The Georgia Nicolson Series: An Overall Review

My Thoughts

I've been really positive of the whole series in my single reviews, uncharacteristically so. Now though I've compiled my top 5 pros and my top 5 cons so you know what I like and don't like about the series. I thought it would be a nice change to just repeating myself again.

Pros

1. Well written
2. Funny
3. Well edited
4. Believable characters
5. Quick, summery reads

Cons

1. Major continuity issues
2. Is repetitive in places
3. Use of British slang (Non-British readers seem to find it confusing. I don't know why though, but then again I'm British.)
4. Georgia can be very self centred and stupid
5. Can get a tad bit too silly in places

Best Book

...And That's When It Fell Off In My Hand

Worst Book

Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?

My Overall Rating

4 Stars  - A series is only as good as its worst book (so this was nearly a 3.5). The series is its own worst enemy in places with the dodgy continuity, sometimes repetitive and sudden, unexplained changes. Saying that though, this still remains one of my favourite serieses. For me the pros outweigh the cons and I thoroughly recommend the entire series.

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Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

Oh yes, the hilariosity goes on for one last time. Here it is... maybe probably... pants for the memories!

• My marvy Luuurve God boyfriend has got the full Humpty Dumpty with me for accidentally twisting with Dave the Laugh.

• Which is not actually my fault. I cannot be expected to control my body parts, they pop out unexpectedly and so on.

• For instance my lips do ad-hoc puckering up every time Dave the Laugh comes near them, I don't know why.

• Ditto jelloid knickers.

Anyway shut up about Dave the Laugh, he has got a GIRLFRIEND.

Not that I care. Or do I?

Oh I don't know, so many boys, so little time...

My Thoughts

As finales go, this wasn't the best I've ever read. For me this is probably the least entertaining of the ten books. I was getting ready to scream at the book for Georgia to do what she should have done from the beginning. There weren't as many laugh out loud moments as the jokes were stale and the book was a bit too long. I did like the end though, I thought it was the perfect ending.

As far as characters go I was bored of Masimo in this one, he was a bit of a plank. His grasp of the English language seemed to lessen with every book, that may be due to him hanging out with Georgia though. Speaking of, Georgia was incredibly dim for the majority of the novel, it annoyed me a bit. Jas' epiphany was pretty awesome. It made her a better character. Rosie was bonkers... as always. Sven was awesome... as always and finally Dave the Laugh was the best of them all.

I'm actually a little sad as I write this. Over the past couple of weeks I felt as though I truly was a part of Georgia's life and now she's left me. I realise I seem to have picked up Georgia's love of being dramatic but for me that's testament to how good a write Louise Rennison is. While this is probably my least favourite of the series I still think this is well written. The main problem for me was the lack of new material.

My Rating

4 stars - If this book had been by any other author it would have got 3.5 but I am slightly biased when it comes to Louise Rennison because she's one of my all time favourite authors. I'm filled with sadnosity as I finish my reviews for the series but I loved every second of my Georgia Nicolson buddy read/read-a-thon.

A Final Note

There's a tiny amount of swearing so not for younger teens. There's also a traumatised budgie... I think you should read the book.

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Stop In The Name Of Pants! by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

I am officially the girlfriend of a Luuurve God. Yippee!!!

• He is quite literally gorgey porgey beyond belief. Times a hundred

• I will never again be on the rack of boynosity, hanging around the cakeshop of luuurve, trying to find a spare eclair.

• So tell me this. How in the name of giddygodspyjamas have I ended up snogging Dave the Laugh? Again!!!

• And it wasn't just matey-type snogging. I was a 'phwoooaaar'  snogging situation verging on number five!!!

• Why won't he stop sneaking into my brain?

My Thoughts

The penultimate Georgia Nicolson book had me in tears and surprisingly they weren't tears of joy. I'm not saying they were tears of torture and this book is awful, I'm saying that there was a moment of such sadnosity that I found myself crying into my cat's tail (don't worry he was asleep, he'll never know). For the author to be able to make you go from laughing to sobbing in the space of a paragraph shows incredible talent.

Georgia has to deal with some serious issues in this book and she deals with them wonderfully. Her loyalty and dedication when they're required is admirable, I'd have done exactly the same thing in her shoes. I think that's pretty much all I can say about that without spoilers. I have to say after the last couple of pages of this I'm not the Masimo fan that I was. but of course what happened had to in order to make way for true luuurve.

