“There is no one who cannot be bought at the price of the Phoenix” (7). The Fate of the Phoenix is the Star Trek sequel that no one asked for. This is hands-down the most convoluted, befuddling Star Trek novel I have encountered. While at least it mercifully manages to…
Goosebumps Review #19: Deep Trouble (1994) by R.L. Stine
“There I was, two hundred feet under the sea…” William “Billy” Deep, Jr. of Baltimore has always dreamed of being a famous undersea explorer. He tells us: “Underwater, I always felt as if I were in a faraway world. Breathing through the snorkel, I could live down here with the…
Goosebumps Review #18: Monster Blood II (1994) by R.L. Stine
“You know how dangerous that monster blood is… What are we going to do? How are we going to get Cuddles back to hamster size?” (97). The first sequel in the Goosebumps canon (in fact, the first of four “Monster Blood” books), Monster Blood II is a welcome step up…
Poirot Review #12: Death in the Clouds (1935) by Agatha Christie
“Right at the end of the car, in seat No. 2, Madame Giselle’s head lolled forward a little. One might have taken her to be asleep. But she was not asleep. She neither spoke nor thought… Madame Giselle was dead.” (10). The second Hercule Poirot novel that was published in…