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Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #3
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
As I was going out of my bedroom door I remembered my nungas. Perhaps I should take some precautions to keep them under strict control. Maybe bits of Sellotape on the ends of them to keep them from doing anything alarming? I'd like to trust them, but they are very unreliable.
The irrepressible heroine of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is back, and funnier than ever! Georgia has finally landed Robbie the Sex God, but he's never around, and Georgia's ex, Dave the Laugh, is starting to look quite dreamy. Strangely, so does just about every other guy Georgia meets, even the new French teacher.
In this third installment of Georgia's hilarious confessions, Georgia's "red bottomosity" is out of control! Whatever will happen next?
183 pages, Hardcover
First published June 28, 2001
About the author
Louise Rennison
97 books2,776 followersLouise Rennison was the bestselling award-winning author of the phenomenally successful ‘Confessions of Georgia Nicolson’ series, translated into over 34 languages and to the stage and big screen as ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’. She has won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize, the Michael L. Printz Honor Book and the Roald Dahl Funny prize for ‘Withering Tights’. Louise sadly died on February 29, 2016.
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May 1, 2009
As Sven would say: “Oh ja, oh ja.” Nothing makes me laugh as hard as these books. Nothing.
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Another couple of hours with Georgia and, as expected, no life lessons but tons of hilariosity. Can't say much happens in this installment. The highlights are: Georgia's ever-growing nunga-nungas (a.k.a. basoomas a.k.a. breasts) which once again attract a wrong kind of attention, this time from a Scottish lad; a serious case of red-bottomosity (a.k.a. general horn a.k.a. sluttiness); and Angus's trouser snake removal operation.
Some favorite bits:
Saturday, November 6th
1:00 pm
I'd better start my makeup soon. It's only seven hours till the gig. But as I fully expect to be snogged to within an inch of my life, what about snogproof makeup? As Billy Shakespeare said, "To lippy or not to lippy; that is the question."
2:00 pm
Results of lippy/snogging poll:
Jas only wears lip gloss, which she says gets absorbed in the general snogosity. Rosie says she puts on lippy AND lip gloss, then just goes for full-frontal snogging with Sven. She also says that by the end of the night he is usually covered in lippy, but he doesn't mind and wipes it off with his T-shirt.
Good Lord.
We must remember, however, that he is not English.
The rest of the gang seemed pretty well to go along with the lip gloss absorbed into the general snogosity theory.
So lip gloss it is.
* * *
9:30 pm
Jools has been looking at Rollo for about a million centuries and moaning and droning on about him. He was hanging out with a bunch of lads round the bar. I was trying to concentrate on looking at the Sex God. He is soooo cool. He's by far the coolest in the band. Dom, Chris and Ben are all quite groovy-looking but they don't have that certain je ne sais quoi that the Sex God has. That extra snogosity. That puckery gorgeosity combined with fabulosity. That sexgoderosity.
Jools didn't seem to know I was in Snog Heaven because she was rambling on. "He is quite fit, isn't he?"
"Yeah, he's gorgeous and he's all mine, mine, miney."
"Gee, I mean Rollo, you banana."
I was less than interested but she went on and on. "Should I go across?"
Pause.
"Or is it too pushy?"
Pause.
"I think it's always best to play a bit hard to get, don't you? Yes, that's how I'll play it. He'll have to beg to get my attention."
9:35 pm
Jools was sitting on Rollo's knee and snogging for England. Oh well. I said to Ellen, "She's obviously gone for the playing-hard-to-get-ticket."
__________
Another couple of hours with Georgia and, as expected, no life lessons but tons of hilariosity. Can't say much happens in this installment. The highlights are: Georgia's ever-growing nunga-nungas (a.k.a. basoomas a.k.a. breasts) which once again attract a wrong kind of attention, this time from a Scottish lad; a serious case of red-bottomosity (a.k.a. general horn a.k.a. sluttiness); and Angus's trouser snake removal operation.
Some favorite bits:
Saturday, November 6th
1:00 pm
I'd better start my makeup soon. It's only seven hours till the gig. But as I fully expect to be snogged to within an inch of my life, what about snogproof makeup? As Billy Shakespeare said, "To lippy or not to lippy; that is the question."
2:00 pm
Results of lippy/snogging poll:
Jas only wears lip gloss, which she says gets absorbed in the general snogosity. Rosie says she puts on lippy AND lip gloss, then just goes for full-frontal snogging with Sven. She also says that by the end of the night he is usually covered in lippy, but he doesn't mind and wipes it off with his T-shirt.
