Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?

Oh, Georgia, how I will miss you. The laughs we had, the tears I've cried and the var, var amusant antics of the ace gang, the titches and, of course, Dave the Laugh.

Our last volume of this clever series finds Georgia coming to terms with whether she will remain the girlfriend of Sex God, Masimo or perhaps be someone else's kittykat. During the onslaught of this dilemma Georgia is also practicing to be Merc-lurk-io in Stalac 14's interesting interpretation of Billy's Rom and Jul play. Like all of the books in this series I spent a lot of time giggling (Angus, you naughty, naughty kitty). There were also a couple parts that had me laughing absolutely hysterically to where I had to put the book down to breathe ("are these my basoomas I show more see before me?") Despite the simplistic diary style writing, Georgia's annoying attitude and her rather disturbing home life I have to say there is something worthwhile to be said about a book, or a series of books, that can make you laugh like that. Not to mention it being an interesting primer on all sorts of British slang.

Where this book leaves you certainly doesn't feel like the end, although it is, but I don't blame the author for wanting to have a finale. I will miss Georgia and the gang. show less

Finally, Georgia and Dave the Laugh are together! RESULT! Throughout the whole last book in the series the pair are confused, annoyed with eachother, and alternating giving eachother the cold shoulder and shamelessly flirting with eachother, which leads to a whole lot of drama. Who knows what the future will hold for these two slightly mad teenagers, but I'm sure that they will have lots of laughs along the way. I hope that someday Rennison decides to write more about Georgia, but for now we must be satisifed with her other series, which has a new protagonist with lots of new drama!

Unless you are just a die-hard Georgia Nicolson fan, and I am, I’d suggest eschewing this one with a firm hand.

Though the first 3 or 4 books were hilarious (less so after I encountered the Adrian Mole diaries and found out exactly how derivative they were, but that’s neither here nor there) by the time we get to book… what is this one? 10? 27? It feels like forever at any rate. Where was I? Oh yes, by the time we get here, we've seen it all about a million times.

Further, though the first few books felt rather edgy, in this post-Skins world “full frontal snogging,” just doesn’t cut it.

This is, frankly, just more of the same old, same old. Gee makes fun of Jas; does crazy stuff with Sven and the Ace Gang; gets into a show more dither-spaz about whether she likes The Lurrrrrve God, Dave the Laugh, and even occasionally Robbie; taunts Elvis, Slim, and the rest of her teachers; talks about her crazy cat and crazier sister; disparages her vati; and says stupid things about having “the horn," being "nippy noodles," and so forth. Sound familiar?

Yes, this is exactly what you’ve been reading for the last billion-or-so books.

There’s nothing new here. Georgia’s on the rack of love, does a few crazy dances, and then basically snogs exactly who you think she’d snog.

It may be a bit worth it just to finally ***SPOILER ALERT*** see Gee end up with Dave the Laugh, which, if you are sane, you’ve been rooting for since about book 2 or so, but really, given Georgia’s history, how long can this last?***SPOILER ALERT***

We’ll never know, thank goodness, as this is the last installment. show less

Ah, there's nothing like a bit of Georgia Nicholson silliness to cheer me up. I love that Louise Rennison's books are still funny the third time you read them, I could actually just sit here quoting awesomely hilarious lines to you instead of writing a review - I thought about it.

What should I say? These books never fail to make me laugh (sometimes out loud) and I'm only sad that this book is the end of the road for our Ace Gang, sex gods, luurve gods and (most importantly) our Hornmeister. Yes, I am in love with Dave the Laugh. I remember back when there was no other but Robbie (aka the sex god) and all I could think was "noooooo!" when Georgia got closer to Dave; but now there's just no other sensible choice, sex gods and Italian show more luurve gods step aside.

I will even miss Wet Lindsay, Slim and Elvis. Not to mention Jas and her ginormous knickers. This is one series I know I will be able to read again and again. show less

I luuuuurve this series so much, it’s another one of those guilty pleasures of reading! The thing is, it’s silly, it’s crazy, and half of the time Georgia is just a dithering spaz, but that’s what makes it so great! You can laugh at her, laugh with her, feel sorry for her, and then want to hit her right up side her head, all in one book.

