Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-popular Party Girl (Russell)

Dork Diaries (2): Tales from a Not-so-popular Party Girl
Rachel Renée Russell (2010)

(Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.)

This was NOT one of the books that I took from the Little Free Library in my neighborhood. And, unfortunately, I didn't take the bunch I saw in a different library when I had a chance!

That said, these books are still popular fifteen years later -- and I had to remind myself of the publishing date to reconcile some of the language and technology in the books. As it was, it was a bit of a wait for the ebook, after which I realized that these books lose something as ebooks. I finally got the physical book, and read it pretty quickly. (Summer time: I read a lot of physical books in the pool, and this was no exception.)

This book takes place not long after the first book and involves throwing the annual Halloween party. The book is written in diary format and contains nuerous drawing and doodles from author Nikki.

Nikki still doesn't think that Brandon will ever notice her, and she is shocked whenever he does, even after he came to the rescue in the first book.

Zoe and Chloe are still Nikki's BFF's in the library club. They have a plan to join the clean-up crew for the Halloween Party and then pretend that the band members are their dates, so they don't have to worry about being asked.

Of course, Mackenzie Hollister is in charge of organizing the Halloween Party, and, of course, she still hates Nikki and she still wants Brandon. When things don't go well for Mackenzie, she has everyone quit their committee assignments, leaving all the responsibilities to Nikki, Zoe, and Chloe to organize the party themselves -- and Mackenzie and company cancelled everything that they'd already done. If the Library girls can't get the party organized on their own, it will be up to them to cancel the school's annual party for the first time ever.

These are fun books, even if I'll never write for this level.

I look forward to the next book, which I believe I own a copy of. However, there are other books that I need to read and pass along first.

Paperback.

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