Stop in the Name of Pants!

My daughter is 14 and I am 38. We both love this series and can't wait for the next one. They are a quick and easy read, and make you chuckle out loud. Just good silly fun.

Stop in the Name of Pants! is the ninth book in the Georgian Nicolson series, which is full of hilariousity, lurrve, bestest pallies and all the things that make being a teenage girl the rollercoaster ride that it is. This hilarious, British series for teens is best appreciated when read in order: 1. Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging 2. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God 3. Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas 4. Dancing in My Nuddy Pants 5. Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (or outside North America, And Then It Fell Off in My Hand) 6. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers 7. Startled by His Furry Shorts 8. Love Is a Many Trousered Thing I fell in love with the first book, found the series dragged in books two and three (was very disappointed Georgia never went to Kiwi-A-Go-Go-Land), but then was delighted I stuck around, because the series eventually found a great pace starting with Away Laughing on a Fast Camel. When we last left Georgia at the end of Love Is a Many Trousered Thing, she had left the Cake Shop of Lurrve with the Italian pastry, otherwise known as the Lurrve God, after eschewing Robbie, otherwise knows as the Sex God, with a firm hand. But then Dave the Laugh had to go and spoil it all with a kiss. What's Georgia to do? Well, I'm not going to spoil it by telling you, but I will tell you Stop in the Name of Pants is full of the romance and humor that has made this series an international hit, and fans of the series will not be disappointed. I will also tell you this book, like the last four, ends on a cliffhanger, or as Georgia would put it, with her once again on the Rack of Lurrve. I can also tell you there's a dramatic event in this book that surprised me and had me in tears, but it still fit the series perfectly. It's always nice when a series can continue to surprise you as far in as book nine and yet remain true to itself. Oh, and one small problem--this book is missing the Snogging Scale. Of course, the reader can always refer to an earlier book for that, and some bonus features here include instructions for The Viking Bison Disco Inferno dance, The Snot Disco Inferno dance, and The Viking Disco Hornpipe Extravaganza dance; the Having a Hump Scale (which is what we call "getting mad" in Hamburger-A-Go-Go-Land); the Losing It Scale; and of course one of Georgia's glossaries, which explains UK English words in a way that only Georgia can. The Georgia Nicolson books are a laugh-out-loud treat, and they are even better in audio. I'm also looking forward to seeing the first movie, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, when it arrives in the USA, the sooner the better. Nunga Nungas or not, Georgia Nicolson knocks me out!

Stop in the Name of Pants finds our favorite teen Brit, Georgia Nicolson, the official girlfriend of the Luuurve God, Masimo, with only one minor problem: he's currently in Pizza-a-Go-Go Land visiting family, and she's all aloney back at homey. Oh, and Robbie (aka The Sex God) is still around and possibly interested. Oh, and erm, yeah, Georgia's accidentally gotten to #5 on the Snog Scale with Dave the Laugh...again. Which gives us plenty of drama and comedy as we follow Georgia's antics as she tries to find dignitosity in all situations. This particular entry in the series, while still laugh out loud funny, does have a couple of major moments of seriousness that really brought me up short. One thing especially made my heart nearly stop as I was blithely reading along, laughing; Georgia must learn to deal with some things with more maturity than she's shown in the past. Luckily for us, she does and still manages to create great Nordic dance moves, too. I received this book yesterday and despite wanting to make myself slow down, I just couldn't. I love Georgia and her mates, but I'm beginning to despair that she will ever realize that her true love is RIGHT THERE in the form of Dave the Laugh. The humor is spot on and it's always lovely to spend time with the Nicolson family and the ace gang. Love it but I'm sorely disappointed that now I must again wait a year for the next book. I am full of sadnosity.

Ah, Georgia. We all love her and this ninth installment in the series only makes that love grow. Georgia is at the top of her game and hilarious as always. I know I can always expect a good laugh reading about Georgia and this book delivered. There is actually a bit of sadness in the middle which produced a few tears from me. I never thought I would cry reading one of these books but Louise Rennison decided to change it up on us. Even though I cried, I really enjoyed this part of the novel because it shows Georgia's life isn't always fun and games. The tenth in the series should be another good one with a new play that Stalag 14 and the Foxwood boys will be putting on as well as plenty of boyfriend drama for Georgia. I look forward to it!

If you have not started the Georgia and the Ace Gang series yet - what is wrong with you???? Wonderful silly humor had me laughing out loud, yelling Thor and HORN and developing an even bigger crush on Dave the Laugh. Can't wait for the next installment. Louise Rennison is one of my new author heroes. Wonderful series that captures the ups and downs of true love crushes and mixes it with wonderful friendships, tears, giggles, spontaneous dancing, make-up and hormones. Great for anglophiles and those who just need a laugh of any age. I chose my own "Dave the Laugh" years ago and this series reminds me of how wonderful it is to be young, confused by raging hormones and in love. And if you don't try the HORN dance after this book - again, what is wrong with you!!!?? :)