She still hasn’t decided if she will be spending two weeks in Paris (all expenses paid) or going on tour with her band (you know, totally normal people problems), she’s annoyed by her sister’s culinary mash ups and freaking out about whatever potential disaster may unfold during the birthday party her two best friends are planning for her. Dork Diaries Tales from a not so Happy Birthday by Rachel Renee Russell is about a girl named Nikki Maxwell and her and her friends Chole and Zoey want to throw a HUGE party for Nikki. Nikki watched as MacKenzie and her mom take out their expensive water bottles, expensive yoga mats, and expensive yoga bags.

Nikki is back once again with her friends Chloe and Zoey plotting her birthday party which they palm to make a super cool pool party! André and Brandon are also back too and still rivalling it out over Nikki's affections as she finally decides what to do over the summer, band tour or trip to Paris? If a teacher wants their students to start writing about their days in a journal or diary, this could introduce the concept for them. I would like to thank Rachel Renee Russel and her children Erin and Nikki and the narrator Jenni Barber for all their hard work that I wished that I met them in real life one day and it would make me happy and my life. As always, Russell delivers a funny yet plot-twisting story, geared toward children and young teens.two stars because this book felt repetitive and some things made me dislike Nikki even more as a spoiled, self-centered person.

I understand that catchphrases can be important in the continuity of a series but I would have liked to have seen some new ones added to the ones that have been used for 13 books now. It is the the second Dork Diaries book in which Chloe and Zoey appear on the cover, the first book being Double Dork Diaries. They were best selling, and Nikki and Briana became business partners, and Nikki got the birthday party of her dreams in the end, EXCEPT when the enemies came. It felt like the good old days when the series was just starting with Nikki and her friends doing crazy stuff that would get them arrested.What I feel is that in this book, Andrea might develop a crush on Nikki 😋and this might lead to a grudge between Brandon and him. I was glad when she chose Paris instead of the band because we would finally get to see the extent of the illustrator's artistic skill. She’s got a loving family and friends and used to have cute little dramas at school that pretty much anyone could relate to. Her invitations really caused a whole part to how she must have a birth day party and her friends always interupt. I haven't read this latest book yet, but five stars already ✌because I am pretty confident that it would not let my expectations down🙃.