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Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas

(Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #3)

Louise Rennison

3.97 · Rating details · 28,634 ratings · 724 reviews

Georgia Nicolson is now the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and things are wonderful. Except her loony parents are dragging her off to Och Aye land (aka Scotland), and the Sex God's band's chance at a record contract has left her something of a "pop widow."

Then up rears temptation in the form of old flame Dave the Laugh. Is Georgia about to become a shameless vixen ...more

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Jul 12, 2014 Kristina Horner rated it liked it

Shelves: childhood-books

Rereading this book series is such an experience for me because one the one hand, it still holds up completely, is hilarious and charming, and takes me right back to the days when I first read it.

On the other hand though, I find it extremely alarming how rude Georgia is to everyone around her, especially the following: Nauseating P. Green (Georgia is a straight up bully and it's horrible how she talks about this poor girl), Jas (as a kid, when I thought Georgia was the most hilarious person on t ...more

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May 01, 2009 Tatiana rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017, favorites, 2010, chick-lit, fun-and-dumb, ya

Another couple of hours with Georgia and, as expected, no life lessons but tons of hilariosity. Can't say much happens in this installment. The highlights are: Georgia's ever-growing nunga-nungas (a.k.a. basoomas a.k.a. breasts) which once again attract a wrong kind of attention, this time from a Scottish lad; a serious case of red-bottomosity (a.k.a. general horn a.k.a. sluttiness); and Angus's trouser snake removal operation.

Some favorite bits:

Saturday, November 6th

1:00 pm
I'd better start my m Another couple of hours with Georgia and, as expected, no life lessons but tons of hilariosity. Can't say much happens in this installment. The highlights are: Georgia's ever-growing nunga-nungas (a.k.a. basoomas a.k.a. breasts) which once again attract a wrong kind of attention, this time from a Scottish lad; a serious case of red-bottomosity (a.k.a. general horn a.k.a. sluttiness); and Angus's trouser snake removal operation.

Some favorite bits:

Saturday, November 6th

1:00 pm
I'd better start my makeup soon. It's only seven hours till the gig. But as I fully expect to be snogged to within an inch of my life, what about snogproof makeup? As Billy Shakespeare said, "To lippy or not to lippy; that is the question."

2:00 pm
Results of lippy/snogging poll:
Jas only wears lip gloss, which she says gets absorbed in the general snogosity. Rosie says she puts on lippy AND lip gloss, then just goes for full-frontal snogging with Sven. She also says that by the end of the night he is usually covered in lippy, but he doesn't mind and wipes it off with his T-shirt.
Good Lord.
We must remember, however, that he is not English.
The rest of the gang seemed pretty well to go along with the lip gloss absorbed into the general snogosity theory.
So lip gloss it is.

* * *

9:30 pm
Jools has been looking at Rollo for about a million centuries and moaning and droning on about him. He was hanging out with a bunch of lads round the bar. I was trying to concentrate on looking at the Sex God. He is soooo cool. He's by far the coolest in the band. Dom, Chris and Ben are all quite groovy-looking but they don't have that certain je ne sais quoi that the Sex God has. That extra snogosity. That puckery gorgeosity combined with fabulosity. That sexgoderosity.
Jools didn't seem to know I was in Snog Heaven because she was rambling on. "He is quite fit, isn't he?"
"Yeah, he's gorgeous and he's all mine, mine, miney."
"Gee, I mean Rollo, you banana."
I was less than interested but she went on and on. "Should I go across?"
Pause.
"Or is it too pushy?"
Pause.
"I think it's always best to play a bit hard to get, don't you? Yes, that's how I'll play it. He'll have to beg to get my attention."

9:35 pm
Jools was sitting on Rollo's knee and snogging for England. Oh well. I said to Ellen, "She's obviously gone for the playing-hard-to-get-ticket." ...more

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Aug 07, 2020 April (Aprilius Maximus) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020

1.) Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging ★★★★.5
2.) It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers ★★★★
3.) Knocked Out by my Nunga-Nungas ★★★

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[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]

★★★

Not as good as the first two, but still loads of fun!

trigger warnings: very outdated and offensive sense of humour (e.g. joking about being bisexual, joking about being a lesbian, fatphobia, etc.), cheating.

