Snooki Gets Snarked

I'm sure I don't have to tell you that A Shore Thing was released into the world yesterday. The novel by The Jersey Shore's Nicole Polizzi--aka Snooki--promises "hot guidos, cool clubs, fried Oreos, and lots of tequila." But does it deliver?

Literary mavens can get a sneak preview: the esteemed book journal that is the New York Post has published excerpts. (You know you're going to look. Go on.) And popeater.com has paired the choicest morsels with related gems from Hemingway, Steinbeck, Didion, and Faulkner--the better to place Snooki's oeuvre in its proper context within the writing world.

Before you ask, no, we don't have any copies of in the store. But we'd be glad to order one for you. And we won't judge you.--David E