Month: March 2024

In March I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School, by Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School is about a boy named Greg whose grandpa comes and lives with them for a bit. While Gregs parents are out one night Greg drop his toothpaste cap down the drain and when trying to get it somehow ends up putting a hole in the ceiling. Meanwhile there is this big camping trip his school is going to, and originally Greg doesn’t want to go because camping isn’t his “thing.” But after putting a hole in the ceiling he decides he is going to go instead of seeing his dad because he knows how mad he will be. During the camping trip Greg runs into a few problems, but in the end, everything turns out fine.

I liked this book a lot as I felt the characters were developed very well. What was happening was very straight forward and not confusing at all. I also liked the plot as it almost felt like it was split into two parts or kind of like two books. It was also funny as most of Jeff Kinney’s books are. Another thing that made the book incredible is the pure amount of detail. He did a great job at describing the setting and mainly just everything. I would recommend it to most people.

My favorite character was Greg because he is funny, naive, and relatable. Greg is funny when he makes jokes about things that happen to him. Another thing he does is he is very sarcastic. He is also relatable when he says things that happen to me a lot. Lastly, he is naive. Greg is naive a lot but a main thing he was being naive to is when he was trying to make lemonade. A quote to prove this comes from page 69 when the author states, “… we didn’t know how much of THAT we were suppose to use, either. So we just eyeballed it.”

My favorite quote from the book was on page 112 when the text says, “It bounced around a few times, then it went right down the drain.” This is my favorite quote for a few reasons. First when the text states “it” it is referring to the toothpaste cap which like I said in the summary lead to basically the whole other half of the book. So the reason I choose this one is because I feel like this is what started everything going forward. The hole in the ceiling, his dad being mad at him, and him even going to camp in the first place.

If I could have any job in the entire world, it would be a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Even though I’m not very good at basketball, I really like playing it and I’m practicing to become better. One reason I would choose this career is for the fun and enjoyment. It would be something I really enjoy and for my literal job I get to do something I love. I mean who wouldn’t want that? My second reason is that I would be really good at basketball. That might not make sense, but if I am in the NBA, I would obviously be extremely good at basketball. My third reason is the salary. It’s not necessarily the reason why I chose to be an NBA player, but it’s a plus. The average NBA salary per year is 9.7 MILLION DOLLARS. That’s insane. Overall an NBA player would be the perfect job for me considering I would get thrill, become really good at the sport I love, and I would get an incredible salary. I really don’t see any downsides to it.

In February I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney. It is about a boy named Greg Heffley whose best friend Rowley gets a girlfriend. This affects Greg because Rowley doesn’t hang out with him anymore, and Greg gets a feeling that Rowley’s girlfriend is using him. Rowley doesn’t listen to Greg and thinks Greg is just jealous. Gregs grades start slipping and he is threatened by summer school if he doesn’t pull it together. He also finds a magic 8 ball under his brother’s bed and starts using it EVERYWHERE. In the end they become friends again and things go back to how they used to be.

I really liked this book a lot. I really enjoyed it because it was always interesting, what I mean by this is there isn’t a part of the book where it’s really boring for a couple chapters. There is always something new that is happening or a new goal that the characters are trying to achieve. Another reason I liked this book was it wasn’t too too long. It isn’t some picture book with 30 pages, but it also is a 300 page small print book that takes 4 years to read. The reason I enjoy shorter books is I’m a slower reader. Overall it was very good. I would recommend this book to really anyone that enjoys realistic type books, and for anyone that wants a quick-ish book to read.

My favorite character is Greg by far. The reason I like Greg so much is because I feel like he is very relatable. Not the way he acts but the things that happen to him. A quote that supports this is on page 74 when the text states, “But the thing I’ve learned is that you should never tell your mom you’ve got nothing to do.” The reason this quote is relatable is he tells his mom he is bored, then she tells him to do chores. This has happened to me many times and I get annoyed when it does.

My favorite quote from the book is on page 216 when the author states, “I know Mom’s always saying friends come and go but family is forever, and maybe that’s true.” I like this quote because it is true in life. It also in my opinion kind of sums up the book based on what happened with Rowley.