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August 1st 2005
by HarperTrophy
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Paperback, 320 pages
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0060096187
(isbn13: 9780060096182)
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High school junior Jenny Greenley is so good at keeping secrets that she's the school newspaper's anonymous advice columnist. She's so good at it t...more
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Read in January, 2005
recommends it for:
anyone who doesn't mind Christianity-bashing
I borrowed this from a friend a few years back.
The story was pretty predictable, and the main character had a very similar voice to all of Cabot's characters - which makes sense, as all of Cabot's characters (teen or adult) have HER voice.
A light, fluffy story, which I would have given three stars if it weren't for one small fact:
Cabot hates Christians. This has always been apparent from her blog postings on her fansite. But there is a part in this novel, where a girl writes to the ...more
The story was pretty predictable, and the main character had a very similar voice to all of Cabot's characters - which makes sense, as all of Cabot's characters (teen or adult) have HER voice.
A light, fluffy story, which I would have given three stars if it weren't for one small fact:
Cabot hates Christians. This has always been apparent from her blog postings on her fansite. But there is a part in this novel, where a girl writes to the ...more
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Read in August, 2007
UPDATE: Finished this on my way to work this morning. Overall, not a huge fan. I do think it partially had to do with the fact that the girl's voice really annoyed me, but overall, I just didn't enjoy the story all that much. It wasn't horrible, but it just wasn't my cup of tea at all. I'm wondering if her other books are better...
I am actually listening to this book in the car right now, because I went out of town this weekend and the CD I made didn't work. So I went to the library to get a...more
I am actually listening to this book in the car right now, because I went out of town this weekend and the CD I made didn't work. So I went to the library to get a...more
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Read in February, 2008
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River, Jordan, christen,
Very good. Please try it! I loved it. Girl next door gets to be a movie star's school guide, discovers her love has been with her all along.
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Read in June, 2006
recommends it for:
those who like fun, not-so-sappy reads.
This can be likened to a fantasy book, as it's kind of far-fetched. However, it was written quite well; that's why this is my favorite of Meg Cabot's books. I found myself laughing at almost every page. It has nice sub-plots and I liked how Luke helped Jenny realize she was more than just "mayonnaise," although I didn't like how it had to take a movie star to make her realize so. Other than that, I have no other complaint. The ending wasn't that predictable, but a bit too fast-paced, p...more
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Jenny Greenly has been everybody's best friend or, like her REAL best friend called her, mayonnaise. She even helps out people with them not knowing it's her. You see, Jen is the secret advisor, Annie, who people go to to solve their personal relationships. She does the layout and the other secret thing (being Annie) for the Clayton High School Register in Clayton, Indiana. Of course, only the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and a few other administra...more
Jenny Greenly has been everybody's best friend or, like her REAL best friend called her, mayonnaise. She even helps out people with them not knowing it's her. You see, Jen is the secret advisor, Annie, who people go to to solve their personal relationships. She does the layout and the other secret thing (being Annie) for the Clayton High School Register in Clayton, Indiana. Of course, only the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and a few other administra...more
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Jenny Greenly was just a regular High School girl who everyone knows her as "everybody's best friend" meanwhile Jenny has a another secrete position in the school newspaper as Ask Annie where people sends letters to her to ask for advises. Until the day that she was ask to being in charged with the biggest secret of her life where principle believes she could handle it. Teen Heart throb Luke Sriker is coming to her school to research a role in which he will act later on in his up comin...more
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Can a young adult book that isn't from the Twilight series really be marked as 5 stars? Yes! This book was a fun, cute, adorable book that was a thoroughly enjoyable read. In it, Jen (who is liked by everyone in the hard world of high school) is tested when she is challenged to show around the new student in the school (who is really the most famous movie star heart throb about). She's the only one in school who knows his secret and he ends up confronting her apathy towards how high school i...more
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this story will make any star struck girls day. this story is about a girl who is forced to help out this movie star who comes to her school and in the end finds out some pretty interesting facts about this star.
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i really liked this novel... a girl explores a different side of her and begins to like it :)
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i have it but I want to start Breaking dawn and finish snowed in
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this is a super cheezie hard to put down book, i love it!
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This book is about a high school junior Jenny Greenley. Jenny Greenley is very good at solving other people's problem that she became the anonymous advice columnist in the school newspaper. But once it gets to her own problem she could never solve it. I really like this book about I like Meg Cabot's book. All her books are mostly about high school student and some of the problem that they face in school and outside of school. Some of the problems written in the book are promblems that students i...more
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Read in November, 2008
I liked this book so much more than Princess Diaries (even though I've only read the first one). The voice was so authentic and pretty different from the other books I've read of Meg Cabot's, but I can see why some people say it sounds the same because there are some similarities. Anyway, I loved how Jen made the change from being someone who takes care of everyone else to someone who is just a really good friend without feeling like she needs to babysit everyone. And I loved the e...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
Anybody who likes Meg Cabot and books about teen troubles
This book was actually pretty good. This is actually the first book that I have ever read by Meg Cabot. At first I didn't think that I would like it, but as soon as I got to page 56, I got interested in it. Throughout the book, there were a section before each chapter called "Dear Annie" and it was like an advice column that the main character (Jenny) wrote and answered questions, some of the questions in the book related to me, I didn't think that they would've been questions in there...more
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it is said in the web's review: High school junior Jenny Greenley is so good at keeping secrets that she's the school newspaper's anonymous advice columnist. She's so good at it that, when hotter-than-hot Hollywood star Luke Striker comes to her small town to research a role, Jenny is the one in charge of keeping his identity under wraps. But Luke doesn't make it easy, and soon everyone -- the town, the paparazzi, and the tabloids alike -- know his secret ... and Jenny is caught right in the mid...more
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Read in March, 2008
Another great YA book by Meg Cabot. The only thing that bothered me about this book is that the main character, Jenny Greenly, is "girl next door" beautiful, and I think it'd be nice for once to have a protagonist that does all the great things Jenny does but that's more average looking like, well, most of us.
Aside from that, the book delivers a wide array of characters that are fun to meet and get to know. This is a great story for teens or anybody.
Aside from that, the book delivers a wide array of characters that are fun to meet and get to know. This is a great story for teens or anybody.
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Read in November, 2007
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Girls
I like Meg Cabots books,yes they may be unrealistic (its fiction people i dosnt have to be realistic) and yes genrally there all about boys,boys,boys,but if your up to A lazy read one of Meg's books is the way to go.Teen Idol is deffinatly not my favorite Meg Cabot book I really didnt like the ending and the highlight of the book for me was Steven shouting in the parkinf lot at Trina-and they whernt even the main charactors-Good read but not one id read again.
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
lovers of cabot and teen fiction
Okay I admit it. I am unemployed and borrowing books from a teenager but I read this one today on the way to a job interview and it was great. I really like Cabot's style and she captures teen angst well. I had only read one of her other YA books(outside of my beloved Princess Diaries)and I was not disappointed. Of course all my reviews should be taken with a grain of salt since I will read anything, especially when I have copious amounts of free time.
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