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Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras (Mates, Dates #1)
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Brit author Cathy Hopkins helps teen girls get a grip on life with this insightfully sassy novel starring three close-knit pals.
Brit author Cathy Hopkins helps teen girls get a grip on life with this insightfully sassy novel starring three close-knit pals.
When "Wacko Watkins" assigns the class a writing project about themselves, Lucy Lovering is not optimistic. Her parents are health foodloving hippies, her best friend, Izzie, has become buds with the knockout Nesta, a
Mass Market Paperback, 176 pages
Published
January 1st 2003
by Simon Pulse
(first published February 8th 2001)
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Good:
* Overwhelming British slang and usage.
* Amusing use of language.
* Low-stakes, gentle conflict.
Bad:
* The conflict is too low-stakes and gentle. Nothing ever seems to have much emotional resonance, even things which really should. There's a constant baseline freaking-out level, but nothing seems to be more important than anything else. Lucy's feelings about her best friend having a new best friend are about equal to her feelings about having a lousy school assignment or getting a bad hair...more
* Overwhelming British slang and usage.
* Amusing use of language.
* Low-stakes, gentle conflict.
Bad:
* The conflict is too low-stakes and gentle. Nothing ever seems to have much emotional resonance, even things which really should. There's a constant baseline freaking-out level, but nothing seems to be more important than anything else. Lucy's feelings about her best friend having a new best friend are about equal to her feelings about having a lousy school assignment or getting a bad hair...more
I really am too old for this, but it was great fun. Reminded me a lot of Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging - except without quite as much sexual tension and border-line criminal activities. This basically means that the book isn't quite as deliciously naughty or funny, but is far easier to relate to because it really captures the innocence of being a clueless adolescent who is only just starting to discover boys and fashion.
Also, it was really cool to see a group of three girls who start...more
Also, it was really cool to see a group of three girls who start...more
Summary: The book is about a girl named Lucy who gets a writing assignment in school. The assignment is “What makes me, me?” In the beginning, Lucy does not know who she is. She is always comparing herself to other girls and telling herself she is not pretty and does not know what she wants to do with her life. Throughout the book with the help of her friends, Lucy finds out who she really is and becomes more confident with herself then she had ever been. In the end, Lucy gains everlasting frien...more
"Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras" is a lot like Louise Rennison's "Angus, Thongs, And Full-frontal Snogging" without so much of the light sexual humor that Rennison employs. Hopkins' book takes place in and near London in the life of Lucy, a fourteen year-old with an underdeveloped body and a knack for self-doubt, pretty much like any other teenager. Lucy has to deal with a beautiful, new student named Nesta who Lucy feels is stealing her best friend, Izzie. Lucy doesn't know what she wants to...more
I decided to read Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras as an IR book. This was about a girl named Lucy who was trying to find out who wants to be and about her romance and friends. Lucy lives in Britian with her best friend Izzie. Izzie and Lucy has been best friends forever. But she thinks this new girl named Nesta is gonna take her away. She also has to deal with this mystery boy she saw and tries to do anything to meet him and know him. When she finds out it's someone Nesta knows she keeps quiet...more
Every books is about a different person but there all going to the same school. This is the first one and it's about a girl called Lucy who looks really young for her age. In this book she is quite depressed because she is forced to decide all sorts of things such as who she wants to be when she's older, and on top of that, her best friend seems to have gone off with this ultra-glamorous girl called Nesta, leaving her feeling the odd one out and..... But, one day she meets this wonderful guy cal...more
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Emily Shepard
Humor
I found myself laughing and loving this story, it reminded me a lot of what forming into a teenager was like. The main character is Lucy Lovering. A 14 year old girl followed by her best friend since elementary school Izzie and a new girl Nesta. They were all given an assignment by their teacher, Wacko Watkins as they call her, to write about themselves; their likes dislikes, what they want to do when their older. Lucy is stuck. Shes unsure about herself, unsure about her under...more
Humor
I found myself laughing and loving this story, it reminded me a lot of what forming into a teenager was like. The main character is Lucy Lovering. A 14 year old girl followed by her best friend since elementary school Izzie and a new girl Nesta. They were all given an assignment by their teacher, Wacko Watkins as they call her, to write about themselves; their likes dislikes, what they want to do when their older. Lucy is stuck. Shes unsure about herself, unsure about her under...more
This book is about A girl named Lucy trying to get her best friend back, Izzie from the new girl Nesta. You see, Lucy and Izzie have been best friends since like forever and Lucy thinks because Nesta is new, that she might steal her best friend away.
I can connect to this because I fifth grade the same thing happened to me. You see, It was in fifth grade and this new girl gloriela came along and she kept on hanging out with my friends. And this is what happened to lucy, she felt like as if Nesta...more
I can connect to this because I fifth grade the same thing happened to me. You see, It was in fifth grade and this new girl gloriela came along and she kept on hanging out with my friends. And this is what happened to lucy, she felt like as if Nesta...more
Title: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras
Author: Cathy Hopkins (Audio)
Genre: Young Adult
Challenges: 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, Read and Review Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Young Adult Reading Challenge, YA Through the Decades, Audio Book Challenge 2010, Pages Read 2010, A to Z challenge
Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: 160
Published: 2002 Bolinda Publishing
Back Cover: A turning point is exactly what Lucy does NOT want. Everything is ch...more
Author: Cathy Hopkins (Audio)
Genre: Young Adult
Challenges: 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, Read and Review Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Young Adult Reading Challenge, YA Through the Decades, Audio Book Challenge 2010, Pages Read 2010, A to Z challenge
Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: 160
Published: 2002 Bolinda Publishing
Back Cover: A turning point is exactly what Lucy does NOT want. Everything is ch...more
Oct 10, 2012
Mandee
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Mandee by:
Alexa
Shelves:
ya-lit,
library,
middle-grade,
female-pov,
audio-book,
contemporary-fiction,
realistic-fiction,
uk
This was a little similar to the Georgia Nicolson books but a lot younger and not as laugh-out-loud funny but very cute.
When I first picked up this book, I thought it was going to be a not as good version of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. Turns out, I was wrong. It was as good as that book, but it also wasn't like that book, so it was okay. The thing that I really liked about Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras was that I could remember feeling like the main character does when I was in high school. I think the author does a good job as expressing the insecurities that teenage girls have. Sometimes it was...more
I used to love the Mates, Dates series - I read it as a middle schooler (6th - 8th grade). The series showcases the bond that exists between close girl friends and the trouble and fun that they can get into. The storyline in this book focuses on Lucy's desire to fit in and look older - something that many young girls aspire to. The entire series is young reader-friendly, portraying many circumstances, experiences, and feelings that young girls go to.
I love this series! The "Mates and Dates" series by Cathy Hopkins is about a girl named Lucy how thinks she is losing her best friend to the new rich girl in school. Nesta is a perosn who everyone was suppose to be jealous of. She is rich, beautiful, and all the guys swoon over her. Lucy has to deal with this and many other teenage girl problems. In the end she ends up becoming friends with Nesta and they all become really good friends.
I love this series because it's so girly, which every girl n...more
I love this series because it's so girly, which every girl n...more
Lucy is 14 and looks like she's 12. Maybe. Her friends all easily pass for 16. Her best friend since forever, Izzy, is hanging out with the new girl in school, Nesta and Lucy is feeling more and more left out and left behind. It's time to choose what subjects to do for GCSEs (and then eventually A levels) and her friends and classmates have it all figured out. Lucy is clueless what she wants to be when she grows up. Then, she meets the most perfect boy and must try and get him to notice her, 12...more
important- the review reflects my opinion about the book.
this is a short review of all the books i read in the series. the rating, however, is per each book.
i read these books when i was 13-14. at that time i enjoyed reading them. However, the writing is average, the plot borders stupid, and many of the characters are one dimensional, even seteriotypical.
all in all, i would't recommand it now as there are far better books in the genre as well as the age target. which was not the case at my tim...more
this is a short review of all the books i read in the series. the rating, however, is per each book.
i read these books when i was 13-14. at that time i enjoyed reading them. However, the writing is average, the plot borders stupid, and many of the characters are one dimensional, even seteriotypical.
all in all, i would't recommand it now as there are far better books in the genre as well as the age target. which was not the case at my tim...more
Its a small book. Definitely doesn't belong to my age bracket but it served as a good read either way.
Talks much about the vital transition period in a girls life. Good thing is, it emphasizes the need of teens & anybody in general to pursue their interests as careers.
I love motivation but I didn't pick this book because of that, it was a random buy and it was as good.
Talks much about the vital transition period in a girls life. Good thing is, it emphasizes the need of teens & anybody in general to pursue their interests as careers.
