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A compelling, disturbing, and well-written accounting of the 2016 election. As we seem prepared to enter yet another election season with Trump on the Republican ticket, I think it‘s important to remember how unhinged he is and was. Books like this help us not forget that truth.

Reading this over a weekend just 65 days from the 2020 is a unique experience. Tur calls 2016 the “craziest,” but I suspect she now thinks it wasn‘t as crazy as this cycle. She offers a behind-the-scenes look and it feels gossipy and even lighthearted. But I had some “woah” moments that foreshadow some of the worst things he‘s said and done in the time since 2016.

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This book was SO good. It told stories from the campaign trail that we are all familiar with but from the journalist perspective. It was an incredibly objective read about Trump and how he won- plus the details from the authors personal life gave it the perfect personal touch

I chose to listen to this book strictly for a challenge prompt. It was painful for a variety of reasons. I found Katy Tur‘s memoir covering Trump‘s campaign whiny & superficial. I get it was crazy-town but she‘s a reporter & this was a PLUMB assignment, so a little humility would have been nice. This was rubbing salt in the wound, totally unnecessary and agonizing. I didn‘t need all the rehashing🥺

Need to UP my #Nonfiction2020 challenge. This is for #SomethingAboutAnElection but Katy Tur is a little too millennial for me 🙄

I've always liked Katy Tur and her snarkiness. She not only shares her journey through the craziness of the 2016 presidential campaign but much of her personal history. She is funny, smart, snarky and has a foul mouth. I adore her even more! I can't believe how many details of the election cycle I had forgotten! (Blocked out?!?)

If you are choosing between hard copy or audio, go audio. Katy is a great narrator, no big surprise.

Eye rolling, stomach clenching view from the front seats of the election campaign. I don‘t see that conditions are any different for 2020. My American friends please tell me there‘s someone else ready to step up?
I didn‘t have a book mark with a giant orange so I‘ve gone for a giant peach instead 😁

Bit of hairdresser reading 👍🏻 I wish this book was fiction and the ending was different....

An inside look at 45‘s campaign and what it was like to cover it. One of my scary October reads.

I enjoyed this but it wasn‘t quite as insightful as I hoped. I would have liked more social commentary and more explanation as to why, despite everything, people voted for Trump! It was still really interesting though, to read an eyewitness account of the Trump campaign through the eyes of a journalist. 👍🏻

Thanks Goodreads! Finally won a give-a-way 😁

#Goodreads #giveaway #resist

Don‘t you just love it when you completely forget that you preordered a book months ago and then you receive a random book package one day and it‘s like BOOM it‘s your birthday!!! 😆🎉👏🏻😁

This is a great look back at what it was like to cover the DT campaign and is a good addition to the record of what will hopeful be an anomaly of history. That being said, I‘m really sick of the man and burned out on books about him, so I only listened to this now because I‘ve had it on hold forever. I recommend it overall, but if you‘re anything like me, you need a break right now!

Fantastic! Authentic and honest. Always have liked Katy Tur but now I‘m a fan girl. Can‘t recommend enough.

Book #2 finished. This was such a painful read! So much stuff has happened since the election that I had forgotten a lot of the stuff that happened before the election. I really can‘t believe he won. What a joke. Upsetting read. But it‘s a good book if you can handle reliving that time. I have been eating candy all afternoon so time for some fruit. #24in48

My afternoon! Still plugging along but feel a headache coming on 😱 #24in48

Back at #24in48 cuddled in bed listening to this audiobook. I have to say it‘s pretty painful to relieve all this. I forgot about all the pre election stuff because he has done so much more since then.

Ok I think this is all I can do on #24in48 for tonight. Headed to bed. See you all tomorrow!!

3.5 ⭐️

A good listen.
Nothing really new, but it was helpful to refresh on some of the details. Tur was there from the start, & at times was targeted by Trump, leading to her needing a security detail.

Definitely worth a listen if you enjoy journalism. Tur gives a great account of life on the road for a correspondent.

From an interview in 2015, just weeks after announcing his run.
What was he so sensitive about? 🤔

Listening this while #audiocleaning

So, this one is good. Is it the best one for explaining the Trump Campaign and everything about it? No. Is it a fun read? No. Is it interesting and somewhat entertaining? Yes. Definitely yes.

This was a tough read. Setting aside my personal feelings for the man currently occupying the Oval Office, I can‘t even begin to imagine following someone for a year and a half. The thought alone exhausts me.

But this book also reminded me of the total shitshow that passed for reporting in 2016. A shitshow that is going to begin again once the midterms pass. 😩 Here‘s hoping the media has learned some lessons.

Oh man Audible has another amazing sale 🤣 I only looked through half the titles available so I wouldn‘t be too tempted.

Phew. This was a painful but worthwhile listen. But man was it painful.