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Aug 12, 2009 Christina rated it it was amazing

I got a real kick out of these funny, honest, unsentimental YA books. I would have loved (and I mean LOVED) them in high school. They're written as the diary of a British girl named Georgia, and she covers all the drama, hilarity, embarassment, etc., of the high school years, only with a delightful Englishness. Really fun, reeeeeeally amusing. I don't imagine they'd meet with much approval from the parents of American teenagers, though- Georgia is pretty frank (even crude- she's a teenager after ...more

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May 17, 2017 Beth added it

Shelves: book-series, re-read, 2017-reads

Sex God or A Laugh? Jelloid knickers or strange dancing?
Dave The Laugh

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May 09, 2018 Katie.dorny rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018

I personally think the series started to lack.
It has started to become a bit repetitive in topics for Georgia to think of and I now it's more boy focused I'm a little less interested. In the first two boys weren't the biggest topic.
I have the fourth so I may finish that just to add to my read shelf but I'm unsure at the moment.

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May 15, 2010 Caitlín (Ink Mage) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Three books in and I'm done with the series. Already they're getting really tiresome. Georgia is 14 but acts like she's both 20 and 5 at the same time. Whinging on about her parents (who have absolutely NO consistency to their weak characterizations) being weirdos and her egg-headed uncle one minute, and then snogging the life out of guys who are quite a bit older than her, wearing short skirts, and going to clubs the next.
I realized that so far there has been no real plot to the series: Georgia ...more

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Apr 01, 2018 Rayene Ziadi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, favorites, read-in-2018

I am definitely team Dave the L but Aaron as Robbie's image floats up y mind and i can't deciiiide!
my red bottom is speechless as well.
Altho Georgia is quit awful to loads of people i can't help but love her warts and all♥
on to the next!

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Jan 02, 2014 Bonnie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, funny-ha-ha, library, epistolary

Aw, Dave the Laugh is the cutest.

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Aug 13, 2013 Ellis rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Ellis by: Cecile

Shelves: anticipaaaation, blame-everybody, letters-emails-diaries-texts, the-drama-llamas, je-suis-mushy, the-hilariosity, binge-this-series, because-logic-is-overrated, reviewed, own-physical-copy

Buddy read with the Jealous and the Knicker.

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The nunga-nunga questionnaire

Welcome, Earth creatures (a.k.a. not-girlfriends of a Sex God popstar)!!! While our resident well of wisdomosity can't be bothered spending her precious time on something as naff as tests, this is your time to prove how (not) worthy you are of an Ace Gang honorary membership.

Answer away!

7. Your parents planned a family trip to Scotland. You don't want to go, since ...more

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Jul 31, 2018 Becca & The Books rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks

Second Booktubathon book completed!

Listened to the audiobook for this all in one sitting and it had me laughing just as hard as it did 10 years ago

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Mar 09, 2012 Libbie Hawker (L.M. Ironside) rated it liked it

Shelves: general-ya

While caring for a very sick relative (and dealing with all the stress that goes along with such a task), I wanted something fun and silly and light-hearted to read to leaven the seriousness of my ongoing work. I recalled seeing Louise Rennison's books back when I worked in a book store, and thought I'd track down the first in her series for my ereader. Well, that was not possible, since the publisher has decided to make only the third book (this one) and subsequent books available electronicall While caring for a very sick relative (and dealing with all the stress that goes along with such a task), I wanted something fun and silly and light-hearted to read to leaven the seriousness of my ongoing work. I recalled seeing Louise Rennison's books back when I worked in a book store, and thought I'd track down the first in her series for my ereader. Well, that was not possible, since the publisher has decided to make only the third book (this one) and subsequent books available electronically. What's up with that? But none the less, I jumped in with this one even though I haven't read the first two.

After finishing this book, I'm not sure I need to have read the first two to get what's going on here. This is exactly what I was looking for: silly, light-hearted, and fun. The book, like all the books in the series, I presume, follows either the journal or the internal monologue (not quite sure which) of English teen Georgia Nicholson. Rennison captures the spastic, creative, unfocused inner monologue of a teen girl with eerie accuracy. I mean, no one should be surprised by this, since presumably Rennison was once a teen girl herself. I love the fact that the author didn't try to polish up the inner life of a teen-age girl. She told it true. So excellent.

