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The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey #2
A Midsummer Tights Dream
Title: Midsummer Tights Dream Binding: Audiocd Author: Louise Rennison Publisher: HARPER COLLINS CHILDRENS AUDIO
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First published June 26, 2012
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93 books2,772 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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February 22, 2021
I wonder, how many band lead singers Loise Rennison had met, because every new one in her books is more memorable than the previous one?
Cain Hinchcliff. The Dark Force of Heckmondwhite. The Black Hearted Prince himself. Animal in trousers.
Beverly caught up to him. She said to Cain, "You treat that dog better'n tha treats me."
Cain said, "Beverley, the dog can fetch sticks, it can catch rabbits... it dun't moan on. Can you do that? No."
He was unbelievable.
Cain Hinchcliff. The Dark Force of Heckmondwhite. The Black Hearted Prince himself. Animal in trousers.
Beverly caught up to him. She said to Cain, "You treat that dog better'n tha treats me."
Cain said, "Beverley, the dog can fetch sticks, it can catch rabbits... it dun't moan on. Can you do that? No."
He was unbelievable.
July 29, 2012
Rating, 2.5 STARS
This book was kindly received as a giveaway arc from Goodreads First Reads.
So, corkers, what is up with those things?
In A Midsummer Tights Dream there were highs and lows. We are returning with funny-girl Tallulah as she takes on her first term at Dother Hall and wild hijinks ensue!
Tallulah is a really fun character, so reading about her misadventures is always interesting. However, I had my share of problems. Actually quite a few. This time the writing itself was much easier for me to understand then it was for the first book, my first encounter with the very British style of Rennison.
But by over half way through I eventually knew things were going badly because, despite the fact that I was interested in the story, I just wanted to finish it. I wanted to be done so I would be done.
Nothing really happens in this book. All the events can be summed up within a couple of sentences, but because this is a novel, of course things needed to be extended a bit beyond that. This means that there was quite a bit of filler, a lot of back and forth, a lot of Tallulah just walking from place to place while she muses about her corkers. Although I did enjoy the later moments with Cain, not enough happened to keep me really engrossed.
Then there are the odd comments that I could have done without. I could have done without the "lezzie" comments. They weren't negative comments, they were ignorant comments, and although there is a difference between those two things it still made me uncomfortable. These comments never really play into the plot, except for some more corker commentary and it is this unnecessary nature of the comments that made the record skip whenever it would come up. I understand some gay fun, but Tallulah expresses that she doesn't even know what a lesbian is.
"I gave my letter to Honey and we hugged. I didn't even mind our corkers touching, who cares if I'm a lezzie. Whatever that is." ARC, page 165
The word lesbian is actually never used, instead it's referred to only as being "lezzie", which did not bode well with me. You've hit a very sensitive button Ms. Rennison and although I won't hold it against you, since their wasn't anything particularly offensive. Just please don't do it again.
On a lighter note, do girls really talk about their breasts as much as Tallulah does? There are 17 mentions (I counted) of the lumps of womanhood just from page 90 onward. For a while it felt like they were being brought up every other page. Do girls really think about them that much? I never talked about the size of my boobs or how much they were jiggling with other people. Have I missed out on a pinnacle part of girlhood? I don't know.
Also, "corkers" is just a strange word to me.
For the more positive side, I did enjoy a lot of the actual story being told. Although there is a lot of filler, the meaty, gossipy, boy bits were great fun and full of chuckle worthy lines. I also warmed up to Cain at the end there, which I was convinced would not happen. It's a curious dynamic they've got going!
But honestly, what really sticks out to me about this book is that no one writes like Rennison. Her style and stories are unique to her own wit. This is something I value in an author. To have such a individual voice in a genre that is known for it's same-all, end-all nature is truely impressive.
I'll keep an eye out for the next book, although my rating is low, I'm still interested in the series. Tallulah and her oblivious charm keeps drawing me back in!
This book was kindly received as a giveaway arc from Goodreads First Reads.
So, corkers, what is up with those things?
In A Midsummer Tights Dream there were highs and lows. We are returning with funny-girl Tallulah as she takes on her first term at Dother Hall and wild hijinks ensue!
