Knocked out by my nunga nungas

"Jas said, "Well, what happened?"
And I said, "Well, it was beyond marvy. We talked and snogged and then he made me a sandwich and we snogged and then he played me a record and then we snogged."
"So it was like…"
"Yeah… a snogging fest."
"Sacré bleu!" Jas looked like she was thinking which is a) unusual and b) scary
. I said, "But then this weird thing happened. He had his hands on my waist, standing behind me."
"Oo-er…"
"D-accord. Anyway, I turned round and he sort of leaped out of the way like two short leaping things."
"Was he dancing?"
"No… I think he was frightened of being knocked out by my nunga-nungas…" Then we both laughed like loons on loon tablets (i.e. A LOT)."

concerns Georgia’s enthusiasm for snogging, the details how to snog (for example, whether it is best to use lip-gloss or lipstick or both if you know you will be snogging later on), and where her friends and their boyfriends are on the snogging scale. The snogging scale starts at 1 (holding hands), going through 4 (kiss lasting over three minutes without a breath) and 7 (upper body fondling – indoors (in bed)) to 10 (the full monty). The rest of the book is devoted to the family holiday to Scotland, or “Och aye land” as she calls it, and her cat Angus, who continues to run amok in their neighborhood, even after Georgia’s father insists on taking him to the vet for an operation causing irreparable damage to his masculinity. Although Georgia is not a great student, and shows no more respect for her parents than Bart Simpson, she seems pretty healthy in her growing confidence about her relationships with boys and her friendships with girls. Her greatest strength is her use of language, since it is both very funny and evocative. Although Americans may be slightly baffled by her words (helpfully, there is a glossary at the back of the book for the perplexed), at least Anglophiles will take great pleasure in Georgia’s rantings.


*****/***** Excellent !

The pact-Jodie Picoult

The Hartes and the Golds have been friends for years, and their children, Chris Harte and Emily Gold, grew up together from the day they were born. When Chris and Emily started dating, everyone was happy. Wouldn't it be great if the children of two inseparable families got married, had children, and grew old together? That became impossible when Emily came to the hospital, shot to death, and, according to Chris, they had a suicide pact. But is this the truth? Was Emily really suicidal, and, if so, why did her parents not suspect it at all? As Chris is in on trial for murder, the two once inseparable families suddenly become great enemies.
The thing I like best in Jodi Picoult's novel is that they always ask powerful questions about family, life, and love. The thing I like the least in her novels is that they're always full of legal jargon that I find it difficult to understand. In this book, like in many others from Picoult, there's a trial at the centre of the narrative: the trial that will decide whether Chris is guilty of his girlfriend's murder.

I found The Pact an very interesting book. The characters are well set and feel real. , with frequent flashbacks between "Now"  and "Then" ). I liked this book very much, and would recommend it.
but I felt that there was a lot lacking to make this a solid GOOD book. In my opinion, though this book was supposed to be a drama/love story, it severely lacked drama.
***/*****

Stop in the name of pants!

Watch out, mates! Georgia Nicolson has returned, and she definitely hasn't learned from her past mistakes.
Aside from trying to survive in the woods with all the creatures and (apparently) pigs roaming around, Georgia just got herself in a pickle when Dave the Laugh/Tart ended up kissing her when she fell. What makes it even worse, besides the fact that Dave has a girlfriend, is that Georgia just so happened to have recently become the girlfriend of the Italian Stallion.
It's a good thing that Massimo is miles away, because he would have gone bonkers if he found out what had happened. It's another thing that he hasn't called ever since he left.
Sure, she is stuck with two potential boyfriends, but what else is knew? Georgia must choose between the two before she ends up all by herself.
Aside from her boy troubles, her Mutti and Vati are continuing to fight and it's getting even worse, especially when Vati is changing his appearance into something no one should ever have to lay their eyes on. And before going back to Stalag 14, Georgia must have the best time ever with her mates, hopefully using most of her time not thinking about who she needs to choose between.
Who knew someone like Georgia could get into even more trouble? Wait, we all did!
The previous novels in the series have been absolutely hilarious, and STOP IN THE NAME OF PANTS! is no exception. The laughs keep on coming in this installment, and Georgia is crazier than ever. A series that you could never get tired of, it should come with a caution note on it: Warning, may cause hysterical laughter and odd looks from passerby when read in public!
5/5

Friday night knitting club -Kate jacobs

First ideas you get when you see this book ,boring and apealing for old crippled ladys but infact this book is quite the opisite .Set in new york a single mother named georgia walker and her daughter dakota live in and run a cosy yarn shop called walker & daughter.
 Every  friday geaorgia invites all her costumers and friends to a " friday night knitting club" where they share there love for knitting and also have a litttle  gossip about there lifes
   
Each of the women faces challenges over the course of the novel. Darwin, whose husband is doing his residency far from New York, struggles with pinning down her dissertation topic, missing her husband, and contemplating starting a family. Peri grapples with starting her own line of felted purses and abandoning law school. Unexpectedly pregnant Lucie must decide whether to put her successful career on hold or try to juggle work and motherhood. Anita, Georgia's mentor, begins to develop feelings for Marty, the owner of the deli next door to the shop. And Cat, newly separated, must figure out how to mend an old friendship and how to fend for herself, abandoning her identity as a high-society housewife. Finally, Dakota must navigate the rapids of adolescence under the watchful eyes of the women of the club.

When Georgia falls ill, the members of the club rally around her. They shore up the store so that her legacy can continue and, most important, they provide a loving environment for Dakota

 This book is funny ,sad and uplifting

I give it  *** /*****
 (This book contains strong language)

From gangland to promised land- greg watts and John pridmor

This book is the autobiography of John Pridmore, a gangster turned Christian. John's life starts crumbling when his parents get divorced. Aged only 11,  soon sets out on a life of crime, starting with shoplifting and ending with drug dealing and intimidation.He soon starts to work for a man called Bull dog where he finds him self doing dodgy jobs and becoming increasinly violent ,where most days finds himself wound up in a cellar at the local police station.  Aged 27 he has everything: a lot of money, women, cars, and the respect of his peers. One night, working as a doorman in a night-club, he knocks a young man unconscious,beleving he has killed the yaund lad he flee's to his lonley stale flat where he sundenly finds the Spirit of God has sent him a calling .From there the light shines on Johns life where he ditches all the crime glam life and opts for  church and retrites in the high hills of scotland where he changed many peoples life and still carries on doing so.
I would recomend this book for anyone looking for a change Its a book that maybe you would not find so interesting but great once you get stuck in.
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