Palin Memoir a Top Seller Before Release

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

(NEWSER) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is jazzed by policy, particularly environmental policy and energy policy." The former Alaska governor will celebrate the release of the book Tuesday by appearing on Limbaugh's radio show. More»

304 pages of what, exactly?

(NEWSER) - It might be something like War & Peace or The Call of the Wild, except with more dancing and belated abstinence, but a new literary Wasillan has gone rogue. Amazon has a pre-order page for a 304-page Bristol Palin memoir, set to be released in September by HarperCollins. Gawker 's Jim Newell takes a stab at the plot: "Part One: I was born. Part Two: I got pregnant. Part Three: I went dancing on teevee. Part Four: ??" Click for more on the book ... like its price tag . More»

Palin memoir doesn't have one, so...

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, doesn't have an index. So Slate has generously provided one. Some key references:

• Alaska: "robin's egg sky of," page 2.
• Books: cookbooks and the Bible, page 15; Animal Farm, page 27
• Cap and trade: an "environmentalist Ponzi scheme," page 391

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

(NEWSER) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:

• The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the 2008 campaign that makes Palin the heroine of every encounter," Margaret Carlson writes for Bloomberg . The message appears to be that "if only Sarah could have been Sarah, the course of history might have been different."

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

(NEWSER) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a "new style of feminist" who writes with "sensitivity and affection" about issues like homosexuality and abortion. More»