Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison is a hilarious and an uncompromisingly accurate diary of a 14-year-old girl. This book is as entertaining, realistic, and comical as a book can get. It captures all the superficial, melodramatic, and boy-crazy thoughts that could ever possibly pass through a young teenager girl's mind.
Snogging is the first book of the Georgia Nicolson series. Rennison based many of the scenarios in the book off of her own childhood experiences, my favorite being the scene where Nicolson pays a young boy for "snogging lessons" or kissing lessons.
Rennison grew up in West Yorkshire, England, with her family. She had always wanted to be a performer, and in her twenties she decided to pursue it. In the‘80s she wrote and performed a successful one-woman show called Stevie Wonder Touched My Face. It won several awards at the Edinburgh Festival and was featured in a BBC2 special.
Along with writing her books, Rennison still performs and tours around the country on radio shows and has also written for many well-known comedians. Her comedic experience is evident when reading her stories. She turns the world of an average 14-year-old girl into a stand-up routine.
The lead character in Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is Georgia Nicolson. Nicolson spends much of her time thinking about boys, worrying about her appearance, conspiring against her enemies, and recovering from the embarrassment of her family.
Georgia lives with her family in England with her three-year-old sister, Libby, and her untamed cat, Angus. She spends most of her time with her best friend, Jas, chasing after two brothers that work at the grocery store.
Georgia is determined to get Robbie, the son of the grocery store owner and lead singer of a band, to fall in love with her. She will do whatever it takes, even if that means declaring war with his current girlfriend, Wet Lindsey.
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