Everything worked out almost perfectly in the end and that's the kind of ending that makes me come back to this series over and over again.

Back home, while Nikki was making letters to tell the guests that the party was unfortunately canceled, Brianna offers Nikki money to make a site for her business. 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. But, when she tries to explain to her best friends, Zoeysha Franklin and Chloe Garcia, that she can't have a birthday, they think she wants to have a pool party, and Chloe and Zoey get so excited that Nikki can't say no to the party. 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. The party is fun, until Tiffany Davenport and Mackenzie tells Nikki's crush, Brandon Roberts, Zoey, and Chloe, that Nikki decided to go on her all-expenses-paid trip to Paris, France instead of on the Bad Boyz tour with her band, Actually, I'm Not Really Sure Yet.The funny part was when Nikki's little sister Briana kept baking with her new Princess Sugarplum Easy Bake Oven and made these amazing doggy snacks, great for humans and dongs. She’s got a loving family and friends and used to have cute little dramas at school that pretty much anyone could relate to. This book falls into the contemporary realistic fiction because of the story is realistic for a young girl who is planning a birthday party in today's day and times. Nikki watched as MacKenzie and her mom take out their expensive water bottles, expensive yoga mats, and expensive yoga bags. The latest fictional novel by the Rachel Renee Russell’s ”Dork Diaries” is Tales from a NOT-SO-Happy Birthday, which is thirteenth in the series.

If a teacher wants their students to start writing about their days in a journal or diary, this could introduce the concept for them. Nikki has a nightmare that MacKenzie Hollister ruined Nikki's country club birthday party and is getting nervous to have a party. Meanwhile her rascal little sister Brianna becomes obsessed with baking and even starts up a little dog treat business with Nikki's help as it benefits her and funds her dream as we discover!She went downstairs and found a mess in the kitchen from Brianna cooking with her sugarplum baking kit. I had really low expectations, compared to how much I squealed when they revealed the last book's cover. sorry Rachel Renee Russell but I feel like you just typed some random crap on a page and hoped for the best. Obviously, Nikki is having a tough time focusing on doing the positions, and of course, MacKenzie and her mom have no problems perfectly forming each position!

So, um, despite my expectations, I soon found myself laughing and crying at Nikki's "dorkiness" and the strange antics of Miss Bri-Bri, the hero of the story. But, I do respect the point that Rachel is trying to keep her readers hooked in and probably has everything solved at the last minute/last book. 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?

Her friends, Chloe and Zoey, come over to help Nikki plan her party and decide on the theme she wants. And I can see Nikki does kind of whine and doesn't exactly solve her problems like I would or some others might. I admit it was predictable, so predictable that she mentioned one sentence and I was able to skip to the next few pages to confirm exactly what I had thought would happen.