Tuesday, April 16, 2013

A to Z Blogging Challenge 2013 - O




Well, we're on the downhill side, now. Congratulations to everyone who's still hanging in  there!
For this year’s A-Z Challenge, I have chosen to highlight some of the authors and their books, that we, in our book club, have either read, as a group, separately  or have been recommended by someone in our facebook, Book Club, ‘What to Read Next?’

So, today 'O' is for Obama, Barack - Dreams from My Father

From Amazon:
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. 

We, in our book club found this one to be a very interesting read. To come across a book written by the present, President of the United States was indeed a read, not to be passed up.

If you'd like to check out or join our facebook, book club,please, select the link, What to Read Next?
 Also considered and still to be read:
Ondaatje, Michael - The Cat's Table


15 comments:

  1. Tweeted and shared this.

    Hugs and chocolate,
    Shelly

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    1. Hi Shelly,
      How have you been and how are those little dogs of yours? Nice to hear from you. Glad you're in the Challenge again. Thanks for stopping by and for sharing and tweeting this.

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  2. Cool that you're sharing books for AZ!

    Damyanti @Daily(w)rite
    Co-host, A to Z Challenge 2013

    Twitter: @AprilA2Z
    #atozchallenge
    AZ blogs on Social Media

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    1. If you're co-hosting, I probably have seen one of your posts this time. Will check it out again. Thanks for visiting mine, too.

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  3. Thanks for introducing a book i didnt kno
    Fellow A to Zer

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    1. You're very welcome. I think this is one of two the President has published. Glad you stopped by.

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  4. It would be interesting to read about the life of the president of the US. I'm from the Philippines, and maybe someday I'll grab the book and read it... after I've read the pile that's on my desk.

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    1. Thanks, Rosanna, for stopping by from the Philippines! I hope you do get a chance to read this book.

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  5. I haven't read that one yet. I'll have to check it out.

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    1. I think you'll be glad you did. Thanks for visiting :-)

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  6. Although I was not optimistic when I started that book, I have to say that I was really glad I read it when it was finished. It gives a personal touch to a man who is the Commander in Chief of our U.S. neighbors. Good choice for "O"!

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    1. I'm happy you ended up enjoying the book, Pat. To read a book written by the Commander in Chief of the USA is a treat indeed.

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  7. Great choice for the letter "O", I think he is a good man and has the peoples best interest at heart!

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  8. Yes, I do too. We'd be lucky here in Canada to have our next Prime Minister like him. Thanks for stopping by.

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  9. That looks really interesting - I love reading biographies :)

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