ISBN-13: 9780060288143
Grade: A-
Obviously the title tells you that this is a British book (not sure if the proper term is British or English). What it doesn't tell you is how freaking hilarious this little gem by Louise Rennison is. Shush you grammar nazis, I know that you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition. This is my blog, and I don't care.
So this book is the first in a series of 10 young adult books about a 14 year old girl named Georgia Nicolson. It's also written as a diary. She's your average 14 year old in that she's a bit boy crazy and quite preoccupied with her looks. She also has an abnormally large cat named Angus who is part Scottish wildcat. The crazy antics that Georgia and her friends get into will have you flashing back to being a teen again, whether you can relate to Georgia or any of the boys mentioned (Sven is my fave). Her parents are a tad odd, and she has a 3 year old sister that calls everyone tosser! How can you not love that?! Obviously I did since I finished the book in a few hours.
Some of the antics include:
~shaving off eyebrows (accidentally)
~being tutored in kissing
~being molested by a male cousin hopped up on teenage boy hormones (doesn't sound funny when said out loud, but trust me on this one)
~stalking Sex God's girlfriend named Wet Lindsay
~Angus being obsessed with the neighbor's poodles and guinea pig
The title alone caught my eye quite some time ago, and since I am a library junkie finally picked up a copy...a quite beat up copy at that which is usually a sign of awesomeness. I absolutely cannot wait to read the other 9 books in the series to see what other mischief Georgia gets into. If you like Bridget Jones' Diary, you will probably like the Georgia Nicolson series. They are not just fluff YA reads...you might actually learn something from them. There is also a glossary of British slang in the back that will have you calling everyone a tosser.
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