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A Shore Thing

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It’s a summer to remember . . . at the Jersey Shore.

Giovanna “Gia” Spumanti and her cousin Isabella “Bella” Rizzoli are going to have the sexiest summer ever. While they couldn’t be more different—pint-size Gia is a carefree, outspoken party girl and Bella is a tall, slender athlete who always holds her tongue—for the next month they’re ready to pouf up their hair, put on...more It’s a summer to remember . . . at the Jersey Shore.

Giovanna “Gia” Spumanti and her cousin Isabella “Bella” Rizzoli are going to have the sexiest summer ever. While they couldn’t be more different—pint-size Gia is a carefree, outspoken party girl and Bella is a tall, slender athlete who always holds her tongue—for the next month they’re ready to pouf up their hair, put on their stilettos, and soak up all that Seaside Heights, New Jersey, has to offer: hot guidos, cool clubs, fried Oreos, and lots of tequila.

So far, Gia’s summer is on fire. Between nearly burning down their rented bungalow, inventing the popular “tan-tags” at the Tantastic Salon where she works, and rescuing a shark on the beach, she becomes a local celebrity overnight. Luckily, she meets the perfect guy to help her keep the flames under control. Firefighter Frank Rossi is exactly her type: big, tan, and Italian. But is he tough enough to handle Gia when things really heat up?

Bella is more than ready for some fun in the sun. Finally free of her bonehead ex-boyfriend, she left home in Brooklyn with one goal in mind: hooking up with a sexy gorilla for a no-strings-attached summer fling. In no time, she lands a job leading “Beat Up the Beat” dance classes at a local gym, and is scooped up by Beemer-driving, preppy Bender Newberry. Only problem: Bella can’t get her romantic and ripped boss Tony “Trouble” Troublino out of her head. He’s relationship material. Suddenly, Bella’s not sure what she wants.

The cousins soon realize that for every friend they make on the boardwalk, there are also rivals, slummers, and frenemies who will do anything to ruin their summer—and try their relationship. Before July ends, the bonds of family and friendship will be stretched to the breaking point. Will the haters prevail, or will Gia and Bella find love at the Shore?

For everyone who loves MTV’s hit reality show, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi’s sweet, funny, and sexy novel perfectly captures the heat, the energy, the fun, and the drama of Jersey Shore.(less)

Hardcover, 289 pages

Published January 4th 2011 by Gallery (first published December 28th 2010)

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Mar 16, 2012 Reader rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dont-judge-me, not-a-straight-white-male-author, female-writers, holy-shit-that-was-bad

Worst book I've ever read in my life. After this, I think I'm morally obligated to promote every one-star book on my shelf to two stars, because it's wrong to put anything on the same level as this fucking thing.

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Dec 31, 2011 Sparrow rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: girls

Shelves: girls-rule, hilarious, good-beach-reads, dangerous-hokum, reviewed, under-read-gems, wise, young-adult, do-not-judge-by-the-cover

I’m at a loss. I honestly don’t know what to tell you all, but this book was . . . good. It was like, good, you know? Like, when you are reading a book that is mostly about girls looking for penises, but you want to know what happens next? And you don’t even want to throw it across the room a little bit? And then unexpectedly hilarious slapstick comedy ensues, but doesn’t lead to the most boring Scooby Do mystery resolution ever? No? You’ve never had that experience? Me either. It was disorienti...more I’m at a loss. I honestly don’t know what to tell you all, but this book was . . . good. It was like, good, you know? Like, when you are reading a book that is mostly about girls looking for penises, but you want to know what happens next? And you don’t even want to throw it across the room a little bit? And then unexpectedly hilarious slapstick comedy ensues, but doesn’t lead to the most boring Scooby Do mystery resolution ever? No? You’ve never had that experience? Me either. It was disorienting. And I’m at a loss as to how to rate this. I mean, I have to give it five stars because I Laughed Out Loud at almost every page, and even though most of the laughter was in a WHAAAAT??? way, I don’t even really think that was unintentional. It was funny. I am going to have to watch Jersey Shore. You are here for a show-changing moment in my life.

