{"id":497,"date":"2009-11-20T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2009\/11\/20\/is-sarah-palins-book-the-years-best-read-aloud\/"},"modified":"2009-11-20T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T08:10:00","slug":"is-sarah-palins-book-the-years-best-read-aloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Is Sarah Palin&#8217;s Book the Year&#8217;s Best Read-Aloud??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a word, NO. At least, not if you trust the opinions of the kids John Oliver read aloud to in a hilarious clip&nbsp;featured&nbsp;Wednesday on&nbsp;&quot;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show<\/a>&quot; with Jon Stewart.&nbsp;Watch&nbsp;it and weep (with laughter, that is) as these youngsters announce several things they would RATHER do&nbsp;than have to listen to Mr. Oliver read any more pages of&nbsp;<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/books\/9780061939891\/Going_Rogue\/index.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">Going&nbsp;Rogue<\/a><\/em> which, as it turns out, is no <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom\/John-Archambault\/9781416990918\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chicka Chicka&nbsp;Boom Boom<\/em><\/a><em>.<br \/><\/em><br \/> Thanks to my friend Tim Scarlett for the link! The read-aloud section begins about three minutes into this clip.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"360\" height=\"353\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\" style=\"background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\">\n<p><a style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\">\n<p>Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\" style=\"height: 14px;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p><a style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-november-18-2009\/excitement-over-sarah-palin-s-book-release\" rel=\"noopener\">Excitement Over Sarah Palin&#8217;s Book Release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\" style=\"background-color: rgb(53, 53, 53); height: 14px;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: right; width: 360px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p><a style=\"color: rgb(150, 222, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p><embed width=\"360\" height=\"301\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:256362\" quality=\"1\" flashvars=\"autoPlay=false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\" style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<table width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\">\n<p><a style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Show<br \/> Full Episodes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\">\n<p><a style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Political Humor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\">\n<p><a style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/videos\/tag\/health\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Care Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a word, NO. 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