Jon Stewart must be hot because his pants are on fire. We call phooey on his claim that he read The Obamas by Jodi Kantor cover-to-cover as he convinced many, namely us, on his show that he did. Stewart's claim that he dedicated an entire weekend from work to this one book of so many he receives is the only reason The Obamas made it to the top of our nightstand reading.

We don't regret reading the book. The Daily Beast provides all the reasons (spoilers) why you should read The Obamas. It is a vetted, voyeuristic view inside the White House, which would be interesting at any time but at this time allows us to imagine ourselves as the first family. The Obamas supposedly covers the first 1000 days of the Obama White House, but the anecdotes primarily focus on Michelle Obama. That's all okay by us. We're just saying that Stewart didn't read the book if he thinks there was no "crazy s*** in there!"

Stewart says Kantor represents Michelle Obama as nice yet complex and not cool and exacting, as Kantor has been criticized for doing. We disagree with Stewart. Kantor places the First Lady in can't win situations. For example, Kantor says that Michelle Obama can't turn it on for cameras, citing her apparent boredom during her husband's speeches. Kantor later says she can turn it on for photo opportunities with kids. Can she or can't she turn it on for the cameras? Kantor writes these platitudes ignoring that perhaps Michelle Obama genuinely enjoys the company of children over blowhard politicians and isn't turning anything on. We tend to prefer our time at youth-focused events over the boredom that creeps into our every cell during a long-winded lecture. Does this mean we're faking it? Maybe sometimes.

We disagree that The Obamas is "Kantor's admiring portrait of Mrs. Obama, a hug really," as The Times, for which Kantor is a correspondent, does in their review. We also don't buy their defense that other authors are meaner to other politicians. That may be true, but it's a lousy rationale for this book as a hug. We do agree that the book can hardly be seen as journalism and that the reporting is worthy of Us Weekly. We love Us Weekly and we enjoyed The Obamas. The Obamas has its share of gloom, which is okay, because everyone needs to feel their angst is shared and understood.

If Kantor didn't give the Obamas the skewering that other politicians receive, then perhaps it's because Kantor didn't get skewer-worthy information. If Stewart felt as The Times did, that this was a big, ol' hug from Kantor, then perhaps he didn't read the book after all. We did and others who are interested should because The Obamas is an interesting peep behind the curtain for normal people.