Planet Tad by Tim Carvell

Book: Planet Tad
Author: Tim Carvell
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: May 18, 2012
Reviewer: Ben (11)
Rating: 4 4/5 Cheeseburgers


This book is, very, very, VERY funny. In this book, Tad, a middle-school boy, who blogs every day.  He blogs about his family, his friends, about school and about everything that happens to him.  Tad has a very funny way of looking at the world and can make even the most ordinary things sound hilarious.  Very soon after I started I could not put the book down AT ALL. I read the whole thing in one night! This book is very funny and I congratulate the author on an amazing book that is worthy of many more people reading it.

My rating for this amazing book is 4.8/5, because I would like to see a little more book and a little less blog. Well that is all my own opinion and if I were some one else I would rate it 5/5.

Good work, Tim Carvell.


[Editor's note: This book is such a favorite among our reviewers (and their moms!) that our ARC is starting to look like it was chewed by wolves. One mom even asked the local comic book store to order a case, since they would make such great go-to birthday gifts. Good work, Tim Carvell, indeed!]

Planet Tad by Tim Carvell

Book: Planet Tad
Author: Tim Carvell
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: May 18, 2012
Reviewer: Louis (9)

I think 'Planet Tad' by Tim Carvell is a good book even though I may not understand some of the jokes because I am only 9 and I have never had a sumer job or attended real school before.

Some parents will probably disapprove of the language in 'Planet Tad'. A word that I don't mind seeing in the book is "suck". The reason I don't mind it is because it doesn't describe someone for instance it dosen't have things like " you suck" it has things like "it must suck having this job". What I think the parents will disapprove of is this word, it only says once, "smartsass". I can kind of understand why the writer put the words in and that is because the writer may think a teen is reading the book. And we kind of know how teens think it is kind of cool and funny to swear. I sometimes like swearing because I like hanging out with my big kid friends.

The book is about this 13 year old boy who goes to Lakevill School and starts a blog on his new computer he got for Christmas. The book starts off as a story but sometimes the story will end very fast and say something funny and random. I love books like that, and the other thing I like is that it has a bunch of short little stories put into one.

One of my favorite quotes from Plant Tad is "I wonder if Link doesn't like it when Zelda gets kid napped, I bet Zelda just likes getting rescued by someone cool". I liked it because it came from no where and it is about a video game. I would like to see more books this series. It is similar in style as "Diary of a Wimpy Kid' so I'm sure once Planet Tad comes out people will be rioting for more!

Planet Tad by Tim Carvell

Book: Planet Tad
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: May 18, 2012
Reviewer: Benny (12)
Rating: 5 Cheeseburgers

This book you already may know is called Planet Tad. I liked this book because of the genre. I like the type of diary/blog/journal type thing. I think there are a lot of interesting things about this book, like for example: Occasionally the book will trail off the main story for thoughts about different things like criticizing things like lame mascots, books, vacations, and stuff like that. Sometimes it isn’t criticizing. For instance: Different ideas about things like the pledge to the flag, video games, and other things.

 If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, you’ll like this. It’s about a kid (obviously named Tad) who’s making a blog and recording a year of his life on it from Jan. 1st, to Dec. 31st. He faces a lot of problems like GIANT FULL-BODY SUNBURNS, and LITTLE SISTERS RULING HIM LIKE THEY’RE SOME WEIRD SORT OF QUEEN, and BROKEN CAMERAS, and stuff like that. The plot for this book is kinda based on Tad’s new year’s resolutions (Getting girls to notice him, doing a kick-flip on his skateboard, and stuff like that. I think it’s a good book, and when it comes out, you should read it!

 (This book is not available for purchase and probably has future revisions coming up. It’s coming out May 8th.)