| On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson |  | Author: Louise Rennison
Publisher: HarperAudio
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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ISBN: 006052622X
EAN: 9780060526221
ASIN: 006052622X
Publication Date: October 2004
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Amazon.com Review
Fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson is back in British author Louise Rennison's irreverent, laugh-out-loud sequel to the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging. Written in diary form, these truly hilarious books chronicle the often minute-by-minute, very dramatic, and significant flip-flops of a teenager's psyche. 7:18 p.m.
My eyes are all swollen up like mice eyes from crying. Even my nose is swollen. It's not small at the best of times, but now it looks like I've got three cheeks. Marvelous. Thank you, God. 9:00 p.m.
I'll never get over this. 9:10 p.m.
Time goes very slowly when you're suicidal. What tragedy has her so distraught? Her parents have told her she's moving to New Zealand just when she's managed to snog (kiss--look it up in the glossary) the SG (Sex God, a.k.a Robbie). This is of course not the only source of drama in Georgia's eventful life. Her half Scottish wildcat, Angus, who is the size of a small Labrador, herds the poodles next door and terrorizes the neighborhood. Her little sister, Libby, who is slightly mad, stores her "pooey knickers" and her scuba-diving Barbie doll in Georgia's bed. Her mother (from whom she inherited her orangutan eyebrow gene and possibly her "gigantic basoomas") is clearly inhabiting Earth solely to make her life miserable, and even her best friend Jas is "half girl, half turnip." Despite the fact that she's spared from going to "Kiwi-a-gogo land," things don't get much better for Georgia. She's suspended for a childish prank right before her dad returns from New Zealand, she falls in love with the SG who dumps her for being too young, and Dave, the "red-herring" boyfriend she's using to make the SG jealous calls her a "heartless whatsit." And, she continues, "the spot on my bum is probably a boil. I wonder what Buddha would do now?" Rennison's comedic timing is brilliant. Adolescent angst ("I hope I am not driven to the brink of madness by grief") vanishes less than an hour later ("Angus can fetch sticks!!!") and sometimes even sooner. (Warning: Do not read this book while riding a train or bus unless you don't care what people think of intermittent explosive laughter. Seriously.) (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
Product Description
5:35 p.m. Oh yippee. This is my gorgeous life: I haven't been kissed for a month; my snogging skills will be gone soon.(2) I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home.Address:Georgia NicolsonUgly HomeUgly KingdomUgly Universe (3) My Red Herring plan has failed. (4) I am the Bummer Twins' armchair.Georgia Nicolson is back!The irrepressible heroine of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging has just started dating the Sex God ( aka Robbie). So life should be perfect .... except in Georgia's life, nothing is ever perfect.Readers will be laughing ( and groaning!) out loud all through this "fabbity-fab-fab" sequel!
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 Oh, Georgia, I want to like you but you make it so hard. June 10, 2008
Miss Print (NYC)
Okay, so On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God picks up almost exactly where Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging left off (two days later to be specific). As Georgia continues her diary, she is very disillusioned by the prospect of going to visit her father in New Zealand on "the other (useless) side of the universe" instead of having time to spend (snogging) with Robbie--the Sex God.
Like the first book in this series, this one basically just follows a few months in Georgia's life. Mayhem continues to follow Georgia as she and her friend devise new Beret-wearing methods at school among other kinds of mischief. This includes some chaos on the hockey field (the first book featured a rather disastrous tennis match). Rennison writes Georgia as a bit of a spaz--always thinking about herself and her appearance, heaping scorn upon Robbie's more studious ex--so it's nice to see her being athletic without really trying and without any ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, Georgia also has to figure out how to get back in Robbie's good graces when he once again decides that she is too young for him. Part of her plan? Maturiosity and Glaceriosity. Yes.
Basically anything funny that came up in the first book has been revisited in this one. A personal favorite: Georgia's continued bewilderment when faced with the phrase "see you later." (Does it mean "see you later" or something else? No one knows.) There are a lot of developments in this volume in terms of inter-character relations (Georgia, her friends, Robbie, and so on). But there isn't as much intra-character development. Again. By the end of the book, Georgia does have some new quandaries to think about (is it a problem that the SG doesn't make her laugh for instance), but it's still too early to tell if her new introspection will lead to a bit of enlightenment.
By the time I read this book (in a day), I was basically over my qualms about liking Georgia but feeling like I shouldn't. The plots are simple and fun, Georgia makes me laugh. It's fine.
That said, I have noticed that, like a few other laugh-out-loud funny books for teens, this one gets a lot of the humor from Georgia having kind of low self-esteem. A running theme in both books is Georgia bemoaning her ugliness as a result of her large nose. It doesn't really impact the story, or send any message about beauty ideals or anything, I just wish Georgia could be a little more sure of herself. All of her friends (and snogging partners) seem to indicate that people think Georgia is pretty cool. I wish that she would figure that out as well. Maybe in the next book . . .
 Hilarious sequel to Angus Thongs and full frontal snogging May 10, 2008
C. Cypret (blue springs MO)
This book is just as funny as the first and all of these books are amazing
The Craziness Continues November 13, 2007
Haruka
Poor Georgia! She finally gets together with Robbie only to lose him early on. As if she didn't have enough to deal with already: Jas and her obsessions over her relationship, and school, she has to deal with her dad wanting to move to New Zealand away from all her friends. How will it all work out?
Georgia continues with her abnormal life, forming new relationships and still battling her love for Robbie, while more arguments with her parents, Jas, and craziness ensue.
I couldn't put this book down and can't count the number of times i laughed out loud while i was reading. This book is a must read if you liked Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging. It doesn't dissapoint!
Commuting with Georgie September 7, 2007
Margaret Barclay (Niagara Falls, New York USA)
I loved it! I loved the fact that she is such a self absorbed teenager - the fact that her sister crawls into bed with all her toys including scuba diving Barbie - the fact that her legs go all gelloid - the fact that her friends are just like her - the fact that every adult has at least one fault - the fact that French toast means talking French while eating eggy toast, but best of all, the fact that I thought just like her when I was a teenager :-) The only bad part was laughing aloud when I was driving - and not wanting it to end when I pulled into my driveway.
On the Brightside, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God June 13, 2007
purple (A small town)
How do you deal with the emotional rollercoaster of catching the Sex God, and then losing him? That's what the main character, Georgia Nicolson, has to try and get through. Georgia is a 14 year old girl living in England (in the present day). The book starts out with Georgia living out her perfect dream. She is he girlfriend of a SEX GOD. But soon, she loses him o her enemy, Wet Lindsey. In an effort to get him back, she starts dating one of the Sex God's friends, David the Laugh. Throughout the confusion of that she has to deal with her poodle attacking cat, her (married) mother flirting with Dr. "George Clooney", and some definitely air-headed friends.
This is my favorite book I have ever read. But, I do have a favorite part in particular. You have to understand though, I had been laid over in the Kansas City Airport for 6 hours and I was completely sleep deprived. Anyways, my favorite part is when Georgia described how her little sister was sitting on her lap and she "let off the smelliest, loudest fart known to humanity. It came out of her bum-oly with such force that she lifted off my knee. Like a hovercraft".
After reading this book, it is clear to see that the main idea of this book is just learning how to deal with growing up and moving past the obstacles that life throws at you. You have to make all the wrong choices to finally see why the good choice is the best choice.
I loved how the problems Georgia went through were not only hysterical, but could also be recognized by all. The only thing that I would change about the book would be the format. I don't really like the whole diary-entry format. I believe that girls between the ages of 11-17 should read this book. They would relate to the trials and triumphs of Georgia the best.
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