I love this book. In fact I love this series. The writing, the characters, the editing, they're all much better than a lot of other YA books. With this book I laughed, I cried, I had a jolly good time, all in the space of a couple of hours. Not bad at all.

My Rating

5 stars - This is a fabulous book that is thoroughly enjoyable. I love everything about this series and I can't wait to finish it all over again.

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Luuurve Is A Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

I may or may not have accidentally acquired two boyfriends...

• This means I have to be on high beauty and glamorosity alert at all times, even in the loo.

• I must be prepared. But no one must know. I must exude glamour but in a natural just-tumbled-out-of-bed way.

• So just a hint of foundation, lurker eradicator, touch of bronzer, and leave it at that.

• Oh yes, and a touch of lip gloss, mascara and a tiny bit of eyeliner.

• I don't suppose they would both consider a time-share girlfriend...

My Thoughts

The cliffhanger at the end of book 7 made fo ra good read this time out. Georgia's big decision wasn't that big in my opinion, the answer was always pretty obvious. That aside this was a really funny book, it's well written and the characters are filled with fabnosity. All in all, I liked this much more than '...Startled By His Furry Shorts'.

Jas is on top form in this book, she's absolutely mad with all her weird little obsessions. Another thing I love about her is her relationship with Tom, to most readers it may be plain and ordinary but that's precisely what I like about it. It's more realistic. Sven has a couple of spectacularly funny moments. Dave the Laugh isn't really mentioned in this book but after his idiotic behaviour in book 7, that really didn't bother me.

I can't help but feel that I'm repeating myself but it's really hard to review books like this without giving away any spoilers. Once again this book is exceptionally funny and I found myself having to stop reading every so often just so I could recover from the hilariosity.

My Rating

4.5 stars - I really loved this book however I don't feel that I can give it 5 stars because the plot was pretty obvious but other than that book this book is fabby and marvy and a book that every teenage girl should read.

A Final Note

Just a quick note that there is one occurence of swearing that is once again aimed at the poor kitty cats.

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...Startled By His Furry Shorts by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

Why did I admit I wanted Masimo to be my proper boyfriend? Why?

• One minute he was snogging me , and the next he was snogging Wet Linsay, stick insect and drip...

• Perhaps I should tell him he can go out with her as well as me...

• But then I might snog him just after she has, which would mean I have practically snogged her!!! Erlack!

• I would rather snog my cat, Angus...

• He has certainly got nicer legs...

Well more of them anyway!

My Thoughts

Georgia is living in the Cake Shop of Aggers after telling Italian stallion, Masimo that she wants to be his only one and only. Normally this would mean plenty of hilariosity as Georgia wallows in her misery but there was something lacking for me. I'm not quite sure what it was but I think it's the same thing that was missing in 'Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants'.

Characterwise I think Rosie is definitely my favourite in this book. Her adventures with Sven never fail to have me in stitches and this makes her a joy to read about. I also said in my last review that Mabs and Jools were a bit quiet but in this book Mabs has more lines and is generally more involved in the story but Jools is still very quiet. Also I didn't like Dave the Laugh in this one, he was a complete idiot.

There are plenty of moments where you can have a giggle and the writing is good but I still wanted more from it. I don't know what I wanted though and that's a bit of a problem to be quite honest. I read this book incredibly fast but that's probably due to the layout of the books more than anything.

My Rating

4 stars - Whilst this book is really good and qualitywise surpasses most other books that fall into the same category as this one I genuinely don't like this as much as the majority of the series. Whatever it lacked though it made up for with a cliffhanger of gigantic proportions.

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...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers by Louise Rennison

On The Back of the Book

We are going on holiday to Hamburger-a-gogo land and Masimo the Luuurve God is there. Let the overseas snog fest begin!

• I've whittled my wardrobe down to six cases... and a rucksack... and my shoes - only eight pairs...

• Oh the tension, the tension...

• I'll just have a little zizz and then plan my cosmetics routine...

• Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

• ...Just woke up from a horrible dream - a customs official charged me excess baggage for my nose.

