Cute, but not as good as the Georgia Nicholson series. I'll definitely be reading the next one to see if it picks up, since it's got promise.

Louise Rennison doesn't disappoint with her fun YA selections, this one about a girl with basically 8-ft long legs who's participating in a summer theater course (instead of being forced to eat butterfly sandwiches made by her charming little brother). I enjoyed reading it, especially her exploration of her own humor and learning to stand up for herself. So it's a fluffy selection for any girl in her pre- or actual teens.

This book was just what I needed while home sick with a cold. Frank, awkward British humor is like warm soup to me, for some reason. Louise Rennison's Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging was one of the few teen novels I actually read as a teenager, and I am sooo glad she's back with a new series!

Tallulah is just as honest about the awkwardness of growing up as her cousin Georgia is -- the biggest difference between the two of them is that Tallulah is attending a performing arts summer program in Yorkshire. So, basically, combine the following elements, and you get Withering Tights:

1. The clash of city and country culture
2. A bunch of dramatic performing arts girls
3. Britishness. So. Much. Britishness. You have to read this book in your head in a British accent.
4. A boys' school down the road
5. Crazy theatre teachers
6. Knobbly knees

The combined result is just...hilarious and warm and funny and great. I love how Lullah sees the world, and I really hope she eventually ends up with Alex. 'Cause he's dreamy. Next time I get a cold I'm reading A Midsummer Tights Dream :-D This feels a lot like a British version of Ruby Oliver.

this book is hilariously funny and a must-read, definitely a good book to start the new year! I was recommended this by a friend an d I loved it!

3.5 stars

Crazy. This book is pure crazy. And funny at times. NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. This book took all my expectation and threw it out the window and had me jaw dropped so many times. Dear God, the situations Tallulah was CRRRAAAAZZZZYYYY EMMBARRAAASSSING! I did wish it developed a bit more on the romance side, and honestly I got REALLY confused it the beginning with all the British talk, but hey, you adapt. Although Tallulah was a total girl (which I kinda don't really enjoy reading about..) I could see her character right through, no confusions, and totally see what made her Tallulah and all her other friends were fun to read about too :) The setting was also great and funny in it's own sense, and overall just a fun wacko out there book to read about.

a classic case of "It's not you, book, it's me."

I didn't like the main character. Her habitual need to lie, to obsess about whether she has "conkers" and if she will ever have a boyfriend.
her move to a school was nonsensical and for a silly, funny book - I didn't laugh once.

Me and this book were never meant to get along. If you like [b:Bridget Jones's Diary|227443|Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)|Helen Fielding|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1292060045s/227443.jpg|3185154] or the like, then you'll probably love this one.

Giggled my way thought this, as I do all her books

I love Louise Rennison - the Georgia series kept me entertained for years. This was cute, I especially appreciated the little Georgiaisms she tossed to the reader but didn't think it was all that fantastic. A little too similar to the Georgia books.

I didn't finish this the first time I tried to read it, but listening to the audiobook (read by the author) made me enjoy the book a lot more. It was great to be able to hear all the Yorkshire accents, and while this was not as funny as the early Georgia Nicholson books, it still had a few chuckle-worthy moments.

Good for younger/more immature teen girls, especially those with an interest in theatre, and Wuthering Heights.