Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: Book 1 (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)

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Dave "The Laugh" - Boyfriend, later turned ex, close friend and occasional "snogging partner" of Georgia. Reading 1999’s Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging could be an unbearable source of secondhand embarrassment if Louise Rennison’s novel wasn’t so outrageously hilarious. This teen cult classic is written as a collection of intimate, no-holds-barred journal entries from 14-year-old U.K. student Georgia Nicolson, and hyperbole is par for the course. In her own irreverent and delightful way, Georgia describes all the challenges of navigating school, surviving unrequited love and facing many more tribulations of being a modern teenager. Angus landed on the American Library Association’s list of commonly banned and challenged books from 2000-2009 for its sexual language, challenge of authority and references to queerness. The book, a critical and commercial success, garnered multiple American Library Association awards, a Michael L. Printz award and a big-screen adaptation in 2008. For Rennison, it was only the beginning: she followed it up with nine sequels, collectively called the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. — Cady Lang She Is All Grown Up: One of the few times Georgia's mutti compliments her, not counting when she is dressed up to go to gigs. Every time I reread these books, they turn out to be offensive in more and more ways. I can’t imagine this book getting Printz Honor now. And yet, this is pure comedy gold.Only One Name: Dave the Laugh's surname is never mentioned, despite him being one of the main male characters. Parental Abandonment: Georgia's mutti hardly ever cooks, and lets Libby play with bread knives, and her vati doesn't seem to do anything other than polish his clown car and sit around drinking beer with Uncle Eddie. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: In the first book, the Bummer Twins hold a "seance" that seemingly falls flat. For a while afterwards, Georgia thinks she can hear noises or see things, and isn't sure whether she imagined it. I lay on my arm until it went numb and then I lifted it (with the nonnumb arm) onto my breasts. I wanted to see what it felt like to have a strange hand on them. It was quite nice, but what do I know?”

Shit. Fell asleep with my glasses still on. Where was I? Oh yeah, shaving the eye brows with Dad's razor. Oy. Really Gets Around: Georgia, when compared to her friends. By the end of the series, she has been with five boys in total (Whelk Boy, Mark Big Gob, Dave the Laugh, Robbie and Masimo), whilst the other Ace Gang members have only been with one or two. Dave has also been with four girls (Georgia, Ellen, Rachel and Emma). The material, on the whole, "does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value." [8] Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is a 1999 young adult novel by English author Louise Rennison. The book is the first of ten books in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. The book was adapted into a film, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, released in the United Kingdom and the United States in July 2008. Angus: My mixed-breed cat, half domestic tabby, half Scottish wildcat. The size of a small Labrador, only mad. Likes to stalk Mr. and Mrs. Next Door's poodle. I used to drag him around on a lead, but, as I explained to Mrs. Next Door, he ate it.Bob moves to New Zealand after receiving a promotion, while the rest of the family stays in England. During his absence, Connie hires a handsome interior decorator, Jem, to redo the living room, and begins to spend increasingly longer periods of time with him, prompting Georgia to worry about the state of her parents' marriage. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Georgia again. As Jerkass-ish as she can get, Georgia's Pet the Dog moments make you realize that she really is an okay kid.

Easily Forgiven: Jas and Georgia have a falling out in almost every book, but they always end up making up in a few hours or less, or at longest a few days. Also, Dave and Georgia are virtually unable to not forgive the other for anything.

Ban on 52 Books in Largest Utah School District is a Worrisome Escalation of Censorship". PEN America. 1 August 2022 . Retrieved 5 August 2022. I wasn't a fan of the style of this book either. It was written in journal format, but as is often the case, it ends up being mostly 1st person. But being that Miss Georgia is a drama queen, I can forgive that. She'd want to pour her heart out. But damn it was choppy and random and the timestamps didn't make sense. I think a lot of them were supposed to be funny, like "Oh, I'm going to do this thing and it's going to make me look like a fashion model and then the Sex God will love me!" and then 2 minutes later, "My life is ruined!" In 2009, the book was challenged at the Maplewood Middle School Library in Wisconsin, leading the school to require parental consent before allowing students to have access to it. [4] Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: What Georgia thinks after finding Libby wiggling her hips and singing Sex Bomb by Tom Jones. Parental Neglect: Georgia's mutti hardly ever cooks, and lets Libby play with bread knives, and her vati doesn't seem to do anything other than polish his clown car and sit around drinking beer with Uncle Eddie.