Tallulah is a really fun character, so reading about her misadventures is always interesting. However, I had my share of problems. Actually quite a few. This time the writing itself was much easier for me to understand then it was for the first book, my first encounter with the very British style of Rennison.
But by over half way through I eventually knew things were going badly because, despite the fact that I was interested in the story, I just wanted to finish it. I wanted to be done so I would be done.
Nothing really happens in this book. All the events can be summed up within a couple of sentences, but because this is a novel, of course things needed to be extended a bit beyond that. This means that there was quite a bit of filler, a lot of back and forth, a lot of Tallulah just walking from place to place while she muses about her corkers. Although I did enjoy the later moments with Cain, not enough happened to keep me really engrossed.
Then there are the odd comments that I could have done without. I could have done without the "lezzie" comments. They weren't negative comments, they were ignorant comments, and although there is a difference between those two things it still made me uncomfortable. These comments never really play into the plot, except for some more corker commentary and it is this unnecessary nature of the comments that made the record skip whenever it would come up. I understand some gay fun, but Tallulah expresses that she doesn't even know what a lesbian is.
"I gave my letter to Honey and we hugged. I didn't even mind our corkers touching, who cares if I'm a lezzie. Whatever that is." ARC, page 165
The word lesbian is actually never used, instead it's referred to only as being "lezzie", which did not bode well with me. You've hit a very sensitive button Ms. Rennison and although I won't hold it against you, since their wasn't anything particularly offensive. Just please don't do it again.
On a lighter note, do girls really talk about their breasts as much as Tallulah does? There are 17 mentions (I counted) of the lumps of womanhood just from page 90 onward. For a while it felt like they were being brought up every other page. Do girls really think about them that much? I never talked about the size of my boobs or how much they were jiggling with other people. Have I missed out on a pinnacle part of girlhood? I don't know.
Also, "corkers" is just a strange word to me.
For the more positive side, I did enjoy a lot of the actual story being told. Although there is a lot of filler, the meaty, gossipy, boy bits were great fun and full of chuckle worthy lines. I also warmed up to Cain at the end there, which I was convinced would not happen. It's a curious dynamic they've got going!
But honestly, what really sticks out to me about this book is that no one writes like Rennison. Her style and stories are unique to her own wit. This is something I value in an author. To have such a individual voice in a genre that is known for it's same-all, end-all nature is truely impressive.
I'll keep an eye out for the next book, although my rating is low, I'm still interested in the series. Tallulah and her oblivious charm keeps drawing me back in!
February 8, 2021
Okay what have I just read
June 14, 2012
When I saw this in the library I was like 'there's no way I can't get it' because Louise Rennison is one of the very few authors that cant make me laugh out loud. I though I would've been a bit too old for her books now but obviously not! Now I have to wait a WHOLE YEAR just to get the next one :( Oh Louise is also very good at making creating male characters that you just fall in love with oh man (ie.Charlie and Adam maybe even Cian?) and all of Charlie's mates too!
The mentions of Georgia and the Ace gang in this book were lovely because I really miss reading about her but I was kind of hoping it would say something about Dave but nope! Anyway A Midsummer Tights Dream is similar to The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson ie. The gang name, the bucket load of boys that are always causing a dilemma, the 'see you later' situation. I'm not going to say it's not as good as Georgia's story because they're both different in their own way but I think it's because I read about Georgia first, it's hard to not compare them.
The mentions of Georgia and the Ace gang in this book were lovely because I really miss reading about her but I was kind of hoping it would say something about Dave but nope! Anyway A Midsummer Tights Dream is similar to The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson ie. The gang name, the bucket load of boys that are always causing a dilemma, the 'see you later' situation. I'm not going to say it's not as good as Georgia's story because they're both different in their own way but I think it's because I read about Georgia first, it's hard to not compare them.
July 6, 2012
Tallulah is back on her way north! She was able to secure a position at the "elite" acting school Dother Hall, despite her obvious lack of talent and the hatred of one of the teachers. Yet her mother still thinks she's too young to be living at the boarding school and therefore makes Lulah extend her stay with the Dobbinses. At least this means she's closer to her young mate Ruby, and Ruby's sexy older brother Alex, even if he's off at school, he has to visit sometime... doesn't he? Also, staying with the Dobbinses has the benefit of heat, running water, plumbing. The school has taken a bit of a downturn, economically speaking, they owe more than a little in taxes and might just lose the hall, unless a miracle happens.
