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Michelle Obama is my hero

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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I have loved Michelle Obama for years and Becoming just scratched this itch.  This woman! Hard working, humble, gracious, driven, smart, caring and full of so much integrity.  She almost makes me want to be American (and then I remember the health care issues and hug my Canadian passport like a security blanket).  Had Hillary Clinton won the last election I might have read Obama’s memoir in a different light- inspiring yes, but in a world where inspiring things were still relatively common.  Since the Obamas left the White House, however, I have not been inspired.  I don’t need to […]

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9/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

Worth all the praise it has been given…

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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CBR11 Bingo – Reader’s Choice (in place of Science)   I’ll admit that despite the hype surrounding this book, I initially had little interest in this memoir. It was a ‘meh, I’m sure I’ll get around to it someday, but it’s not near the top of my TBR pile’. I’m thinking it’s partially because I’m not a huge memoir person, partially because I’m not American, and partially because American politics makes my blood boil a little bit (no offence, eh?). But more and more people (specifically women) in my circles kept recommending it, and then it kept coming up in talks […]

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9/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

My new best friend

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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I’ve decided that Michelle Obama is on the top of my list of people I’d like to sit next to on an airplane. Chris Hadfield is also on that list, and Barack Obama as well–although Michelle comes out on top. I’d obviously heard about Michelle Obama’s book Becoming (2018) when it first came out, but it took me awhile to get around to it. I already had a long reading list, and I do tend to avoid political books. I picked up this one because Obama is so likable, and I knew just enough about her life to be intrigued. And I […]

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6/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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This was a pick for my IRL book club in the spring, and I’m so glad! I don’t know if I ever would have picked it up otherwise, due to my avoidance of both political books and memoirs, unless they come suuuper highly recommended. (Sidenote: I love my IRL book club. It’s like having a bimonthly Galentine’s Day.) Mostly, Michelle Obama is such a good writer! She is t a l e n t e d. Her book also fits into my memoir sweet spot, which is when the person writing it: a) Has actual things to say, b) Says […]

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6/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:57 |

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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I am probably the last person to review Michelle Obama’s near perfect memoir, Becoming, but being late to the party is better than missing it entirely. I achingly miss the Obamas and spending this time with Michelle was something of a salve. I took longer than I needed to to read this one because I didn’t want it to end. Michelle Robinson had a happy childhood in Chicago. She adored her older brother, Craig, and is still very close to him. She learned a lot from her father who worked for the city and never missed a day of work despite […]

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4/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

There are a lot of reasons…

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…To love Michelle Obama. In Becoming, Mrs. Obama tells the story of her childhood and her life up to the point at which we now know her. Many of the basic facts and anecdotes in the book have been well documented through the years and the ever-present fact of her husband lends a deceptive familiarity to the book. Mrs. Obama’s voice also shines through and whether it’s because she has told many of the stories or because she is such a distinctive person, I imagined I could hear much of the book in her physical voice. This quality lends to […]

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3/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

Becoming – Be my friiiiiiiend, Michelle

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Let me just put this shocker out there: I voted for Obama. Big fan. However, I am not the most politically involved so I wasn’t tuned in to all the goings on of his administration, and also, would not say I had a strong opinion of Michelle Obama. I found her to be a classy lady, and envy her super toned arms, but by and large wasn’t focused on her at all during her eight years in the White House. Her book has been heralded so like any good book lover, I wanted to see what all the hubbub was […]

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3/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Becoming is Inspirational

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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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 and Barack are going to be okay. That dealing with the GOP who obstructed Obama […]

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1/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |


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