My Thoughts

This book is pretty funny, Georgia's continued attempts to woo Masimo have left me in stitches yet again. There are moments when you just have to sit there and wonder how Georgia has managed to survive, she's completely insane. Her Hamburger-a-gogo trip  (holiday in America)  is a laugh a minute, it's enough to make you question the sanity of her world.

The characters are fab and marvy but I find myself wondering why Mabs and Jools are barely mentioned. We are mainly told tales of Rosie, Jas and Ellen. It would be nice to hear about the other two's [mis]adventures with boykind. Also when it comes to the holiday, Georgia's vati and Uncle Eddie are particularly hilarious. They're almost as good as Libby.

Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book. I've read my copy quite a few times (and believe me, it shows) and I never seem to enjoy them any less. They're quick reads that make you want to read even more.

My Rating

4.5 stars - It's not quite on par with "...And That's When It Fell Off In My Hand" but it's still a very good book. I recommend that every teenage girl sits down and reads these at some point.

A Final Note

I'm not entirely sure if it's this book or the one before but there's a bit of swearing when Angus has a bath.

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...And That's When It Fell Off In My Hand by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

"So he didn't put hi s arm around you, so that's nil points so far. What kind of good-night kiss was it?"

"Well, you know, he put his lips on mine and-"

"For how long?"

"Er... about er two seconds."

"Two seconds??"

"Yes yes, how many more times?"

"He put his lips on yours for two seconds?"

"YES JAS!!"

"Well that's not a kiss, is it? My aunties do that."

Then I finally snapped. "Well that is because you have lezzie aunties - my aunties don't put their lips on mine."

"I have not got lezzie aunties!!"

My Thoughts

I have to say that two of my all time favourite moments of the series are contained within this book. For that reason alone, I think that this book is more than worht a read. Georgia's attempt to get over Robbie's departure to Kiwi-a-gogo land is fabulous. I love Georgia's misery, she's so dramatic with it. The only thing I love more is when she's hearing the call of the horn. Well whatever excuse makes you sleep at night.

The Luuurve God has landed! That's right ladies, form an orderly queue because the half Italian, half American, new lead singer of The Stiff Dylans, Masimo, has arrived in Georgia Land. I like Masimo more than I like Robbie, who was a bit too serious for my liking but he's still not as good as Dave the Laugh.

This is a return to form after 'Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants' which lacked something for me. This one is filled with moments where you either want to laghat Georgia or despair of her. It's the perfect thing to read on a miserable summer as it makes you all cheerful inside.

My Rating

5 stars - The best in the series so far. The only reason it took me so long to read it is because I had to keep stopping because I couldn't laugh any more. This book contains British humour at its best.

A Final Note

This book is called "Away Laughing On A Fast Camel" in Hamburger-a-gogo land (America) because "...And That's When It Fell Off In My Hand" was deemed to be too rude. Why? What are you naughty Americans thinking of?

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Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

The Sex God's friends think I'm a bit weird. I don't know why. I've always been the height of sophisticosity around them.

• Apart from the time Dom asked what I wanted to do at college and I said, "Backing dancing"...

• And when I danced around in front of his dad because I thought he was a talent spotter...

• And when I put my fot through Dom's bass drum...

• But apart from these minor hiccups I've exuded sophisticosity, I like to think.

My Thoughts

I love this series (I think I may have mentioned this in my previous reviews) but for me this is the weakest so far. It wasn't as funny as the previous books. I found the lack of major events really made the book lose some of it's humour. I just want to prove my point on the major event front, in book one Georgia was trying to woo Robbie, in book two she had to win him back after he dumped her and in book three there was the whole Angus and Naomi fiasco. In this book there isn't really anything like that.

When it comes to characters I don't think there was anywhere near enough of Dave and I missed Sven's weirdness. I was upset to see Rosie miserable, that's not good. Saying all that though, Georgia's narration is still very amusing and I love how much of a drama queen she is.

Even though it's down in quality compared to the rest of the series this is still a really good book. I did notice a couple of grammatical errors that slipped through the net. There are many, many laughs contained within the pages. The quality of this diary series is far superior to that of, say, The Princess Diaries, which I find drags more.

My Rating

4 Stars - A solid read. It's perfect to take to the beach when it's nice or just to read anywhere really. Essentially I'm telling you to read it.

