Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #1) By Louise Rennison
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This was just as fabbity-fab as I remember it. Oh, Georgia, you say the most ridiculous shit, and I love you more for being such a drama llama every time. She's a complete loon of a 14-year-old in every possible way. I laughed out loud every few pages. I can't wait to get to the books that I haven't read at the end of the series! Hardcover
So most girls, I assume, would have read this back in middle school, but *dramatically flips hair* I’m not like most girls.
^That was lame, I apologize.
Basically, the only reason I read this book is because my lovely coffee-soddened friend, Pragya, who is probably trying to get back at me for some horrible thing I did but am unaware of, convinced me to. :) :)
This book is so terrible and I feel like I probably shouldn’t be rating it, since it’s not targeted towards me, but, it’s just so bad.
The main character is the most annoying character I’ve ever read. The only thing she talks about it:
1. Her nose
2. Boys
3. How her friends are losers
4. Her nose
5. And how her life sucks so much, she wants to die
I’ve never seen a fourteen-year old act like this, this is a terrible representation of teenagers, y’all should be ashamed!
And the humour felt so forced. It wasn’t even funny.
How do people like this book???!!!
And WHY is there 10 books in the series???!! TEN BOOKS???!!!
So . . . I’m sorry if you’re offended, or if this book was your early teenage happiness but the only reason I wrote such a terrible review was for the crazy coffee lover I mentioned earlier.
So there, I hope you’re happy, you’ve made me do a terrible thing.
“I suppose this is what life will be like for me—never having a boyfriend, always just living through others”
1 star!!
Hardcover Every time I reread these books, they turn out to be offensive in more and more ways. I can’t imagine this book getting Printz Honor now. And yet, this is pure comedy gold.
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Update 1/2/2017 Accidentally read it yet again. Not a bad beginning-of-the-year pick-me-up.
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There are times when I just HAVE to read something to perk me up, something light and silly and mindless. Louise Rennison's books always do the trick. It doesn't hurt either that this first book in Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series is a winner of Printz Honor, proving that even the silliest story about make-up, boys, and snogging can be written brilliantly. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging never takes itself seriously or tries to teach some kind of moral lesson. Instead, its only aim is to provide tons of fun; and the book succeeds at it every time I read it. I do not think there is any point for me to sing this novel any more praise to convince you to give it a try, rather, I will list some quotes here for you to see if Louise Rennison's humor is your cup of tea.
Wednesday, December 2nd.
8:30 a.m.
Dashing out of the house, Jas and I almost fell into Mark, waiting by the corner. Jas (big pal) said she had to run to her house first and she would see me at school. I went a bit red and walked on with him walking beside me. He said, Have you got a boyfriend?
I was speechless. What is the right answer to that question? I tell you what the right answer is... a lie, that's the right answer. So I said, I've just come out of a heavy thing and I'm giving myself a bit of space.
He looked at me. He really did have the biggest gob [mouth:] I have ever seen. So is that no?
And I just stood there and then this really weird thing happened... he touched my breast!!! I don't mean he ripped my blouse off, he just rested his hand on the front of my breast. Just for a second, before he turned and went off to school.
12:30 p.m.
What does it mean when a boy rests his hand on your breast? Does it mean he has a megahorn? Or was his hand just tired?
4:30 p.m.
Why am I even thinking about this? No sign of Mark (the breast molester) when I got home, thank goodness.
4:45 p.m.
Still, you would think if a boy rests his hand on your breast he might bother to see you sometime.
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Sunday, February 7th
11:00 a.m.
Got dressed in short skirt, then me and Jas walked up and down to the main road. We wanted to see how many cars with boys in them hooted at us. Ten!! (We had to walk up and down for four hours... still, ten is ten!!!) Hardcover my 2003-inspired reading vlog https://youtu.be/PBCF96Jelaw Hardcover Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/
Meet Georgia. She’s basically a 14-year old version of this . . . .
I’m sure plenty of other reviews have and will point out that . . . .
But you know what? I still am was an asshole much like Georgia back in the day.
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging is a year in the life of Georgia courtesy of her journal and was most definitely just what the doctor ordered for me to read on Presidential Debate Day. I never expected to laugh out loud reading the trials and tribulations of this teenie bopper, but I sure as shart did. Especially the part about her first tweezing experience . . . .
Her quest for love with an unattainable crush . . . .
And trying to get some uhhhhhhhh experience (if ya know what I’m sayin’) . . . .
“I lay on my arm until it went numb and then I lifted it (with the nonnumb arm) onto my breasts. I wanted to see what it felt like to have a strange hand on them. It was quite nice, but what do I know?”
Not to mention all of the bits with Angus . . . .
This isn’t a book that will change the world or make you smarter or want to be a better person, but hell . . .
And sometimes I just want to laugh. If you’re interested in the same, then you too might find Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging to be . . . .
Hardcover
There are six things very wrong with my life:
1. I have one of those under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for the next two years.
2. It is on my nose
3. I have a three-year-old sister who may have peed somewhere in my room.
4. In fourteen days the summer hols will be over and then it will be back to Stalag 14 and Oberfuhrer Frau Simpson and her bunch of sadistic teachers.
5. I am very ugly and need to go into an ugly home.
6. I went to a party dressed as a stuffed olive.
In this wildly funny journal of a year in the life of Georgia Nicolson, British author Louise Rennison has perfectly captured the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager. In the spirit of Bridget Jones's Diary, this fresh, irreverent, and simply hilarious book will leave you laughing out loud. As Georgia would say, it's Fabbity fab fab!
I don't have much to say about this book other than at many points this book was more than hilarious! It was hysterical!
The writing was quite good and the protagonist was interesting. She was the typical epitome of most teenage girls on the cusp between childhood and adulthood.
I felt it dragged on a bit toward the end. Over all though, it was funny, interesting and most of all, enjoyable.
Big thanks to Tatiana for recommending it to me! Hardcover I was so sad to hear the passing of Louise.. I read this when I was a teenager and I can never forget how funny it was.. You will be missed Mrs. Rennison RIP.. Hardcover I recommend not reading this book in public. Or when you're on your lunch break and still in your office, or in my case cubicle. Early on there's a list in the book and in said list is the main characters' concern that her three year old sister might have peed somewhere in her room. It caught me completely off guard and while trying to block my laughter I ended up snorting so loud that the person on the other side of my cubicle wall came over to see if I needed the Heimlich maneuver.
Hardcover Louise Rennison was right .... I laughed my knickers off!!!! Fabbity Fabby Fab!
Five stars. Hardcover *Sigh* I wanted fluff, not brain-damage. Based on the recommendation from several friends who loved this, I picked this up when I saw it at a library sale, and I figured that now was a good time to read it since I'd just read a duo of emotionally traumatizing books and needed something light and fun after that.
But this, aside from having a few funny moments, was mostly a 14 year old selfish angst-fest. If I was that annoying as a 14 year old, I think I may have to nominate my parents for sainthood for not murdering me. I got so bored with it by the middle that I ended up skimming most of the second half. Drama, boys, makeup, snotty fucking sense of humor and cattiness. Thank god I'm not a teenager anymore.
I wasn't a fan of the style of this book either. It was written in journal format, but as is often the case, it ends up being mostly 1st person. But being that Miss Georgia is a drama queen, I can forgive that. She'd want to pour her heart out. But damn it was choppy and random and the timestamps didn't make sense. I think a lot of them were supposed to be funny, like Oh, I'm going to do this thing and it's going to make me look like a fashion model and then the Sex God will love me! and then 2 minutes later, My life is ruined!
Ha ha ha. See how funny that was? Yeah. Me neither. 2 stars. Hardcover