Georgia Nicolson, Atremis Fowl, and The House of Many Ways

I've read an awful lot of books since my last reveiw, so I thought it was about time I picked that back up with a few of my more recent reads. Starting with my fabbity-fab-fab promise.

Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
I've now read all 9 of the Georgia Nicolson series, so instead of reveiwing one in particular, or each individually, I'll just do the series in general in one go. When I first saw the title "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging", I figured this book would be like all of the other girly books available. Something like Gossip Girl, or The Au Pairs... something that I would not be interested in. But when I found out that one of my more sensible friends had read it, I decided to try it out, and I was much more than pleasantly surprised. I fell head-over-heels for the series. Georgia's way of describing things, her crazy little sister Libby, her parent's nonchanance, and the easily despisable Wet Lindsay stole my heart. Not to mention the fact that most of it actually happened to Rennison, and the romantic aspects of the novels. One thing that slightly annoyed me was Georgia's inability to see that Dave the Laugh is the perfect guy for her, although it did make Georgia's occasional run-ins with Dave even better. It's also one of the reasons that I particularily enjoyed "Love is a Many Trousered Thing". I heard that "Stop in the Name of Pants!" would be the last book in the series, but I haven't seen any evidence for it, and the book didn't end any differently than any of the other ones, so, I cannot wait for the next one to come out! I have mixed feelings about going to see the movie however. I know that Loise Rennison helped write the script, and that it is only loosely based on the first two books, but I really don't want my mental images of the book to be muddled by the movie... although I hear it is really good, and when your 20 year old, gothic friend who is a boy wants to see it, you know it's got appeal. I have time to decide though, because even though the movie has been in theatres in the UK for a few weeks, there is no release date for Canada or the USA yet.
To see the trailers or check out release dates, this is the movies website: http://www.angusthongsmovie.com/

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer does it again! Another great addition to the Artemis Fowl series with The Time Paradox. Once the plot starts rolling, it doesn't stop, which makes it a book that's hard to put down, with cunning and wit that keep the reader loving it! I don't want to say too much about the book, because I think it's easy to reveal, but I can say that Artemis is as sly as ever, and lemurs (don't) abound!

The House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The third book in the series that started with Howl's Moving Castle, The House of Many Ways does not dissapoint. My main complaints though, is that, the main character, Charmain, got on my nerves a bit, she was so... snobby, and just as in Castle in the Sky, there wasn't enough of Howl and Sophie! I want more! Overall though, it really was an excellent book, with a fabulous ending that keeps you hooked 'til the last page of the book, and the annoyingly cute character of Twinkle that stole my heart.