Snooki is now a published author with the release of her first book, “A Shore Thing.”

The “Jersey Shore” star seems to be taking the “write what you know” approach, since the plot of her book (viewed here) sounds almost exactly like the reality show: two cousins rent a house on the shore to have “the sexiest summer ever,” which includes “hot guidos, cool clubs, fried Oreos, and lots of tequila.”

The New York Post posted a few sentences from the book on its website, including this gem: “He had an okay body. Not fat at all. And naturally toned abs. She could pour a shot of tequila down his belly and slurp it out of his navel without getting splashed in the face.”

If this sentence is any indication, the book is going to be just as much of a train-wreck as the show.

It irks me that someone like Snooki, who, to my knowledge, has never been shown reading or expressing interest in writing on the show, gets a book deal, while there are hundreds of more capable writers out there with better stories to tell.

I understand that plenty of authors put a bit of themselves in the main character, however, Gia, the “pint-sized” cousin, sounds exactly like Snooki herself. Couldn’t she have at least been creative enough to put her personality into a girl that doesn’t look like her? Apparently in addition to working at a tanning salon, Gia also somehow manages to rescue a shark on the beach and become a local celebrity.

I do have to give Snooki slight props for piquing my interest at how this tiny girl rescues a shark, but not enough for me to actually read the book.