Day: February 9, 2012

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FEBRUARY 9th to FEBRUARY 23rd, 2012

THE OBAMAS

by JODI KANTOR

SYNOPSIS:
   When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as possible.
Then they moved in.
In the Obamas, Jodi Kantor takes us deep inside the White House as they try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady. Filled with riveting detail and insight into their partnership, emotions and personalities, and written with a keen eye for the ironies of public life, THE OBAMAS is an intimate portrait that will surprise even readers who thought they knew the President and First Lady.
THANKS TO ANNA, AND AWESOME PEOPLE
AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
I HAVE ONE ( 1 ) COPY OF THIS
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This week’s question:
A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I got some great responses and will be picking out some of the questions from time to time to ask the rest of you. Like now.
shelovestoread asks:
If you had to pick only 5 books to read ever again, what would they be and why?’
My Answer:
Such a hard question!!!    I sit here and try to recall from so many years ago and push aside the cobwebs in my mind lol.

I just finished a book the other day that reminded me of a book I read in 1979 that I would like to read again and that would be A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford.  Some others would be The Ring by Danielle Steel, The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon,  Kiss The Girls by James Patterson, and a more recent one, Spinning by Michael Baron.

The fact that I remember these four books from such a long time ago that they left a lasting impression.  In the last 5-10 years I started keeping track of the books I read because I found myself buying books that I had already read.  The above books were read before that time, matter of fact, they were read when I was in HS and/or college.  Seeing that they came to mind, it would be interesting to see if I had the same reaction now as I did then.  And as for Spinning, it was such a moving and poignant story that pulled at my heart strings, I could really do a reread while waiting for this author’s next book if I needed a Michael Baron “fix” lol.