Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?

The book itself came very nicely packed and arrived on time and in one piece. The book was awesome and I am sad that it is the last one in the series. But it was great.

Like most of the reviewers here, I didn't want the series to end. How often do you find a series like that? Not very often, I'll say! Doesn't that tell you how absolutely wonderful it is? But Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? is the perfect ending to Georgia Nicolson's story, because, it's only the beginning. Georgia is, after all, only fifteen. This is a story about first loves, and Georgia does end up with the boy most readers have been hoping for from the start. (I'm not saying who, but you know.) If you haven't read the entire series yet...well, what are you waiting for? Don't you know what you're missing? The plot so far involves three boys: Robbie, the Sex God; Massimo, the super-sexy Luuuurve God, from Pizza-a-Go-Go Land; and Dave the Laugh, who has always been more of a mate except for the occassional accidental snogging. Georgia must decide which boy is going to be her one and only. Georgia also has a group of close friends to help her, laugh with her, and occassionally drive her mad: Jas who is in love with Robbie's brother, Tom, and constantly flicking her fringe (Brit-talk for "bangs"); Rosie, who is in love with Sven the Viking and thinks fake beards are tres amusing; Ellen who is, um, er, well...a complete dither spaz; and several others. There's also Georgia's insane family, particularly Georgia's weird Vati and his clown car; her little sister Libby and her bizarre collection of dolls; and the cats, Angus and Gordy. Oh, and we must not forget Georgia's enemy, Wet Lindsay, or the teachers at Georgia's school, or the pervy school janitor, Mr. Atwood. All this--combined with Georgia's wonderfully comic point of view--equals excitement and laughter from the first book to the last. I don't want to give too much away, but I can tell you I laughed out loud, and cried a bit, and wanted to scream "Yes!" at the end when Geogia finally left the cake shop of love with the right boy, the boy I've been hoping she would end up with since the very beginning. And while I too am sad the series is over, I am so happy it's as wonderful as it is. It's been wonderful to be pallies with Georgia. She dedicates this book to us, her readers, and asks if we love her as much as she loves us (which is a lot, because, after all, she dedicated this book to us). Well, Georgia, we love you more, and we'll miss you! It's been so much fun hanging out with you, and we wish you and you-know-who all the best. Hugs.

I love Georgia Nicholson! She is literally a comedy genius! And Book #10 doesn't disappoint -- it's still very Georgia in all her glorious nutty humor. BUT... There was one teeny, TINY detail that made me sad about Book #10: it ends too quickly. Georgia fans have been following her love life for ten books and then everything gets wrapped-up in one little chapter at the very end... We don't even get a hint of what might happen next. Since this is supposed to be the last book -- it made me wish (futilely) for an epilogue... [insert heavy sigh] So the only remedy I can think of is to go back to Book #1 and start all over again!

As the other reviews have mentioned, it was a bit depressing to reach the end of this series. I've loved every single entertaining moment with Georgia Nicolson, and I wish it wasn't goodbye! Agree with the other reviewer that the book ended too abruptly...give us a bit more! Without giving anything away, I'll just say it seemed rushed. With that said, I was still happy with how things turned out (predictable yes, but satisfying). Write more please Louise Rennison!!! I'll try not to cry and just continue re-reading all the books to get my Georgia fix!

Oh, Georgia, you minx...you finally have the Luuurve God fully enamored and what happens? Well, plenty, as a matter of fact. In the tenth (and final! oo-er) book in the Georgia Nicolson series, Georgia's in a dither about keeping Masimo interested, playing Mercutio in the school play of Rom and Jul, keeping Angus and Gordy from eating Bum-ty, watching her parents reconnect, and figuring out just what it is precisely that she feels for the wonderful Dave the Laugh. With the Ace Gang along, Georgia's journey to maturosity is anything but smooth, but always, always humorous. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? picks up closely after the previous book; Georgia's still following Masimo and the Stiff Dylans around, using all her girly skills to keep him entranced. And entranced he does become; not only does he confirm that he wants to be with Georgia, he begins to show up at Stalag 14 unexpectedly for mini-snogfests and even declares that he will turn down moving to London with the Dylans in order to stay with her. All this attention forces Georgia to reconsider and what does she find? That most of her thoughts really belong with that fab lad, Dave the Laugh. But what's a girl to do when she has a Luuurve God in the hand and a "mate" who is now with someone else? What an exciting ending to one of the funniest series I've ever read! Georgia's stream of consciousness is hysterical, and her interactions with the Ace Gang are laugh out loud funny. I love Georgia's relationship with baby sister Libby (though I admit I'm a little concerned with how Libby will turn out--another series idea, hmmm, Ms. Rennison?). Georgia personifies what most teens are thinking and feeling when caught up in the excitement of luuurve, and the way Ms. Rennison draws out the intense relationship between Georgia and Dave is just...Groovy. Fab. Full of wisdomosity. In this final installment, there is hope for Georgia and her mates, but mostly there is laughter and fulfillment for all the loyal fans who have followed Georgia through boy entrancers, snog fests, sex gods, and Scottish wildcats. Count this fan as one well satisfied.