Nonfiction - Memoir

 Becoming by Michelle Obama 

Nonfiction is not my preferred genre, but I am trying to step out of my comfort zone and this was a perfect book for that! Michelle writes like she it talking to a friend, and so I have decided we are friends. She gives you a glimpse of her life growing up in Chicago, then touches on college (frankly, I would have liked more from this part of her life), before focusing on her adult life. We get to see lawyer Michelle, dating Barack, job changes, parenthood, and how she rectified her goals with Barack's political ambitions. She owed us nothing, but gave us insights into her life anyway. Her hopes, her fears, her triumphs, and her dreams. I was devastated when she said she and Barack did not like Les Mis and walked out at intermission (it's one of my favorites). The appreciation and admiration that I have for her has only grown from reading her memoir, but now I have facts and not just feelings to back it up.