Book #173: A Promised Land by Barack Obama
A Promised Land Barack Obama Released: November 17th, 2020 My 39th book for 2026 was Barack Obama’s A Promised Land. This is the second Presidential Memoir I have read following Jimmy Carter's Keeping Faith 2 years ago. I have been meaning to read this one for some time as I wanted to see how the presidency affected his ideas, methods, and beliefs. I just finished Donald Trump's Surviving At The Top , and since I've been doing a good job of balancing books regardless of political persuasion, I figured I would look into the two most influential figures on each side. Ever since I watched Designated Survivor , I realized I could never be President of the United States. Not because I have some inability, but because the stress and sheer cut-throat nature of American politics in the modern day is simply demeaning to all involved. Since then, I have wanted to read books by various presidents to see what it was like to sit in that chair makin...