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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

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1. David Litt‘s memoir about Obama‘s White House
2. Hanging out with our grandson now that‘s he‘s home from college for summer
3. After our trip, I‘d say French but really, I can‘t choose ... š¤·š¸¼ā€¨ā™€ļø¸
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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

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You‘re 24 years old, and your boss‘s boss is the leader of the free world. You make a bunch of gaffes in his presence, but still manage to get promoted to his senior speechwriting staff. Along with key to the fancy gym. And then you write a memoir about it, including narrating the audiobook quite well too. This was a great Obama admin memoirā€”recommended!

Full review www.TheBibliophage.com
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8little_paws The golden girls scene had me dying 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @8little_paws For sure! 5y

BellaBookNook You‘ve peaked my interest! 5y

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melbeautyandbooks This was great a listen. I thought he did a great job with the narration. I definitely laughed out loud several times. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m so glad you liked it too, I loved his narration and lighthearted (and very grounded) look at being in so close to what most consider the biggest power trip. I found his book very refreshing compared to other political memoirs I‘ve read, it didn‘t take itself so seriously. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Yes! He was so lovely in person that I worried I wouldn‘t like his book. Thank goodness he writes the way he talks. Beck Dorey-Stein is the other young staffer who published last year. Her book was SO much about her stupid dating choices and not enough about the WH. Thankfully, Litt had a different take on his memoir. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BellaBookNook I hope you enjoy when you pick it up! Definitely consider the audiobook. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @melbeautyandbooks Yes! I‘m not often a fan of author narration, and considering his stories, it could have been horrible. But he hit it out of the park! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘m finding I like them for memoirs, hearing them tell me their story, in their own words with their own voice and inflections, intonations, etc... makes it more intimate, and you can hear where they put stress on things as well which I like. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Definitely!! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Right now my audio-memoir is Gabrielle Union‘s (it‘s on Scribd) it is definitely real and honest!!!

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

New audiobookā€”back to my Obama-era memoir choices. Litt is funny and self-deprecating.

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Gezemice I would love to read this, too! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Gezemice It‘s so funny. A very quick read, and nostalgic too. 5y

Gezemice @BarbaraTheBibliophage I was eyeing it for a while on Audible. I think I know where that extra credit will go... 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Gezemice I‘m not usually a fan of author narration, but Litt is good. Strikes a perfect tone and has great joke timing. 5y

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I enjoyed this one, it‘s read by the author on audiobook and wasn‘t at all what I expected. It‘s a real behind the scenes look at what it‘s like working in the White House for just a normal guy....and he‘s quite funny. I found myself laughing and smiling to myself while listening to this look back at the past administration and all its highs and lows.

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#Nonfiction2019

EmilyM This was a good one! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @EmilyM Yes! After such heavy political books, this one was like a breath of fresh air, so funny and lighthearted. 5y

AnneFindsJoy Ooh thanks for posting this, now I have a book for my ā€saw it on Litsyā€¯ task! š€ 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AnneFindsJoy Haha! It was good on audiobook too! 5y

alisiakae This is a fun book. I enjoyed it when I read it! 5y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

No wonder I fell like I‘m in constant whiplash lately, the current administrations tactics are completely the opposite. The sky is falling, the sky is falling, freak out, freak out!
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We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama

GingerAntics ā€Near-pathological calmnessā€¯ and ā€don‘t freak outā€¯ š¤£š‚š¤£ This is going to have to go on my TBR. It‘s hilarious...and ever so reminiscent of a happier - date I say - more hopefully time. 5y

MallenNC I liked that book! I listened to the audiobook. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC I did too, and I found it quite funny at times...very enjoyable. 5y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics I definitely enjoyed it. 5y

nudibranch This is probably why he did a couple stints with his "Anger Translator." ? 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @nudibranch That is actually mentioned in the book! š‚ 5y

nudibranch Yesssss! I STILL watch those when I need a good politics laugh! 5y

Susanita ā€The sky is falling and it‘s not my fault!ā€¯ 5y

Gezemice @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think calmness is awesome. Michelle Obama has mentioned this, too. We need more of it. This was one I was eyeing on Audible. Is the narration good? @MallenNC 5y

MallenNC @Gezemice The audiobook is read by the author. I liked hearing it in his voice. 5y

Gezemice @MallenNC Thanks! Good to know! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Gezemice I agree, I liked hearing it in his voice too. The audio was on Hoopla and Scribd too if your library doesn‘t have it. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I could use some pathological calmness just about now. I‘m thinking of cracking open the book of Obama‘s speeches soon.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I don‘t have that one, but I should look for it too. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I want to try and cross reference the speeches Litt mentions. But haven‘t done it yet ... 5y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

LOL! This made me laugh, because I think we‘ve all had these discussions after years of ingesting Survivor and The Walking Dead, etc.