Not as likeable was Georgia's selfishness. She's a funny character, but she's also a bit of a prick to her friend Jas. Jas seemed to be the only level-headed person in the entire ensemble of characters, yet Georgia frequently derided her and sometimes felt rather abusive in her approach to Jas. Too bad. It would have been easier to like Georgia if she would lay off her poor, sensible friend once in a while.

Nor did I like the abruptness of the ending. Even considering that this is a series, the end of the book seemed to fall out of the sky and thud on the ground, with not even a few sentences to wrap it up and prepare us for what may come in the next installment. I also disliked the constant use of timestamps. That made it hard to tell whether I was experiencing the thoughts of Georgia or some kind of diary. I really had no idea, and the timestamps quickly became a tired gimmick that I just skipped over in favor of reading the text.

All in all, it was a fun book and it did the job I needed it to do. I may pick up another, but if you're looking for anything other than simple, silly fun (good plot; deep, likeable characters) there are loads of other YA novels that will do that particular job much better.

Bonus information: My sister's name is Georgia and my (real) name is Libbie (Libby). This is the first time I've encountered two sisters with our names in fiction. Spooky. ...more

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Dec 11, 2016 Anna rated it liked it

Shelves: chick-lit, young-adult, romance, srac-2016, 2016

Oh no no no Georgia, don't you dare.

This isn't as funny or as much fun as the previous two books. Maybe I've overdosed on Georgia? Maybe three in one day was too much (or two much, hahaha). Sven was still funny and the girls were still ridiculous but the humour just wasn't as there, you know? (view spoiler) ...more

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Jul 15, 2014 Stephanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, young-adult, contemporary

4 Stupid & Hilarious Stars

And I knocked down the third book of this series. I'm going a little fast with these books, but its because no matter how kind of stupid they, I cannot put them down. Always laughing at her crazyness and I have even absorb some slang of her. Sacré bloody bleu!

"As I went through the door Angus made a desperate bid for freedom. He was fastened to the kitchen table leg, but that didn't stop him. He dragged the table along with him. It really made me laugh, because one min 4 Stupid & Hilarious Stars

And I knocked down the third book of this series. I'm going a little fast with these books, but its because no matter how kind of stupid they, I cannot put them down. Always laughing at her crazyness and I have even absorb some slang of her. Sacré bloody bleu!

"As I went through the door Angus made a desperate bid for freedom. He was fastened to the kitchen table leg, but that didn't stop him. He dragged the table along with him. It really made me laugh, because one minute Mum was eating her cornies on the table and the next minute the table and cornies were gone."

ANGUS! I swear that cat is even crazier than his owner, Georgia. It is a full character that it wouldn't surprise me if sometime it has lines and full on scenes. No matter how he is, Georgia loves him and we can see that he (on his way) loves her. And NO matter that Vati cut his cat parts, he is going to be a father!!!

"He says,'Well, I'm off then. I'm away laughing on a fast camel,'" And she absolutely pissed herself laughing. What is the matter with her?

The situation of Georgia in this book pissed me off a little, because she's been rambling about SG [sex god] from first book and NOW she is having second thoughts? Oh, please, Georgia, leave the poor Dave the Laugh away laughing on a fast camel and keep living your life with SG, because thats what you wanted.

“Dad leapt over the garden wall instead of going through the gate. Sadly he didn‘t do himself a severe injury, and so he lives to embarrass me to death another day.”

Of course, Georgia's family still cuckoo-cuckoo. Her dad is crazier than ever, but thank God her mom is more "normal". She isn't really paying too much attention to Georgia, but at least isn't bothering her. A question: Why does Libby keeps going from weird to weirder (if thats a word)? I mean, she is growing, so why not (at least) potty train her. Btw, about growing up... Is Georgia still 14yo? Because at least a year and a half has passed and she still 14? Damn! These books make me dumb, but then again laughing away on a fast camel in a nippy noodles day and dancing in my nuddy pants! ...more

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Apr 05, 2009 JennaK rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen-novels, brit-lit

I love these books. Yes, the main character is shallow and vain and quite self-absorbed, but most teenage girls are to a certain extent, right? I love that despite these things, Georgia remains a lovable character, and we get to see the chinks in her armour, as it were. She really does love her parents, even though most of the time they annoy her half to death and do things she finds appalling. You didn't feel like that as a teenager?! I did! She cares about her friends. She makes mistakes that ...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Sandy rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2011, fluff-i-love, favorite-character, chemistry-sigh

The humor in these books is unparalleled. Do not read in public unless you want to be laughing like a loon for all to see. Georgia is so endearingly oblivious to her self-centered, superficial, player ways. From her lines about her Vati to her tales of Angus the Scottish half-Labrador cat to her boy-crazy musings, I just can't put these books down.