I first found out about the Georgia Nicolson books in 2002, when I was in 10th grade (hello, forever ago!). I can’t remember if I checked it out from the school library, or the local library, but I saw it and checked it out from somewhere… and then when I finished it? I promptly went to check out the rest of the series that they had at the time (which comes out to .. well two books, show more apparently ha). I remember vividly sitting for my pre-FCAT test, and then trying so very hard not to laugh reading On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God because I would have been kicked out and made to redo it. Then again, that sounds like something that would happen to Georgia.. Hmm. Then? THEN, I started hording the books, I pre-ordered the third book, and the fourth, then the fifth, sixth, until I unfortunately fell out of reading for a bit. Even when I DID start reading again I didn’t pick up with the Georgia Nicolson series again because I knew my mom wouldn’t read it. She prefers her books to have fantastical creatures in it, not crazy self-adsorbed lead characters! Then, the trip to Indiana, and the only point in my life where I had WEEKS with nothing to do, so I started reading – what would ya know?! They had the last three Georgia books (7-9), and so I read them, and I fell back in love with her and her world. Which led me to buy 7-9 & then pre-order #10: Are These My Basooma’s I See Before Me? The point in telling you all of this, is that I want you to know my history with the books. To see that even though I went a few years without reading them, that when I finally caught up, I loved them JUST as much as I did before.

Are These My Basooma’s I See Before Me? is the last and final installment of the Georgia Nicolson series, and I’m praying that Louise is just pulling our legs, because my life might very well be pointless with out! The last book is no let down from the others either, it’s a fun, fast paced, book that follows Georgia around through all her snogging, red bottomosity as well as while she’s on the rack of luuuuurve. I loved it, just as much as the others, the only downside is that – like with the other books – it implies that Georgia is the one ‘choosing’ who she’ll be with, but really it’s the world evolving around her that does the choosing. I would have liked more evolution with her feelings and who she finally chooses or well, who finally chooses her. It’s very obvious that she cares about him and he cares about her, but we don’t see very much of it, just tiny bits here and there, and it’s le crap. And I can’t say anymore about the matter or I might ruin it.

Bottom line, if you like fun books, with characters that are just as imperfect as the rest of us, but have a great humor about themselves, and quirky little bits of British information, then the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson are for you. I would guarantee that you’d love them, but I can’t. Sadly. So instead I will leave you with Georgia’s departing words for us all:

Snog on, snog on,
With hope in your heart,
And you’ll never snog alone,
You’ll never snog… alone. show less

Ah, the joy and the sadness... joy because it's another Georgia Nicholson book, but sadness because it's the final book in the series. The "final confessions", if you will.

As per the previous nine books in the series, I laughed, rolled my eyes at Georgia's antics, cheered on the cats, and rooted for Georgia to end up with the 'right' guy in the end (if you've read the series, you know who I'm talking about). Like the previous installments, the book delivered and did it well.

What can I say? I'm an enormous fan of the series; I think they're hysterical and I plan to re-read the entire thing in the near future. I also find them to be excellent therapy on those 'feeling down' days (it's the guaranteed laughs, I think).

The series ended well, show more in my opinion. The final page finished a bit abruptly, but I wonder if that's just my wishing for the books to continue on forever...

Anyway, it was great and I'll definitely miss having a new Georgia book to look forward to each year... but we'll always have Croissant-a-gogo-land. I mean Paris. Er, or not.

Erlack a pongoes. show less

Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com

Georgia Nicolson has a great life. She has a sexy boyfriend, great friends, and a pretty active social life.

Things took an abrupt halt, however, when her beau, Masimo, went off in a huff after the school dance, because Dave the Laugh decided to get into a fight with him over Georgia. Two boys fighting over you - who could ask for anything more?

Now, both boys aren't talking to her and Masimo won't return any of her phone calls. To make matters worse, Wet Lindsay, the school's popular mean girl, is rubbing it in her face that she's still with Georgia's first crush, Robbie. Will Georgia's love life straighten out or is she doomed for spinsterville already?

A humorous conclusion to this popular young show more adult series. It's entertaining and readers will enjoy following Georgia's love and social life. The characters are easy to relate to and they keep the book's pace up well.

It is recommended, however, that you read the previous books in order to understand the unique way Georgia talks and expresses herself. show less