Yet, the crisis of the school and their production of A Midsummer Nights Dream, in the middle of December, is not really on Tallulah's mind as much as it should be. Instead she is weighing the merits of boys. Alex, so Mr. Darcy, so much in Liverpool. Charlie, who kissed her and then wanted to be just friends because he has a girl back home. Then there's Cain. The bad boy. The Heathcliff of the town. He's bad, everyone knows he is. He licked a hail stone off Tallulah's face. He LICKED HER! That's not even on the snogging scale... that's just, weird and gross... yet when Cain does take a fancy to her mouth, she doesn't know what to make of her conflicting feelings. The shame of the detestable Cain, the fact that the local girls would beat her up if they knew, the fact that she might have liked it. Still... if they don't save the school, it's not like any of this will matter, because it will disappear as quickly as a dream from waking.
Ug. I had hopes that this book would become something more than the first volume in this new series. I was hoping for, I don't know, some sort of scope. Some expansion. Instead it felt even more contracted and small and plotless than the first volume. We got a girl and her angst about three boys, a band concert and a hurried production of A Midsummer Nights Dream... that does not a book make. Also, the idea of doing such a summery play in winter, it did not work, unless the book had ironically been titled, like A Midwinter Tights Nightmare... I felt like this is a book Rennison has written before, especially now that all the girls are referring to themselves as the Ace Gang... oh wait, I mean Tree Girls, which, when you're reading fast looks like three girls and then you start wondering why there are more than three of them. See, it's just a downward spiral that has made me not look forward to the next book at all.
I also feel a little as if I'm loosing my mind... was Tallulah Irish in the last book? I have no recollection of this being the case, but Irish she is. Also, while I find the Northern accents funny, why doesn't Tallulah have an accent too if she's Irish? Also I can't decide if the parodying of the accents was funny or kind of mean. And in what world does a girl with a severe lisp get talent scouted to Hollywood? And what was with all the Lesbian jokes? They seemed crude. Also, Richard III had a hump, not Richard II, you think she'd get that right in a book about acting and Shakespeare! Overall it was just a forgettable book in a forgettable series written by an author that had once shown promise but is now obviously stuck in a rut. Such a shame, her books used to be my fun little escape and now reading them feels like a chore.
Yet, the crisis of the school and their production of A Midsummer Nights Dream, in the middle of December, is not really on Tallulah's mind as much as it should be. Instead she is weighing the merits of boys. Alex, so Mr. Darcy, so much in Liverpool. Charlie, who kissed her and then wanted to be just friends because he has a girl back home. Then there's Cain. The bad boy. The Heathcliff of the town. He's bad, everyone knows he is. He licked a hail stone off Tallulah's face. He LICKED HER! That's not even on the snogging scale... that's just, weird and gross... yet when Cain does take a fancy to her mouth, she doesn't know what to make of her conflicting feelings. The shame of the detestable Cain, the fact that the local girls would beat her up if they knew, the fact that she might have liked it. Still... if they don't save the school, it's not like any of this will matter, because it will disappear as quickly as a dream from waking.
Ug. I had hopes that this book would become something more than the first volume in this new series. I was hoping for, I don't know, some sort of scope. Some expansion. Instead it felt even more contracted and small and plotless than the first volume. We got a girl and her angst about three boys, a band concert and a hurried production of A Midsummer Nights Dream... that does not a book make. Also, the idea of doing such a summery play in winter, it did not work, unless the book had ironically been titled, like A Midwinter Tights Nightmare... I felt like this is a book Rennison has written before, especially now that all the girls are referring to themselves as the Ace Gang... oh wait, I mean Tree Girls, which, when you're reading fast looks like three girls and then you start wondering why there are more than three of them. See, it's just a downward spiral that has made me not look forward to the next book at all.
