I know it comes between covers and is sold in bookstores. But it’s not a book, it’s a celebrity media push. Maybe it’s a campaign advertisement. Maybe it’s a talk show audition. Maybe it’s a prelude to a line of “you betcha!” ladies huntingwear — who knows. But whatever it is, “Going Rogue” is not a book in the way we book people think of books.

Have I read it? No. I’d rather read Edmund Morris’ “Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan,” even though it’s a) about Ronald Reagan and b) has a questionable historical fiction conceit. Because at least that was a book.

One Response to “Sarah Palin’s book is not a book”

  1. Tina Shelton says:

    Going rogue! What a joke. Isn’t that an oxymoron because of the conservatism of the Republican Party? This woman makes me shudder in my boots and makes me dispair because she gives women a bad name, along with Catherine Coulter.

    Will I read it? Hell no! Would I rather read a book about Ronald Reagan? Double hell no but I would read a book about Teddy Roosevelt.

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