Adrian Mole

[boris]

hey guys ;)

I have just started reading the first book of Adrian Mole and Love it!
have any of you read it? what do you think of it, I love reading it :lol:

[Kell]

I LOVE the Adrain Mole books! I think I've read the first 3 of them. They're so funny - guaranteed to entice a giggle from the most straight-faced person. Everyone who's been a teenager (& everyone who will soon be one!) can easily identify with his trials & tribulations, which makes it all the funnier because it's all so real!

[Lilywhite]

I've grown up reading Adrian Mole. These books are fantastic, I love the humour.

[Mia]

That's a coincidence - I just posted the first Adrian Mole title in the "Never Ending Book Titles" game!

I love Adrian Mole! I've read all the books. The most recent aren't quite as good, but they're still good. Sue Townsend is a wonderful writer. I loved The Queen and I too. :)

[Maureen]

I love them too. I wrote about these books here somewhere..............

[Mia]

I wonder if any of our non-UK members have read and enjoyed these? I think they're wonderful, but I wonder how well they translate, as the humour is so British. You really have to know what Townsend is referring to in order to find them so hilarious.

[Casper the friendly goat]

I just started the whole series over again. They really are classics.

[Maureen]

I wonder if any of our non-UK members have read and enjoyed these? I think they're wonderful, but I wonder how well they translate, as the humour is so British. You really have to know what Townsend is referring to in order to find them so hilarious.
I have, and I have:tong: , but i'm sure I missed some "British only" jokes. (and mostly political innuendo)

[scottishbookworm]

I've not read adrian mole in years

[beef]

I love Adrian Mole books, I read them when I was young and they are partly what got me into reading, I always laugh when I think about the Adrian Mole cappuccino years and his boss puts up a sign that excludes almost anyone from the building and Adrian see's a woman who fills almost every category crying.

[Gyre]

I survived my teenage years with Adrian Mole, brilliantly funny! just great books :)

[kb.marsh]

I really enjoyed these books :lol:

[Ruth]

I have all of them, having read them years ago. This thread makes me want to read them again!

[frankie]

I wonder if any of our non-UK members have read and enjoyed these? I think they're wonderful, but I wonder how well they translate, as the humour is so British. You really have to know what Townsend is referring to in order to find them so hilarious.

I've read them all about 3-4 times in my teens, and I just bought the first three volumes cause I found them cheap and read them again. They're wonderful and make me laugh every time :D

[Bella]

I remember getting the first 2 books together as a birthday present when I was in my early teens - I was so annoyed as I thought my auntie chose them as a way of saying that I was an irritating teenager :roll:

I really loved them though and have read the whole series - really great books and I love the way that Adrian's life has not turned out predictably :lol:

* hated the tv series though!

[FishAndChips]

I read the first two in my teens. Must read the other ones some day.

[technohead]

I read this book when I was 13, loved it. I even decided to write my own diary after, which lasted a few months, makes me crack up and very embarrassed when I read it now! :blush:

[Sedge]

The books are great and I loved the TV series.

[Mia]

I've just re-read the first three in the series and really enjoyed them, even though I could remember most of what was going to happen and the punchlines. I'm not as familiar with the last two (I think I've only read them once) so they should be even better, being unfamiliar.

I quite liked the TV series, though the theme tune (sung by Ian Dury if I remember correctly) is very annoying and occasionally gets stuck in my head even now!

[FishAndChips]

I didn't like the TV series so much. I think they made him too nerdy.