I finished this audiobook on my walk today. I found it very interesting and informative, however it did just remind me of how many bizarre and as the title suggests unbelievable things took place during the American election. I also found the insight into how intense reporting on people like Trump can be really fascinating but at times I did feel my attention wander slightly. Overall good but not amazing, if you‘ve read it what did you think?

Spending the night with a mystery knit-a-long and finishing this on audio. I‘ve been loving it so far; there are other MSNBC anchors I like better, but Katy Tur narrating her own book is fabulous.

The whole Trump campaign was literally unbelievable, but this - a journalist‘s account on the campaign trail - hits pretty much every high (and low) point that I remember, rushing towards the finish line like a truck that has lost its brakes barreling down a mountain in the faint hopes of coming across one of those runaway truck ramps.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Katy Tur is very smart and quite funny. This book was an easy read, and the only reason I am giving it a 4/5 stars instead of a 5/5 rating is because I didn‘t love the jumping timeline (semi-linear timeline). I would have preferred a more traditional true linear timeline. I especially liked learning about Katy Tur‘s parents. This is a #mustread! #audiobook #Politics #partmemoir #KatyTur #bookreview #JPBookreview

This was sort of a memoir about her time covering the Trump presidential campaign. She relates some first hand experiences at Trump rallies that sound quite frightening. I found that she often went off on a tangent in the middle of relating some event, though, and this got confusing (at least it does on audio).

The NBC reporter chronicles the surreal experience of covering Trump since the primary days. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Started #Unbelievable today! I‘m loving #KatyTur already! This “is her darkly comic, fascinatingly bizarre, and often scary story of how America sent a former reality show host to the White House. It‘s also the story of what it was like for Tur to be there as it happened, inside a no-rules world where reporters were spat on, demeaned, and discredited... Unbelievable is a must-read for anyone who still wakes up and wonders, Is this real life?”

I wasn't sure if I could read anything about Trump but Katy is a great writer. I can't imagine how hard that must have been for her... I also wish I would have counted how many times I said WTF or OMG when listening to this!

I downloaded this audiobook on impulse and I honestly can‘t even remember why, since I‘ve mostly been ignoring the political books lately. That said, I thought this was a great memoir. Very well written and hits all the highlights of the campaign we all remember, as well as some behind-the-scenes stuff and an inside look at the world of political reporting.

The best way to counteract a hard to read (topic not writing) is with a warm fire.
This book is a so far a perfect memoir of the unbelievable trajectory of Trump from campaign to Election Day. Katy Tur may be one of my new favorite people.

#bookhaul
Managed to snag a signed copy of Unbelievable. I didn't know you could find those at Barbes & Noble.
#barnesandnoble #signedcopy

SUPER SALES ALERT!

The kindle deals have been exciting the last few days. Today there's several great looking biographies and memoirs 😍 i picked up a few not already in my library 📚 I'm not sure I'm ready for this one yet but it's been on my #tbr for awhile. #mommyreads #ebooks #kindledeals

As a memoir about Katy and the experience of being on the road with a campaign I found this fascinating, and it acted as a good reminder of the Trump campaign. Her style on audio was casual yet still specific and felt like a friend catching you. It is not chronological which was a tad confusing on audio and it‘s not the go to book for detailed analysis although what insights she gives are credible and interesting.

Between follow-up appointments & happy to have my Kindle so I could finish this one. I was immediately engaged & absorbed by Tur's account of covering Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 election. In turns humorous & horrifying given the outcome & while I avoided most of the Trump coverage specifics at the time, what she writes about is familiar-but with her take as a front row observer to the madness. Great if you are into politics & journalism.

Max chose to sleep on his ottoman in one of the few moments of sun on this rainy day rather than read with me this afternoon. 🐱Max says that he's tired & his mom's book is really boring... there are no cats & just the mean orange man with little hands & Max thinks he probably doesn't even like cats...🙀He'll get up when his dinner is ready. 😼#catsoflitsy 😽❤️

When your book is the cake barrier.

Trying to get a few chapters in this afternoon on the Kindle but someone (🐱) seems to think it's time for his dinner--even though he's about 30 minutes too early. 🐱Max says that although he likes to have his mom home again, she should really stop her reading & get him something to eat because he's had a really tough day of napping & grooming & it's Friday--so it's time to start the weekend! 😹 #catsoflitsy 😽❤️

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#FierceFeb #ModernGirl -Had my brother take all of my library books back before he left as I wouldn't be home before their due dates😢📚including the print copy of this book that I REALLY wanted to read so I'm happy my library e-book hold came in. I read a few chapters this morning & think that author & news correspondent Katy Tur is a good example of a 'modern girl' or woman--trapped in the madness of covering the Trump campaign for NBC.🎤🤦🏻‍♀️

A one sitting read that left me deeply depressed about politics yet again, but well written and engaging.

#weekendreading