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BarbaraTheBibliophage When all of the Ebola crazy started, I was heavy into treatment for Lyme disease. I couldn‘t help but compare the twoā€”Lyme is actually affecting so many more people but gets no respect. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I used to think only the killers got any respect, chronic suffering not so much.... but then I‘ve watched this whole measles resurgence and just decided humans are very VERY flawed and stupid creatures at heart, and wonder how long it will take to find a cure for Lyme or Ebola, and how long after that until some group decides they built character and the cures are the problem. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I agree. I have some measles experience. My parents didn‘t vaccinate me for religious (or cult, depending on how you look at it). So I had them in my teens during an outbreak at my cult-based school. Not something I‘d wish on anyone. And during another outbreak, my niece died from them. That was the year I got vaccinated for them, just in case. And about Lyme, the controversy behind the treatment is huge. ā¬‡ļø¸ 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Watch the movie Under Our Skin sometime. It comes and goes from streaming servicesā€”was recently on Netflix again. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I am so sorry to hear that, such a horrible loss. I‘ll defiantly look for it! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It was terrible. She was just 14 or 15, I think. I feel the worst for her parents and younger sister. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage That‘s just heartbreaking! I lost a brother, when he was just a baby (different medical story, it was labeled as SIDS) and that was so hard on the family, I can only imagine that it would be infinitely harder with the loss of a teenager. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa SIDS is just awful. Were you around then? Or have memoirs of it? I think both kinds of unexpected loss are horrible. š° 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes, I was young, but remember. Now years later medicine knows that my surviving brother & I have a genetic neurological condition. But when I was diagnosed it was unheard of in children, when my first brother came along it did NOT run in families, when he died and my other brother came along my parents insisted he be tested, and he was positive, and only now after the genetic mapping of the 80‘s & lots of other research... 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ... is it a genetic mutation that they can actually test for truly. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage The miracles of modern science really cannot be appreciated enough. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage These last 20-30 years in medicine have been amazing. I wish what you know now could have helped your brother, though. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage it really has, but as per our earlier conversation much of it depends on what you believe, if you get the right doctor who has the right idea at the right time, and if science has progressed far enough for us to understand it at all. For me, it was a lot of luck that I got diagnosed and on the right medicine when I did....really really oddball fluke luck. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Well either that or I‘m just really stubborn! š‰ 5y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

I like it.

#NFBuddyRead

GingerAntics Please god can we bring this mentality back?! No really. 5y

Reggie @GingerAntics For real..... today I was catching up on my Rachel Maddow Podcast and the acting AG Whitaker actually recused himself from a case. Which one you ask? The one where the FBI is investigating the company for which he sat on an advisory board that scammed people out of millions. Like wtf? How many crooked people can you actually board in one administration? 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Reggie OMG!!! I‘ve got to start listening to her podcasts!!! 5y

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GingerAntics @Reggie right? So much for ending Washington corruption. He‘s the most corrupt of them all. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Reggie That‘s the only podcast I listen to regularly. Yes, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa you need to start listening! 5y

Reggie @BarbaraTheBibliophage sometimes I have to take a break from the podcast because it gets depressing. But I like how she puts a lot of things in context. Like... How William Barr is the guy who convinced Pres.Bush Snr. To pardon the last of the Iran-Contra guys so that way the investigation could not touch Daddy Bush because that is where it was headed. So I wonder how his name came up in the now conversation to become AG. He got confirmed this 5y

Reggie past Thursday so what‘s done is done. But if not for Rachel I wouldn‘t know that. 5y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

I breezed through this one over the weekend, and finished it late last night...but I thought I‘d post a few quotes before I sit down to review it.

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BarbaraTheBibliophage I saw you startedā€”and finished. I‘m ready to start now. Had a library ebook to finish! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I completely understand, those library books have to come first. I think you‘ll like it, it‘s more lighthearted than I expected and was a great behind the scenes look at what working in the White House was like, and he starts as we did this past year, making calls and knocking on doors. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage The audiobooks is on Hoopla, so I switched to that when I was running errands Friday and Sat., you might want to listen to it too. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Funny, I just downloaded it in Scribd. Been listening while I work on my next deeply impossible puzzle. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I saw your posts, they look great ! I miss puzzles, but my cats just aren‘t puzzle friendly. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage funny I just downloaded Color of Law on Scribd, LOL. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage This one is all blue water and undersea stuff that looks exactly the same. Oh, and palm trees. š¤Ŗ I downloaded it also! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds pretty, I can‘t wait to see it! 5y