I also feel a little as if I'm loosing my mind... was Tallulah Irish in the last book? I have no recollection of this being the case, but Irish she is. Also, while I find the Northern accents funny, why doesn't Tallulah have an accent too if she's Irish? Also I can't decide if the parodying of the accents was funny or kind of mean. And in what world does a girl with a severe lisp get talent scouted to Hollywood? And what was with all the Lesbian jokes? They seemed crude. Also, Richard III had a hump, not Richard II, you think she'd get that right in a book about acting and Shakespeare! Overall it was just a forgettable book in a forgettable series written by an author that had once shown promise but is now obviously stuck in a rut. Such a shame, her books used to be my fun little escape and now reading them feels like a chore.
August 9, 2019
4 sterren! Dit boek vond ik leuker dan het eerste en ik ben heel erg benieuwd naar Tallulahs avonturen in het nieuwe semester op Dother Hall! Ik lees deze boeken vooral op de trein en daar zijn ze perfect voor aangezien ze niet zwaar zijn qua verhaal. Ook de referenties naar Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging vind ik echt super tof!
Aanrader!
Aanrader!
May 31, 2020
Such a fun light hearted read just like the first book. In this installment the performing arts college is threatened with closure and Tallulah faces boy trouble from all angles. Excited to read the last in the series!
October 14, 2013
I received this book free from Goodreads First Reads.
I had to bring my rating down a bit from Withering Tights, because while Tallulah and her friends continue to be charmingly barmy, there is little truly fresh material.
Tallulah Casey and her Tree Sisters return to Dother Hall for more obsessing about snogging and madcap high jinks in "thea-tah" college. As before, there were frequent moments that made me laugh out loud. Lullah and her friends really are adorable in their naivete, and the boys certainly do their part to keep everyone a-muddle. Unfortunately, there were no outrageous dramatic performances this term to come anywhere close to the joyous absurdity that was Sugar Plum Bikey. The focus this time was much more on the boys (or lack thereof), and while it was certainly entertaining it did frequently become repetitious due to the infrequency of actual boy-girl contact. However, the Cain-Charlie situation is shaping up nicely and I'm intrigued to see what comes next.
I had to bring my rating down a bit from Withering Tights, because while Tallulah and her friends continue to be charmingly barmy, there is little truly fresh material.
Tallulah Casey and her Tree Sisters return to Dother Hall for more obsessing about snogging and madcap high jinks in "thea-tah" college. As before, there were frequent moments that made me laugh out loud. Lullah and her friends really are adorable in their naivete, and the boys certainly do their part to keep everyone a-muddle. Unfortunately, there were no outrageous dramatic performances this term to come anywhere close to the joyous absurdity that was Sugar Plum Bikey. The focus this time was much more on the boys (or lack thereof), and while it was certainly entertaining it did frequently become repetitious due to the infrequency of actual boy-girl contact. However, the Cain-Charlie situation is shaping up nicely and I'm intrigued to see what comes next.
July 29, 2012
Okay, so Tallulah is basically a less socially assured Georgia in different surroundings. I don't care, these books still make me laugh myself silly. I'm actually enjoying these perhaps a slight bit more than the "Confessions of Georgia Nicholson" because of the setting: Louise Rennison's take on a Yorkshire village full of eccentric local rustics (think "Cold Comfort Farm"), a school for badly behaved boys, & a private academy of the arts run by some incredibly zany theater types is pretty killing. I can already see Tallulah developing both her group a la Georgia's "Ace Gang," as well as several very different & deeply confusing love interests. Cousin Georgia rates a few mentions, including the re-introduction of the famed snogging scale. I'm not necessarily turned off by predictability, & I'm sure I'll read them all.
June 3, 2015
Whooooo series getting better. I feel a connection with Georgia's books happening now.
Alex = Robbie
Charlie = Dave
Cain = everyone else mixed together. Like I like the tension with him but I don't think she'll end up with him
I need more now! Yay! More boy developments!
Alex = Robbie
Charlie = Dave
Cain = everyone else mixed together. Like I like the tension with him but I don't think she'll end up with him
I need more now! Yay! More boy developments!
March 28, 2018
Re-read with the audiobook, I wasn't sure how it would be as an ab but because it was read by the author it was hilarious and I loved it!
