by Louise Rennison
Dakota County Library, audioCDs
read by Stina Nielsen
genre: YA humor, British
This wasn't as funny as the first book, but I still chuckled a few times (mostly at Angus). Georgia is a bit too self-centered and selfish (especially in her treatment of her best friend Jas) for me to enjoy her much. She is obsessed with Robbie (aka The Sex God) and doesn't really take any one else's feelings into much account.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
by Louise Rennison
Performed by Sina Nielsen
5 CDs, Hennepin County Library
Okay, I just didn't enjoy this one at much. It still made me laugh out loud at parts, and I love Nielsen's delightful delivery, but the story is based on a character who is less than admirable.
Georgia Nicholson is probably the worst friend ever - and I include the vapid Princess Diary books in this. She is selfish and cruel, caring not at all for her best friend's thoughts or feelings. When she dumped "Dave the laugh," it was just another example of her selfishness and shallowness.
Still, a lot of the humor is self-deprecating and terribly funny. As Georgia fixates on Robbie, she loses track of herself. Not sure yet if I want to "read" the next book.
My favorite part to this one was again due to Georgia's interactions with her little sister. Too funny! And the parts about Angus amused me, too.
Georgia's attempts to "get stuff" from God or Buddha or whomever will give her what she wants just add to her "mememe" mentality.
Performed by Sina Nielsen
5 CDs, Hennepin County Library
Okay, I just didn't enjoy this one at much. It still made me laugh out loud at parts, and I love Nielsen's delightful delivery, but the story is based on a character who is less than admirable.
Georgia Nicholson is probably the worst friend ever - and I include the vapid Princess Diary books in this. She is selfish and cruel, caring not at all for her best friend's thoughts or feelings. When she dumped "Dave the laugh," it was just another example of her selfishness and shallowness.
Still, a lot of the humor is self-deprecating and terribly funny. As Georgia fixates on Robbie, she loses track of herself. Not sure yet if I want to "read" the next book.
My favorite part to this one was again due to Georgia's interactions with her little sister. Too funny! And the parts about Angus amused me, too.
Georgia's attempts to "get stuff" from God or Buddha or whomever will give her what she wants just add to her "mememe" mentality.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison
Performed by Stina Nielsen
5 CDs (5 hours) from Hennepin County Library
I hadn't read this in a very long time. It still makes me laugh out loud! It doesn't seem to appeal to my students much - I wonder if the British slang and humor puts them off, or if they just don't like the story. It is a bit abrasive and abrupt at times.
My favorite laugh-out-loud part was when Georgia was taking her little sister for a walk and she ran into Robbie, her "sex god." When her three-year-old sister says, "Georgia had a big poo this morning," the embarrassment inherent in the situation just glares. What an adolescent angst story. Too fun.
Performed by Stina Nielsen
5 CDs (5 hours) from Hennepin County Library
I hadn't read this in a very long time. It still makes me laugh out loud! It doesn't seem to appeal to my students much - I wonder if the British slang and humor puts them off, or if they just don't like the story. It is a bit abrasive and abrupt at times.
My favorite laugh-out-loud part was when Georgia was taking her little sister for a walk and she ran into Robbie, her "sex god." When her three-year-old sister says, "Georgia had a big poo this morning," the embarrassment inherent in the situation just glares. What an adolescent angst story. Too fun.
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