I forgot how funny this book is. After watching the movie a hundred times, I also forgot about how different the actual story is from the adaptation. As much as I like the film's interpretation, I prefer the book. Just because there is so much MORE. So much more humor, so much more in terms of sort of inappropriate stuff, and more characters. The grandmother is a completely different person, the dad is actually alive, and Michael is even more desirable. I can't wait to read the rest, as I'm pretty sure I stopped after this first book when I was in junior high for who knows what reason.