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The New Barack Obama Memoir: A Promised Land (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 2, 2020 | RESIST: Politics

I spent 30 hours listening to Barack Obama in November. Hint: It was the audiobook of his recently released memoir, A Promised Land. I consider it time well spent, as well as an enjoyable listen. And even though I was alive and politically aware during the events of...

Book Review: Yes We (Still) Can by Dan Pfeiffer

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 25, 2020 | RESIST: Politics

Dan Pfeiffer is coming soon to a bookstore near me, promoting his new book, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again. Since I’m attending that event, I decided it was high time I read his first book. And I think I’ll be glad I read them closer...

Book Review: We Are The Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 23, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

E.J. Dionne and Joy-Ann Reid edited this volume of selected speeches by President Barack Obama. The 27 speeches date from 2002 to 2017, and include some well-known and some more obscure moments. Each speech has an introduction from the editors that puts in context,...

Book Review: Thanks, Obama by David Litt

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 17, 2019 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Politics

Native New Yorker David Litt was politically aware enough in college to volunteer for Barack Obama’s first Presidential campaign. Then he moved to Washington, D.C. and tried to get a job after graduation. After an internship, he networked himself into Obama’s White...

Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 29, 2018 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Politics

It isn’t easy to be the 9 zillioneth reviewer of Becoming by Michelle Obama. But here I am, wondering how I’ll make this an original and meaningful review.Let’s get the basics out of the way. I loved this book, and am especially glad I listened to the audiobook. While...

Book Review: From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 17, 2018 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Politics

  Beck Dorey-Stein is a charming and funny young woman, as is her book, From the Corner of the Oval. The day after I finished her book, I met Beck at the Harrisburg Book Festival. She joined former speechwriter and fellow author David Litt on the stage, while...

Book Review: Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 31, 2018 | RELAX: Memoir

Before my ebook hit 25%, Joe Biden’s family stories in Promise Me, Dad had me crying. There’s plenty of other content in this heartfelt memoir, but the focus is on Beau Biden’s fight with cancer. Beau is Joe Biden’s oldest son, technically Joe III. His life story is...

Book Review: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 19, 2017 | RESIST: Politics, RESIST: Social Justice

To say Ta-Nehisi Coates covers a lot of ground in We Were Eight Years in Power is a true understatement. This book has done more to explain to me the state of the U.S. today than several of the other books I’ve read since the election combined. Coates reaches...

Book Review: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? By Alyssa Mastromonaco

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 17, 2017 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Politics

Alyssa Mastromonaco’s memoir of her political career, including her time in the Obama White House, is funny, inspiring, and vulnerable. When I bought it, I was wishing for a reminder of what made Obama’s presidency exemplary. I really had no idea tampon...

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