A Final Note

Lets just say that this book isn't 100% clean. It's not major swearing but I personally wouldn't give it to anyone under 13.

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Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

Read more crazy confessions of Georgia Nicolson in her hilarious, bestselling diary.

Ellen's brother says if  you pull out a girl's breast and let it go... it goes nunga-nunga-nunga!

• My nunga-nungas are like two sticky-out beacons attracting all the sadsacks in the universe...

• My nose is gigantic. It must have grown overnightMy eyebrows are approaching the 'It's a moustache! It's a hedgehog! No it's Georgia's eyebrows!!!' stage...

• I've just inspected my legs. I look like I've got hairy trousers on.

My Thoughts

The hilariosity continues in book three of the Georgia Nicolson series. There are plenty more laugh out loud moments just waiting for you in this book.  The quality of the writing is once again magnificent. A couple of things missed the editing process but my brain automatically corrected them. In fact the only reason I noticed is because doing this blog has made me more aware of stuff like that.

The characters are on top for in this book. Georgia is hilarious, as always but I want to talk about a few of the other characters. Poor Jas, she takes a lot from Georgia and this book is no different. I love Sven, Rosie's boyfriend, he's bonkers, Libby is adorably scary but one of my favourite characters has to be Dave the Laugh, considering the fact he was brought in as a red herring is a crime against dudes like Dave everywhere. He's way better than Robbie.

Overall this book is everything that it's predecessors are. It's not something to be taken seriously as I suspect Georgia has the tendency to over exaggerate a little, okay a lot. Still this book is the perfect summer read.

My Rating

5 stars - This book is the perfect way to waste away a few hours. I just love chilling out with some snacks and a Georgia Nicolson book. I thoroughly recommend the entire series.

A Final Note

There's one occurrence of swearing in the book. It's not the F-word though, which is all too common in YA today.

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It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

Read the crazy confessions of Georgia Nicolson in her hilarious, bestselling diary.

What is the matter with my life? Why is it so deeply unfab?

• It's a day and a half since I snogged the Sex God...
• I think I have snog withdrawal. My lips keep puckering up...
• I tried snogging the back of my hand, but it's no good...
• I wonder if the Sex God is having second thoughts about me because of my nose...
• I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home.

My Thoughts

The second Georgia Nicolson book picks up right where book one ends. I love how even the simple things always seem to lead to disaster for our heroine. The writing is excellent and I love how the characterizations seem real and extreme at the same time. Another thing I've always loved is the craziness of it and even though it's a bit bonkers I can easily see the events taking place.

I love the simplicity of the book, there's no stupid, immortal war or a stupidly heavy love story. This is a book from a time I like to call 'Before Twilight' and boy was that time good for the YA genre. I guess you can say that overall I really enjoyed the book. There were so many laugh out loud moments and at times I found myself having to stop reading in order to control my giggles.

My Rating

5 stars - When I read a book like this I forget about the world and everything in it. For me, a morning doesn't get any better than reading a book of this quality whilst snuggling up with my cat.

A Final Note

I believe that in America this book is actually called: On The Bright Side I Am Now The Girlfriend Of A Sex God. What a catchy title! Not.

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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

On the Back of the Book

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.

My Thoughts

I first came across this series as a 12 year old who had read practically every other book in the kids section of the local library. I immediately fell in love with Louise Rennison's amusing but easy to read book. There may not be a massive plot involving vampires and werewolves at war but I am more than satisfied with Georgia's nose troubles.

Georgia is your average 14 year old girl and this book is her diary over a year. In her diary she talks about her worries, which are quite normal, if I had an enormous nose and no breasts I would also be worried. I wouldn't maybe be as dramatic as Georgia though. Saying that, I do so love a heroine with dramatic tendencies. Although she can be annoying at times most of the time I adore her. My favourite character has to be Angus the cat though. I want a cat like Angus.

This book is a hilarious start to a brilliant series. There are plenty of laugh out loud moments. Some of these are so funny that I had to stop reading. The quality of the writing is marvellous. When I was a teenager I could relate to Georgia and I loved the pranks she and her friends played on their teachers.

My Rating

5 stars - Awesome book. It's one of my all time favourites. My love of Georgia may have started with a chance encounter at Denbigh Library but eight years later, I feel a fondness for it that I rarely feel. Top marks!

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