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, I’m going to spoiler one of the storylines. Let’s be serious though, once the characters come on stage, pretty early on in the story, you basically know how this storyline is going to go. So, one of the main characters, a kickass aerobics instructor, who took karate all her life, is named Bella Rizzoli. This creepy, asshole, voyeur Abercrombie guy latches onto her and his name is Edward Caldwell. . . . right??? RIGHT???

Hahahahahaaha.

Yeah, so she kicks his ass in a pretty hilarious (and elaborate) way.

Mostly this book is about a coupla girls hittin’ the beach for the summer looking for some juicy guido gorilla juiceheads. It seems like simple quest, but it turns out life is never that simple. These girls have to work and work out issues with their families and kick the asses of people who have self-loathing body issues.

It’s my impression that people’s problem with reality TV, aside from the troubling voyeuristic aspect of it, is the shallowness of the people who make fools of themselves for our entertainment. That’s fair in some ways. And this book plays to a lot of that shallowness. There is a lot of funny stuff about tanning and shoes and fake eyelashes and cleavage. But, ultimately, I feel like it is a more complex issue than shallowness = bad. I am about to mount an obvious feminist soapbox, so be on alert.

I know we’ve talked about this before, but I have a problem with the idea that the accoutrements of femininity are shallow, while the accoutrements of masculinity are respectable. I think that interest in makeup trivia and interest in sports team trivia is not different, whether the person having the interest is male or female. Maybe it is shallow in the sense that it will not solve world hunger, but very few of the things any of us do every day solve world hunger. And sometimes world hunger needs a break, and we need to chill out and be okay with talking about dumb things we are interested in. So, my point is that even though there is a striking focus on pink fuzzy slippers in this book, that is something that I really like about the book, not something that makes the book itself shallow. Pink fuzzy slippers, cleavage, and four layers of fake eyelashes are a style decision, not a soul-changing decision. You could hate it, and I don’t have a problem with that, because WOW, but it seems unexpectedly shallow to make a judgment about another person’s shallowness based on their eyelashes and slippers.

Anyway, this book addresses both female and male body image, family dynamics, date rape, acceptance and rejection of personal weaknesses, and navigating the different expectations for women and men when it comes to career choices. And, seriously, it does it in this really respectable way. Of course, these girls are not wearing monocles and smoking jackets and explaining tautologies, nor are they having tautologies explained to them. They are mostly partying, scoping out guido gorilla juiceheads, and kicking ass. They are passing the Bechtel test. They are talking like girls talk and being friends to each other. I don’t know if this book went through a genius editing process, or what, but if I saw a high school girl reading this, I would be happy. The writing is not complex. It is more like reading a blog of silly quotes from teenagers, but let's be honest: I would read that kind of blog. It is sparkly, but addresses important issues without apology, equivocation, or lectures. It entertains, and ultimately has some really positive, thoughtful messages. I can’t think of what else I look for in a book.

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This book was given to me by the publisher, and while I did promise to review it, I think we can all honestly say we thought I would rip it to shreds. Unexpected bonus for all.
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Jan 19, 2011 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: awesome, jersey-shore, new-jersey, reality-television, quick-read

You already know if you'll like this book or not. If you watch the Jersey Shore and love it, and if your favorite "characters" are Snooki & J-WOWW, and if you wish they were your friends in real life and you could spend a summer with them, AS I DO, then you will love this book, as I did.
A friend called "A Shore Thing" Jersey Shore fan-fiction, and that is pretty accurate. Protagonist "Gia" is a short, extroverted girl who loves tanning and putting her hair into a "pouf". Gia's cousin Bella...more

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Jan 16, 2011 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young Adult & Up

Shelves: to-read, read-in-2011

I have to admit I loved this book. Everyone I talked to before I started it seemed to be against reading it for one reason, the author. But I love anything and everything Jersey Shore, so how could I say no. I finished the book in just two days and couldn't stop laughing the entire time. If you know anything about Snooki you can see the resemblance in main character Gia, even throwing in a few things she's said, and done, on the show. Even if you aren't a fan of Jersey Shore or Snooki I would st...more