Good Lord.
We must remember, however, that he is not English.
The rest of the gang seemed pretty well to go along with the lip gloss absorbed into the general snogosity theory.
So lip gloss it is.
* * *
9:30 pm
Jools has been looking at Rollo for about a million centuries and moaning and droning on about him. He was hanging out with a bunch of lads round the bar. I was trying to concentrate on looking at the Sex God. He is soooo cool. He's by far the coolest in the band. Dom, Chris and Ben are all quite groovy-looking but they don't have that certain je ne sais quoi that the Sex God has. That extra snogosity. That puckery gorgeosity combined with fabulosity. That sexgoderosity.
Jools didn't seem to know I was in Snog Heaven because she was rambling on. "He is quite fit, isn't he?"
"Yeah, he's gorgeous and he's all mine, mine, miney."
"Gee, I mean Rollo, you banana."
I was less than interested but she went on and on. "Should I go across?"
Pause.
"Or is it too pushy?"
Pause.
"I think it's always best to play a bit hard to get, don't you? Yes, that's how I'll play it. He'll have to beg to get my attention."
9:35 pm
Jools was sitting on Rollo's knee and snogging for England. Oh well. I said to Ellen, "She's obviously gone for the playing-hard-to-get-ticket."
July 12, 2014
Rereading this book series is such an experience for me because one the one hand, it still holds up completely, is hilarious and charming, and takes me right back to the days when I first read it.
On the other hand though, I find it extremely alarming how rude Georgia is to everyone around her, especially the following: Nauseating P. Green (Georgia is a straight up bully and it's horrible how she talks about this poor girl), Jas (as a kid, when I thought Georgia was the most hilarious person on the planet, I remember thinking Jas was kind of annoying as well. now I realize she's actually a lovely caring friend and Georgia is just horrible to her), Miss Stamp (all this part time lesbian stuff is so awful) and her parents (again, when I was younger I remember thinking 'yeah! parents are annoying!' and now I'm like 'wait she has really quirky and kind of awesome parents').
I have to keep reminding myself that she's 14 and will likely grow up into a better human being, but I have to wonder how the author herself feels about some of these subjects (ie. bullying and homophobia). I also recognize these were written awhile ago, but it makes me sad thinking back to reading these as a kid and knowing I didn't feel any sort of outrage at these parts when I was younger. Georgia is a terrible influence and I hate knowing she was a big role model to me, at least in journal-writing.
I was losing steam on this series until Georgia started coming to her senses about Dave the Laugh and now I'm hooked again, even though part of me hates how problematic some of Georgia's sensibilities are. I never actually finished the series though, so I'm very curious to see if there's any growth.
On the other hand though, I find it extremely alarming how rude Georgia is to everyone around her, especially the following: Nauseating P. Green (Georgia is a straight up bully and it's horrible how she talks about this poor girl), Jas (as a kid, when I thought Georgia was the most hilarious person on the planet, I remember thinking Jas was kind of annoying as well. now I realize she's actually a lovely caring friend and Georgia is just horrible to her), Miss Stamp (all this part time lesbian stuff is so awful) and her parents (again, when I was younger I remember thinking 'yeah! parents are annoying!' and now I'm like 'wait she has really quirky and kind of awesome parents').
I have to keep reminding myself that she's 14 and will likely grow up into a better human being, but I have to wonder how the author herself feels about some of these subjects (ie. bullying and homophobia). I also recognize these were written awhile ago, but it makes me sad thinking back to reading these as a kid and knowing I didn't feel any sort of outrage at these parts when I was younger. Georgia is a terrible influence and I hate knowing she was a big role model to me, at least in journal-writing.
I was losing steam on this series until Georgia started coming to her senses about Dave the Laugh and now I'm hooked again, even though part of me hates how problematic some of Georgia's sensibilities are. I never actually finished the series though, so I'm very curious to see if there's any growth.
July 10, 2012
The saga continues ... love it!
Reading for the second time for the nostalgia.
Five stars.
Reading for the second time for the nostalgia.
Five stars.
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May 17, 2017Sex God or A Laugh? Jelloid knickers or strange dancing?
Dave The Laugh
Dave The Laugh
March 24, 2019
Another crazy-hilarious-adorable book in this series!
I'm reading them in between 'normal' books and I just love Georgia and her crazy life!
