Sarah Palin’s book is not a book

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.

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I like sitting in Jack Webb's booth.