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    Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?: Final Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
    Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?: Final Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
    Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?: Final Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
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    Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?: Final Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

    Written by Louise Rennison

    Narrated by Stina Nielsen

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    For Georgia, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just when she thought she was the official one-and-only girlfriend of Masimo, he's walked off into the night with the full hump, leaving Georgia all aloney on her owney-again.

    All because Dave the Laugh tried to do fisticuffs at dawn with him! Two boys fighting over Georgia? It's almost as romantic as Romeo and Juliet … though perhaps a touch less tragic. It's time for Georgia to get to the bottom (oo-er) of this Dave the Laugh spontaneous puckering business once
    and for all. It's like they always say: If you snog a mate in the forest of red bottomosity and no one is around to see it, is he still a mate? Or is he something more?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 18, 2010
    ISBN9781449843298
    Author

    Louise Rennison

    Louise Rennison was a journalist, comedian and beloved author. She was the creator of the Georgia Nicolson series which won the Bronze Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. Louise was also awarded Queen of Teens and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Louise passed away in 2016 at 64-years-young. She left behind a legion of adoring readers who still hold the Ace Gang close to their hearts.

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    • 4/5
      I luuuuurve this series so much, it’s another one of those guilty pleasures of reading! The thing is, it’s silly, it’s crazy, and half of the time Georgia is just a dithering spaz, but that’s what makes it so great! You can laugh at her, laugh with her, feel sorry for her, and then want to hit her right up side her head, all in one book.I first found out about the Georgia Nicolson books in 2002, when I was in 10th grade (hello, forever ago!). I can’t remember if I checked it out from the school library, or the local library, but I saw it and checked it out from somewhere… and then when I finished it? I promptly went to check out the rest of the series that they had at the time (which comes out to .. well two books, apparently ha). I remember vividly sitting for my pre-FCAT test, and then trying so very hard not to laugh reading On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God because I would have been kicked out and made to redo it. Then again, that sounds like something that would happen to Georgia.. Hmm. Then? THEN, I started hording the books, I pre-ordered the third book, and the fourth, then the fifth, sixth, until I unfortunately fell out of reading for a bit. Even when I DID start reading again I didn’t pick up with the Georgia Nicolson series again because I knew my mom wouldn’t read it. She prefers her books to have fantastical creatures in it, not crazy self-adsorbed lead characters! Then, the trip to Indiana, and the only point in my life where I had WEEKS with nothing to do, so I started reading – what would ya know?! They had the last three Georgia books (7-9), and so I read them, and I fell back in love with her and her world. Which led me to buy 7-9 & then pre-order #10: Are These My Basooma’s I See Before Me? The point in telling you all of this, is that I want you to know my history with the books. To see that even though I went a few years without reading them, that when I finally caught up, I loved them JUST as much as I did before.Are These My Basooma’s I See Before Me? is the last and final installment of the Georgia Nicolson series, and I’m praying that Louise is just pulling our legs, because my life might very well be pointless with out! The last book is no let down from the others either, it’s a fun, fast paced, book that follows Georgia around through all her snogging, red bottomosity as well as while she’s on the rack of luuuuurve. I loved it, just as much as the others, the only downside is that – like with the other books – it implies that Georgia is the one ‘choosing’ who she’ll be with, but really it’s the world evolving around her that does the choosing. I would have liked more evolution with her feelings and who she finally chooses or well, who finally chooses her. It’s very obvious that she cares about him and he cares about her, but we don’t see very much of it, just tiny bits here and there, and it’s le crap. And I can’t say anymore about the matter or I might ruin it.Bottom line, if you like fun books, with characters that are just as imperfect as the rest of us, but have a great humor about themselves, and quirky little bits of British information, then the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson are for you. I would guarantee that you’d love them, but I can’t. Sadly. So instead I will leave you with Georgia’s departing words for us all:Snog on, snog on,With hope in your heart,And you’ll never snog alone,You’ll never snog… alone.
