That being said, I LOVED the book.  It was what it was.  It entertained me and made me laugh with all the candid and trashy situations that came up.   It was a very cute book overall.

First off, this is fiction.  Going in I thought it would be fiction as in really close to what really happen to her at the shore.  That was not the case by any means.  The stuff that happened in this book was so ridiculous and obviously not true that I laughed so hard. Yes, some of the stuff was kind of taken from other films and such but it was still funny.  Edward trying to date Bella?  Really? Too funny.

The main character Gia, was definately based off of Snooki herself.  Bella also seemed to be based on Jenni but I’m not certain how much.  That character was dealing with bad boyfriends so not sure if Jenni has that problem or not.  As for the male characters, and there was plenty of those, they seemed to be based on sexual fantasies.  Again, so funny.  So many lovable characters in the book that I can’t wait to see what they do in the next book. 

Plot wise, the book was nothing groundbreaking.  Girls looking for love and getting stuck in funny and sometimes bad situations.  It kept my attention though and was a fast and enjoyable read.  What else can you ask for in a book by Snooki?

Overall rating- 4/5 stars

Favorite quotes:

“It’s too cutesy, right? Might work for blond sorority girls.  But we’re Italian ball breakers.  We’re…lethally brunette.  No self-respecting lethal brunette would bend and snap.”

No, I’m definitely in love with Tucker Max.

Yes it is true.  Go ahead and say whatever you want but in my mind, the man is brilliant.  His writing style is funny, honest, and very well executed.  From start to finish I was laughing and could barely put the book down.  I also went to a book signing but what to comment on that in a separate post once I have the video I took online. 

In case you don’t know who Tucker Max is, basically he is a guy that sleeps with a lot of girls and enjoys being the life of the party even if that means being a giant asshole.  His honest account of what happen makes the stories really come to life.  He even is not afraid to poke fun at himself.

I feel like I could go on for hours about how much I loved this book but instead I’m going to highly recommend it to everyone that is not overly sensitive and has a sense of humor.   Here are comments on a couple of stories that I especially loved.

Tucker Goes to Campout, Owns Duke Nerds
This is the first story in the book and instantly I was sold. Basically there is a large school event that lots of people have to camp out at so he gets drunk and uses a megaphone to harass people. For some reason I find the idea of a drunk guy with a megaphone insanely funny.

The Tucker Max Experience
Somewhere along the lines, Max was asked to put together a date with him that people could bid on.  His bullet points on what the date would be was hysterical.  His proposed date would include…

-I will answer the door in a white T-shirt with at least one hot sauce stain on it, gym shorts, messy hair, unshaven, reeking of pit sweat, stale alcohol, and fresh sex.

-Depending on how many beers I’ve had, I may repeatedly point at my crotch and nod approvingly. This is what I call “a hint”.

-By the time we get to the fourth or fifth bar, I will be completely shit-housed, will have stains on top of stains on my shirt, there may or may not be serveral whores trailing us, vying for my attention, and at least one of my friends will have told you that you are too good for me and should love him because he is such a wonderful person. (FYI: He’s a hater and a liar.)

-When you get home, you will regret ever meeting me.  If we had sex, you will rush to the free clinic to get tested.  The results will come back negative, and you’ll think to yourself, “At least the fact that he passed out a minute into sex has some benefit”.

Um sign me up, lol.

I Want to Cum Get a Load!
This was actually a whole section in that book that in my mind, makes Max the most brilliant man alive.  Why?  Because he got girls to do his laundry for free for years and slept with most of them.  I’m sorry but that is awesome beyond words.

He posted on his facebook that he wanted to meet a girl that would do his laundry for him and he got offers nonstop.  He offered sex in return and the girls took him up on it.  Classic.  Like I can’t go over how awesome that is. Go ahead and call it sexist or whatever but these girls came over on their own free will so he is in no way responsible for their actions. 

Can I steal this idea?  Half kidding.  But if I was dating someone I would totally offer certain things in return for not doing chores.

