Time for Sarah to put to rest those "lies" about her ability to read and hunt, and to reinforce her Christian credentials.

Reading was a special bond between my mother and me. Mom read aloud to me--poetry by Ogden Nash and the Alaska writer Robert Service, along with snippets of prose. She would quote biblical proverbs ans ask me to tell her what I thought. She found clever ways to encourage my love of the written word--by reading cookbooks; and jokes out of the Reader's Digest together, and writing letters to grandparents. (P 15)

Okay let's take inventory shall we?

Give big middle finger to Katie Couric for suggesting that I don't read? Check.

Create warm and fuzzy vision of loving mother encouraging destined to be famous daughter to read? Check.

Pander to Alaskans by mentioning beloved poet Robert Service? Check.

Pander to Christians and conservatives by mentioning biblical verses? Check.

Pander to elderly Fox News viewers by mentioning writing letters to grandparents? Check.

Now onto reinforcing the hunting mythology.

Not far from home, near Talkeetna Mountains, I learned to hunt.

I always remind people from the outside that there's plenty of room for Alaska's animal--right next to the mashed potatoes. (Pp 18-19)

Pander to hunters? Check.

Middle finger to PETA? Check.

Middle finger to that little porn star Levi? Check.

My siblings and I were baptized together in Big Lake's freezing pristine waters by Pastor Paul Riley. I got into the habit of reading Scripture before I got out of bed every morning and making sure it was the last thing I did at night.(P 22)

Pander to Christians? Check.

I am sorry but does she really expect people to believe that the minute she woke up, before she peed or had breakfast, she was reading Scripture?

This thing is so heavy handed that it almost reads like a parody of itself. I still find myself amazed that anybody could honestly buy this bullshit!