Becoming

Written by: Michelle Obama

First line: When I was a kid, my aspirations were simple.

Why you should read this book: These are the memoirs of First Lady, Michelle Obama, wife of the forty-fourth president of the United States of America, who considers herself an ordinary person on an extraordinary journey, despite the fact that vast majority of human beings simply wouldn't be capable of undertaking most of the things she has accomplished so far in life. From her beginnings as a driven child on the South Side of Chicago to the day she and her husband left the White House, she describes, with candor and humor and seriousness, her life experience and her full range of emotions, how she fell in love with her husband, how she evolved as a mother, how she dealt with the hatred and ugliness she encountered in the public sphere, and how she kept herself and her family together throughout. Echoing her husband's message of hope, augmented with her own sense of realism, this is an enjoyable and mostly uplifting autobiography of a very interesting life.

Why you shouldn't read this book: You are interested in the life of Michelle Obama.