Judging a Book by its Cover – The Jersey Shore Cast Releases their First Books.

As soon as Jersey Shore aired, I knew it was only a matter of time until they made the seamless transition into the literary world as well. Already reports of 4 of the Jersey Shore cast members have either already released books or are planning to release them soon. Snooki and Jenni already have books on the shelves and Ronnie’s is scheduled to release soon, but Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s self-help piece Here’s the Situation appears to be a definite page-turner. I personally have not read, nor do I have the time to attempt to sift through the 133 pages of serious knowledge-dropping that the Sitch has to offer, but based on my serious knowledge of the Jersey Shore, I have this formal review to offer.

The subtitle of the book, ‘A guide to creeping on chicks, avoiding grenades, and getting in your GTL on the Jersey Shore’ confirms the fact this thing is a goldmine of knowledge. In fact, I’m recommending that this book be integrated into first year classes so as to teach the importance of gym, tanning and laundry to all frosh, as well as the proper way in which to avoid grenades at the club, a life threatening situation that should always be avoided.

For those of us that have already achieved sufficient guido or guitdette status, you can still put this down as some easy reading to brush up on the fundamental facts of life. There is even a bi-winning acceptance speech that you can steal from the Sitch that will make all the ladies cry. “Whenever you attempt to do something extraordinary in your life, whenever you put yourself out there in an attempt to succeed and in turn risk falling flat on your face, there are going to be people on the sidelines second-guessing you and making fun of you as a mechanism to disguise their own fear and envy for the life they’re watching you achieve. Those people are called haters. Attention, haters: It’s been a lot longer than fifteen minutes.” Preach!

Overall, regardless of what stage of your life you might be at or what you’re looking for, I definitely feel you’ll be able to find something in this book that will be of substance and significant guidance to you, the Situation is definitely the next hair-gelling, self-tanning prophet of our time. Final rating: 4 fist pumps out of 5.