March 16, 2008 – 9:21 am

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney

Picked this up at Borders on a whim — fun cartoon/diary style novel from the point of view of a middle schooler. Painfully, um…painful. Fun to read; probably not worth buying since it goes by in about 45 minutes.

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6 Comments

  1. 1. 
    Matt Asay
    Posted March 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

    I’m not sure Diary is intended for you as the audience. My eight-year old son, however, loves this book.

  2. 2. 
    Matt Asay
    Posted March 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

    I’m not sure Diary is intended for you as the audience. My eight-year old son, however, loves this book.

  3. 3. 
    John
    Posted March 17, 2008 at 8:55 am | Permalink

    @matt! ha! i read all sorts of things, and like this one. i think it’s a bit like The Simpsons, and aimed at a bit of everyone….or maybe my reading skills are deteriorating.

  4. 4. 
    John
    Posted March 17, 2008 at 8:55 am | Permalink

    @matt! ha! i read all sorts of things, and like this one. i think it’s a bit like The Simpsons, and aimed at a bit of everyone….or maybe my reading skills are deteriorating.

  5. 5. 
    persy blogs
    Posted October 8, 2008 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    me and my english class were in the library today looking at books and i came across this books. i picked it up and looked at the first page inside that had the diary on. i went to reserve it and my english teacher asked to hav a look at it. he said he would like o borrow it from me after i hav read it so we can read it in class.i think that this book is great.

  6. 6. 
    persy blogs
    Posted October 8, 2008 at 12:11 pm | Permalink

    i think its good that u read

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