I mean, Jeff Kinney has an amazing sense of humor. Who knows if I have to read all 16, but I have to say that these books are really funny. Book 16 in the series came out October and he finished it so he is caught up. He is excited to talk about these books with me.

Here, read this.' I said 'Thank you, I will.' So I started it while they were doing some work and the book would make me chuckle and Nephew would have to come over and see the part that made me laugh. He gave me 'Roderick Rules' and told me with all seriousness, 'It's time you read this book. I went to my Brother's house Friday and my nephew gave me a hug and then gave me a book.

Recommended whenever one needs a mood uplift! Jeff Kinney has written a book that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. His sarcasm has taken on an edge, and the portraits he paints of his Dad and Mom are less than flattering. Greg, in this book, has grown up a little from his previous outing. In Vanity Fair, Thackeray's illustrations are as famous as his words.) (I feel that authors should use illustrations more often, even in serious novels. The journal is pieced together in little vignettes, like a series of connected jokes-and the punchline is often a cartoon. Greg's voice throughout the book is a sort of sardonic monotone-one is reminded of those sad-faced clowns who will have you in stitches. Jeff Kinney is a truly comic writer who has mastered the strength of the understatement. He pours all this righteous indignation into the 'journal' (he will kill himself before he calls it a 'diary'!) his mother forces him to write. Greg Heffley is a loser: bullied by his elder brother and followed about by his tattletale younger one, ignored by the pretty girls and able to befriend only the unspeakable Rowley, he must be justified in feeling that life is unjust to him. I picked this up from son's shelf, because I had enjoyed the first book: my son was flabbergasted, and my wife made fun of me, saying she'd give me Peter Pan next. I read this book for two reasons: I needed to get my book count up for the reading challenge, and reading We Need To Talk About Kevin immediately after No Country For Old Men was too much darkness, even for me.

Rodrick rules by jeff kinney