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293rd out of 897 books
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1,710 voters
Confessions of a Not It Girl
by
Melissa Kantor (Goodreads Author)
Jan Miller is a senior in high school who’s convinced she is destined to lead the world’s least fabulous life. Her college application deadlines are looming and her French homework is taunting her. And she never seems to say the right thing around guys, unlike her best It Girl friend who knows the moves and lines to catch an older, adorable, sophisticated boyfriend. But Ja...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
May 1st 2006
by Disney-Hyperion
(first published April 1st 2004)
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ugh. i slogged through this simply because i'm almost physically unable to give up on a book once i start, and i kept thinking, "it has to get better than this. seriously."
unfortunately, no. the main character is annoying as hell, her best friend is a carbon copy of every other new york-based YA/chicklit socialite, and there isn't even any real interesting growth going on. not to mention, my guilty pleasures are those name-dropping chicklit books, and this only really referenced shopping at barn...more
unfortunately, no. the main character is annoying as hell, her best friend is a carbon copy of every other new york-based YA/chicklit socialite, and there isn't even any real interesting growth going on. not to mention, my guilty pleasures are those name-dropping chicklit books, and this only really referenced shopping at barn...more
Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor was a very good book. Its about a girl named Yuan(she pronounces Jan), who's a senior in high school that happens to have a best friend who's a rich model. The whole book talks about her crushes, complicated life as a senior, and tells her story of being a not it girl. The message of the book is that you need to try to be the best you can be.
My favorite character in the book is her crush Josh because of his personality. He stands up for what he bel...more
My favorite character in the book is her crush Josh because of his personality. He stands up for what he bel...more
Confessions of a Not It Girl, is about a girl named Jan Miller. She hates her name because it's pronounced "Yahn". Her parents named her after an artist. Jan is really jealous of her best friend Rebecca. Rebecca is pretty, rich, and an 'It Girl". She was even on a magazine cover. Jan is a normal teenage girl that is in love with a boy named Josh who just moved back from Seattle. Jan babysits his little sister, so she gets to see him alot. At first, he liked her, and she thought he was gross. The...more
An insecure teenage girl named Jan feels plain, dull, and unoriginal, especially next to her best friend Rebecca, who happens to be a beautiful, well manicured "it girl" celebrity (of course). Jan, torn between major crushes on two popular classmates, eventually narrows her sights to Josh, the handsome son of her mother's friend.. who, of course, appears to be uninterested.
If it sounds like a story you've heard a billion times, it's likely because it really is. There's nothing particularly uniqu...more
If it sounds like a story you've heard a billion times, it's likely because it really is. There's nothing particularly uniqu...more
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So what did I just read? It felt like I read a fifth grade book when its meant to be obviously for young adults. Confessions of a Not It Girl was a very confusing book. I mean I don't even KNOW what the hell her confessions were. Really. And the book was a stupid twister of words and it was childish. I mean it felt like reading some little teenager story that had no sense at all. Jan was such a messed up girl who whined a lot and just didn't know what to do. And the little romance parts do...more
So what did I just read? It felt like I read a fifth grade book when its meant to be obviously for young adults. Confessions of a Not It Girl was a very confusing book. I mean I don't even KNOW what the hell her confessions were. Really. And the book was a stupid twister of words and it was childish. I mean it felt like reading some little teenager story that had no sense at all. Jan was such a messed up girl who whined a lot and just didn't know what to do. And the little romance parts do...more
"Confessions of a Not It Girl" is a contemporay nonfiction book about a girl that tries everything in her senior year of high school just to try and become known. She is followed by homework that needs to be done and can never get the guy she wants. Unlike her best friend that all the guys love and all the girls love to hate. The book is geared towards the young adult ages, basically the intermediate to adult.
