The secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 and 3/4

The secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 and 3/4 by Sue Townsend is one of my favorite books which i have read. I came across it at a car boot sale and bought it for a mere 50p. I have yet to read it and not have a smile on my face.

Here's a brief summary of the book:

Adrian Mole is a worrier. The problems of existence hit him hard. Spots, bits of him that won't seem to keep still, the parents' marriage, all prey heavily on his mind. There are some consolations. A fourteen-year-old feminist, an eighty-nine-year-old chain smoker and his spoilt best friend all help to lift the gloomy introspection of Mole's moods.

Mole believes he is an intellectual. He is certainly a poet. He buys strikingly coloured stationery on which to write his poems and send them to the B.B.C. He is dogged by ill health as well as by an infuriatingly ever-present pet dog, and by a catalogue of misfortunes familiar to anyone over the age of thirteen.

I would highly recommend a read, as it is sure to brighten your day.

I leave you today with a song from The New Pornographers: