Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Apologies for the delay, but it was a nightmare attempting to get hold of all 10 books in the series! Well worth the wait, however, as I don't think I have laughed that much reading a book in my life! Goodness, I think I may've read too many of them, though, as I seem to be coming out with all sorts of nonsense that sources from reading those books, eg marvy, fabbity fab, glaciosity, maturiosity, any-word-you-can-think-ofosity.

The thing that really bothers me about the series is that I am really not that big a fan of Georgia Nicolson, the main character and overall heroine of the books. She is incredibly vain, selfish and annoying. Her idea of he perfect friend is one who does anything she wants them to do, and drop any life that they might happen to have outside of their friendship with her and come running at her beck and call. Funny and hilarious though she may be, she is really not a realistic representation of teenage girls at all. Reading the books, I couldn't relate to any of the scenarios in it, for the first reason that Louise Rennison, the author of the series, over-eggs them a bit, and the second that Georgia is not, what I would call, a realistic character or representation. Although the books were a good laugh and I could secretly mock Georgia for having gotten herself in all kinds of ridiculous situations, they really weren't that amazing in the reality department.

Next I'll be reading Childhood by Maxim Gorky, so watch out for further updates!

Louise Rennison, who I saw on Marylebone High Street!