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Sep 14, 2011 Matthew C rated it 3 of 5 stars

A Shore Thing, by Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her collaborator Valerie Frankel, is a book about two cousins who spend the summer partying in Seaside Heights. The main characters, Gia and Bella, are at the Jersey Shore to party and meet guys. The story switches off between the main character's prospectives very well, otherwise the writing is nothing special and lacking the description some people like. There were several parts of the book where certain things didn't really seem to fit but were pu...more

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Mar 22, 2011 Deltay rated it 3 of 5 stars

Okay, okay - I know what you're thinking - you're judging right now, aren't you? Don't judge! Sure, Snooki's A Shore Thing may not be heavy on the literary, or particularly academic reading material, but at the same time, it's very Jersey Shore. It's the kind of book where it's just a fun, shallow story that doesn't require a lot of thinking. (Which is definitely a more relaxed contrast to the heaviness of say, Marx, Weber, etc.)

The whole book is very definitively "Snooki", from characters, to n...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Michael rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: cannonball-read-iii

"There's 'The Truth', and 'The Truth!'" - Lionel Hutz, Esq.

As anyone who knows me knows, I'm into politics. It's an obsession really, what with the election cycles, the media conflictinator, and the general fate of the American public in the balance. But one of the things I love the BEST is the Double Talk. Pushing one message whilst secretly advancing another, mostly by omissions, euphemisms, and good old fashioned lies. As such I would ask that you, the audience, allow me to practice my Double...more "There's 'The Truth', and 'The Truth!'" - Lionel Hutz, Esq.

As anyone who knows me knows, I'm into politics. It's an obsession really, what with the election cycles, the media conflictinator, and the general fate of the American public in the balance. But one of the things I love the BEST is the Double Talk. Pushing one message whilst secretly advancing another, mostly by omissions, euphemisms, and good old fashioned lies. As such I would ask that you, the audience, allow me to practice my Double Talk skills with this book review for A Shore Thing, written by New Jersey's latest literary powerhouse* Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. (*Powerhouse of subpar fiction)

The Truth!:
For a first time author, Snooki has a decent story on her hands, and she tells it as well as she can. For what we were expecting out of her, this isn't all that bad. It's just a tale of a couple of girls looking for fun, fashion, and fucking on the Jersey Shore, and there's nothing wrong with that.

The Truth:

Before I get into analysis of the text, I ask that you all refer to the picture on the top left; the one that depicts the cover art. Do you know what that is? It's the only way Snooki could get anyone to look her in the eyes, because let's face it...she's not playing on the same level as Kindergartners much less the rest of us. If her public persona wasn't enough of an indicator of this fact, then the "book" she's "written" is more than ample proof. (I seriously think Valerie Frankel, her "collaborator, who helped translate [her] ideas onto the page" should be credited as a co-author, because there's some "big" words in here I doubt Snooks would ever use.)

So the book. Funny story actually. No, I'm not saying the book is funny because it doesn't even perform on a "so bad, it's funny' level. It's actually a "so bad, it's shitty" level of entertainment that puts the value of its entertaining factors in the negative. If you want to skip reading the book, here's all you need to know: Take "Spice World" and mix it with "Crossroads" (The Britney Spears picture); throw it into a Jersey Shore rerun and bake it with a Twilight covering. That's "A Shore Thing", a book that's written as if Peter Griffin started telling one of his bullshit stories that rips off something he saw on TV, except it goes on for 289 pages. (288 too many, if you ask me.) Don't believe me? Here's the main point of the book, as summarized by a paragraph of dialogue:

"But, then again, who knew what made love last? It was a game of chance, luck, destiny, experience -but not too much hard work, as far as Gia could tell. How hard could it be to show the person you loved that you cared? All you had to do was smush every chance you got and treat them with kindness and respect. Easy."

