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Loading... Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snoggingby Louise RennisonSeries: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Book 1)LibraryThing recommendationsMember recommendationsLoading...
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Very hilarious. Kept me laughing the whole time Georgia Nicolson records her often hilarious exploits of her fourteen year old life. She struggles through trying to find a way to hide her large nose, learn how to kiss and get Robbie (AKA the Sex God) to notice her. This was a fun read but it did take me a while to get into it. By the end, after knowing the characters I was really enjoying the story. The book a was a bit smuttier than I was expecting but I guess it has been a long while since I was a teenager. There was British swearing which didn't bother. Georgia seems a bit young for a seventeen (almost eighteen year old) boy to like. Overall, a fun read with an entertaining heroine and some fantastic situations for comedy. Not my cup of tea...certainly funny in places as a 'peek' into the thoughts of a teenage girl...very popular with the teenage girls at our school... This series was my ultimate guilty pleasure in middle school! I remember reading it between the aisles in my local library, too fearful of my mother's wrath to even take it home. What a fun book, though. The protagonist is alternately insane and shockingly witty, and the "dear diary" format makes for an amusing episodic read (perfect for 30-minute perusals between bookshelves). Today, I'd say I appreciate the way the books illustrate but don't condone or endorse the boy-obsessed phase that most teenaged girls go through--and the "snogging scale" ended up being quite useful in college. ;] Journal of a 15 year old, British girl, named Georgia. Georgia is a typical teenage girl, she hates her parents, her friends are everything to her, and she worries about what she looks like, and is confused about boys. Georgia and her group of friends get themselves into all kinds of trouble from devising plans to wear their berets in the most inconspicuous way to snagging the gorgeous grocery boy. Georgia is just beginning to find herself and has boy trouble, friend trouble, and parent trouble just like every teenage girl. I really liked this book. It is very cute and every teenage girl can relate to the things that Georgia is going through. From a first kiss to fights with parents this is a perfect book for a teenager. The book is a chapter book and obviously not appropriate for young children, call it PG 13, I would refer it to any teenage or even adult women. 1.) Discuss with teenagers writing their own journals and how this can be an important way to document the present and look back once an adult. 2.) Have teenagers write a story about a scheme that they and their friends devised. Include consequences of the scheme. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0060521848, Paperback)She has a precocious 3-year-old sister who tends to leave wet nappies at the foot of her bed, an insane cat who is prone to leg-shredding "Call of the Wild" episodes, and embarrassing parents who make her want to escape to Stonehenge and dance with the Druids. No wonder 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson laments, "Honestly, what is the point?" A Bridget Jones for the younger set, Georgia records the momentous events of her life--and they are all momentous--in her diary, which serves as a truly hilarious account of what it means to be a modern girl on the cusp of womanhood. No matter that her particular story takes place in England, the account of her experiences rings true across the ocean (and besides, "Georgia's Glossary" swiftly eradicates any language barriers).The author, Louise Rennison, is a British comedy writer and it shows. Whether Georgia is dealing with wearing a bra ("OK, it's a bit on the loose side and does ride up round my neck if I run for the bus"), pondering kissing and how to know which way to turn your head ("You don't want to be bobbing around like pigeons for hours"), or managing the results of an overzealous eyebrow-plucking episode ("Obviously, now I have to stay in forever"), she always cracks us up. Georgia struggles with the myriad issues facing teen girls--boys, of course being at the forefront--but she does it with such humor and honesty it almost seems like a good time. This refreshingly funny book is ripe for a sequel, which readers will await in droves. (Ages 11 and older). --Brangien Davis (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:51 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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