March 31, 2012
Hilarious and AWESOME. I love this book (and this series) so, so much - it's so silly and fabulous and hysterically funny, and I was laughing from pretty much the first paragraph, which begins:
Performing Arts College, here I come again! Hold on to your tights!! Because I am holding on to mine, I can tell you. Which makes it difficult to go to the loo, but that is the price of fame!!! And fame is my game!
I adore Georgia's voice and her whole wonderful group of friends and the total wackiness of their eccentric performing arts school set in a (fabulously) grim Yorkshire village. (And yes, having lived in Yorkshire for 7 years - and worked at a performing arts camp - makes me love this series even more.) It's all hilarious and wonderful on its own, but it's even better if you also happen to have read Cold Comfort Farm. (This book in particular read like the 21st-century MG/YA version of Cold Comfort Farm, not at all in terms of plot but in terms of the fabulous parodies involved - and I loved the Cold Comfort Farm allusions, like the brothers named Seth and Ruben.)
But you definitely don't need to have read any other books - not even the first one - to find this book incredibly funny, joyous, exuberant and warmhearted, just like its heroine.
Now I want to go back and re-read the first book in the series immediately!
Performing Arts College, here I come again! Hold on to your tights!! Because I am holding on to mine, I can tell you. Which makes it difficult to go to the loo, but that is the price of fame!!! And fame is my game!
I adore Georgia's voice and her whole wonderful group of friends and the total wackiness of their eccentric performing arts school set in a (fabulously) grim Yorkshire village. (And yes, having lived in Yorkshire for 7 years - and worked at a performing arts camp - makes me love this series even more.) It's all hilarious and wonderful on its own, but it's even better if you also happen to have read Cold Comfort Farm. (This book in particular read like the 21st-century MG/YA version of Cold Comfort Farm, not at all in terms of plot but in terms of the fabulous parodies involved - and I loved the Cold Comfort Farm allusions, like the brothers named Seth and Ruben.)
But you definitely don't need to have read any other books - not even the first one - to find this book incredibly funny, joyous, exuberant and warmhearted, just like its heroine.
Now I want to go back and re-read the first book in the series immediately!
March 8, 2015
Further embarrassment, boy drama and Irish dancing await Tallulah she returns to Dother Hall for the autumn term. The crazily-staffed all-girls is facing financial difficulties from cruel-hearted bankers who have no empathy with Artistry and simply say, "We do not care about ballet, get out your wallet!" Meanwhile, Honey says a very tearful goodbye after being scouted by Hollywood, Charlie is desperate to talk to Tallulah about his 'girl at home' despite her Ice Treatment of him, Phil is plotting how to get back to Woolfe so he can see Jo and Flossie is dead set on capturing Seth. And Cain... Cain is wandering about on the moors with his dog, annoying the Bottomleys and confusing Tallulah.
Can Tallulah forget about the thing (whatever it was) that Charlie told her to try to forget about? Will Cain ever stop hanging around listening in the shadows? How can the students and teachers save Dother Hall? And WHEN will Alex the Good come home from university?
Can Tallulah forget about the thing (whatever it was) that Charlie told her to try to forget about? Will Cain ever stop hanging around listening in the shadows? How can the students and teachers save Dother Hall? And WHEN will Alex the Good come home from university?
May 20, 2014
Well, this was simply delightful. This second volume in the Misadventures of Tallulah Casey has more hilarious boy and theater-related mishaps for Tallulah and her gang of crazy friends. The series has pretty much the same elements as the Confessions of Georgia Nicolsen: a funny and enthusiastic heroine who's likable no matter her mistakes, an eccentric group of friends, boy drama and an array of charming boyfriend prospects, and laugh-out-loud jokes and happenings. This series has the added incentive of Rennison's wonderful satire of performing-arts schools, complete with Irish-dancing Heathcliffs and insane professors. Recommended for those looking for a fun and light read.
July 19, 2012
An intriguing sequel to Withering Tights, A Midsummer Tights Dream kept me turning pages. I re read Withering Tights before starting A Midsummer Tights Dream so that I would be familiar with the characters and the plot. I really enjoy the recurring theme of tights in the titles. My high school is very different from Tallulah's, it's more traditional, so I enjoy reading about life at other schools. I can't wait to see what happens to Tallulah in Ms. Rennison's next book!
