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Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama

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When Becoming by Michelle Obama was published, I was interested in reading the former First Lady's life story. That interest grew when I started hearing rave reviews about it. One year ago, I made the trek to my local Barnes and Noble Booksellers and purchased the hardcover of Becoming . Within a couple of weeks, I started reading it but put it aside for awhile. Eventually, I picked it back up and began reading the autobiography again. I was not disappointed. I always knew that Michelle Obama was a very smart and classy lady just from listening to her speak and how she acted from television news stories, but I didn't realize how much so. On top of that, she is a very talented writer. I'm very picky about the non-fiction books I read because the topic has to interest me and be written well. There were several things I learned about about Michelle Obama's personal life that I had no clue about. One is that she graduated from Princeton University and Harvard ...