Michelle Obama’s “Becoming”

[underwaterrhymes]

Who else is reading this?

It’s WONDERFUL. Best book I’ve read in a long while. It’s funny, moving, sharp, and, when she discusses the challenges of juggling parenthood, marriage and work, incredibly relatable.

If you haven’t bought it yet, get on that. (And even though I’m the wife of a librarian and go libraries, yay!, BUY it. You will want to read it more than once.)

[NewOrleans]

I heard her speak about it. She talked about how she stopped caring what people thought of her professionally. I loved that. I will read it soon.

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 25, 2018 12:53:16 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I heard her speak about it. She talked about how she stopped caring what people thought of her professionally. I loved that. I will read it soon.

I was there too. She’s amazing.

[dutchgirl678]

I'm reading it right now. It is one of my favorite non-fiction books ever. She is so relatable and smart.

[morecoffeeplease]

Nov 25, 2018 12:55:40 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nov 25, 2018 12:53:16 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

I heard her speak about it. She talked about how she stopped caring what people thought of her professionally. I loved that. I will read it soon.

I was there too. She’s amazing.

I'm going to her show tonight. How long was the whole thing? I'm just curious because one of our military gates closes at a certain time and I'm wondering which one I'll have to come home through. 

[WOT?*]

I just started it, and was hooked from the very beginning. Someone posted that they were reading *and* listening to her on audio concurrently. That sounds so awesome, listening to her narrate as I read along. I'm absolutely going to buy the audio and steal the idea.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I only a few chapters in but loving it so far.

[underwaterrhymes]

Nov 25, 2018 13:00:29 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Nov 25, 2018 12:55:40 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I was there too. She’s amazing.

I'm going to her show tonight. How long was the whole thing? I'm just curious because one of our military gates closes at a certain time and I'm wondering which one I'll have to come home through. 

One of my friends is going tonight and just asked me this very question!

Count on close to 3 hours after it starts. They show a few videos and ours, which had Oprah as the host, didn’t really start start until 8:50 or so. The actual interview was maybe an hour and a half? A little longer?

Ours was the first night, so they may have changed it up slightly. But seriously, she’s so warm. It was a tremendous experience. It was also fun for us because we had Whitney Young students in the house. I’m guessing you will have a similar experience, but for different reasons, in DC.

[morecoffeeplease]

Nov 25, 2018 13:10:35 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nov 25, 2018 13:00:29 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

I'm going to her show tonight. How long was the whole thing? I'm just curious because one of our military gates closes at a certain time and I'm wondering which one I'll have to come home through. 

One of my friends is going tonight and just asked me this very question!

Count on close to 3 hours after it starts. They show a few videos and ours, which had Oprah as the host, didn’t really start start until 8:50 or so. The actual interview was maybe an hour and a half? A little longer?

Ours was the first night, so they may have changed it up slightly. But seriously, she’s so warm. It was a tremendous experience. It was also fun for us because we had Whitney Young students in the house. I’m guessing you will have a similar experience, but for different reasons, in DC.

Thank you!

We aren't allowed to have uber on base so I usually drive to a gate and walk out to meet the uber so I wanted to know which gate I should park near.

I'm excited. I wish I was at the last dc show because Barack came out, whomp whomp!

[wambam]

I’m about 1/3 through. I’m really enjoying it!

[dancingirl21]

I'm about halfway through and am loving it. She's such a good storyteller.

[VillainV]

It’s waiting for me in Audible (used my credit from returning Rachel Hollis’ claptrap). I can’t wait!

[lilibet]

I finished it Friday. Absolutely loved it. She's so warm and funny and real.

[dexteroni]

I finished it yesterday. I loved it so much.

[anonymous]

Nov 25, 2018 13:19:37 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Nov 25, 2018 13:10:35 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

One of my friends is going tonight and just asked me this very question!

Count on close to 3 hours after it starts. They show a few videos and ours, which had Oprah as the host, didn’t really start start until 8:50 or so. The actual interview was maybe an hour and a half? A little longer?

Ours was the first night, so they may have changed it up slightly. But seriously, she’s so warm. It was a tremendous experience. It was also fun for us because we had Whitney Young students in the house. I’m guessing you will have a similar experience, but for different reasons, in DC.

Thank you!

We aren't allowed to have uber on base so I usually drive to a gate and walk out to meet the uber so I wanted to know which gate I should park near.

I'm excited. I wish I was at the last dc show because Barack came out, whomp whomp!

We’re going tonight, too, and also wishing we went last week!

[redheadbaker]

I have a copy of the book, I haven't started reading it yet.

[rupertpenny]

I finished it about a week ago. I liked it and really admire her for not sacrificing her own career ambitions even when she obviously had a lot going on.

I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion, but I hated their proposal story. OMG I would not have responded well to that.