I'm reading them in between 'normal' books and I just love Georgia and her crazy life!
April 1, 2018
I am definitely team Dave the L but Aaron as Robbie's image floats up y mind and i can't deciiiide!
my red bottom is speechless as well.
Altho Georgia is quit awful to loads of people i can't help but love her warts and all♥
on to the next!
my red bottom is speechless as well.
Altho Georgia is quit awful to loads of people i can't help but love her warts and all♥
on to the next!
August 12, 2009
I got a real kick out of these funny, honest, unsentimental YA books. I would have loved (and I mean LOVED) them in high school. They're written as the diary of a British girl named Georgia, and she covers all the drama, hilarity, embarassment, etc., of the high school years, only with a delightful Englishness. Really fun, reeeeeeally amusing. I don't imagine they'd meet with much approval from the parents of American teenagers, though- Georgia is pretty frank (even crude- she's a teenager after all) about matters of anatomy, and she's very cheeky and disrespectful of adults. I wasn't bothered, though- I think those kinds of things are what give it an honest ring. It was hard for me to believe that Georgia's voice was actually written by an adult.
Here's an excerpt, the opening of the first book:
"Dad had Uncle Eddie round, so naturally they had to come and see what I was up to. If Uncle Eddie (who is bald as a coot) says to me one more time, 'Should Bald Heads be Buttered?' I may kill myself. He doesn't seem to realize that I no longer wear romper suits. I feel like yelling at him, 'I am fourteen year old, I wear a bra! OK, it's a bit on the loose side and does ride up round my neck if I run for the bus... but the womanly potential is there, you bald coot!'
Talking of breasts, I'm worried that I may end up like the rest of the women in my family, with just the one bust, like a sort of shelf affair. Mum can balance things on hers when her hands are full- at parties, and so on, she can have a sandwich and a drink and save a snack for later by putting it on her shelf. It's very unattractive."
Here's an excerpt, the opening of the first book:
"Dad had Uncle Eddie round, so naturally they had to come and see what I was up to. If Uncle Eddie (who is bald as a coot) says to me one more time, 'Should Bald Heads be Buttered?' I may kill myself. He doesn't seem to realize that I no longer wear romper suits. I feel like yelling at him, 'I am fourteen year old, I wear a bra! OK, it's a bit on the loose side and does ride up round my neck if I run for the bus... but the womanly potential is there, you bald coot!'
Talking of breasts, I'm worried that I may end up like the rest of the women in my family, with just the one bust, like a sort of shelf affair. Mum can balance things on hers when her hands are full- at parties, and so on, she can have a sandwich and a drink and save a snack for later by putting it on her shelf. It's very unattractive."
August 8, 2020
1.) Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging ★★★★.5
2.) It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers ★★★★
3.) Knocked Out by my Nunga-Nungas ★★★
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[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]
★★★
Not as good as the first two, but still loads of fun!
trigger warnings: very outdated and offensive sense of humour (e.g. joking about being bisexual, joking about being a lesbian, fatphobia, etc.), cheating.
2.) It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers ★★★★
3.) Knocked Out by my Nunga-Nungas ★★★
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[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]
★★★
Not as good as the first two, but still loads of fun!
trigger warnings: very outdated and offensive sense of humour (e.g. joking about being bisexual, joking about being a lesbian, fatphobia, etc.), cheating.
May 15, 2010
Three books in and I'm done with the series. Already they're getting really tiresome. Georgia is 14 but acts like she's both 20 and 5 at the same time. Whinging on about her parents (who have absolutely NO consistency to their weak characterizations) being weirdos and her egg-headed uncle one minute, and then snogging the life out of guys who are quite a bit older than her, wearing short skirts, and going to clubs the next.
I realized that so far there has been no real plot to the series: Georgia whines, her little sister comes in and is weirdly cute at random points (Georgia whines about this also), her mother flirts with any random guy, Georgia is mean to her "best friend" Jas who usually doesn't deserve it, and Georgia can't decide between (and whines about the pluses and minuses of) Robbie the Sex God who makes her legs go "jelliod" or Dave the Laugh who nibbles her lip during snogging and who she can coherently communicate with. Gee, I wonder who she'll FINALLY end up with?!
It's so obvious and the "plots" are never interesting enough for me to care! Granted, I did get a few laughs out of the 3 I've read, but the laugh-to-boredom ratio wasn't worth it. If you're looking for a high school "guys and drama" series, read E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver books (start with The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver ), which are much funnier and have a much more mature and less whiny main character.
