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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 11:43 AM Dec 2018

Michelle Obama extends tour as sales for 'Becoming' top 3 million

Sales for Michelle Obama’s memoir have topped 3 million and the former first lady is extending her book tour into 2019.

“Becoming,” published four weeks ago, is among the fastest-selling nonfiction books in history and already among the best-selling political memoirs of all time.

Live Nation and Crown Publishing announced Tuesday that Obama will have 21 events next year, six of them in Europe. She has been appearing at such arenas as New York City’s Barclays Center and Chicago’s United Center, with guest interviewers including Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon.

Her tour is now scheduled to end May 12 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

#1 on Amazon’s Top 20 Most Sold, and Most Read Books of the Week

https://www.apnews.com/553cb83c491f44ec9226f443b2da22a0

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Michelle Obama extends tour as sales for 'Becoming' top 3 million (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 OP
I can only read a few pages at a time because I get upset very quickly. nycbos Dec 2018 #1
movie time ebbie15644 Dec 2018 #2
No surprise, given Michelle O's popularity; little doubt this First Lady would obliterate the Dotard InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #3
She will not run. IphengeniaBlumgarten Dec 2018 #4
Sometimes there's a sequel... and it sometimes has an even better plot. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #8
If you haven't read it yet, do. mnhtnbb Dec 2018 #5
The sales numbers have to be eating Trump's shriveled little heart out gratuitous Dec 2018 #6
It is my favorite book of year. Fascinating. Couldn't put it down. nt CozyMystery Dec 2018 #7
Here's an idea. 3_Limes Dec 2018 #9
I went to a store in Ottawa. They were all sold out except for one of the cds. applegrove Dec 2018 #10
I'm so happy for her! And, Cha Dec 2018 #11

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
1. I can only read a few pages at a time because I get upset very quickly.
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 11:50 AM
Dec 2018

Because the book is full of grace, class. Everything we are missing now. '


However there are parts of the book that have made me laugh as well.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
3. No surprise, given Michelle O's popularity; little doubt this First Lady would obliterate the Dotard
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:02 PM
Dec 2018

were she to run in 2020 and finally break the "glass ceiling." Oh, what a happy day that would be!!

4. She will not run.
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:40 PM
Dec 2018

Read the book. She is clear that she is not a politician and is glad that her husband's political career has come to an end.

mnhtnbb

(31,390 posts)
5. If you haven't read it yet, do.
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:50 PM
Dec 2018

I put my name on the hold list at the library before it was published. Glad I did! Only had to wait about 10 days for my name to come up because the county library (with many branches here in Wake County, NC) had about 100 copies.

She has quite a story to tell.

I saw her when she came to Chapel Hill during Obama's re-election campaign. She was a marvelous speaker. It's interesting to read her perspective on how she developed those speaking skills during the campaign.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. The sales numbers have to be eating Trump's shriveled little heart out
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 01:15 PM
Dec 2018

Deadbeat Donny is obsessed with ratings, rankings, and other gauges of popularity. The hotcakes nature of Michelle Obama's book sales has to be consuming him. He can't use his standard litany of "Ha ha I'm better than you" words like "failed," and the attention that the book is getting takes directly from the attention he is sure should be directed at him.

3_Limes

(363 posts)
9. Here's an idea.
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 05:06 PM
Dec 2018

There will soon be millions of already-read copies of this book in blue houses across America, not really doing much.

Think we could ask our fellow progressives to send them to Donnie boy as holiday gifts? I know the White House mail doesn't actually go directly to the White House, but just knowing that there are thousands of these things addressed to him (or Melania!) would just have to bother him deeply. And when the press picks it up, with pictures of mountains of "Becoming" sitting there, addressed to Donnie, it really could be a lot of fun.

And it only costs a dollar or two to mail a book. Bound reading material has a special, low, postage rate.

Just a thought.

applegrove

(118,674 posts)
10. I went to a store in Ottawa. They were all sold out except for one of the cds.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 03:07 AM
Dec 2018

The person I'm giving it to drives long distances in their car. It will be perfect. They said it was unknown when they would get delivery of more of Michelle Obama's book and it is a big box store.

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