| Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) | 
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Category: Book
Author: Louise Rennison
Publisher: HarperTeen
Studio: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Label: HarperTeen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061459321
EAN: 9780061459320
ASIN: 0061459321
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
Release Date: July 1, 2008
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Time to gird the loins and pucker up. Blimey O'Reilly's trousers! Three maybe-boyfriends is a lot for any girl to handle?red-bottomed or not. What with Robbie the Sex God back from Kiwi-a-gogo land wanting to "get coffee" and whatsit, Masimo the Luuurve God saying things like "Ciao, Georgia, see you later" (the good see-you-later or the bad see-you-later??), and her mate Dave the Laugh snogging her in a pond, it's enough to make any girl mad. Good thing she has the ace gang to keep her sane. Ish. But now that she has tearfully eschewed Robbie the Sex God with a firm hand, Georgia is left with two potential snoggees to choose from, and it's high time she left the cakeshop of love for good. This time with a gorgey Italian cakey. Or a nip-libbling Dave the Tart. But certainly not both. Maybe.
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 mabye if I was a tenager... August 22, 2008
I had not read the other Georgia books so I was a little lost in the beginning. The dictonary in the back help with some of the terms she uses which can get very confusing.
I think I am just too old for this book. I can't remeber being like this as a teenager and can not relate to Georgia.
By the end I felt for her but was glad it was over.
 you have to enjoy that style of writing August 22, 2008
I did not enjoy the diary style of writing and though there is a lexicon to understand the british idioms and expressions, it's hard to follow and seems to me targeted at a very juvenile audience.
Forced humorosity August 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the ninth book in the series Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, so faithful readers know what they're getting. As for me, I haven't read the earlier books (which doesn't help), I'm 48 (the series is aimed at teens), and I'm familiar with Bridget Jones's Diary (I think the author is, too).
The humor seems forced, packed with British slang and silly wordplay. Luuurve for love, vair for very, adding -osity and -io to the end of words willy nilly. "I said in a casualosity at all times sort of way, `Ah well, I'm glad you asked me that. Because suspicionosity is the enemy of friendshipnosity."
It's all a little much, but then again I'm not the target for this book. Teenage girls might love it.
Here's the chapter list; there is no table of contents:
1. Deep in the forest of red bottomosity
2. Once more into the huffmobile
3. Turbulent washing machine of love
4. Viking hornpipes a-gogo
5. Big furry paw of fate
6. Why can't everyone just speak English?
7. Hark, what owl through yonder window breaks
8. Fisticuffs at dawn
9. Groove on, groovsters! (dance moves)
Glossary
 Read the whole series August 19, 2008
My family read the first book in Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson series while on a road trip. We take turns reading aloud, and with both kids and adults in the car, we figured a young adult book would be a good choice. We had to pull over to allow the driver to quit laughing and compose herself enough to get back on the road safely.
Rennison's combination of lighthearted adventure and teen perceptions of the world, written in a wonderfully characteristic style,is a pleasure for teens and adults. The memorable heroine, English schoolgirl Georgia, faces issues with school, friendships, boys, and family that most teens will relate to, though she makes them a lot funnier than usual. Her life with her parents, her little sister, her unusual cat, her clique of friends, and the boys and teachers who make that life more complicated, is a series of madcap episodes ranging from the ditherspaz-inducing to the fabbity fab fab.
The language is half the fun. If you can read this book without finding your conversation laced with little bits of Rennisonosity, you have more self-control than most of us.
In this latest book, Georgia deals -- or fails to deal -- with more complex issues than in the previous volumes. Georgia's self-centered cluelessness is occasionally pierced by some recognition of real concerns about her family, her troubles at school, and her relationships with boys. Not enough to spoil the fun, of course, but enough to make the reader eager to see what happens next.
There is a helpful glossary in the back of the book so that we in Hamburger-a-go-go-land can understand it.
Bridget Jones for the Tween Set August 19, 2008
Georgia Nicolson, the cynical, sarcastic, witty British teen, returns in "Stop in the Name of Pants," the latest book from Louise Rennison. Rennison writes in a stream-of-consciousness style, casting Georgia's story in the form of diary entries. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's too scatter-brained, but it works well for readers with short attention spans.
Georgia deals with many of the issues that affect teens -- clueless parents, pesky little sister, fickle friends -- and some that most can only hope for, including having 3 boyfriends simultaneously, one of whom is a luuuurve god. (Note to American readers: the book is heavy on British slang, most of which is understandable from the context.)
Earlier books in the series, (especially "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging") worked better than this one. The humor isn't as sharp in Georgia's latest outing, and much of the material is starting to feel familiar.
"Stop in the Name of Pants" is an entertaining, undemanding book, but readers other than long-time fans might find themselves disappointed.
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