I realized that so far there has been no real plot to the series: Georgia whines, her little sister comes in and is weirdly cute at random points (Georgia whines about this also), her mother flirts with any random guy, Georgia is mean to her "best friend" Jas who usually doesn't deserve it, and Georgia can't decide between (and whines about the pluses and minuses of) Robbie the Sex God who makes her legs go "jelliod" or Dave the Laugh who nibbles her lip during snogging and who she can coherently communicate with. Gee, I wonder who she'll FINALLY end up with?!
It's so obvious and the "plots" are never interesting enough for me to care! Granted, I did get a few laughs out of the 3 I've read, but the laugh-to-boredom ratio wasn't worth it. If you're looking for a high school "guys and drama" series, read E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver books (start with The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver ), which are much funnier and have a much more mature and less whiny main character.
May 9, 2018
I personally think the series started to lack.
It has started to become a bit repetitive in topics for Georgia to think of and I now it's more boy focused I'm a little less interested. In the first two boys weren't the biggest topic.
I have the fourth so I may finish that just to add to my read shelf but I'm unsure at the moment.
It has started to become a bit repetitive in topics for Georgia to think of and I now it's more boy focused I'm a little less interested. In the first two boys weren't the biggest topic.
I have the fourth so I may finish that just to add to my read shelf but I'm unsure at the moment.
September 14, 2024
“Fati me je naterao da prekinem vezu i održao svoj čuveni govor “Nismo bogati”, prvi put održan 1846. godine.”
July 31, 2018
Second Booktubathon book completed!
Listened to the audiobook for this all in one sitting and it had me laughing just as hard as it did 10 years ago
Listened to the audiobook for this all in one sitting and it had me laughing just as hard as it did 10 years ago
August 13, 2013
Buddy read with the Jealous and the Knicker.
The nunga-nunga questionnaire
Welcome, Earth creatures (a.k.a. not-girlfriends of a Sex God popstar)!!! While our resident well of wisdomosity can't be bothered spending her precious time on something as naff as tests, this is your time to prove how (not) worthy you are of an Ace Gang honorary membership.
Answer away!
7. Your parents planned a family trip to Scotland. You don't want to go, since you'd rather be having snog fests and go to fish parties. What do you do?
a. (Since they're likely having sex at that precise moment), you inform them you won't be coming along by screaming from the other side of their bedroom door. You end up tagging along by mistake.
b. You allegedly take out your labrador-sized cat for a walk and never return home. Your parents don't notice because they're too busy prematurely exposing their four-year-old daughter to numbers 6 through 8. This is child neglect. You should call social services.
c. You have a sudden tummy lurch re-flare (you know, the one you had to cover up your suspension for big uggy) and sadly, cannot go to Och Aye land.
2. You call the attachment of two people at the mouth and possible exchange of saliva in a rhythmic manner:
d. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
e. Snogging ("Knutschen" in German).
f. Erlack-a-pongoes.
1./5. Your parents have decided to neuter your cat. What's your response?
g. You make them an appreciative CAT MOLESTERS poster, which you greet them with. In a caring manner, of course. You stop speaking to them and conspire with your sister to go on permanent dirty protest.
h. You make a graphic song about the bloke your Mutti sadly is living with and how he lost his trouser snake supplements because of a nighttime shaving accident, which you, obviously, didn't have anything to do with.
6. You just called your Sex God of a boyfriend from a phone box in good ol' Och Aye land. What's the first thing you do after hanging up?
i. You stroke your T-shirt with the receiver, pretending it to be him. You spot a Jock McTavish outside, watching you, so you act as if you're cleaning the receiver instead.
j. You call your ex-best mate. You tell her to shut up, stop annoying you, and be grateful that she's worthy of listening to your fabbity fab life adventures. You're friends again after she admits you're her number one girl-love.
k. You run back to Cottage Crap, snuggle down in your holiday bed and spend some time on your holiday project (fantasy snogging). However, you're interrupted by your lovely little sister, who claims your bed as her own (no matter which country you're currently in) and brings the usual crowd: scuba-diving Barbie, one-eyed Teddy, Pantalitzer, Panda the Punk and Jimmy, a haggis with a scarf on.
l. You become aware your lips have automatically puckered from the snogging withdrawal. Sacré bleu. Oh merde.