    • 3/5
      Rennison, L. (2009). Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? New York: HarperCollins Children's Books.296 pages.Appetizer: My friends, we have reached the end! The very last of Georgia Nicolson's diary confessions. (But let's be honest here, that girl was trouble. Can you imagine her college years? If Rennison wanted to write some adult books, she could begin with Georgia at some crazy, hazy college party where she's just offered a goat a lick of her drink. And then after college, Georgia would grow up to be Bridget Jones.)So, where was I? Yes...introducing the plot. Well, the book pretty much picks up where the last one left off (and where was that? Don't remember.) Apparently Georgia was dancing a little too close-close with Dave the Laugh, causing Masimo, the (then-current) boyfriend to storm off and potentially become the not-so-current boyfriend. So, ATMBISBM? begins with Georgia once again on the rack uncertain about love. Masimo sends Georgia a letter, recommending she take a week to think about their relationship and decide if she's ready to be in a mature relationship. Georgia decides to become more mature, but not even her best friends think she can manage it. And even with her efforts, Georgia can't help but want a laugh with her mate Dave the Laugh.I laughed out loud a handful of times as I was reading Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? Which was pretty much my goal in picking this book. So, mission accomplished.But I was also surprised that I found myself getting a little annoyed with Georgia as I was reading. Through most of the book, she seems to avoid making decisions about which guy to choose. I wanted her to take control and actually make the decision about who she wanted sooner.But I couldn't fault her too much, because I also decided to think about my personal experiences with le love this year in high school and I remember on a few occasions when I decided to delay a break-up or two because I was afraid of hurting that not-for-me-after-all-guy's feelings.But having said that, the end of the series was satisfying with Georgia ending up with the guy that I'd figured was right for her somewhere around book two, three or four. (Although, I do have to say the ending was abrupt. And excepting a few wise words from on of Georgia's pals about friendships and youth, it very much feels like the series could just venture forth into another book.)But, alas, that is not the case. The series has ended. And crud, kiddies, does that make me feel old. I still remember all the way back to the first book when something called a "cassette" was mentioned. It is a true mark of my age that I know what that is.Now maybe I'll finally finish the 39 clues series next.Dinner Conversation: "One minute, I am the girlfriend of a Luuurve God, skipping around like a Sex Kitty on kitty-kat tablets and the next minute I am at Poo College in Pooford. Doing a degree in poonosity and merde" (p. 1)."She [Mum] said, "Hang on a minutes, what are you doing here?"I said, "Er, I live here."She said, "You were supposed to be staying at Jas's though.""Well...she was a bit...tired.""You fell out then?""Maybe.""What did you do to upset her?"Oh, that's nice, isn't it? Nice and supportive" (p. 5)."What is the point of parents? They wonder why the youth of today goes wrong. If they would merely give us what we wanted and keep away from us, all would be well....Instead of Mum just lending me her black Chanel stilettos and everything being nice and easy, I am now going to have to sneak into her wardrobe, smuggle them out in my bag, wear them, sneak back into her room and replace them.They force us into a life of crime" (p. 92)."Gor blimey, Mum and her mates talk WUBBISH. I am glad that me and my mates are not so superficial. They are just talking about men and clothes and men.I can just dollydaydream about my boyfriend and what I will wear when I next see him" (p. 151).Tasty Rating: !!!
    • 3/5
      Georgia Nicolson's last diary where she is once again on the rack of luuurve.
    • 3/5