Is now a good time to mention she named her fictional surrogate after one of her pets? Yeah, Gia is one of the pets that she thanks in her opening acknowledgments, and that just happens to be her fictional surrogate's name. "Gia" and "Bella" (JWoww's fictional surrogate) are "down the shore" for Summer vacation in order to escape the dramas of Brooklyn. In trying to avoid drama, they only create further drama and "comedy". Throw in a couple of Trust Fund douchebags who want to bang JWo...I mean "Bella", a couple of mean girls who are out to get Snook...erm, "Gia", and a divorced couple thrown into the mix, and you've got exactly what this book is about.

It's fitting that JWoww's fictional surrogate is named Bella, because Snooki's basically written Twilight for Guidettes whose attention spans are shorter than their poufs. Her main characters stumble into everything they want with minimal effort, are popular even when they're awkward, and end up landing the "hawt juicehead gorillas" they've been wanting to bang...only to leave them and declare that they want to be single anyways! They build towards what you think is going to be a cookie cutter ending (by using all the other cookie cutter parts) and ultimately puss out on the ending. JUST...LIKE...TWILIGHT, except instead of one Bella (which is fucking bad enough), you get TWO! This book is so frustrating, I found myself throwing it across the room after finishing it. What's sadder is you KNOW MTV is going to want to cash in on the fame of this midget famewhore and should Jersey Shore ever end, you know this is going to be the "launching pad" Snooki will inevitably try to use in order to cross over into feature films. (Basically, this'll be the next "Jackass" franchise if we're not careful.)

That being said, I think Snooki should write another three books in this series. Why not? She clearly has a wellspring of ideas, or has at least seen enough movies and been through enough on Jersey Shore that she could rip off some ideas. She should embrace the Twilight connection and end the series with Gia and Bella giving birth in a vat of pickles, whilst doing shots of Hornitos and Patron and listening to shitty techno...all on the dance floor at Karma! (Wardrobe by Ed Hardy.) Do it, Snooki! You won't! I fucking dare you! NO BALLS! Sorry...I got a little wound up. Needless to say, this review has exorcised my demons and this mind is indeed clear. I'd like to close with another quote from one of the antagonists who basically sums up why people like myself hate Snooki and her Jersey Shore pals.

"I hate you because the world is at your friggin' feet."

At least with Snooki's height (much like the current state of Pop Culture), it's not that far of a fall. Thank you for this book, Snooki. If anything, it's inspired me to read the books of your other housemates and rip them apart much more viciously than I did yours. Thank you for setting the bar so low.(less)

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Jan 07, 2011 Chibineko rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: so-bad-it-s-funny

When I heard that Snooki wrote a book, I couldn't help but think "Gee, I didn't know they made enough crayons to write a book with." Of course I had to check it out, even though I got both horribly teased & lectured by various coworkers. (One actually gave me a half hour lecture on how Snooki shames the Italian-American population. She was very intense.)

The plotline? Well... with any other person I'd say that it was a parody of Jersey Shore expectations & old beach flicks. I mean, one of...more When I heard that Snooki wrote a book, I couldn't help but think "Gee, I didn't know they made enough crayons to write a book with." Of course I had to check it out, even though I got both horribly teased & lectured by various coworkers. (One actually gave me a half hour lecture on how Snooki shames the Italian-American population. She was very intense.)

The plotline? Well... with any other person I'd say that it was a parody of Jersey Shore expectations & old beach flicks. I mean, one of the characters *is* named Frankie, after all. Maybe the writing team (yes, this was ghostwritten) turned it into a parody? It's hard to take this book seriously with some of the stuff that goes on in it. Dry humping a guy after 1 drink? Mother/daughter urine bonding? Tripping over a shark? A date that ends with one person whizzing on the other's foot? (OK, so that was because of a jellyfish sting, but still...) It's really awful. Like "feel your IQ decrease about 20 points" awful. It's painfully obvious that the only reason this was published was due to Snooki's infamy. And no, Gia teaching everyone to do some weird dry humping tree hug dance movie doesn't really redeem the book much.