3. You're in a game of True, Dare, Kiss or Promise and you have to Dare your best friend (the one with the vast pantibus). What do you come up with?
m. She has to perform her legendary snake trouser dance. To the score of Titanic and other fishy music.
n. She has to run through her street in the nuddy-pants. Twice.
o. She has to stuff her knickers with all the légumes she can find.
p. She has to kiss someone other than her Hunky. A decent 6 on the snogging scale would do. 6 1/4 and 6 1/2 are allowed addenda.
4. Your eyebrows are getting out of control, but you don't dare touch your father's razor after you accidentally shaved off your brows last time. How do you prevent them from growing to the floor?
q. You steal your Mum's tweezers. After pulling out four hairs, you pass out from the pain.
r. You put your trust in your Mutti's hair-removing cream. It's just a little dab here and there. Just to be sure no one will think a firework was stuck up your bum-oley, you tape your fringe to your forehead and refrain from raising your eyebrows ironically. No need to draw attention.
s. Obviously, you've learned from last time. You use your Vati's razor again. Yes!!! Much better than your first attempt. Taping your fringe to your forehead wouldn't hurt, though. Much better. You've achieved full sophisticosity now.
Try to be as non-Georgia as possible and put the question numbers in the right order. Now replace each number with the letter you answered. If you end up with jibberish, you're not ready for the hilariosity of this universe and are not allowed to walk la marche avec mystery with the Jealous Knickers.
The nunga-nunga questionnaire
Welcome, Earth creatures (a.k.a. not-girlfriends of a Sex God popstar)!!! While our resident well of wisdomosity can't be bothered spending her precious time on something as naff as tests, this is your time to prove how (not) worthy you are of an Ace Gang honorary membership.
Answer away!
7. Your parents planned a family trip to Scotland. You don't want to go, since you'd rather be having snog fests and go to fish parties. What do you do?
a. (Since they're likely having sex at that precise moment), you inform them you won't be coming along by screaming from the other side of their bedroom door. You end up tagging along by mistake.
b. You allegedly take out your labrador-sized cat for a walk and never return home. Your parents don't notice because they're too busy prematurely exposing their four-year-old daughter to numbers 6 through 8. This is child neglect. You should call social services.
c. You have a sudden tummy lurch re-flare (you know, the one you had to cover up your suspension for big uggy) and sadly, cannot go to Och Aye land.
2. You call the attachment of two people at the mouth and possible exchange of saliva in a rhythmic manner:
d. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
e. Snogging ("Knutschen" in German).
f. Erlack-a-pongoes.
1./5. Your parents have decided to neuter your cat. What's your response?
g. You make them an appreciative CAT MOLESTERS poster, which you greet them with. In a caring manner, of course. You stop speaking to them and conspire with your sister to go on permanent dirty protest.
h. You make a graphic song about the bloke your Mutti sadly is living with and how he lost his trouser snake supplements because of a nighttime shaving accident, which you, obviously, didn't have anything to do with.
6. You just called your Sex God of a boyfriend from a phone box in good ol' Och Aye land. What's the first thing you do after hanging up?
i. You stroke your T-shirt with the receiver, pretending it to be him. You spot a Jock McTavish outside, watching you, so you act as if you're cleaning the receiver instead.
j. You call your ex-best mate. You tell her to shut up, stop annoying you, and be grateful that she's worthy of listening to your fabbity fab life adventures. You're friends again after she admits you're her number one girl-love.
k. You run back to Cottage Crap, snuggle down in your holiday bed and spend some time on your holiday project (fantasy snogging). However, you're interrupted by your lovely little sister, who claims your bed as her own (no matter which country you're currently in) and brings the usual crowd: scuba-diving Barbie, one-eyed Teddy, Pantalitzer, Panda the Punk and Jimmy, a haggis with a scarf on.
l. You become aware your lips have automatically puckered from the snogging withdrawal. Sacré bleu. Oh merde.
3. You're in a game of True, Dare, Kiss or Promise and you have to Dare your best friend (the one with the vast pantibus). What do you come up with?
m. She has to perform her legendary snake trouser dance. To the score of Titanic and other fishy music.
n. She has to run through her street in the nuddy-pants. Twice.
o. She has to stuff her knickers with all the légumes she can find.
p. She has to kiss someone other than her Hunky. A decent 6 on the snogging scale would do. 6 1/4 and 6 1/2 are allowed addenda.