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Our bookworm former President has a reading list for you! ā¯¤ļø¸š“

TheWordJar Of course he does. And of course he includes Becoming. I ā¯¤ļø¸ him!! 5y

Mindyrecycles Omg I just love him so much! ā™�ļø¸ā™�ļø¸ā™�ļø¸ 5y

bookandcat Great books on the list! 5y

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Gaylagal2 I love his yearly listā¯¤ļø¸ Miss the Obamas. Think Trump reads? Cat in the Hat maybe, because of that dam tie? š¤” 5y

dariazeoli @Gaylagal2 Trump reads the best and biggest words. To him, this means his 3am rage tweets, immediately after subjecting the rest of us to them š‰ 5y

Gaylagal2 @dariazeoli No shit right? š‚š¤™ 5y

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This is ny 3rd Obama staffer memoir and by far my favorite so far. It's funny, yet informative, and doesn't delve too deeply into personal life stuff like other memoirs of this vein. Very fun on audio, he reads it himself and has good comedic timing. It's on hoopla so go check it out!

Ericalambbrown I love the arrow š¤£ That pretty much tells you what you‘re in for š 5y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

Made it to #MidtownScholarBookstore to hear Beck Dorey-Stein and David Litt talk about their books and life as White House staffers under Obama. #memoir #politics #authorevent

Louise Tell us more, please! Any highlights? 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Louise She just said Obama WH was 70% West Wing and 30% Veep. Trump WH (where she worked for two months) is 50% House of Cards and 50% Game of Thrones! 6y

AmyG Hahahaha. I love the comparisons of the two administrations. 6y

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Louise Oh, my! š‚ 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @AmyG @Louise I haven‘t watched either Veep or West Wing, but this makes me want to do so! 6y

AmyG They are both excellent! 6y

Louise I haven‘t watched them, either, but I have a basic idea of what these comparisons tell us about the two administrations. Quite a difference! 6y

BekaReid @BarbaraTheBibliophage Looks awesome! Wish I could have gone today, but at least I was able to make it to some of yesterday's events at The Midtown Scholar and hear Liza Mundy 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BekaReid I‘m glad you got up there!! How was Liza Mindy? I have her book but haven‘t read it yet. Don‘t forget Midtown releases all their talks on their podcast! 6y

BekaReid @BarbaraTheBibliophage Liza Mundy was interesting, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading Code Girls. And thanks for the heads up on their podcast!! 6y

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Not a great book, but very funny in many parts and I needed the realistic optimism that this book reminded me of! #nonfiction #imissobama

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It was nice to revisit a time when I respected our president. This was a fun way to see the Obama white house, through the eyes of a speech writer. I did find that the book dragged a bit at times. It did lift my spirits and reminded me that progress is one step forward and two back...I am looking forward to our next step forward

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I have been on a historical fiction bing...time for something completely different.

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Obama‘s summer reading list. š¨. Adding all these to my TBR

Caroline2 Educated is absolutely brilliant!! prob the best book I have read all year! I‘ve stacked the rest too! š‰ 6y

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Lea

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It was good. Some of it wasn‘t that entertaining, other parts were great. I laughed out loud (which is rare for me) and I got teary eyed. It was an interesting insider look at being a speechwriter and young.

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Chelleo

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āļø¸āļø¸āļø¸A light political memoir from an Obama speech writer. He shared some interesting anecdotes like this interaction with Luther/Keegan Michael Key. Learned a lot about speech writers. Sometimes his insecurities where annoying but all in all a nice read.

swliblady Thank you for the review - I saw this the other day and wondered how it would rate. 6y

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I really enjoyed this - I learned what a WH speechwriter really does, and there were a great number of Obama anecdotes. They weren't sugar-coated but still made me nostalgic for the times when our POTUS actually cared deeply about the effect his words and actions had on the world, on people. Litt has a great story to tell, and the audio was š‘¨š¸¼

#audiobook #presidentialstaffmemoir #politics #funny #insightful

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Just started this on my drive to work and I've already laughed. This is gonna be good. (And man I love these Obama staffer memoirs. Reminds me of better days.)