No seriously, the plot of this was bad. It was not only full of stereotypes & awkward scenes, but the plot was paper thin. It's like Crossroads, only Snooki doesn't sing. (Yet.) I can't fault the ghostwriter for this- you can only do so much with what you're given. (Maybe we should take up a collection to help with the mental breakdown she might've had while collaborating.) There isn't a lot of imagination here, what with the thinly veiled Snooki self-insert.

Yet somehow the book still has a large amount of entertainment value. True, it's not on purpose but it was honestly fun to regale my coworkers with the escapades of Gia (the thinly veiled Snooki self-insert) & her cousin Bella. That brings me to another thing that made the book so funny. Two of the characters are named Bella & Edward, making it near impossible to read the book without imagining the famous Twilight couple. There's also someone called Bender, which makes me think of the Futurama robot. It makes the scenes a little more tolerable & a lot funnier.

Is this a must buy? Nah. I'd recommend it as a library rental, though. In the end I can't really dislike this book enough to give it 1 star. I might not really watch Jersey Shore, but I know enough about it & Snooki to the point where I know not to have expected Tolstoy or even something on par with the Hillary Duff book.

Although if we're lucky, Snooki won't put out a new book. Unfortunately knowing MTV, we'll probably soon have to suffer through a movie adaptation of this book sometime in the future. (less)

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Jun 23, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teenagers

Recommended to Nicole by: my best friend

I borrowed this book from a friend, and I already gave it back to her. But it was a pretty good book. I know Snooki has a reputation for being ignorant and stupid, but she is a great writer.
This book is very unique. I have never read something like it before. It is a really bright and fun way to pass time, and yes, it does resemble Snookie's hit reality show, Jersey Shore.
Some people, in my opinion, boring ones that only read a book if it's something fiction but full of facts, rare dialogue, and...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Ashley Robbins rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: semester-1-2012-2013

I thought that this book was very interesting. I wanted to read this book because I watch Jersey Shore. This book sort of relates to Jersey Shore. I think that it is about Snooki and JWoww. The names are changed to Bella and Gia. The book was a little explicit. I would only recommend this book to a person who watches Jersey Shore. Then, they will have a tolerance for the language and content that is used.

This book is about Gia and Bella, who are cousins and move to the Jersey Shore. They buy an...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Owen rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book isn't bad, surprisingly. In A Shore Thing, cousins Gia and Bella head down to the Jersey Shore for some partying,drinking,and smushing .The two are both recovering from dramatic events and they just want to find some hot guido juicehead gorillas to smush. Basically the book is like the show because Gia literally is Snooki and you will hear Snooki's voice in your head while reading and picture her as Gia. I really like this book. Sure it isn't the best book in the world but I enjoyed it...more

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Apr 25, 2012 kyrsta rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, chick-lit

Its summer at the Jersey Shore and cousins Gia and Bella want to make it a summer to remember. The girls rent a beach house on the Shore and their summer goal consists of 3 D’s: dancing, drinking and duh! The girls are on the prowl for some hot, juice-head guido gorillas and are looking for a good time and a wild summer.

So confession time: “Jersey Shore” is one of my guilty pleasures and one chapter into the book I felt like I had moved into the shore house with Snooki and JWoww. Gia is a spitt...more

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Jan 24, 2011 Nikki rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I read the summary, I was surprised that the book wasn't Snooki rehashing what had happened throughout the seasons of Jersey Shore. Instead, it's about Gia, who is so obviously based on Snooki, and her cousin Bella, who seems to be a little bit like JWOWW. The two go down to Jersey Shore, rent a beach house, get jobs, meet gorilla juiceheads, party, and that's about it.

Some of the chapters were painful to get through. I found the Bella chapters to be pretty excruciating until the end, and i...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars

In A Shore Thing, cousins Gia and Bella head to the Seaside Heights in New Jersey for the summer. They plan to get jobs while they are there, but mainly they are after "hot guidos, cool clubs, fried Oreos, and lots of tequila." They soon meet the locals (some good; some bad) in addition to some frenemies from their school days. The summer is filled with fun, men, squabbles and trouble. In the end, the girls learn that revenge is sweet and that they really can count on each other.

