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Becoming is Inspirational

Becoming by Michelle Obama

January 30, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

I apologize in advance if this seems a little incoherent. What a great memoir! Michelle Obama hits everything that I love in memoirs. She goes into her childhood, her family, how her parents and family shaped her. And then you get to read about how certain incidents throughout her life defined her. I laughed, cried, grieved, and got angry reading about all of the highs and lows in her life. And I ended up smiling when we get to the epilogue and know that she […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama

Classic's CBR11 Review No:32 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama ·
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“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

Becoming by Michelle Obama

January 26, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

During the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency, it became clear to me that Michelle Obama was a statuesque and beautiful woman, who was also clearly intelligent, caring and wanting to make a difference alongside her husband. Being part of the first African American Presidential couple in the White House and basically raising her young daughters more or less in the public eye cannot have been easy. Nevertheless, I didn’t know all that much about Michelle Obama, which was why this autobiography was so interesting […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, Becoming, cbr11, Michelle Obama, non fiction, politics

Malin's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, Becoming, cbr11, Michelle Obama, non fiction, politics ·
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Becoming of a First Lady

Becoming by Michelle Obama

January 23, 2019 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

A few months ago a friend and I were deciding on what movie to see. I was interested in a film with some historical relevance and she dismissed it coldly saying “I already know it ends.” Why should that make the journey any less interesting?  I suppose we all know how this story ends: Michelle Obama became the First Lady of the United States, and then she wasn’t anymore. We all know many parts of the story as well–it’s a very public life, belonging to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Becoming, First Lady, Michelle Obama

Nannerbears's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Becoming, First Lady, Michelle Obama ·
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Thank you emmalita

December 7, 2018 by Caitlin_D 4 Comments

Cannonball gift exchange is one of my favorite Christmastime traditions and this year my not so secret Santa was our Bingo organizer extraordinaire emmalita! Thank you for Ellie Kemper’s My Squirrel Days (my library doesn’t have it!), a Michelle Obama coloring book and the Kindle edition of Snoop Dogg’s From Crook to Cook which I did not know I needed but am super excited about.

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food Tagged With: Cannonball Gift Exchange, Ellie Kemper, From Crook to Cook, Michelle Obama, My Squirrel Days, Snoop Dogg

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food · Tags: Cannonball Gift Exchange, Ellie Kemper, From Crook to Cook, Michelle Obama, My Squirrel Days, Snoop Dogg ·
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