      This book is incredibly difficult to review as a single piece of work, because it is so much part of a series (it is the final book in a ten book series, after all) that it does not work at all as a standalone book. I mean, not that it’s not funny independently, but it would be like reading a book in a foreign language (there is a glossary at the back, but I don’t think it can even begin to cover all the expressions you’d need to be familiar with to fully understand Georgia and her friends). So if you haven’t read any of the previous books, this is not the one you’d want to pick up first.The overwhelming focus of the entire series is Georgia’s quest for love. I definitely had my favorite boy out of all the ones Georgia was enamored with, and I enjoyed watching her stumble through all that those romantic entanglements brought, but there was so much more to the story than just that aspect of it. First, there’s Georgia’s family, who drives her mad and embarrasses her in unbelievable ways. But it’s also very obvious that they love her, and they are just so real that I love it. Then, of course, there’s the Ace Gang, Georgia’s best pals in the world. Georgia and her friends are insane, but in the way that a lot of groups of teenage girls are insane when they’re all together. Sometimes the things the Ace Gang do seem a little over the top, but when you think about, they actually aren’t. At all. They’re thinking about boys, or doing some crazy dance they made up, or passing notes in class bored out of their mind. In short, they’re typical girls, for all the good and bad that brings with it. Georgia and her best friend Jas have a (usually) playfully tumultuous friendship, and while it got on my nerves at times throughout the series, I’m glad that it reached somewhat of a balance in this book. Overall, Georgia’s story is entertaining. There were times in this book, as well as in most of the others, that I was literally laughing out loud at the antics. Looking at each book by itself, it seems like not much really happens, but taken together the story works to bring Georgia what she’s been looking for all along. This isn’t really a shock, but getting to this ending is hilarious. Because of the fact that the series covers so little time (each book begins almost immediately after the previous one ends), I think it would be advantageous for readers to read the books as closely together as possible.
    • 4/5
      I started reading this series when I was a senior in high school, so there's a bit of nostalgia in my reading.These are some of the funniest books that I have ever read and one of the only series that has made me laugh out loud in an embarrassing, what is that mad girl laughing at? sort of way.In this, the final installment, Georgia prepares for comedy gold as Merc-lurk-io (Mercutio) in the school's production of Rom and Jul, but is distracted by the call of the Hornmeister, Dave the Laugh, and the Pizza-a-gogo mating call of Massimo, the Italian Stallion Luurve God.---I was more than pleased with the way that the series ended. After so many years, I didn't want Georgia to end without a last laugh and I was not disappointed. I think now that the series is ended, I will try to go back and re-read it as a whole, though this will have to wait till I have gone through some of the TBR books. Though I enjoyed them all, I can now conclude that Angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogging (Book 1) and Startled by his furry shorts (Book 7) are my favorites.If I had to describe these books to someone who had never heard of them, I would say that they are a like slightly pervy, on-the-cusp of maturing (maturiosity) Bridget Jones's Diary type books. The humor is definitely what you would expect from a silly 15-year-old girl obsessed with boys and lippy, but if you like that sort of thing, you won't be disappointed.Gricel @ things-she-read.org
    • 3/5
      Georgia is back with the tenth book in this series. There wasn't much new happening. I think I only read books one and two a few years ago, and I knew almost all the characters in the book. Plus the same types of things were still happening - love triangles with the same people, same fights with her bestie. There were some funny parts to the book. But the ending was anticlimatic for the last book of the series.
    • 4/5
      Ah, the joy and the sadness... joy because it's another Georgia Nicholson book, but sadness because it's the final book in the series. The "final confessions", if you will.As per the previous nine books in the series, I laughed, rolled my eyes at Georgia's antics, cheered on the cats, and rooted for Georgia to end up with the 'right' guy in the end (if you've read the series, you know who I'm talking about). Like the previous installments, the book delivered and did it well.What can I say? I'm an enormous fan of the series; I think they're hysterical and I plan to re-read the entire thing in the near future. I also find them to be excellent therapy on those 'feeling down' days (it's the guaranteed laughs, I think).The series ended well, in my opinion. The final page finished a bit abruptly, but I wonder if that's just my wishing for the books to continue on forever...Anyway, it was great and I'll definitely miss having a new Georgia book to look forward to each year... but we'll always have Croissant-a-gogo-land. I mean Paris. Er, or not.Erlack a pongoes.