4. Your eyebrows are getting out of control, but you don't dare touch your father's razor after you accidentally shaved off your brows last time. How do you prevent them from growing to the floor?
q. You steal your Mum's tweezers. After pulling out four hairs, you pass out from the pain.
r. You put your trust in your Mutti's hair-removing cream. It's just a little dab here and there. Just to be sure no one will think a firework was stuck up your bum-oley, you tape your fringe to your forehead and refrain from raising your eyebrows ironically. No need to draw attention.
s. Obviously, you've learned from last time. You use your Vati's razor again. Yes!!! Much better than your first attempt. Taping your fringe to your forehead wouldn't hurt, though. Much better. You've achieved full sophisticosity now.
Try to be as non-Georgia as possible and put the question numbers in the right order. Now replace each number with the letter you answered. If you end up with jibberish, you're not ready for the hilariosity of this universe and are not allowed to walk la marche avec mystery with the Jealous Knickers.
November 11, 2020
DAVE!!!
January 2, 2014
Aw, Dave the Laugh is the cutest.
May 16, 2021
buddy read with ombrofilija & nymeria 🥹
August 27, 2023
“Jesus would never snog his mate's boyfriend.”
June 16, 2026
very serious, deep literature.
December 12, 2016
Oh no no no Georgia, don't you dare.
This isn't as funny or as much fun as the previous two books. Maybe I've overdosed on Georgia? Maybe three in one day was too much (or two much, hahaha). Sven was still funny and the girls were still ridiculous but the humour just wasn't as there, you know?
This isn't as funny or as much fun as the previous two books. Maybe I've overdosed on Georgia? Maybe three in one day was too much (or two much, hahaha). Sven was still funny and the girls were still ridiculous but the humour just wasn't as there, you know?
March 9, 2012
While caring for a very sick relative (and dealing with all the stress that goes along with such a task), I wanted something fun and silly and light-hearted to read to leaven the seriousness of my ongoing work. I recalled seeing Louise Rennison's books back when I worked in a book store, and thought I'd track down the first in her series for my ereader. Well, that was not possible, since the publisher has decided to make only the third book (this one) and subsequent books available electronically. What's up with that? But none the less, I jumped in with this one even though I haven't read the first two.
After finishing this book, I'm not sure I need to have read the first two to get what's going on here. This is exactly what I was looking for: silly, light-hearted, and fun. The book, like all the books in the series, I presume, follows either the journal or the internal monologue (not quite sure which) of English teen Georgia Nicholson. Rennison captures the spastic, creative, unfocused inner monologue of a teen girl with eerie accuracy. I mean, no one should be surprised by this, since presumably Rennison was once a teen girl herself. I love the fact that the author didn't try to polish up the inner life of a teen-age girl. She told it true. So excellent.
Not as likeable was Georgia's selfishness. She's a funny character, but she's also a bit of a prick to her friend Jas. Jas seemed to be the only level-headed person in the entire ensemble of characters, yet Georgia frequently derided her and sometimes felt rather abusive in her approach to Jas. Too bad. It would have been easier to like Georgia if she would lay off her poor, sensible friend once in a while.
Nor did I like the abruptness of the ending. Even considering that this is a series, the end of the book seemed to fall out of the sky and thud on the ground, with not even a few sentences to wrap it up and prepare us for what may come in the next installment. I also disliked the constant use of timestamps. That made it hard to tell whether I was experiencing the thoughts of Georgia or some kind of diary. I really had no idea, and the timestamps quickly became a tired gimmick that I just skipped over in favor of reading the text.
All in all, it was a fun book and it did the job I needed it to do. I may pick up another, but if you're looking for anything other than simple, silly fun (good plot; deep, likeable characters) there are loads of other YA novels that will do that particular job much better.
Bonus information: My sister's name is Georgia and my (real) name is Libbie (Libby). This is the first time I've encountered two sisters with our names in fiction. Spooky.
After finishing this book, I'm not sure I need to have read the first two to get what's going on here. This is exactly what I was looking for: silly, light-hearted, and fun. The book, like all the books in the series, I presume, follows either the journal or the internal monologue (not quite sure which) of English teen Georgia Nicholson. Rennison captures the spastic, creative, unfocused inner monologue of a teen girl with eerie accuracy. I mean, no one should be surprised by this, since presumably Rennison was once a teen girl herself. I love the fact that the author didn't try to polish up the inner life of a teen-age girl. She told it true. So excellent.