I gave this book a rating of 3 stars. Yes, we all know how it is to be the girl that d...more
I gave this book a rating of 3 stars. Yes, we all know how it is to be the girl that d...more
I wavered between three and three-and-a-half stars on this one, but in the end decided on a solid three. There were things about this book that I really liked--Melissa Kantor's dry sense of humor really cracks me up, for one. Jan's imaginary dramas were a cute touch, though eventually they did get to be a bit much. (I'm normally totally in favor of denial and living in an elaborate fantasy world, but they just seemed to go too far, even for a high school senior.) Jan's comments and asides are of...more
Honestly, I could not wait until I finished reading this book. And it wasn’t because it was really good; it was mostly because I found it horrible. I mean the main character Jan puts herself down because her best friend is named an “It Girl” in this major magazine but she walks around thinking that she’s pretty much irresistible to all guys. When I got to the end, I was pretty much not surprised by the ending. I mean don’t get me wrong, some of the stuff in this novel was actually pretty funny b...more
I read this in a matter of just a couple hours. The only reason I finished it is because I hate not finishing a book. Everything that happened in it was rather lame and the ending was cheesy as all get out. I don't suggest this book to anyone older than junior high.
Confessions of a Not It Girl is a book about a girl named Jan Miller. She is in high school and is going through tough times. Her love life is messed up and she isn't the most fashionable girl around. She is also having trouble getting into colleges and now her life just seems like a bum. I thought that this book was quite boring. I really didn't care about what was going on through Jan's life and I really didn't care about her crushes. This book was just overall bad and I would only recommend i...more
For most of the book,ci was completely annoyed. Well, not by Nick and surprisingly not by Rebecca but by no other than the not it girl. I liked how the plot is simple enough so that it was clear and not so intricate to the point of being a throw-to-the-wall worthy read because oft how difficult it can be. I like most of the characters, the push (well, it's a term I coined out just recently for books that don't hold back on the real situation), and the pairing (even though I could've sworn she'd...more
This book is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I'm not sure if it's because I needed something that wasn't overly heavy and dark or what, but it was funny and witty and pretty believable to. Well, I'm not sure if a senior in high school could have made ALL of those intelligent and witty quotes and whatnot, but it was delivered in such a funny and believable way I didn't mind. I actually snorted while reading this book, causing my boyfriend to look at me strangely when I did.
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Confessions of a Not It Girl, by Melissa Kantor, is about an insecure high-school senior girl named Jan. As Jan faces the insecurities involved with having a best friend who was voted, It Girl of the week, by one of the most popular teen magazines, she finds herself falling in love with a new guy at school. Being the brother of the little girl she babysits, Jan's crush encounters Jan on a nearly day-to-day basis. Throughout the story, Jan lives her unexciting New York City life in her townhouse...more
Jan (pronounced "Yahn" as in Jan van Eyck) Miller's life is anything but glamorous, especially compared to the life of Rebecca, her bonafide "It Girl" best friend. "Confessions of a Not It Girl," Melissa Kantor's debut novel, follows Jan as she tries to make her mark despite her very non-it-girl life.
That isn't to say Jan's life is rough. A senior at Lawrence Academy in Brooklyn, Jan lives with her parents in their private brownstone and spends weekends gallivanting about town with Rebecca. Jan...more
That isn't to say Jan's life is rough. A senior at Lawrence Academy in Brooklyn, Jan lives with her parents in their private brownstone and spends weekends gallivanting about town with Rebecca. Jan...more
CONFESSIONS OF A NOT IT GIRL follows the story of Jan Miller and her misadventures in and out of love on the high school scene. She is your typical boy-crazy girl who may be more in love with love than any actual boy she meets. But then again, she is young. She has all the time in the world to mature and learn some hard lessons. I really liked Confessions of A Not It Girl. It was funny. It was entertaining. It was just so right in that light-hearted m&m's way. The book's central focus is on...more
This book was a great way of learning not to rush things with your private lives. I enjoyed this book very much, because I got to imagine and learn how Yahn Miller really liked this guy named Josh who doesn’t recognize her. While she tries to earn his attention, she asked her best friends opinion on how to get him who's an it girl compared to yahn. Finally, as yahn gives up and stops chasing after Josh he goes after her in a heart beat and then they fall in love.
I did not like this one nearly as much as the other Melissa Kantor books I've read lately, but this was her first book and so it's clear she has improved a lot.
Jan really got on my nerves. Her inner snark was not funny or enjoyable like the author's other protagonists were, it was just annoying. I might have liked this more had I read it first, but knowing how great her books get later made me very disappointed in this one.
Jan really got on my nerves. Her inner snark was not funny or enjoyable like the author's other protagonists were, it was just annoying. I might have liked this more had I read it first, but knowing how great her books get later made me very disappointed in this one.