I love motivation but I didn't pick this book because of that, it was a random buy and it was as good.
This book is good because it talks about Lucy being short but also pretty. Everyone says that she looks like an 8 year old which upsets her. She meets a cute boy which happens to be Nesta's older brother and Nesta says that her brother is a player and that Lucy should not get around with him. Does Lucy end up with Nesta's brother? I recommend this book to everyone.
I just re-discovered these books up in the attic and I was blown back to my early teenage-days where this series was one of the biggest hits.
I remember reading all twelve of them several times but the first one was the one dearest to my heart.
Really fun to take a walk down memory lane and remembering my teenage-self.
I remember reading all twelve of them several times but the first one was the one dearest to my heart.
Really fun to take a walk down memory lane and remembering my teenage-self.
i really liked this book because its really girly and stuuuuuff. i kinda just picked it up from the shelf not expecting it to be good but i got really stuck into it and finished it in a day! so yeaah, good book. leaves you wanting to read more and more. and i have gotten stuck in to the rest of the series hehe :)
This is a cute book about a 14 year old English girl. Similar to Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging but not as funny and more mellow.
I had avoided reading this for awhile, thinking it was a Georgia Nicholson clone. And in someways it is, but Cathy Hopkins manages to take her Lucy in a different direction all together, giving her an authenticity that makes this book hard to put down.
Good for the pre-teen who likes relationship books.
Good for the pre-teen who likes relationship books.
Three girls traverse high school, the trials and tribulations of being a teenage girl, and figuring out "What am I going to be when I grow up?
Nesta wants to be a model, Izzie wants to be the next Alaina Morissette, but Lucy hasn't a clue. She does know she wants to meet that gorgeous guy walking past her car.
Nesta wants to be a model, Izzie wants to be the next Alaina Morissette, but Lucy hasn't a clue. She does know she wants to meet that gorgeous guy walking past her car.
May 20, 2009
Ms.
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Alyssa
Recommended to Ms. by:
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this book was about this girl name Lucy and she is very beautiful. she is afraid of losing her best friends, Izzie and Nesta. Lucy is short and no one actually notices her. Lucy soon ends up having a crush on a "mystery boy", which happens to be her Nesta's brother. at first, Lucy hated Nesta, because she is taking over her friendship, with Izzie. Lucy wants to be noticed, so she changes her hairstyle, and ends up totally bad. since, Nesta is rich, and her mom have a hair stylest, she offer to f...more
Lucy Loverling is a girl after my own heart. She's short, and people are always assuming she's 12, when she is 14. Story of my life (when I was in high school). Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras starts off with Lucy in class. Her teacher, whom she calls Wacko decides to assign the students an essay question, "What makes me me?"
The whole book then consists of Lucy's search for self, her search for her special talent and her first kiss.
I definately think this book would work well with younger gir...more
The whole book then consists of Lucy's search for self, her search for her special talent and her first kiss.
I definately think this book would work well with younger gir...more
Oh my! A very funny teen book! I liked that the main character was frustrated and unsure of herself minus a lot of the whining and self wallowing many of the authors make these young girls do! It was just a fun light read and very quick.
It's been a while since I read this book series. I think I was 12 or so when I read it (I was a memeber in a bookclub called "TL-Klubben") and I remember that I really enjoyed this books. They were fun and easy to read.
sukaaaa benget sama seri cathy hopkins yang ini. terutama yang buku mengenai Lucy ini. Walaupun naksir berat ama Toni, Lucy tetap ga sudi dikadalin. Soalnya Tony paling suka bosan pacaran sama cewek yang mudah didapetin..
A really nice read. Great for teenage girls... Its all about a group of friends... their mates and their dates. It shows you what life is like for others. I would recommend it for any really girly teenager. Not for boys.
"Bibit hari ini akan menjadi buah esok
Pikiran hari ini akan menjadi tindakan dihari esok"
Novel teenlit satu ini isinya tidak seperti novel remaja kebanyakan. Banyak sekali pesan moral yang disampaikan seputar keluarga, perahabatan remaja, dan kegalauan remaja dalam masa transisi pencarian jati diri.
Saya sangat suka motto keluarga Lucy Lovering (tokoh utama), "Meskipun tidak punya cukup uang untuk mengecat dinding dapur rumah mereka, tapi sepertinya mereka (kedua orang tua Lucy) tidak keberatan...more
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