I'm really not t...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Wicked Lil Pixie (Natasha) rated it 2 of 5 stars

I did it. Be amazed, I got through A Shore Thing & didn’t shank myself though I came close.

You have to take it with a grain of salt, it’s not meant to be a serious work of novel brilliance, it’s a candy coated book. If you came into it expecting anything other then that, well you’ll have a mild heart attack. It’s light, annoying, funny, snark worthy…but it’s Snooki. What more do you want from the world’s golden colored smurf? Don’t expect a masterpiece, expect something different & a bit...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Jamie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just put it this way: Snooki wrote a fiction novel. Snooki. Wrote. A. Fiction. Novel.

Enough said.

I hate it when people get published because they're already famous (and for what? Being a drunken fat whore?) when actual real talented writers (myself not included, I don't consider what I write to be talent-filled) struggle to get published, then eventually self publish because they're not 'good enough'. Oh, and Snooki is? Even her ghost writers, the ones who actually wrote this drivel aren't bette...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Romy marked it as to-read

Shelves: 2011, jan-2011, craptastic-its-so-bad-its-good

What can I say I'm a glutton for punishment and this book sounds like it's going to be an utterly hilarious, I can't stop laughing, I think I'm going to fall over inducing book.

I have to admit I was going to avoid reading it (oh I know I'm probably a book snob but really?), what you say then why did you add it, what's changed my mind you say? Well Ellen did a reading from Snooki's book (click HERE) which I admit was pretty funny, but it didn't sway me to want to read it just from that, however...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Jacqueline rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Nobody is reading a Snooki book and expecting great insight. She's obviously no Tolstoy, but A Shore Thing wasn't the worst thing I've ever read (or even the worst thing I've read this week). Just like every other ghost written celebrity book, it's superficial, silly and dramatic. But it is entertaining and fun. If you can appreciate something like Jersey Shore (or any other given reality tv show) for what they are - mindless entertainment - you can enjoy this book.
It also deserves a bit of cre...more

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Mar 22, 2011 Erin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Obviously, before you even start this book, you are aware that it is fluff, ghostwritten (Valerie Frankel, hope you got big bucks for dealing with this trash!).....that being said...maybe if you're not from the Jersey Shore, you might find this amusing. If you are a local, well, it's just a glaring reminder of all the bennies you see daily. If you're a guido, you are a bennie, even if you move here...why? You can take the trash out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the trash. Did a...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Reut (reutreads) rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'll be the first to admit that I am always skeptical of celebrities writing fiction. Lauren Conrad, Hilary Duff, and now Snooki. While originally I thought that this would be a trashy YA book, it became clear to me that Snooki is just an average writer, who has managed to create funny, if not 3D, characters, add in an interesting plot, and keep it going for 300 pages, which is not bad for the girl from Jersey Shore.

Gia was really the best part of the book. Only a character Snooki wrote would ju...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Braydensmommy rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really have to admit, this book was awesome. I am, by NO means, a Jersey Shore fan or a fan of Snooki. I find the show utterly disgusting and I can't believe that MTV gets away with airing some of the smut they air on that show! However, Snooki did a great job with writing this book. I work in a library, and seen it on the shelf and though "What the heck, I'll try it". My friends were like "WTH!?!" when I told them I am reading a book by Snooki. Heck, I thought the same thing at first-"It'll p...more

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Jan 08, 2012 K rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'd like to say how completely shocked I am at how good this book was. I mean I actually laughed out loud at parts, or rolled my eyes...and laughed. I already said that. I mean I literally read it in one day, but it was really good. I definitely recommend it if you are into light stories with strong female leads, or you just love the show Jersey Shore. It's not about the show, by the way, but the antics they get into and dialogue are similar, so you'd have to be a little bit of a fan at least to...more

