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Diving into this one. Anyone read it? #Sportsmomlife #alwayshaveabookinthecar

I really enjoyed read the “behind the scenes” stories from Beck, who worked as a stenographer for President Obama. Although I appreciated the personal stories added in, there were times I wished the story was less about her personal work/relationships/struggles and more about what her life was like when she talked about speeches, traveling on Air Force One, working in the White House, etc. A very unique story! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review: Dorey-Stein tells of her experiences in the Obama White House. It is told honestly even down to an affair she had with a cheating senior staffer & her doubts of if she was good enough for her job. This book is filled with strong women, a president they all loved & the stresses of running a country. I appreciated reading this book for its insight into politics, what it takes to run the WH & the long hours all the staff & POTUS worked.

This was an enjoyable memoir of a non political person who almost accidentally gets a job as a White House stenographer during the Obama administration. It is an atypical political book because most of it is about her personal life, which was interesting but became tedious after a while. I wanted to shake her when she kept going back for more with a senior coworker who made clear he didn‘t care about her. This was my #doublespin for April

Read a book or stare out the window? Wondering how best to spend breaks during this pandemic. #catsoflitsy

I couldn‘t wait to get “home” from work and back to my book.

1. WOOOOW I miss Obama.
2. Not the book I expected it to be— I expected a political memoir with lots of insight into the dynamics of the Obama admin. Didn‘t really get that.
3. BUT this is a very courageous book. It is mostly about the author‘s coming-to-terms with herself through mistakes she makes with love interests and friends. I would not be ballsy enough to write this book so I really commend her.
4. WHO is Jason?!? Daaaaaamn he SUCKS 🥴

Starting my #DoubleSpin book since I finished my #BookSpin pick last night (review soon). The #Vibrant cover was one of the things that first drew me to this book. Its turn has finally come. (I‘m nostalgic for Pres. Obama) #BloomingBibliophiles

Good morning @OriginalCyn620 I can find a book with a pink cover! It‘s my #DoubleSpin book for April. #ISpy

I‘m not sure who all is playing so I don‘t know who to tag.

It was engaging because I had an interest in the Obama Administration but not the best written memoir.

Immature 26 year old falls into a job at the White House. Drinks too much, sleeps around and tells about the dumb stuff she does. Only read 70 pages. Pass.

Imminently readable and entertaining! This was a neat read as a follow-up to Becoming. It illustrates the challenge and gift of working at the highest level of government.

Interesting quick read. Much of her personal story is included along with some interesting insights on her job in the White House.

This book was a delightful read! Beck Dorey-Stein is refreshing and talented!

If you miss the Obama administration, this is exactly what you need! Stein was the presidents stenographer. She also young and made lots of dumb personal choices, but her take on the administration is great. She was honest, funny and clever. I hope she continues to have great success.

From the Corner of the Oval is the story of Beck Dorey-Steins experiences in the White House under the Obama administration as a stenographer. She has a witty way with words that brings you along and makes you giggle as she succeeds and struggles.

https://onthebl.org/2019/04/08/from-the-corner-of-the-oval/

Oof. A tale of two halves. I loved the insider stuff about working in the Obama White House (but not being a political staffer) but was so frustrated with her stupid decisions about her personal life. Just wanted to shake her. Well written but a so-so for me for the frustration factor!

My library hold finally came in! So excited to read this at last.

Well-written toxic bachelor torture

Starting this today! I‘ve borrowed it a few times yet never started which always bugs me, so it feels like an accomplishment.

This book could do with a massive edit and I don't agree that the author is a great writer but at the same time it was soooo readable. Blends travelling around with Obama as a junior staffer with a reminder of what it is to work in a fun, intense workplace when you're young - definitely recognised her experiences and bad choices though as mine weren't in the White House, they might have been less exciting to read about! 3 stars, book 9.

Not what I was expecting but by the end I didn‘t want to put this book down! This is a sort of coming of self story of Beck, professionally and personally, with little windows into the White House during Obama‘s administration. Now I want to read more Obama 😳 Yes I was frustrated with Beck multiple times but overall enjoyed her voice.

I found this memoir really engaging. Beck is personable & her frank openness refreshing. However when she tried to sound noble it came across as preachy & fake. I liked that this book was a true behind the scene look at the cogs who keep the political wheels spinning. A really interesting reflection of our current history. This book is more lowbrow than academic & Beck still has some maturing to do as both a writer& as a responsible adult.

