by Louise Rennison
Series: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #1
Pages: 247
Release Date: April 13, 2000
by HarperTeen
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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!"
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!"
Oh my gosh, what a laugh!
Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much when I’m a book. This book was absolutely and awesomely
outrageous. The things that happened to
this poor girl were just hysterical, and the things she did were just
crazy. She was absolutely nuts! The writing wasn’t that superb, and the story
line was choppy, but the author was writing from the perspective of an
absolutely insane, British, teenaged girl, so that’s to be expected. I absolutely loved reading about all the trouble
that Georgia
got herself and her friends into, and it was a great laugh!
How many of you have seen the movie Hanna? Anyone?
Well, I have, and I absolutely love it!
It’s about this really kick-ass girl who sets out to kill her mother’s
murderer. But there is a girl character
in the movie (gah, I can’t remember her name) who is 14, British, and
absolutely crazy, and the whole time I was reading this book I was thinking, “Georgia Georgia was a
real girl, we would be best friends. Her
sarcastic and easy narration was so fascinating, and there is really never a
dull moment with her. And she definitely
loves a laugh! She was definitely a
unique character, and I really can’t wait to see what trouble she gets herself
into next!
For some Americans, the use of British terms in this book
might throw you off a bit, but it was so awesome for me because I lived in
Scotland for 10 months, and all these terms and things I remember, and it was
like jumping back into the past. Only I
never met anyone there who was as crazy as Georgia Nicolson.
4 pink flowers
Favorite Quotes Ah la
Georgia
“I have a three-year-old sister who may have peed somewhere
in my room.”
~Page 3
“I went to a party dressed as a stuffed olive.”
~Page 4
“Looking through the old family albums. I’m not really surprised I’m ugly. The photos of dad as a child are
tarrying. His nose is huge – it takes up
half of his face. In fact, he is
literally just a nose with legs and arms attached.”
~Page 17
“He says, ‘Look Georgia , you’re a young woman now
[what was I before? a young horse?] and I don’t think there should be any more
secrets in our house…”
~Page 115
I've got this one on my shelf! Really want to read it! :) I read "A Midsummer's Tights" and laughed so hard through out it!
ReplyDeleteWithering Tights, that's the title! Not "A Midsummer's Tights"! Haha it's been a while since I read that one!
DeleteWhen I read your email, I felt I had to come over here to comment. Great review and the book sounds down right hilarious. Thanks so much for the wonderful post. A day with a chuckle is always good. ^_^
ReplyDeleteOmg, this one made me laugh so hard, too! I couldn't stop laughing, and Georgia was absolutely insane. I read all of the books and loved them :)
ReplyDeleteI read Withering Tights by Louise Rennison, so this sounds awesome, too :) I'm glad it's so funny. Great review!
ReplyDeleteI've always heard about this book, but I've never really thought about reading it myself, strange as that sounds. It always seemed more immature to me, but after reading your review, I think it could be a really fun, light read--may have to give in to the hype! :P
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review!!