Tucker Max: Baby Killer
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Dead babies aren’t funny but jokes about them sure are.   This chapter was mostly about his comments about abortion.  They made me laugh, a lot.  Reminded me of an old interview with Senses Fail where all they answered back was comments about dead babies.

So yeah, a few favorite of the favorites. Awesome book.  Don’t read it if you will get offended.  Enjoy it if you have no soul like me.  Completely joking.  Actually referring to an old Daniel Tosh joke about putting in horrible jokes because you can’t take them away from people that were born with no souls.

Still tons more left though.

Okay, back to editing for this girl.

          First, I would like to start by saying Niffenegger is an absolutely talented writer.  If you have read either books (I unfortunately have only read The Time Traveler’s Wife as this point but the other book is in my to read soon pile) you can easily see that fact.  With TTTW I was very fascinated with her ability to give the perspective of two completely different characters and to weave them together.  Beyond that, the concept of the story is very unique.  I enjoyed that she took something straight out of a science fiction novel and turned it into a completely different genre.

          After the reading a lot of people asked questions about her writing process and getting published.  Those were the two things I was most curious about as well.  As a writer, a lot of  her answers gave me more confidence in my own work.  For example, someone asked her about if she will ever write sequels.  Her answer, which cracked me up, was that if you see her writing The Time Traveler’s Daughter it means she made very bad investments.  She also went on to say when she is writing novels, the characters are constantly in her head.  They are talking, interacting, so on.  When the story is done they just go away.  My characters are for sure in my head all the time.  Especially during the first draft, I would hear things happening with them and could not wait to sit down and write it out.  Now they have faded out a lot since I’m refining things but they are still there.  Guess I’m not going crazy.

          The other very interesting thing she talked about was the process of actually getting published.  She basically sent letters out to everyone possible, got rejected a lot, then had one publisher and one agent respond.  First off, the fact that a book as amazing as TTTW got rejected so much will be something to help keep my head high if I get rejected a lot too.  It happens.  It takes time to get the perfect fit for your book.   The other thing it helped me understand was that it was okay to go about things your own way.  I have always been an against the grain type of person.  When someone told me I couldn’t play a hard song on guitar without learning chords, I did it just fine.  When I go to concerts where everyone is in black tees and jeans it seems like, I rock a pink dress. That is just who I am.  Thinking about getting published makes me nervous because if you read online or in books, it makes it sound like you have to do everything perfectly and by the book or it isn’t going to happen.  Well Niffenegger proved that wrong.  I’m not saying that I will follow what she did (although I’m also not saying I wouldn’t) but it is good to know that I can do it my way and that might work out.

          Overall, I am extremely happy that I went to see Niffenegger talk.  In person, she is brillant but in a quirky way that made me really look up to her.  I look forward to see what is coming next from her.

          The only author I have gotten the oppertunity to ask about this said that once she was ready it all fell into place really easy.  She editted herself as far and I know.  After that point she said finding an agent was quite easy.

          So I guess the answer is when you are ready? How do you know that though?  Honestly at this second with my book, I feel like within a month I could be completely happy and ready to present it to publishing companies.  I know there is always the option of trying to get the deal on my own but I know that I’m not all that good when it comes to business.  All it would take was one place being nice at all and I would say yes to whatever.  This is why I let other people handle photography business stuff for me.  If it were up to me I would do everything free because the second someone comments on me being expensive I feel horrible. 

          I don’t completely get why everywhere says to take classes.  I already have a degree so shouldn’t that count?  I get they are saying to perfect your craft and all that kind of stuff but I think I’m pretty good.  Writing was something that always came easy to be.  Editing even more so.  I would LOVE to get a job as an editor.  I know I probably have lots of mistakes online here so you are probably thinking I’m crazy but it is true.  I’m the girl that would mark the hell out of any paper in front of me.  My peers loved me looking over that stuff for that fact. Sure, I would point out what was good but I would circle every little thing that was wrong or off to and give advice.  I think on my own I’m going to do pretty okay editting my story.  Plus I have family that will read it too.

          Is there any authors or writers out there that have any advice on when to look into book agents?