#TimbitTunes My current audio book finds English major Beck Dorey-Stein, living in D.C ; she‘s 26 unemployed waiting tables and working at Lululemon when she answers a Craig‘s List ad for a stenographer. What she didn‘t know at the time...it was for a position at the White House...working for POTUS himself, Barrack Obama. #StartedFromTheBottom now she‘s flying on Air Force One, attending briefings around the world and dishing ALL the dirt!!!!

When life gives you some overripe bananas 🍌🍌🍌#AudioBaking

Been listening to this gossipy fueled memoir of a young stenographer‘s time as she served during President Obama‘s second term. It‘s pretty engaging. Sure makes #AudioLaundry go by quickly😁

This was like a book version of Scandal! Beck had a 4 year term in the White House, scribing Barack Obama‘s every word. This book gave a lot of detail on what happens during Obama‘s presidency and beyond what we see of the White House. The lavish parties and hotels, the rendezvous and multiple cheating stories, in between being flown together on fancy air jets. Overall great read! 4/5.

I relate to this author so much

There were so many things about this memoir that I really enjoyed but omg the relationship stuff. Reading about a person making the same mistake over and over again drove me crazy.

What a great #memoir . The memoir of a stenographer in the Obama White House. Lots of fun details of a young persons‘s life in DC in the Obama era.

Ballets are full of bloody slippers

The ocean always wins because the ocean never cares. But you, my dear, can drown in six inches of anything.

If we are lucky, we turn out to be nothing but wiser, happier versions of our younger, stupider selves.

Does anyone else subscribe to the Penguin Random House 'Season of Stories'? They send you book excerpts for free by email.
#seasonofstories

Interesting

Sometimes it's what people don't do that hurts the most.

. . . POTUS grabs my attention when he says the narrative of history is long, and "We just try to get our paragraph right." Life is short and this world is big. Get your paragraph right. And if you're not sure what's right, write.

I like to say hello to everyone, which is why my friends in Manhattan are embarrassed whenever I visit them.

I haven't trusted the internet since the sixth grade, when I was talking to Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys on AOL Instant Messenger and then found out is was some nine-year-old girl. . .

. . cover letters are, just as I thought, total bullshit.

Reading Break: Some days are hard days. Beau is a wonderful dog, but she is a rescue. As a rescue, she has a lot of idiosyncrasies. Her anxiety has gotten much better, but some days we end up in the closet just trying to get by.

onthebl.org/2018/11/07/closet-anxiety-attack/

Some may say that this book was a poor reflection on Dorey-Stein, who worked as a stenographer at the White House during the Obama administration. D-S has a very toxic love affair going on during the course of her time in the WH that is difficult and irritating to read about, but I also thought it was genuine and brave for her to share every aspect of her story.

#badselfportrait #nofemmeber

This memoir from a millennial stenographer in the Obama administration started off slow but won me over with delightful behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the White House. Her details about her love life were presented as a way to frame her growth but honestly I wished she had just left that stuff out, as I liked the parts about her work best. Thanks for the #lmpbc read, @Schlinkles !

@Schlinkles @TsundokuAleax are we picking books for this month?

Glorious, glorious fun!!!!!!

Listening to this audiobook was like hanging out with a younger sibling or cousin. She‘s got an interesting job, and very few obligations. She travels the world, but also makes some ridiculous relationship choices. And that last item? It‘s what she talks about the most, but the other stuff is interesting enough to wait until she gets back to it. A good antidote to my heavy politics choices.

Full review www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2018

I gave up on this one. Just too flurfy (that‘s a word because I say it is). I wanted more backroom politics and less drunken bad decisions.

Archie thinks maybe I'm trying to read too many things at once

Started this one after dumping Jane Eyre yesterday. It‘s funny, recalling a different White House. So far, so good.

And I‘m hoping to hear her at Midtown Scholar Bookstore on Sunday!

This is not your typical White House memoir. Beck Dorey-Stein was only looking for a job when she answered a Craigslist posting looking for a stenographer. She had no idea she‘d spend the next few years working in the West Wing, forming lifelong friendships and unwise romantic entanglements. Part Sex and the City and part West Wing, this was a light, fun and hilarious read that I had a hard time putting down.

This is a good rule of thumb