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#Obama #WhiteHousememoir #audiobook #Libby #currentlyreading #funny

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ā€The old saying goes that you should fake it till you make it, but I think a more accurate saying would be ā€Fake it because you have no choice.‘ā€¯
-Thanks, Obama by David Litt

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This was fun...anyone exhausted by the current political climate will get some relief (comic and otherwise) from revisiting several significant chapters of the Obama administration as told through the POV of a junior speechwriter. They have a lasting inside joke where Obama, while either in a meeting or on location for a speech, will randomly ask David, ā€So, are we funny?ā€¯

I laughed out loud a few times. Sighed in frustration A LOT. Needed this.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I think I read Zach Galifianakis say that one of the reasons Obama didn‘t fit in well in Washington was because he was genuinely funny and so many of the people that he worked with had no sense of humor. 6y

Chelleo I just finished We Were Eight Years in Power and have Fire and Fury next in line so this may be just the break I need from political readings. 6y

mrozzz @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Litt revealed that they frequently contracted Hollywood comedy writers for some speeches so š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ Litt pointed out several times in meetings where Obama would edit a speech to make it sharper or add jokes. (edited) 6y

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mrozzz @Chelleo oh yeah! Definitely through in something a tad lighter to break those up! 6y

melbeautyandbooks I read this because of you. I am so glad I did. I listened to the audio version. It definitely made me laugh out loud, real life laugh out loud, several times. 6y

mrozzz That makes me so happy! @melbeautyandbooks So glad you liked it too āŗļø¸ 6y

melbeautyandbooks Just one reason I love Litsy! ā¯¤ļø¸ 6y

mrozzz One of many šš’— @melbeautyandbooks 6y

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Oh how I wish we could end the ā€us vs. themā€¯ mentality. Oh how I thought we were headed in the right direction. š©

Eggbeater I know. š¢ 6y

AmyG I think alot of us thought we were moving forward. šŖ 6y

Leftcoastzen I agree , fed up with all the nastiness. 6y

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Gezemice This ā€usā€¯ thing is a liberal snowflake agenda. Hope and change, how ridiculous! They think everything is Kumbaya! They want to take away America from us. And our guns. They are unamerican immigrant lovers. Obama brought shame on all of us. White men are being opressed! Make America great again! Torches and hoods and burning crosses! Lock her up! I am a very stable genius! There is no chaos! I am just getting rid of deadweight. On Twitter. 6y

Gezemice Just want to make it clear, that the above is based on views of real life people but does not reflect the views of the author. 6y

BookishMe @Gezemice š‘š¸¾š…šš¤£š‘¨š¸½ 6y

mrozzz @Gezemice I appreciate the clarification! š‘š¸» 6y

mrozzz @Eggbeater @AmyG @Leftcoastzen @Gezemice the youngest generation of soon-to-be adults is giving me hope though! Not blindly accepting the status quo and demanding action where action is due... hoping their activism especially will stop being a partisan issue and we can START protecting young lives and break down divisions from there. (edited) 6y

melbeautyandbooks I‘m listening to this audiobook now. I love it. It‘s very funny and also very sad- sad because things have changed so drastically since then. 6y

mrozzz I know š” @melbeautyandbooks but on the flip side it‘s a nice break from reality. 6y

melbeautyandbooks @mrozzz YES! 6y

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Jas16

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While there were a few interesting anecdotes I was largely underwhelmed by this one. I might have enjoyed it more in print because I honestly found Litt annoying in the audio version.

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Be right back, currently rolling on the floor laughing. š†

LazyDays @mrozzz noooo! š‚ poor thing! 6y

LauraBeth š‚š‚ 6y

melbeautyandbooks I must read this now. š¤£ 6y

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#HumpDayPost

1. See above. For all the beer drinkers out there I recommend Rogue Dead Guy. It‘s been a favorite since I could legally buy my own beer š¸

2. Just started Gilmore Girls over (for 2nd time)

3. YES (tagged). Some political comic relief w/ focus on Obama which I desperately needed.

4. Glimpse at the weather above. ā¯„ļø¸š©š’¦š’Ø

5. No tattoos. I‘ve been pierced a dozen times (face & ears) but only retained 4.

MinDea

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Crystalblu Love Rouge Dead Guy! 6y

mrozzz @Crystalblu š²š‘¨š¸»š„ 6y

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mrozzz @britt_brooke š¤— 6y

RebelReader Just got Thanks Obama from the library! š 6y

mrozzz It‘s a riot! Enjoy š‰ @RebelReader 6y

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Oh the inclusion Obama‘s election elicited. š™¸š¸»š’—š„

ā€So often in America, these differences were dividing lines, but here in Hartford lay the promise of something better, personified not by our candidate l, but by us. We were proud of who we were and where we came from.ā€¯

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It was great to be back in ObamaWorld, even if it was for only a brief moment. The sneak peek inside the lower echelons of the Obama administration was nice, but this was otherwise a bit of a lackluster read.