Well this is how I feel about Jan and Josh's relantionship
And if they would have never gotten together, I would have cried and been mad!
And if they would have never gotten together, I would have cried and been mad!
Confessions of a Not It Girl was a great book by Melissa Kantor. In the book Jan the main character falls in love with her old friend Josh. Yet she thinks that Josh likes Leslie a girl from his old school. While Jan is crushing on guys her age her best friend is falling for her dads newest employ. I loved this book and all the characters in it. All girls would love this book if they enjoy realistic fiction.
Reviewed by Rebecca C.
A girl who is trying to find love but keeps putting herself down because she doesn't have the perfect New York body and her "fairytale" love scene.
The book was interesting because it was relatable because it points out that we all focus on our flaws while other people don't make such a big deal about them.
A girl who is trying to find love but keeps putting herself down because she doesn't have the perfect New York body and her "fairytale" love scene.
The book was interesting because it was relatable because it points out that we all focus on our flaws while other people don't make such a big deal about them.
Just another one of those extremely predictable stories about a loser girl who has a popular best friend, while trying to connect the thin strings of a faint love connection. But all the while enjoyable even though i knew what was coming; the author really knows how to speak from a teenage point of view.
How can a girl who is written up in "Cosmo" as this season's "It Girl" and a girl who can't form a complete, coherent sentence in front of the guy she likes be best friends? Well they are. One is seducing her dad's employees and one is waiting for her baby-sitting charge to make the first move for her.
It's cliche, with the traditional happy ending, but cute. If you are looking for a nice light read, pick this one up.
It's cliche, with the traditional happy ending, but cute. If you are looking for a nice light read, pick this one up.
Not a good book for young adults. Jan is applying to Amherst, yet she comes off as a stupid and shallow teenager who doesn't care about the world around her, let alone her own family. Honestly, I hated the character by the end of the book. Not someone I would want teenagers looking up to.
Confessions of a Not-It Girl started out quite well and the characters were interesting. Unfortunately, as the story progressed, the characters weren't as interesting. I felt that Jan and Rebecca were overly caught up in boys and I became tired of their antics.
Jul 19, 2010
Christy ramirez
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
teenage girls
Recommended to Christy by:
my sister
this has to be my favorite book of all time, it was ridiculously funny, and i enjoyed this book so much. just thinking about it, makes me want to laugh. oh how i adore this book, every teenager out there should read it. i absolutely recommend this book!!!!!!!!!
The proper title of this story is Confession of an Insecure Girl :D
Though she's not an It girl, it doesn't mean that she should lack confidence.
What I like in this story is the way Jan fantasize about her crush. She's so assuming!! Good thing she can recover from her dreams. :D
Though she's not an It girl, it doesn't mean that she should lack confidence.
What I like in this story is the way Jan fantasize about her crush. She's so assuming!! Good thing she can recover from her dreams. :D
I liked this book but I hated the ending!!!Yeah Jan and Josh ended up being together but it just wasn't the ending i expected!it was just so boring and not exciting!I also feel like the whole book was pretty good and it all came down to that ending!ugh!
1. it is definently Chick-Lit.
2. it has some language between the halfway point and the end.
3. it has different kind of imagination scenes where she pictures he crush telling her that he loves her.
4. it is a pretty short book
2. it has some language between the halfway point and the end.
3. it has different kind of imagination scenes where she pictures he crush telling her that he loves her.
4. it is a pretty short book
Confessions of a Not It Girl has an awesome combination of a funny and charming protagonist, laugh-out-loud situations, and a cute but quite stereotypical love interest. I loved Jan and her scripted scenarios, but often times, her obsession over Josh made her unbearably annoying. However, her energy and wit made up for it.
This is a story told in the first person about a teenage girl dealing with all those things that seventeen year old girls deal with-college applications, boys, friendships, and parents. Jan is a girl who has many insecurities and one of them includes her best friend. Rebecca was featured in Chic magazine as the "It Girl". Jan struggles to find out who she is and how to find love through those insecurities.
Well, as it looks, it is very much a teenage novel. I would say that it appeals to the you...more
Well, as it looks, it is very much a teenage novel. I would say that it appeals to the you...more
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