August 17, 2012
Alright.... i have to mention that i've always liked Cain, for no real awesome reason.... And I spent most of both books (if not the entire books) having this knowing that Cain totally likes Tallulah.... so... yeah... i like Cain. Tallulah just dramas about him all the time.... i think secretly she likes him too...
Hoping for more to happen between Cain and Tallulah. Can't wait for more!
Hoping for more to happen between Cain and Tallulah. Can't wait for more!
November 29, 2012
I read this (and the first book in this series) because I'm a huge fan of her other series, the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson... Sad to say I was disappointed. I don't know if it's because I didn't get the British humor or if they're just not funny. There were a few giggles but nothing like I was expecting.
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June 12, 2012I love these books. They're ridiculous, but so much fun.
October 29, 2015
I am really enjoying Lullah and her band of performance arts friends. She has grown up in appearance since book 2 but she is just as imature and kooky and the first book - and I love it!
March 23, 2016
crikey
October 3, 2023
Tallulah Casey is back. She’s back in Northern England. She’s back at Dother Hall, her performing arts school. And she’s back in her squirrel bedroom with her squirrel slippers and the bonkers family of knitters and toddlers who have opened their home to her. She’s back for her school friends, the Tree Sisters. She’s back for her friend Ruby and Ruby’s dog Matilda and the owlets.
And she’s back for the boys.
After spending some time with her cousin Georgia, Tallulah is armed with the full snogging scale, which she remembers most of. And she’s ready for the snogging, because there are boys. There is Ruby’s older brother Alex, who is studying acting in Liverpool but who wrote her a letter, which she keeps under her pillow. There is Charlie, one of the boys from nearby Woolfe Academy, who kissed her so sweetly and then apologized, saying that he shouldn’t have done that because he has a girlfriend. And then there’s brooding local musician Cain, who is bad news but still wildly popular with all the local girls.
But there is bad news at Dother Hall. The school needs an influx of money or it will close. They have decided to do one last show, an attempt to make some money and save the school. It is decided that they will perform A Midsummer’s Night Dream in the local pub The Blind Pig. And Dr. Lightowler has chosen the perfect role for Tallulah: Bottom, the donkey.
Will Tallulah be able to infuse her special comedy into her role, and help save Dother Hall for herself and all her fellow performers? Or will she have to give up on her dreams or performing and have to go back to Ireland before she could even be kissed by Alex? Or kissed again by Charlie?
A Midsummer Tights Dream is the second book in Louise Rennison’s hilarious Misadventures of Tallulah Casey series. Fans of her series about Georgia Nicholson series will find a similar wit in these books, although Tallulah and her friends are a little younger than Georgia and her mates. But the zaniness is the same, the laughs are just as prevalent, and the friendships are the center of the book.
I have been reading Louise Rennison for ages, and I was thrilled when she started a second series. I was reluctant to read the last two, as they are the last two, but lately I’ve needed more laughter and light in my life, so I have gone all in with Tallulah. And she is a joy to spend time with. I adore this character and would follow her anywhere. Worship the knees! It’s all about the knees.
I will say that while you could read these books out of order, they friendships build as time goes by, so I do recommend reading them in order. There is a glossary of Tallulah and her friend’s mad language, but even with that, the experience is richer if you read Withering Tights first.
And she’s back for the boys.
After spending some time with her cousin Georgia, Tallulah is armed with the full snogging scale, which she remembers most of. And she’s ready for the snogging, because there are boys. There is Ruby’s older brother Alex, who is studying acting in Liverpool but who wrote her a letter, which she keeps under her pillow. There is Charlie, one of the boys from nearby Woolfe Academy, who kissed her so sweetly and then apologized, saying that he shouldn’t have done that because he has a girlfriend. And then there’s brooding local musician Cain, who is bad news but still wildly popular with all the local girls.
But there is bad news at Dother Hall. The school needs an influx of money or it will close. They have decided to do one last show, an attempt to make some money and save the school. It is decided that they will perform A Midsummer’s Night Dream in the local pub The Blind Pig. And Dr. Lightowler has chosen the perfect role for Tallulah: Bottom, the donkey.
Will Tallulah be able to infuse her special comedy into her role, and help save Dother Hall for herself and all her fellow performers? Or will she have to give up on her dreams or performing and have to go back to Ireland before she could even be kissed by Alex? Or kissed again by Charlie?
A Midsummer Tights Dream is the second book in Louise Rennison’s hilarious Misadventures of Tallulah Casey series. Fans of her series about Georgia Nicholson series will find a similar wit in these books, although Tallulah and her friends are a little younger than Georgia and her mates. But the zaniness is the same, the laughs are just as prevalent, and the friendships are the center of the book.
I have been reading Louise Rennison for ages, and I was thrilled when she started a second series. I was reluctant to read the last two, as they are the last two, but lately I’ve needed more laughter and light in my life, so I have gone all in with Tallulah. And she is a joy to spend time with. I adore this character and would follow her anywhere. Worship the knees! It’s all about the knees.
I will say that while you could read these books out of order, they friendships build as time goes by, so I do recommend reading them in order. There is a glossary of Tallulah and her friend’s mad language, but even with that, the experience is richer if you read Withering Tights first.
March 31, 2019
Book #2 int Tallulah Casey's adventures at drama boarding school, sees the school struggling to stay open, and Lulles trying to figure out which boy she likes. As ever, Louise Rennison's writing is funny, and I would love to see Tallulah's irish dancing in person, but I never felt that this series is as light and warm as Confessions of Georgia Nicholson. I can't put my finger on it, and I still really enjoyed reading about Tallulah's thespian drama adventures, but it just doesn't have the feel of the Georgia's diaries. Still enjoyed the book
August 24, 2020
This is a forty year olds expectation of a 14 year old girl. However, it was surprisingly funny. Ranges between laughing out loud and cringing. Says snogging way too much though. I love tallulah, shes a bit odd but very funny - but my rating dropped because how much this girl is obsessed with her boobs. There was some weird mentions of ‘lezza’... like how does she not know what a lesbian is?? It was just a bit weird. Plus they didn’t have snapchat or anything. But it was a good light read and I enjoyed it.
April 22, 2022
I enjoyed this one even more than the first.
Oh the amount of laughing out loud Louise Rennison's books have me do. I just can't get enough of her humour.
I had been saving these because I couldn't stand the thought of reading a Rennison book for the first time for the last time but it was needed and she came through as always. Her humour and writing style are truly right up my alley and she always manages to pick me back up when I'm at my lowest.
I'm forever grateful for Louise and I don't know if/how I'm gonna read the last one because I'm too heartbroken just thinking about it.
Oh the amount of laughing out loud Louise Rennison's books have me do. I just can't get enough of her humour.
I had been saving these because I couldn't stand the thought of reading a Rennison book for the first time for the last time but it was needed and she came through as always. Her humour and writing style are truly right up my alley and she always manages to pick me back up when I'm at my lowest.
I'm forever grateful for Louise and I don't know if/how I'm gonna read the last one because I'm too heartbroken just thinking about it.
August 24, 2017
I couldn't get into this one. I found the main character annoying and the book was all over the place. I honestly didn't really like any of the characters and the only part that made me laugh was when Cain licked the hail off her face but that was mostly because she was so appalled by it. Do girls really talk about their corkers that much? This book definitely not for me.
November 6, 2017
Rennison is still very a funny author and maintains her gift for capturing a lot of what it feels like to be a hormonal adolescent girl, but Tullulah is just not as compelling a character as Georgia (of Angus, Thongs fame).
February 8, 2018
Okay, this one was much better than the first one.
I still feel like the writing is a bit all over the place, but the story was a bit more concise.
I'm really, really curious as to who Tallulah ends up with. Can't wait!
I still feel like the writing is a bit all over the place, but the story was a bit more concise.
I'm really, really curious as to who Tallulah ends up with. Can't wait!
November 14, 2024
She really tried but especially in the beginning and any time she is talking about her cousin it feels so forced and just reminds me. It is in no way near as good as the first series but I finished this one and I was trying to listen to it again like I did with Georgia’s but I just couldn’t.
June 25, 2017
Liked it.
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