Going straight to my next book, as I will be hanging out at the ice rink snack bar for quite a while, since I can‘t join M on the rink because of twitchy knee issues.

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Exciting Friday night plans. š‚š‚š‚ But it‘s exactly where I want to be! #itscoldoutside #booksandwine

alvingregorio Looks so relaxing 6y

Bookcation74 Lovely!! 6y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

1. A light-hearted memoir by one of Obama‘s junior speech writers.
2. Swedish fish, if we‘re talking non-chocolate candy. Otherwise, dark choc sea salt caramels.
3. I‘m on the cusp between Gen X and Millenial, the micro-gen known as Xennials.
4. American Girl (I‘m hanging out in my daughter‘s room š‚)
5. Yoga, reading, and maybe a date night.

#HumpDayPost #CatsofLitsy

MinDea

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

ā€All I had, really, was an envelope. It arrived in early January, oozing exclusivity and class.ā€¯

I received one of those envelopes, too! I kept the invite, pictured above, and it was definitely one of the coolest pieces of mail I ever received. Just as going to the 2012 Inauguration and Inaugural Ball ranks pretty high on the ā€highlights of my lifeā€¯ list! šā¯¤ļø¸šā¯¤ļø¸

Keeping this book close at hand during tonight‘s SOTU. š¤¢

Bklover SERIOUSLY?!!! That is soooooo COOL!!!šˇ 6y

AlaMich Wait, how did you score an invite?!?! š³ (edited to add that I just saw where you said you were a volunteer š) (edited) 6y

MicheleinPhilly I have one of those too! One of my most prized possessions. 6y

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CarolynM Wow! What an experience to have had and an excellent souvenir. 6y

alisiakae @Bklover @AlaMich I worked (as a vol) on the 2012 campaign! Our local Field Office organizer could submit a few names in addition to hers to receive an invite, and I was on that list. I have friends that live in DC I stayed with (and one came with me because my invite included a +1)...it was an AMAZING experience. And painful, lol. Painfully cold, and having to walk a ridiculous distance in š‘ that night to get through security barricades. 6y

alisiakae @MicheleinPhilly šˇ‰šˇ‰šˇ‰ Did you go? 2008 or 2012? I went to 2012. I also bought a pair of engraved Inauguration champagne flutes at the Ball...they are a prized possession. 6y

ReadingSusan This makes me want to weep with sorrow lol. So cool!! 6y

jbhops šš 6y

Bklover Thanks for the info. That is just awesome. Awesome. 6y

PenguinInFlight Those are amazing!! š¨ (I watched the first 10 minutes of the SOTU and I feel like I‘m going to vomit because it made me so angry...I don‘t even have words to articulate my feelings on our the current President. š¤¬) 6y

alisiakae @PenguinInFlight Somehow, I‘m still watching. š¤® 6y

PenguinInFlight @4thhouseontheleft I figured if I was going to sleep tonight, I had to turn it off. My blood pressure is still elevated, LOL. 6y

mrsmarch @PenguinInFlight @4thhouseontheleft I‘m still watching on PBS. Bc PBS. I must have a talent for keeping my blood pressure low. 6y

mrp27 That is amazing! 6y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

I happen to have both the #audiobook and hardcover of my #currentread checked out from the library right now. It is a cold but sunny day, so I decided to take a 1/2 hour walk in a nearby lakefront park on my way home today. #audiowalk

Really enjoying this one so far! As a 2012 OFA campaign volunteer (I even got to go to the inauguration!), it‘s like hanging out with an old friend.

britt_brooke Great photo! 6y

MallenNC Pretty! I liked this book. I did the audio version, and I liked hearing him tell the story. 6y

ReviewsbytheMrs Gorgeous š’ 6y

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Ashley_Nicoletto

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First book finished of #24in48. I always thought that I'd love every thing that came out of the Obama White House, but this has proven that is not the case. Litt's memoir just didn't grab me.

JenReadsAlot Bummer... 6y

readsusieread I second @JenReadsAlot ...what a bummer! 6y

Ashley_Nicoletto @JenReadsAlot @readsusieread Right? He does a lot of walking you through the campaigns, but I wanted more inside stories. I loved Who Thought This Was a Good Idea. I think I wanted it to be more like that. 6y

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years | David Litt

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A fun and humourous listen. I would recommend to fans of the West Wing TV show who want some Obama nostalgia and some behind the scenes info. Litt offers a self-deprecating view of life as a White House speechwriter, and how it isn't like the West Wing show, but did have its perks, and times that were not so perky. I enjoyed it!

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