Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers: More Mad, Marvy Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

I discovered the Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison many years ago with the first in the series, Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging. To meet Georgia is to love her, even if she is mouthy and chock full of teenaged attitude. In this installment, Georgia is as boy crazy as ever. Robbie, the Sex God of previous books is in New Zealand so Georgia has changed her focus to Masimo, the gorgeous Italian-American boy (the Luuurve God) who can't seem to decide between Georgia and Wet Lindsay. He's visiting America and his family there when the book opens so it's terrifically exciting when Georgia's dad announces that they too are going to Hamburger-a-gogo land for a car show.

Georgia is her usual funny, snarky self on the brief show more trip to Memphis with her family and best friend Jas. She's as demeaning as ever towards her parents and her friends. And the secondary characters continue to let her ride roughshod over them, somewhat inexplicably. Jas is so wrapped up in boyfriend Tom and his trip to New Zealand that she is occasionally oblivious to Georgia's continual crises over Masimo and the state of their maybe relationship. Dave the Laugh is there for Georgia with friendship and advice when she needs him although she can't see what else he's offering her. Basically, Georgia's still self-centered, annoying, and a stereotypical teenager but since she's fictional, she's as entertaining as all get out. If she was real (and my child), I might have to smack her spoiled, selfish little self with a shovel. As she's not, I'm looking forward to the next installment in the series to see if she's grown up any and how she's handling the small bit of self-knowledge she comes to by the end of the story. show less

Ultimately, not a lot happens in this story and nothing is truly resolved; it is just a weeks-long snapshot of the life of an English 16-year-old girl. The pleasure comes from Georgia's narrative voice and her highly idiosyncratic use of the Queen's English (if such it can be called). Think "Bertie Wooster as a modern teen-ager". The audiobook is read by the author, so I know what I heard was absolutely authentic in terms of what she wanted us to hear.

More mad and marvy adventures of Georgia Nicholson, and even more boy drama. Georgia goes as far as Hamburger-agogo land in her quest to get Massimo (though she is accompanied by her loon parents, sister, and uncle), but her glaciosity doesn't quite work. She manages to get Massimo to take her on a proper date, but he doesn't seem to want to give up seeing other girls. To complicate things furthr, Georgia gets a letter from Sex God #1 Robbie who claims he still likes her and thinks about her all the time, and Dave the Laugh is still hanging around. Georgia is very much on the rack of lurve adn she doesn't know who she should choose, or whether to maintain her manipulative ways, which seems to be the problem of girls the world over. The show more about whether to show your true colours is a tricky one, but Georgia eventually decides to give Massimo an ultimateum and confess that she can't handle being messed around anymore! You go girl! show less

The books in this hilarious series (American titles):

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex-God
Knocked Out by My Nunga Nungas
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
Startled by His Furry Shorts
Love is a Many Trousered Thing
? (It's the series that never ends!)

Georgia Nicolson is a self-absorbed, British teenager who keeps a diary detailing her life in all its glorious angst(think Bridget Jones for teens). Her parents are mad and her friends just do not realize that Georgia is indeed the center of the known universe. She's got a cat who is half Scottish wildcat and a little sister who is only partially potty-trained. Georgia thinks about boys show more constantly and treats them kind of like Lays potato chips (you can't kiss just one).

She accidentally shaves off her eyebrows, goes to a party dressed as a stuffed olive, and has problems with nipple control. Nevertheless, she manages to attract the attention of Robbie the Sex-God, Dave the Laugh (who coins many funny phrases like piddly-diddly department and away laughing on a fast camel), and Masimo the Dreamboat. Georgia suffers from a severe case of what Dave the Laugh calls "the Cosmic Horn" and can't seem to settle down with just one boyfriend.

Georgia gets herself into one hilarious predicament after another. While this series isn't exactly classic literature, I dare you to read it without laughing out loud. show less

Hilarious! This is probably the second funniest book in the series (the first being "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging.") Georgia's recount of her trip to Memphis was so over-the-top that I am tempted to believe Louise Rennison was making it all up....having never been to Memphis, I really can't tell. In this installment, young Georgia begins dating Lurve God Masimo, makes a mockery out of Macbeth, copes with the antics of Angus and his offspring Gordy, taunts Jas, does battle with Wet Lindsay, and most surprising of all, hears from her first boyfriend Robbie in Australia. What does he want? Will Masimo commit to having Georgia as his steady girlfriend? Why does Dave the Laugh keep snogging her when they are supposed to be just show more friends?
In any case, this book will make you long for a pair of "comedy cowgirl horns" and you might even want to get your own "Ace Gang" together to do your own version of the Horn Dance. Provided you can stop laughing for long enough. show less

I really luuuurve this series. Rennison captures what it's like to be a spazzy young teenage girl. The trip in the middle of the book to Hamburgeragogoland was very funny. The whole thing with Massimo reminds me of something I nearly went through (though as a freshman in college). I opted instead for my version of Dave the Laugh.

Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, 6) - Louise Rennison 14-18 All of the Georgia Nicolson books are hilarious, but I like what else they say about being a teen. Georgia has really three guys who are interested in her during this book, and she spends a lot of time trying to decide whether she can be with one or any of them. Her life is ups and downs, but she always has her friends to support her and give her "wisdom". She has a busy social life, but she also spends a lot of her time with her loony family. In this book, Georgia and her family go to Hamburger-a-Go-Go Land (or the United States) to a car convention. In typical Georgia fashion, she believes all of the United States is a short bus ride away, and show more tries to get on the bus to visit her potential boyfriend in Manhattan (from Memphis). A lot of her behavior is typical teen behavior, making you cringe, and yet read on to see what trouble Georgia will get into next. These books are warm coming-of-age stories, with trauma galore, but a good sense of humor about it. I will definitely continue to read in this series. show less