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Becoming by Michelle Obama

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andotherworlds's review against another edition

4.0

4.5

please please please listen to the audiobook of this (no adjectives to describe how good of a book) please someone make a petition to get Michelle Obama to read every book. that is all. just read it.

svaudrey's review against another edition

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5.0

Insightful, positive, non-divisively told story of her life, her marriage, and her family.

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Book 57 of 2024: Becoming - Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama recounts the experiences of her life which have made her who she is today, from her childhood in Chicago’s South Side, to her career as a lawyer, to meeting Barack Obama and falling in love, to becoming a mother and then to becoming the First Lady of the United States.

Review:

⭐️5/5

This was an extremely raw and honest autobiography where Michelle Obama really lays her whole life out on the table. I appreciated how candid she was throughout, sharing her personal experiences and views. I had always respected Michelle Obama but this book took her to a whole new level of inspirational in my eyes, the way she fights for what she believes in and stands up for herself and her family is incredible, the lens that she looks at life through is so well balanced too. Truly iconic woman.

Challenges:

📚Books in 2024: 57/60

📚52 Book Club Challenge: 21/52

📚Prompt #21 of the 52 Book Club Challenge: Written by a Ghostwriter

Book Information:

📖 Pages: 448

📖 Format: Audiobook/Hardback

📖 Type: Non-Fiction

📖 Genre: Memoir, Politics

Favourite Quotes:

“In life, you control what you can”

“He wanted to be effective far more than he wanted to be rich”

“All I wanted was to feel complete”

minguyen's review against another edition

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4.0

Có đọc lần 2 mới thấy đọc cho vui với đọc có chủ đích khác nhau thế nào.
Đọc lần 1 như 1 hoạt động giải trí, những gì đọng lại chủ yếu là cảm xúc, truyền cảm hứng, và thông điệp.
Đọc lần 2 vì được mời làm khách mời talkshow: đọc kĩ, note lại từng chi tiết, phục vụ cho các chủ đề khác nhau: nữ quyển, phát triển bản thân, phân biệt chủng tộc...

Từ giờ có lẽ nên thay đổi thói quen đọc, quyển nào cũng đọc như lần 2?

pirategirl121's review against another edition

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5.0

This was an excellent book. I listened to the audio version which I highly recommend. It took me a while to finish because my work commute isn’t very long but it was worth it. She has the perfect narration voice. When Obama was elected I was in middle school and had zero interest in politics so this book really shed a new light on things that happened that I was oblivious to. When it got to the section about Sandy Hook it broke my heart all over again hearing it from Michelle’s side, aka the “diplomatic” side.

thechanelmuse's review against another edition

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I always wondered if Michelle would be swayed by people championing her take office and reconsider to run for president in 2020. She spells it out clearly as to why that will never happen. These pages are filled with her heartwarming, protective spirit. Such an intimate read from a beautiful, consistently inspirational woman.