    • 4/5
      Oh, Georgia, how I will miss you. The laughs we had, the tears I've cried and the var, var amusant antics of the ace gang, the titches and, of course, Dave the Laugh. Our last volume of this clever series finds Georgia coming to terms with whether she will remain the girlfriend of Sex God, Masimo or perhaps be someone else's kittykat. During the onslaught of this dilemma Georgia is also practicing to be Merc-lurk-io in Stalac 14's interesting interpretation of Billy's Rom and Jul play. Like all of the books in this series I spent a lot of time giggling (Angus, you naughty, naughty kitty). There were also a couple parts that had me laughing absolutely hysterically to where I had to put the book down to breathe ("are these my basoomas I see before me?") Despite the simplistic diary style writing, Georgia's annoying attitude and her rather disturbing home life I have to say there is something worthwhile to be said about a book, or a series of books, that can make you laugh like that. Not to mention it being an interesting primer on all sorts of British slang.Where this book leaves you certainly doesn't feel like the end, although it is, but I don't blame the author for wanting to have a finale. I will miss Georgia and the gang.
    • 5/5
      Louise Rennison does it again! Georgia Nicholson is absolutely hilarious, you won't be able to put down the book, but you must make sure you understand British humor otherwise you might get a little confused. Unfortunately this is the final book in the series, but Georgia has been hilarious all the way through I will certainly miss her!
    • 4/5
      I liked the entire series; the first few are laugh-out-loud funny. This book is more of the same, still funny but starting to be same old. I didn't give this series wrap up five stars because I thought the ending was abrupt.
    • 5/5
      Guten tag! Mein got NO. I will miss KittyKat creativitositywise (try saying this word out loud) as this is the final oeuvre in the series. Where else will you find words like spangleferkel? And quotes like "Everyone is so bloody keen on me thinking all of a sudden. It's not what I do." hardcover p258. I am ver sad because Georgia is away laughing on a fast camel for the last time.
    • 3/5
      Unless you are just a die-hard Georgia Nicolson fan, and I am, I’d suggest eschewing this one with a firm hand. Though the first 3 or 4 books were hilarious (less so after I encountered the Adrian Mole diaries and found out exactly how derivative they were, but that’s neither here nor there) by the time we get to book… what is this one? 10? 27? It feels like forever at any rate. Where was I? Oh yes, by the time we get here, we've seen it all about a million times. Further, though the first few books felt rather edgy, in this post-Skins world “full frontal snogging,” just doesn’t cut it.This is, frankly, just more of the same old, same old. Gee makes fun of Jas; does crazy stuff with Sven and the Ace Gang; gets into a dither-spaz about whether she likes The Lurrrrrve God, Dave the Laugh, and even occasionally Robbie; taunts Elvis, Slim, and the rest of her teachers; talks about her crazy cat and crazier sister; disparages her vati; and says stupid things about having “the horn," being "nippy noodles," and so forth. Sound familiar?Yes, this is exactly what you’ve been reading for the last billion-or-so books. There’s nothing new here. Georgia’s on the rack of love, does a few crazy dances, and then basically snogs exactly who you think she’d snog.It may be a bit worth it just to finally ***SPOILER ALERT*** see Gee end up with Dave the Laugh, which, if you are sane, you’ve been rooting for since about book 2 or so, but really, given Georgia’s history, how long can this last?***SPOILER ALERT***We’ll never know, thank goodness, as this is the last installment. 
    • 4/5

      Ah, there's nothing like a bit of Georgia Nicholson silliness to cheer me up. I love that Louise Rennison's books are still funny the third time you read them, I could actually just sit here quoting awesomely hilarious lines to you instead of writing a review - I thought about it.

      What should I say? These books never fail to make me laugh (sometimes out loud) and I'm only sad that this book is the end of the road for our Ace Gang, sex gods, luurve gods and (most importantly) our Hornmeister. Yes, I am in love with Dave the Laugh. I remember back when there was no other but Robbie (aka the sex god) and all I could think was "noooooo!" when Georgia got closer to Dave; but now there's just no other sensible choice, sex gods and Italian luurve gods step aside.

      I will even miss Wet Lindsay, Slim and Elvis. Not to mention Jas and her ginormous knickers. This is one series I know I will be able to read again and again.