stressedrach
Written on Aug 10, 2019
Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison’s first book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Now repackaged in a gorgeous new paperback and looking even fabber than ever. Louise is an international bestselling author and her books can’t fail to make you laugh out loud.
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 Oberführer 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.Follow Georgia's hilarious antics as she tries to overcome the dilemma’s that are weighing up against her, and muddle her way through teenage life and all that it entails: how to replace accidentally shaved-off eyebrows; how to cope with Angus, her small labrador-sized Scottish wildcat; her first kiss with Peter – afterwards known as Whelk Boy; annoying teachers; unsympathetic friends and family, and how to entice Robbie the Sex God! Phew – she’s really got her work cut out!
- ISBN13 9780007218677
- Publish Date 1 August 2005 (first published 24 June 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperCollins
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk
Reviews
annieb123
Written on Jan 24, 2016
Uncensored and funny and even in the midst of Georgia's self centered diary-entry soul searching, her love for her family and psychotic cat shine through.
Short, very funny and an easy read.
Read for popsugar's 2016 reading challenge.
ammaarah
Written on Apr 21, 2015
This book is freaking HILARIOUS. After a few seconds of reading Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, I started laughing out loud, a really unattractive sort-of laugh. Georgia, the main character, gets herself into the most awkward and embarrassing situations and the way in which these situations play out, makes the book one of the most amusing reads that I have ever read.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging was a book that I connected with in almost every kind of way. Georgia goes to an all girl's school and I go one too. (Side note: All girl schools need to represented more in YA Fiction). Georgia's "voice" and POV felt extremely similar to my "voice" or the way in which I think about everyday things. Her voice is to the point, but it's also random. She thinks about things that seem extremely way out in her current situations, but at it also makes sense at the same time. When I read this book, I was reminded not of the things that I do, but mostly the way in which I think. This basically made the whole entire book amazing!
While I was able to connect with Georgia's voice, I wasn't able to fully connect with her character. Sometimes, I would shake my head at the things that she decided to do and I wouldn't understand her reasoning or justification behind her decisions. Most of the time it felt as though she was whiny, selfish, vain and self-centered, but because it is written as a diary entry and because Georgia is 14/15 years old, I understood it in a twisted kind-of way, but I still didn't like it.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging struck a chord in me! It was a comical book that was easy to connect with. I seriously recommend this book to everybody who wants a silly, light-hearted book that will make them feel happy!
Joséphine
Written on Apr 3, 2014
There were a lot of things about this book that I didn't particularly like but to be fair, I did smirk and laugh a lot. Georgia was hilarious, if a little neurotic. She obsessed about some of the weirdest things and there were only so many times I could gloss over a character flippantly saying she could die. Her obsessions surely bordered on the unhealthy but I've met my fair share of people like her, so I did give the book props for encapsulating the hilariously shallow 14-year-old.
On one level, Georgia reminded me of my days when I was 14. I can't remember how man hours I spent talking on the phone with my friends whom I, needless to say, met everyday in school. In retrospect, those hours were excessive indeed. My dad got so fed up, he installed a second phone line specially for me. Little things lilt that made me smirk because I recognized those situations all too well. But Georgia knew how to push the conventional amount of teenage stupidity and managed to shave off her eyebrows herself.
Then there were those other moments that made me cock my head in confusion and frustration. Georgia spent a lot of time trying to wear make-up so that she would look natural. Uhm, ok. Where did those ideas come from? Must be that stacks of Cosmo magazines she devoured, for sure. I also couldn't help but wonder if Georgia had some weird fetish for knickers. I did a search on my Kindle. Apparently the term popped up 27 times in the book…
Her relationships with boys were partly in her head and partly with real boys. Those with real boys came across as very experimental but I guess she didn't know what she was doing either, so I didn't dwell too much on the uncomfortable parts of her romantic life. As for her friendships, they weren't the healthiest either. They bordered on catty but at least she sir of had her support system with Jas set up. They had their spats but they were there for each other. For the most part.
Before I forget, Georgia's three-year-old sister, Libby never failed to pull a smile out of me. I wanted to laugh at some of her antics but I was reading in public, so I held in my snickers. Either way, Libby was adorable and disgusting, as any toddler naturally is.
Even though the book was rather shallow, it was very entertaining. Anyone looking for a quick read and a good life won't go wrong picking up Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. There are embarrassing portions but really, Judy Blume added more blush to my face than Rennison did with her pilot book in the series.
On a parting note, let me leave you with my final sentiments: Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
boghunden
Written on Mar 24, 2013
Bogen er skrevet i dagbogsform udfra Georgias synspunkt, og det fungerer egentlig ret godt. Der er skrevet mange gange dagligt, men kun hvis hun har noget at fortælle om. Der sker på en gang en hel masse i hendes liv, og på samtidig sker der bare ikke rigtig noget. Det er de almindelige teenageting vi hører om, men til forskel fra al anden teenagelitteratur, så er det fortalt på en virkelig humoristisk måde. Det gør også, at man flere gange sidder og griner lidt. Jeg opgav hurtigt at holde mig tilbage, for det var noget nær umuligt.
Karaktererne der beskrives kan jeg godt, med mit voksne jeg, blive lidt træt af, men de var alligevel beskrevet på en så varm og sjov måde, at jeg ikke kunne lade være at holde af dem. De kom ikke rigtig ind under huden på mig, men det synes jeg nu også er meget sjældent i den her slags litteratur.
Jeg læser helt sikkert videre i serien, når jeg lige har brug for et lille pusterum i alt det andet.