Because The Girl (age 11) is doing so well in school, we treated her to the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book when it was released on Nov. 15. It took her only a couple of hours to devour this one, and now she’s already waiting for the next installment in the series. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is the 6th book in the series, and her favorite so far.
Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of.
The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? (publisher’s summary)
Imagine being trapped in your house with your mom, whose glasses break and is pretty much blind without them, your older brother, who terrorizes you at every moment and you have to share a room with him, and your little brother, who needs his mustard put on his hot dog just so or he throws a fit. Well, you get all that and more in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever.
I loved this book! My favorite parts were Manny and the hot dog because Greg couldn’t get the mustard right and how they undecorated the Christmas tree because Manny wanted to be the first one to hang an ornament. I loved this book so much I read it in a day! I would give it 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it to everyone if you want to laugh your pants off.
I recommend you read the first book before this one if you want to know more about the characters. This was my favorite in the series because it’s the funniest. So go read it!
Disclosure: I purchased The Girl’s copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. I am an IndieBound affiliate and an Amazon associate.
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Love how enthusiastic she is about these books.
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Even though she’s starting to grow out of them, she says she’ll keep reading this series. I think we all have a soft spot for the first books we loved as kids!
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I’m telling you, The Girl’s reviews keep getting better and better! :–)
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Thanks, Jill! Your comment made her day!
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Thanks, Girl for this great review. My daughter (she’s 10) loves Wimpy Kid and has read all of them. I will now get her this one too.
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If she has enjoyed the series so far, I’m sure she’ll love this one, too. The Girl couldn’t stop laughing.
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I bought this on Wednesday and have read a little bit of it because I couldn’t wait. I’m past the part where they undecorated the tree so Manny could put his ornament on the tree first – talk about spoiled! Great review!!
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Thanks, Kathy! I can’t believe how spoiled Manny is. The Girl gets a kick out of telling me how his parents cater to him and then seeing my reaction. 🙂
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I almost bought this one for my stepdaughter but I was afraid maybe her mother already got it for her! I am sure she’ll love it though.
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I sure hope she does! 🙂
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My kids love all of these books. I’m glad you liked it too! I don’t have this one – yet!
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It seems like this series is really popular with kids. It’s inspired The Girl to create her own diary-type story. 🙂
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This book sounds like a lot of fun! Terrific review! 🙂
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Thanks, Suko!
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Ha! I got a kick out of the ‘laugh your pants off’ comment. Yes! I do want to laugh my pants off! I borrowed the first couple from my neighbors (about the girl’s age)…wonder if they have this one?
To The Girl: Glad you liked it! And congrats on the good grades. 😉
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Thanks, Trish! I’ve only read one (Dog Days) but I thought it was hilarious. I’ll have to borrow the rest of the books from The Girl…if she’ll let me touch them. She’s very strict about keeping these books in top-notch condition, especially the few she had autographed at the National Book Festival a few years ago!
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My son just got this one too and is burning through it. (He is a little slower reader as he is in 2nd grade.) He just adored all the Wimpy Kid books!
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I think it’s great that your son is enjoying these books and that he’s reading them on his own! 🙂
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My son whipped through this one too, but I haven’t been able to talk him into doing any reviews for me yet. 🙂 Wonderful enthusiastic review!
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Thanks, Alyce! It would be great to read his reviews. The Girl goes through phases where she wants to review and doesn’t. We’re on a roll so far given that she has to do write-ups for her reading class.
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everyone is asking for this at the bookstore! glad to hear it’s great!
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I figured this would be hugely popular!
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I can’t wait to read this! I’m going off to B&N to read this one. 🙂
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Hope you enjoy it as much as The Girl did!
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I’m seeing this one everywhere in the middle school right now!! I’m still waiting for my hardcover copies to come into the library! Excellent review!
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I’m sure they’ll fly off the shelves. The Girl says a lot of her friends have read it, too.
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I’m not surprised the Girl loves this series, a lot of my daughter’s friends do too. She however, could care less. Oh well. This does sounds like a fun one.
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Ah, well. They’re not for everyone. 😉
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