Here Are All the Books Hillary Clinton Has Time to Read Now

The Cut ^ | 6/27/2017 | Claire Landsbaum

[simpson96]

Hillary Clinton has some unexpected free time on her hands these days, and as she told the audience at the American Library Association conference on Tuesday, she’s been filling it with things like hikes, white wine, and reading. The former presidential candidate said that after her election loss, one of the ways she found solace was by “going back to the familiar experience of losing myself in books.”

Then she ticked off what she’s read since November: “I finished Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, I devoured mysteries by Louise Penny, Donna Leon, Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd,” she said. She continued, “I reread old favorites like Henri Nouwen’s The Return of the Prodigal Son, the poetry of Maya Angelou and Mary Oliver. I was riveted by The Jersey Brothers and a new book of essays called The View From Flyover Country, which turned out to be especially relevant in the midst of our current health-care debate.” (The last is a self-published book of essays by Missouri-based journalist Sarah Kendzior.)

Congratulations to Hillary, who now has more time to read than a person who lives in Washington Heights and commutes to Ditmas Park.

[upchuck]

Gee, we FReepers have given Killary enough suggestions to easily last the Summer. Here's another:

[PLMerite]

What she's drinking these days:

[RightGeek]

lol!

[simpson96]

[COUNTrecount]

She needs ho to learn how to close a deal, this might give her a clue or two.

[simpson96]

Yes!!!!!! Wish I could send it to her, gift wrapped. LOL

[DIRTYSECRET]

How about “M Life With Bill?”

[Nevadan]

Here we have an entirely obsessed, narcissistic, ambitious, power-hungry, controlling, and bitter nearly 70 year old woman who still maintains her plans to attain the presidency, She still maintains a core staff and has hourly updates on political events and issues, as if she actually was the president. In the months since her failure to achieve her ambitious goal, what has she done? She has made innumerable appearances and interviews declaring her relevancy and how she should have won if not for the Russians and the deplorables and the DNC and the kitchen sink. Can such a person as this actually sit down and relax and focus on enjoying a book? I don't think so. More Fake BS. I think this is only yet another opportunity for this two time loser to declare herself as relevant and keep herself in the minds of the media and the public.

[karnage]

The best of all these suggestions!

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Good time to read the book to find out what is in it.

[Dixie Yooper]

The FBI GOP CONGRESSIONAL FILES 2017 Version by Former FBI Director James Comey

[Cecily]

[Mears]

I read “Shattered”

The most interesting thing about it was her campaign’s obsession with “data”-——not people,data.

It was a “Moneyball” campaign.

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[Vermont Lt]

I must be an ignoramus.

But I have read about 30 Apocalypse and Zombie series.

Fine reading at its best.

[lizma2]

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks is a lot of fun but probably more beneficial for Bill and Chelsea