You can read one of these wimpy kid books about as fast as you can eat a bowl of popcorn. And they are as much fun too! I read this last month, so I am not sure what to say about it, but I do recall it was basically more of the same: kid is clueless about himself, his brother is an ass, his friend is questionable, and it’s all hilarious. What made me and Paul laugh? Him saying that his uncle basically gave him a chore for Christmas (a basketball hoop for laundry) and he and his brother tormenting each other by saying “Ploopy.” Oh, and the part about how frightening the author photo of Shel Silverstein is, because that is so true! And because we are immature, now Paul and I say Ploopy each other. PL…….OO…….PY.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
My husband brought these home to read and it turns out we’d been behind the times in these great funny books which come from a website. Greg is a seventh grader with an awful older brother, Rodrick, a younger brother who gets away with stuff, and a mom who is well meaning but really awful too. Lots of little cartoons as the whole thing is meant to look like Greg’s journal. Thing about Greg is, he’s hilarious, but he’s kind of a jerk too. He’s treats his friend like dirt (though granted his friend is pretty much loser and it’s likely you wouldn’t want to be friends with him either.) Greg’s older brother shines as the quintessential awful older brother in book two, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. One of the best things about Rodrick is that he has a heavy metal band called. Loded Diper. And there’s an umlaut over the “o” in Loded.
Obviously there’s a lot more to these books but I read them a couple weeks ago (fast reads) and I don’t think I need to say much more than super funny diary of a middle school kid who seems to end up in a lot of predicaments. Besides, go check out the site and you can read a little sample.
Update: here is Paul’s entry on it.
