Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #1)

Oh how I love you Georgia.

You big, stupid fool.

But how I wish my sister never grows up to think like you.

So I originally read this book when I was in year 7 -  I was about 12... maybe? (I want to stab 12 year old me, I was so embarrassing...) So yeah I found this series again and figured why not, it's been a long time since I read something targeted at a younger audience.

So for those of you who don't know, this book series is written in diary form by none other than teenage Georgia Nicolson. We get to explore her deepest thoughts (which are stupidly ridiculous) and join her in the adventure that is growing up and 'maturing', and watch her peruse what she believes to be love and is important to her friends and her.

Despite Georgia being selfish, arrogant, immature and sometimes very needy she is quite fun to read about, because you can tell the author is simply poking fun at us teenage girls. It's not done in a cruel way, but it's light-hearted and amusing; and makes you want to go back and change who you were when you thought like her, or were her age

Georgia carries all the traits that quite often people hate reading about, but she is different. You can also see the good things about her: her humour (which is great by the way) and the love and care she has for Angus and Libby, which if you look at closely is really quite cute. I understand that not everyone is going to enjoy reading from her perspective and hearing her thoughts, but it is worth trying, you don't have to carry on with the series if you don't like it.

I found there wasn't much of a plot when it came to this book, but I suppose that's what you get when reading it from a diary point of view. Even so, it just felt like stuff happened (like in real life... god forbid...), it just felt like there wasn't enough; it's like when you bite into a burger and you can't wait for the whole taste, and experience, even the bit where grease runs down your chin, but that's didn't happen... It just felt satisfactory as a burger, there was no taste explosion in your mouth, no grease ruining your new top, get what I mean? Did I just compare a plot to a burger...?

So overall, I enjoyed this book even though it was aimed at a younger audience, but I felt like it needed more (which I may get from the next nine books, who knows?) It was a great light read, perfect for spring and summer and amusing at times. I will be carrying on with this series.

Rating: 3.5/cookies

Age: -13/13+