Deep and Meaningful Diaries
from Planet Janet
by Dyan Sheldon

    DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES FROM PLANET JANET by Dyan Sheldon
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  1/23/07
    Publisher:  Candlewick
    Reviewed by:  Safia Abdul
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Janet Bandry is the hilarious, awkward teenager of PLANET JANET and the sequel, PLANET JANET IN
    ORBIT.  These two books combine together to form the fully awesome DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES
    FROM PLANET JANET.  This book, written by the author of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA
    QUEEN, had me laughing from the first page to the last.

    Janet's friends and family always sarcastically says Janet lives on her own weird planet.  But to me, Janet seems like
    the everyday quirky best friend we all have or want to have.  Janet is the girl with the nose ring who dyes her hair
    purple as a part of her year-long experimental "Dark Phase."  She's also the self-centered girl who is boy crazy and
    doesn't understand anybody in her family (including her mother, whom she has nicknamed Mad Cow).

    DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES FROM PLANET JANET follows a year of Janet's humorous life.  In that
    time, she deals with a major fight with her best friend, develops numerous crushes, and even survives a clothing store
    robbery.  Through it all, Janet remains strong, determined, and always with her awesome sense of humor intact.

    Set in London, Janet's diary reminds of me of those from Bridget Jones and Georgia Nicolson.  It contains the
    wonderful ramblings and hilarious insights that made both BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and THE CONFESSIONS
    OF GEORGIA NICOLSON smash hits.  So if you are looking for lots of laughs, then grab a copy of this book and
    enter into Janet's Planet!