Angus, Thongs and
Full-Frontal Snogging (Book #1)
There are six things
very wrong with my life:
1. I have one of those
under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for
the next two years.
2. It is on my nose
3. I have a
three-year-old sister who may have peed somewhere in my room.
4. In fourteen days the
summer hols will be over and then it will be back to Stalag 14 and Oberfuhrer
Frau Simpson and her bunch of sadistic teachers.
5. I am very ugly and
need to go into an ugly home.
6. I went to a party
dressed as a stuffed olive.
In this wildly funny
journal of a year in the life of Georgia Nicolson, British author Louise
Rennison has perfectly captured the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being
a teenager. In the spirit of Bridget Jones's Diary, this fresh, irreverent, and
simply hilarious book will leave you laughing out loud. As Georgia would say,
it's "Fabbity fab fab!"
On the Bright Side, I'm
Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Book #2)
You don't have to be a
teenager to appreciate the humorous and often self-absorbed ravings found in
14-year-old Georgia Nicolson's diary, but it certainly helps. Now fans of
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging -- Georgia's first set of hilarious
musings on life -- can get another peek into the mind of this wryly inquisitive
English lass in the appealing sequel: On the Bright Side, I'm Now the
Girlfriend of a Sex God.
As the title implies,
Georgia has snagged herself a sex god in the form of Robbie, the boy of her
dreams. Now that they've indulged in a bit of "full-frontal
snogging," Georgia turns her attention to advancing the relationship. But
things quickly go wrong when she learns that her father's new job may
necessitate a move to New Zealand. Crestfallen, Georgia feels her life might as
well be over. Then, miraculously, the dreaded move is cancelled, and things
seem to be getting better -- at least until 17-year-old Robbie decides to break
up with Georgia because he's bothered by the difference in their ages.
Borrowing freely from
her mum's closet and advice books, even as she's steadfastly discounting
everything her mum says, a crushed but determined Georgia comes up with a
scheme to win Robbie back. As usual, nothing goes as planned, and life is
further complicated by Georgia's temperamental cat, Angus (who's having a few
amorous leanings of his own), and her baby sister, Libby, whose fascination
with (and lack of control over) her bodily functions leads to several
intriguing mishaps. Of course, there are other disasters, too: a quick-tan
lotion that turns Georgia's legs orange, a run-in with the aptly named Bummer
sisters, and friends who insist on focusing on their own problems from time to
time.
Who knew the angst of adolescence could be so much fun? This
Georgia's-eye view of teenage life is wonderfully egocentric and
side-splittingly funny. And despite the occasional language barrier (a glossary
of terms is provided in the back of the book), Georgia's thoughts and
experiences will prove universally recognizable to anyone who is, or has ever
been, a teenager - Beth Amos
Knocked Out by My
Nunga-Nungas (Book #3)
Georgia Nicolson is now
the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and things are wonderful. Except
her loony parents are dragging her off to Och Aye land (aka Scotland), and the
Sex God's band's chance at a record contract has left her something of a
"pop widow."
Then up rears temptation
in the form of old flame Dave the Laugh. Is Georgia about to become a shameless
vixen?
Dancing in My
Nuddy-Pants (Book #4)
The Barnes & Noble
Review - Louise Rennison's
ultra-hilarious snog teen is back in the fourth fabbity-fab book of her
"even further confessions."
Since Georgia's been
dating the yummy scrumboes Sex God, Robbie, her glossy lips are always at the
ready, and her "red-bottomosity" is kept under wraps. Along with
Naomi the Sex Kitten's new litter (thank you, Angus), Robbie's announcement
that his band will be traveling to Hamburger-a-gogo land (Georgia can only hope
to go with), and a class trip to France, Georgia is one camper in a state of
teenage splendiosity. The small trouble is, Georgia also wonders if Dave the
Laugh might still be the guy for her, and when Robbie gives a surprise-ending
twist to his travel plans, she gets a "weird feeling of reliefosity"
that makes her wonder if she must venture out and bravely use her "red
bottom wisely."
Another first-rate entry in the diary tales of Georgia,
Nuddy-Pants will keep fans panting for more. While Rennison hasn't provided any
earth-shattering events in her heroine's life, this book shows Georgia's true
nuddy-pants personality to be just as funny as ever. With plenty of juicy hints
at what's to come, this laugh-out-loud read is one not to miss - Shana Taylor
Away Laughing on a Fast
Camel (Book #5)
"...Then He Ate My
Boy Entrancers" (Book #6)
Let the overseas
snogfest begin!
Georgia and Jas are off to
Hamburger-a-gogo land! Georgia plans to track down Masimo, the Italian-American
dreamboat, but after a long week in America, she only succeeds in learning
importantish things -- like how to ride a bucking bronco. Will Georgia reel in
the Italian dreamboat? Or is she destined to live forever
all aloney on her owney?
Startled by His Furry
Shorts (Book #7)
On the rack of romance.
And also in the oven of "luuurve,"
And possibly on my way
to the "bakery of pain,"
And maybe even going to
stop along the way to get a little "cake" at the cakeshop of agony.
Shut up, brain, shut up.
Georgia is in quite a
predicament. Dave the Laugh has declared his love for her (at least she thinks
he was talking about her), leaving her in a state of confusiosity. And then
when she finally decides to give Masimo an ultimatum -- to be her one and only
-- he tells her he needs to think about it.
To distract herself from
her romantic woes, Georgia throws herself into Mac-Useless play rehearsals and
planning a Viking wedding, and tries to avoid all thoughts of boy decoys,
Italian-American dreamboats . . . and let's not forget guitar-plucking Sex Gods
Love is a Many Trousered
Thing (Book #8)
Woe is Georgia! Georgia
Nicolson thought life was hard when her only worry was whether Masimo would
choose her over Wet Lindsay. But then Dave the Laugh started acting strange
--and everything was turned upside down when Robbie the Sex God suddenly
returned!
In this eighth entry of
the series, every reader will be wishing they had Georgia's problems.
Stop in the Name of
Pants! (Book #9)
Time to gird the loins
and pucker up.
Blimey O'Reilly's
trousers Three maybe-boyfriends is a lot for any girl to handle--red-bottomed
or not. What with Robbie the Sex God back from Kiwi-a-gogo land wanting to
"get coffee" and whatsit, Masimo the Luuurve God saying things like
""Ciao," Georgia, see you later" (the good see-you-later or
the bad see-you-later ), and her mate Dave the Laugh snogging her in a pond,
it's enough to make any girl mad.
Good thing she has the
ace gang to keep her sane. Ish.
But now that she has
tearfully eschewed Robbie the Sex God with a firm hand, Georgia is left with
two potential snoggees to choose from, and it's high time she left the cakeshop
of love for good. This time with a gorgey Italian cakey. Or a nip-libbling Dave
the Tart. But certainly not both. Maybe.
Are These My Basoomas I
See Before Me? (Book #10)
A bit early to get
swoony knickers but I have got them on.
For Georgia, the more
things change, the more they stay the same. Just when she thought she was the
official one-and-only girlfriend of Masimo, he's walked off into the night with
the full hump, leaving Georgia all aloney on her owney--again. All because Dave
the Laugh tried to do fisticuffs at dawn with him
Two boys
"fighting" over Georgia? It's almost as romantic as "Romeo and
Juliet" . . . though perhaps a touch less tragic.
It's time for Georgia to
get to the bottom (oo-er) of this Dave the Laugh spontaneous puckering business
once and for all. It's like they always say: If you snog a mate in the forest
of red bottomosity and no one is around to see it, is he still a mate? Or is he
something more?
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