Dave the Laugh is my favorite YA mate of all time, and one of my favorite Dave the Laugh scenes is in this book. (Oh, that clown nose!)

However, am I t ...more

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Nov 04, 2013 Zoë rated it really liked it

I love Georgia Nicolson's voice so much. This series is so entertaining and light hearted. Definitely a good read for this busy month as it is a quick and easy read!

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Sep 28, 2015 Jess 📚 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I love Dave the Laugh forever.

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Jun 06, 2019 Angelo Herrington rated it liked it

I thought the book was insanely funny in some parts. I think a possible theme for this book would either be love or friendship. I would choose these themes because in the beginning Georgia talks about her friends and even though in some parts of the book she gets mad or annoyed because of them they still are there for each other. Love could possibly be a good theme because she is dating someone that she really likes and he is in the book a lot like when they talk on the phone or in person or whe ...more

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Jan 27, 2020 Acheron rated it really liked it

So much hilariosity

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Aug 22, 2019 Hannah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-read, contemp-romance-literary-fic, rereads

I reread this to take my mind off things and have a good laugh. It did just that - a lot funnier than I remember it being!

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Sep 15, 2007 Debbie rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: all

Shelves: young-adult-lit

The books in this hilarious series (American titles):

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex-God
Knocked Out by My Nunga Nungas
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
Startled by His Furry Shorts
Love is a Many Trousered Thing
? (It's the series that never ends!)

Georgia Nicolson is a self-absorbed, British teenager who keeps a diary detailing her life in all its glorious angst(think Bridget Jones for teen ...more

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Jun 20, 2016 Gina rated it liked it

3.5 stars again!

God damnit, actually Georgia is such a bad friend, incredibly disrespectful towards her father and ridiculously self-centred it is disgusting hhahah. Yet still I cannot tear myself away from these books.

I think it's because I love the movie so much that I just am eager to know what happens. Although there are so many differences. I just realised that in the book Tom is younger than Robbie whereas in the movie they're twins. Also in the movie I love Georgia and Jas's friendship ...more

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Dec 29, 2009 Emily rated it really liked it

Oh my goodness, Georgia is hilarious! Her journal starts right back where she left us banned from school and a Sex God's girlfriend. I think the best part of this is her ridiculous thoughts and sentences. And the fact that she is SO selfish that I don't think her friend Jas (who she talks to a lot) ever gets a full sentence in!

In the ever mind changing pace of a teenager, while Georgia is so happy to be SG's girlfriend (swoon, and let us think about the snogging) she also may possibly like Dave ...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Alahna rated it really liked it

Shelves: yr-mg-ya-na, realistic-ish-fiction, 2017-reads, 2012-and-before, multiple-readings, 2013-reads

There are books that are meant to inspire you and to open your mind to new ideas. The characters always learn some incredibly important life lesson and become a better person by the end of the story. This is not one of those books.

Georgia is incredibly shallow and vain and she stays that way for the entire book (and series for that matter). And that is fine by me. She is 15 and, while not a great role model, a pretty accurate representation of a 15 year old girl. Well at least 15 year olds that ...more

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Jun 29, 2014 Sofia rated it liked it

I laughed so hard while reading this one. Libbie is my spirit animal, I just love her.

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Jan 27, 2017 Gabby rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

reread

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Apr 13, 2017 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Funny and dramtic insight to the life of a teenage girl :') love louise rennisons books !!!

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Jan 02, 2020 Dinnu Reads Books rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Georgia is insaner than ever and the plot thickens! Fun book to read when having a bit of a reading slump! 😉

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Nov 14, 2007 Heather rated it liked it

Shelves: teen

still hilarious, but Georgia is starting to get on my nerves.

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