Not as likeable was Georgia's selfishness. She's a funny character, but she's also a bit of a prick to her friend Jas. Jas seemed to be the only level-headed person in the entire ensemble of characters, yet Georgia frequently derided her and sometimes felt rather abusive in her approach to Jas. Too bad. It would have been easier to like Georgia if she would lay off her poor, sensible friend once in a while.
Nor did I like the abruptness of the ending. Even considering that this is a series, the end of the book seemed to fall out of the sky and thud on the ground, with not even a few sentences to wrap it up and prepare us for what may come in the next installment. I also disliked the constant use of timestamps. That made it hard to tell whether I was experiencing the thoughts of Georgia or some kind of diary. I really had no idea, and the timestamps quickly became a tired gimmick that I just skipped over in favor of reading the text.
All in all, it was a fun book and it did the job I needed it to do. I may pick up another, but if you're looking for anything other than simple, silly fun (good plot; deep, likeable characters) there are loads of other YA novels that will do that particular job much better.
Bonus information: My sister's name is Georgia and my (real) name is Libbie (Libby). This is the first time I've encountered two sisters with our names in fiction. Spooky.
April 6, 2009
I love these books. Yes, the main character is shallow and vain and quite self-absorbed, but most teenage girls are to a certain extent, right? I love that despite these things, Georgia remains a lovable character, and we get to see the chinks in her armour, as it were. She really does love her parents, even though most of the time they annoy her half to death and do things she finds appalling. You didn't feel like that as a teenager?! I did! She cares about her friends. She makes mistakes that she regrets. And what makes these books so fun is that they are almost like the diary of the class clown...how many books have you read like that? It is a familiar yet unique perspective, in my opinion. I love them and will continue to love them. If you were once a teenage girl, don't take life incredibly seriously, and can find the humor in funny thingositys, you will probably enjoy these, too.
July 22, 2022
i’ll convince you to read this book using this quote….
“Jas, you are three hundred miles away. You would have to have nunga-nungas the size of France for Jock to be able to rest his hand on them.”
hahaahahah i liked this one a lot. it made me laugh, but also i’m starting to get invested in this whole story!
here are some opinions, georgia is a really mean friend, but most of her friends are all bad lol. Jas and georgia have a very toxic best friendship but hey, i guess we’ve all been 15 and been there before.
it’s so funny bc in the movie i am very team robbie but lowkey i am starting to be team dave in the books. i just love him so much. idk, not enough has happened for me to have a sure decision, but i really do want all the best for dave the laugh :,).
these books are simple and funny. i have no other way to put it. like the covers all say “you’ll laugh your knickers off” and i just couldn’t agree more. they’re straight up goofy. so great.
“Jas, you are three hundred miles away. You would have to have nunga-nungas the size of France for Jock to be able to rest his hand on them.”
hahaahahah i liked this one a lot. it made me laugh, but also i’m starting to get invested in this whole story!
here are some opinions, georgia is a really mean friend, but most of her friends are all bad lol. Jas and georgia have a very toxic best friendship but hey, i guess we’ve all been 15 and been there before.
it’s so funny bc in the movie i am very team robbie but lowkey i am starting to be team dave in the books. i just love him so much. idk, not enough has happened for me to have a sure decision, but i really do want all the best for dave the laugh :,).
these books are simple and funny. i have no other way to put it. like the covers all say “you’ll laugh your knickers off” and i just couldn’t agree more. they’re straight up goofy. so great.
July 15, 2014
4 Stupid & Hilarious Stars
And I knocked down the third book of this series. I'm going a little fast with these books, but its because no matter how kind of stupid they, I cannot put them down. Always laughing at her crazyness and I have even absorb some slang of her. Sacré bloody bleu!
"As I went through the door Angus made a desperate bid for freedom. He was fastened to the kitchen table leg, but that didn't stop him. He dragged the table along with him. It really made me laugh, because one minute Mum was eating her cornies on the table and the next minute the table and cornies were gone."
ANGUS! I swear that cat is even crazier than his owner, Georgia. It is a full character that it wouldn't surprise me if sometime it has lines and full on scenes. No matter how he is, Georgia loves him and we can see that he (on his way) loves her. And NO matter that Vati cut his cat parts, he is going to be a father!!!
"He says,'Well, I'm off then. I'm away laughing on a fast camel,'" And she absolutely pissed herself laughing. What is the matter with her?
