Barack Obama's Audacity of Boredom

Apparently I'm not the only one who was put to sleep--more than once--while reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jennifer Hunter read the book, as I did, and like myself she viewed it as a necessary chore.

From her column:

Every time I leave town through O'Hare Airport, I see people carrying Barack Obama's latest tome, The Audacity of Hope. It has been on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 27 weeks, helping Obama pay off the mortgage on his swanky home in Kenwood.

However, I often wonder when I see people schlepping this book: Are they going to read the whole thing, or are they just going to skim it, like I did, looking for the juicy bits? For me, reading The Audacity of Hope was a grind; I hate reading self-help books or books that lecture me about how life should be.

I found reading the Audacity of Hope useful to me however, had I not, I wouldn't have been able to compose these posts:

Obama and the Laborers' Union Ed Smith

Obama and Wal-Mart

Obama's "The Audacity of Hope," a continuing book report

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Thanks for the link: Obamability

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