Title: “Sarah Palin Talking Keychain”

Manufacturer: Emanation

Rank: 3 (in Toys & Games > Novelty & Gag Toys > Gag Toys & Practical Jokes)

Blurb: “We eat, therefore we hunt * Pretty relevant important stuff… to me anyway * In what respect, Charlie? * Ya quit makin’ things up * I’ll betcha! Plus five more BONUS phrases.”

Review: “I have to say I am a little disappointed. I expected to get four years of use out of this toy, but it simply quit working altogether after not even two, for no explicable reason.”

Customers Also Bought: “Barack Obama Toilet Tissue Paper”

Footnote: Beware of malfunctions: “While I do like the lifelife feel (plastic) and the realistic voice (screechy), sometimes you don’t even have to push the button for it to spout off.”

Sarah Palin Talking Keychain [Amazon]

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Title: “The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life”

Authors: Glenn Beck and Keith Ablow

Rank: 7

Blurb: “The process of finding happiness through personal redemption was not easy, but it left Glenn with a blueprint for how to confront future adversity.”

Review: “I am disappointed in the New Age views of both authors. If you are looking for a Biblical discussion of healing, look elsewhere. As a 7 year listener to the radio show, I like him very much, but now I may question his POV.”

Customers Also Bought: “Unlikely Mormon: The Conversion Story of Glenn Beck”.

Footnote: “He gets $13 million a year from print (books plus the ten-issue-a-year magazine Fusion). Radio brings in $10 million. Digital (including a newsletter, the ad-supported Glennbeck.com and merchandise) pulls in $4 million. Speaking and events are good for $3 million and television for $2 million.” [Forbes]

The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life [Amazon]

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Title: “Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”

Authors: Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo, and Lynn Vincent

Rank: 38

Blurb: “Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how ‘reaaally big’ God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit ‘shoots down power’ from heaven to help us.”

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Title: “40: A Doonesbury Retrospective”

Author: G.B. Trudeau

Rank: 67

Blurb: “This monolithic overview of G.B. Trudeau’s landmark newspaper strip is the most comprehensive book on the subject imaginable.”

Review: “It leaves out all the cartoons relating to Watergate, Reagan, Monica, New Orleans, Dubya and other politically charged times.”

Customers Also Bought: “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great,” by Rick Meyerowitz

Footnote: No Watergate strips? That would be like selling a Warner Bros. collection without Bugs, Daffy and Road Runner.

40: A Doonesbury Retrospective [Amazon]

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Title: “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People”

Author: Amy Sedaris

Rank: 32

Blurb: “Did you know that inside your featureless well-worn husk is a creative you?”

Review: “Not a craft book for the family. I love her sense of humor, and was very gung ho about getting it for my mom for chirstmas. BUT, it is kinda creepy at parts.”

Customers Also Bought: “Barbie Collector Mad Men Collection Betty Draper Doll,” by Mattel

Footnote: The Sedaris kids are tag-teaming the Amazon Top 100 this week.

Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People [Amazon]

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Title: “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”

Author: Max Brooks

Rank: 59

Blurb: “100 line drawings.”

Review: “The information given might as well have been in bullet points.”

Customers Also Bought: “Dismember-Me 12″ Plush Zombie,” by ThinkGeek

Footnote: It’s our first Stinque Book Club rerun! Yes, it’s a slow week in the Amazon Top 100. But it was last holiday season when this showed up, and we’re fascinated by the idea of a zombie book as a Christmas perennial.

The Zombie Survival Guide [Amazon]

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Title: “Millie’s Book”

Authors: Barbara Bush & Millie Bush

Rank: 166,729 (#27 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( B ) > Bush, George)

Blurb: “The Bush’s dog, Millie, describes a day in the life of George Herbert Walker Bush and family, discussing morning briefings, deliberations in the Oval Office, and short breaks for squirrel hunting.”

Review: “I’m Millie’s son, Ranger. I think that ‘Millie’s Book’ is truthful, and beautifully written. My mother had incredible courage to write this book and I’m very proud of her.”

Customers Also Bought: “Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Complete Second Season”

Footnote: Speaking of Amazon’s Long Tail… Okay, no, we won’t go there. But between the Fetus Jar and Talibunny calling Babs a Blue Blood, we just got curious. For the record, Millie ascended to Doggie Heaven in 1997, while Ranger made a quick exit in 1993.

Millie’s Book [Amazon]

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