The situation of Georgia in this book pissed me off a little, because she's been rambling about SG [sex god] from first book and NOW she is having second thoughts? Oh, please, Georgia, leave the poor Dave the Laugh away laughing on a fast camel and keep living your life with SG, because thats what you wanted.
“Dad leapt over the garden wall instead of going through the gate. Sadly he didn‘t do himself a severe injury, and so he lives to embarrass me to death another day.”
Of course, Georgia's family still cuckoo-cuckoo. Her dad is crazier than ever, but thank God her mom is more "normal". She isn't really paying too much attention to Georgia, but at least isn't bothering her. A question: Why does Libby keeps going from weird to weirder (if thats a word)? I mean, she is growing, so why not (at least) potty train her. Btw, about growing up... Is Georgia still 14yo? Because at least a year and a half has passed and she still 14? Damn! These books make me dumb, but then again laughing away on a fast camel in a nippy noodles day and dancing in my nuddy pants!
And I knocked down the third book of this series. I'm going a little fast with these books, but its because no matter how kind of stupid they, I cannot put them down. Always laughing at her crazyness and I have even absorb some slang of her. Sacré bloody bleu!
"As I went through the door Angus made a desperate bid for freedom. He was fastened to the kitchen table leg, but that didn't stop him. He dragged the table along with him. It really made me laugh, because one minute Mum was eating her cornies on the table and the next minute the table and cornies were gone."
ANGUS! I swear that cat is even crazier than his owner, Georgia. It is a full character that it wouldn't surprise me if sometime it has lines and full on scenes. No matter how he is, Georgia loves him and we can see that he (on his way) loves her. And NO matter that Vati cut his cat parts, he is going to be a father!!!
"He says,'Well, I'm off then. I'm away laughing on a fast camel,'" And she absolutely pissed herself laughing. What is the matter with her?
The situation of Georgia in this book pissed me off a little, because she's been rambling about SG [sex god] from first book and NOW she is having second thoughts? Oh, please, Georgia, leave the poor Dave the Laugh away laughing on a fast camel and keep living your life with SG, because thats what you wanted.
“Dad leapt over the garden wall instead of going through the gate. Sadly he didn‘t do himself a severe injury, and so he lives to embarrass me to death another day.”
Of course, Georgia's family still cuckoo-cuckoo. Her dad is crazier than ever, but thank God her mom is more "normal". She isn't really paying too much attention to Georgia, but at least isn't bothering her. A question: Why does Libby keeps going from weird to weirder (if thats a word)? I mean, she is growing, so why not (at least) potty train her. Btw, about growing up... Is Georgia still 14yo? Because at least a year and a half has passed and she still 14? Damn! These books make me dumb, but then again laughing away on a fast camel in a nippy noodles day and dancing in my nuddy pants!
August 29, 2011
The humor in these books is unparalleled. Do not read in public unless you want to be laughing like a loon for all to see. Georgia is so endearingly oblivious to her self-centered, superficial, player ways. From her lines about her Vati to her tales of Angus the Scottish half-Labrador cat to her boy-crazy musings, I just can't put these books down.
Dave the Laugh is my favorite YA mate of all time, and one of my favorite Dave the Laugh scenes is in this book. (Oh, that clown nose!)
However, am I the only one who thinks these books would work better if Georgia were a bit older than 14? I don't know how they do things across the pond, but here in Hamburger-a-gogo Land, I doubt we'd really let a 14-year-old party at a club until 2:00 a.m., let alone even get into a club. Call me a Puritan, but if my future teenager was a snogging champion like Georgia at 14, I might have a bit of a nervy spaz.
Dave the Laugh is my favorite YA mate of all time, and one of my favorite Dave the Laugh scenes is in this book. (Oh, that clown nose!)
However, am I the only one who thinks these books would work better if Georgia were a bit older than 14? I don't know how they do things across the pond, but here in Hamburger-a-gogo Land, I doubt we'd really let a 14-year-old party at a club until 2:00 a.m., let alone even get into a club. Call me a Puritan, but if my future teenager was a snogging champion like Georgia at 14, I might have a bit of a nervy spaz.
November 14, 2007
still hilarious, but Georgia is starting to get on my nerves.
November 4, 2013
I love Georgia Nicolson's voice so much. This series is so entertaining and light hearted. Definitely a good read for this busy month as it is a quick and easy read!
September 28, 2015
I love Dave the Laugh forever.
July 13, 2023
oh no i’m really invested in the plot now
February 22, 2024
It was fun to read and to see how times have changed.
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