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Mar 03, 2012 Twuyen rated it 3 of 5 stars

A GREAT BOOK!! knowing that i already Love JERSEY SHORE..:)i would say the mix of this book is NOT SURPRISED BUT A LOT OF MUSHINESS ROMANCE,drunk attics,crazines,crime. i would rate this a 3 star because a.the mushiness is a little bit overrated(not ruining the party:o)b.it is a book that is probaly going to sit in that shelf because u and i do not want to go through that again..and finally C.it is a book that i would share with people because they are seriously going to think u are a gross mes...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Alice rated it 2 of 5 stars

I don't even know why I even read this book. I guess I was pretty bored one night so when I came across it at the supermarket, I thought "what the hell" and just bought it (plus it was on sale haha). It's basically Jersey Shore in book form. The two main characters are major mary-sues in the sense that even their flaws seem perfect and everyone just seems to adore them. The story itself was okay, predictable, but still entertaining if you're into the chick lit genre. Although this book wasn't as...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars

If you've heard of Nicole before you know her as 'Snooki' from the Jersey Shore. But this book isn't a tell-all about her past. I really like that she wants to do more than just the MTV reality show and this book is where it all starts. I really enjoyed the book and I'm glad I was able to buy it when I did. This definitely does have some 'Jersey Shore' style fun in it and I really would recommend this to any fans of Nicole, MTV and Jersey Shore. If you really like the book after finishing it, do...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was very interesting, because it was written by someone who probably should never ever write a book, but I really just had to read it, it was almost calling to me. It was actually a pretty good story, the writing was not very good at all, there were some places where it was pretty obvious that the editor missed. For example: They were huddled together like a family of Ellis Island immigrants just off the Mayflower Obviously, she isn't the best writer in the world, but I liked it non...more

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Jun 02, 2012 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Snooki's, "A Shore Thing," is super cute and funny if you take it for what it is, a cute little story about two girls trying to find themselves on a vacation. I don't really care if she wrote it or not. It SCREAMS Snooki. The main character is practically her twin, even though it's a novel; she walks, talks, acts and breaths just like Snooki. If it was a part of a series I would definitely read more :) So if you laugh whenever you see her in the latest episode of Jersey Shore, this book is defin...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Andreas Porwanto rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-books, young-adult

A Shore Thing is such a fun read. Totally. I practically found myself laughing my ass off and saying "OMG!" the whole time. Too bad I didn't get to read this on the beach. :)

I've never watched Jersey Shore, but I might, after reading this. I had no idea that Snooki could write a book. Whew.

The story tells about two cousins, Gia Spumanti and Bella Rizzoli who decided to spend their summer in Seaside Heights to dance, drink, party and last but not least, have fun and date hot guidos. They went to...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Helen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Wasn't as bad as I thought it was to be , but there were some parts like the litter scene where Gia catches her enemy from highschool talking about her; her enemy threw some sort of garbage and missed the garbage can, then just left. In the book, Gia's like, 'Call me a whore all you like, but don't litter!' that was just retarded, like, no offense, but who cares? In modern society, people little all the time so she's making a big deal for no reason. She's just trying to make herself look good or...more

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Nov 22, 2011 Frances Lockhart rated it 3 of 5 stars

I can't believe Snooki actually wrote this. I'm convinced it must have been penned by a ghost writer after Snooks fluttered in and gave a brief synopsis of a "fictional" couple of girls who spend a month at the Jersey Shore. Not to say that it was any fine display of prose, but it was entertaining enough - particularly given it was apparently written by the girl whose Jersey Shore roommate Ronnie decided couldn't have been the author of the anonymous note in series 2 (cmon, we all remember that...more

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A native of Poughkeepsie, NY, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is a reality television hit who comes from a close-knit Italian family. Fun, outgoing, spontaneous, loving and loud are just a few words that describe this veterinary tech major, whose hobbies include cheerleading, shopping, tanning, working out, and of course always looking good. Nicole appeared on MTV's reality show Is She Really Going Out Wi...more

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