This book is great! I wasn't expecting much as it was an assigned book for a class I'm taking and the teacher's picks have been less than grand. To my great surprise this book was funny.
Georgia is a fourteen year old girl with a nack for embaressment. She somehow manages everything in her life with humor and sarcasm.
I found myself laughing because the situations are so familiar and universal. I too was the comic relief for my friends and have a life full of misfits. It feels great to see these qualities in Georgia.
Check out the movie trailer. The movie looks funny but isn't exact to the book. But what movie is?
I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys laughing at themselves and finds humor in the mundane.

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This is the first book in the Georgia Nicholson series and the first time I've actually read the book. Yes, I realize I'm quite a few years late on this, but I just never really gave the books much thought until recently. The day I picked up this book at the library, I was with a friend of mine and she saw it and went "Oh, I've read that! It's really funny." And she was right...it was really funny. I wasn't laughing out loud at every page or anything like that, but it was definitely an enjoyable read for those that aren't too fond of reading or just want a fast, humorous story.
I'm definitely ready to read the next book (must get to the library) and continue reading this awesome series that is already up to book nine!
Georgia, the main character, is relatable on a lot of levels and the diary format of the book allows you to see directly into her thoughts and truly experience many of the emotions with her. I only wish I could transport myself in the story sometimes and enjoy the many escapades Georgia and the gang get themselves into too.

Another thing that I loved is that since I am American and had that version, the book was the same as the original British version, but included a Glossary in the back for the many slang words and such...I'm just happy when I come across words that I already know or recognize!

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is the first of nine (so far) in Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. It's basically Georgia's diary we are reading. This book starts right before Georgia is to return to school. She's 13/14 years old. She has a crazy cat named Angus and a little sister named Libby who may have peed somewhere in her room. At first I thought it would be a sweet read made for maybe junior high readers. But it was hilarious, just hilarious! I'm ready to read all the rest of the books now! Georgia and her friend Jas get into some hilarious situations along with their other friends and frenemies! I just adore this book!

This series takes place in the UK so there may be some words Americans are not familiar with. Georgia has provided us with a hilarious glossary in the back of the book. I think the difference in language allows for new laughs that we haven't seen overused in American books.

The title of her second book caught my eye one day. "On the bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a sex god." The owner of the bookstore told me it was the second in a series though, and that I really should read the first one. I took a chance, and haven't looked back. I bought the book for a late night ferry ride, and I couldn't put the book down. Laughed my a$$ off.

I'm not a big reader, but I've read every one in the series!

There's an adult version, which could be equally as good, but I'm already 6 books in on the original version, so I'm sticking with it, and think it's more than worth the age gap between me and the main character. She's a british teenager, and she's hilarious!

There are six things very wrong with fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson's life at the beginning of her first diary volume (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging):

(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 friend "Barbie" is insanely fond of Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson series, starting with Rennison's debut novel Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging which was selected as a Michael L. Printz Honor Book in 2001. Having some free time after graduation, I decided to give the series a try. I read the first two books in as many days. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is quite funny and I did like it, but the more I read the more I felt like I shouldn't like it.

Georgia is not always the nicest person. She can be self-centered and rude. But she is so funny that it's hard to be angry about it. As Georgia tries to figure out exactly what growing up means (aside from landing the Sex God), she often finds herself in some awkward situations (see the mention of a stuffed olive above). Although a lot of the book is outlandish in its humor, Rennison's anecdotes are generally spot on in terms of authenticity. I have the old pictures with uneven eyebrows to prove it.

Part of my problem with this novel is that I couldn't gauge if the voice was accurate. To me, Georgia's diary reads more like that of a sixteen-year-old but after consulting with "Julie" it seems that Georgia's misadventures could be accurate. Not having been the same kind of fourteen-year-old as Georgia, I needed some outside confirmation.

It also bothered me (though not enough to stop reading the series) that Georgia largely seemed exactly the same at the end of the novel as she did at the beginning. It doesn't make the book better or worse, but it was something I noticed. If you want to see a similar book with more character evolution, check out Alice, I Think by Susan Juby another laugh-out-loud funny diary book with a teen narrator albeit a Canadian one this time.

All that aside, this book is hilarious. I'm usually hesitant of diary-style books but it works well here. Rennison uses the technique to amusing effect by including the time of certain entries to illustrate Georgia's often rash temperament. Part of me wants to take Georgia under my wing and save her from herself, but the rest of me knows that if I did that I wouldn't be able to enjoy the rest of Georgia's books. Oh the moral dilemma . . .

For some added fun, be sure to check out Georgia's glossary of English terms at the end of the book.