I read on February 13, 2024
This was interesting. Vaguely PotC-y. Don’t know what the cover image has to do with the story though… I’m glad Galen likes these. ...more
Galen asked me to read this today, telling me how short the audiobook at school is so I can definitely do it. Okay kid, I did Read on January 26, 2024
Galen asked me to read this today, telling me how short the audiobook at school is so I can definitely do it. Okay kid, I did it. :)
This was silly and a little creepy (though at almost 40 it’s definitely more silly). I’m reminded of why kids like these and I’m glad Galen’s discovered them. It was interesting to see what the scary chapter was for him, and now I can talk to him better about it if he still gets scared.
Read to Galen on November 7, 2023. Way below his level (and his conferences yesterday showed just how much!) but he wanted to be read something easy bRead to Galen on November 7, 2023. Way below his level (and his conferences yesterday showed just how much!) but he wanted to be read something easy before he read on his own. It’s really funny though, so I didn’t mind. ...more