I Am Still Not a Loser

Barry Loser #2

by Jim Smith

You know when someone's horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? That’s what happened to me with my best friend Bunky.

Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly – who’s got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name, because he looks like a Gordon and is smug and ugly – has stolen Barry’s best friend.

Join Barry as he attempts to get Bunky back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

Genres: Humor, Fiction, Comedy

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.

It was a three month contract; seventeen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.

In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ smoothies, created in-store graphics for Orange phone stores, designed book covers and branded a New York based Iced Tea company.

In 2010, Jim launched the hugely successful Waldo Pancake range of stationery and gift products, now sold in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Europe and the US.

'I am not a Loser' by Barry Loser, the first of a series of children's books 'spellchecked' by Jim, was published in 2012, having already sold rights to nine countries. The sequel, 'I am Still Not a Loser' was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 and declared the funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen.

Jim has now written six Barry Loser books, and numerous short stories. 'Future Ratboy', a spin-off series of books based on Barry's favourite TV star, debuts in July 2015.

Reviews

[Alia_m_145510 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't describe how much I hated this book. I did not like it and I felt annoyed for not getting caught up in the book at all. I don't like reading very much and this book just made it harder for me to change my mind about reading. The book is silly, and absolutely not interesting, and the language is super simple, and anyhow I don't think Jim Smith managed to get his reader hooked up, because there weren't any parts where I felt eager to know what would come up in the next page. I assume the writer wanted to make the book a bit funny, but in my opinion his attempt was a failure. It was silly instead, not even the kind of funny silly. It was a weird silly kind of book. The character Barry Loser and his silly ambitions, and all the other characters connected to him we're vain. There weren't any valuable concepts, this is also one of the reasons for why I hated this book.

[John Naylor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read a lot of books for this age group. I am used to the language used and the tone they usually have. I just couldn't get into this one at all.

It never grasped my interest. It felt like a series of jump cuts between scenes with no resolution to anything. None of the characters stood out and the jokes fell flat.

I can usually write a lot when I dislike a book. This one I cannot write much about as I felt nothing from it. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series does everything that this seems but does it better.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cannot stress enough how funny this series is.

[Alfie · Rating 4 out of 5]

/("_")/

[Jas · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was the best book I ever read because it was really funny!

[Ruqayyah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny read

[Evelyn Reads Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for kids

[Anna Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know when someone's horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? that's what happened to me with my best friend Bunky.

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable

[Gypsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the book

[Marijke Jansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ik was iets minder weg van de grapjes rondom poep en scheetjes (ik denk dat 8-jarige jongens daar minder problemen mee zullen hebben), maar voor de rest is het een grappig verhaal, de ene wending nog meer bizar dan de andere. Ik begrijp goed waarom dit boek de Roald Dahl Funny Prize gewonnen heeft!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is funny and super keel

[Royee Chan]

It was nice and funny!!

[Zak · Rating 4 out of 5]

its a great and funny book has a lot of funny words.

[Tamara · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book series is funny and certainly something you should read with your siblings!

[Dominic Mapstone]

It is 👍

[Seeba]

good