My Life (complete)

There is much that is good about the book. There is much that is annoying. I most enjoyed his descriptions of dealings with foreign leaders. We get the skinny on who was really in favor of what, who was willing to make serious concessions, who was not. Good stuff. The part of the book about his earl......more

Whatever opinions people may have of current or past American Presidents, it struck me quite forcibly in reading Bill Clinton’s ‘My Life’ how important are the qualities of sanity and of being grounded in compatible complementary sane friendships, and having associations with smart mainstream genius......more

No matter what anyone might think about President Clinton, he was a charismatic individual. People easily gravitated to him. The book is large (957 pages) - and he covers a lot, whether you want to know it or not - but, while you are reading, you almost feel like you are right there with him. Like h......more

I don't particularly like Bill Clinton .... I don't particularly like Bill Clinton on many levels. I have read many Presidential biographies and autobiographies and so I felt I should read this one, and suspend judgement. I'm glad I did. Whether you like Bill Clinton politically or personally is beside......more

I put this book under the fiction bookshelf for a reason. I read this book for a class on Bill Clinton's foreign policy (ok, most of the book. I skipped over all the personal stuff because frankly, I don't care about Monica Lewinsky). Anyway, due to the class and the fact that I lived through his pr......more