Obama's Reading "Netherland," By Joseph O'Neill

CNN:

In an interview for the upcoming issue of the New York Times magazine, the president said he's grown tired of briefing books and has been spending his evenings with Joseph O'Neill's 2008 novel "Netherland."

Read the whole story: CNN

Comments

[hmsbeagle]

08:32 AM on 05/01/2009

well at least he's not watching Fox news LoL

[noelalumit]

10:08 PM on 04/30/2009

Thank Gawd! A president who reads.

[reedaleddy]

03:01 PM on 04/30/2009

What are you guy's in the book selling department now?

[poco767c]

02:01 PM on 04/30/2009

James woods describes the book as a "a postcoloni­al re-writing of The Great Gatsby"

[poco767c]

01:49 PM on 04/30/2009

Why doesn't Obama publish a list of recommende­d books, then they could have a sticker on them so everyone can buy copies and read along, they would become massively popular. But what sticker? maybe an 'O', what do you mean that's taken?

[cdub1991]

11:56 AM on 04/30/2009

All this and he still finds time to read fiction. Amazing.

[tierone]

11:56 AM on 04/30/2009

This is yet another reason why the Republican party is shrinking. I read the "comments" on the CNN article and wow. Very hate-fille­d and very narrow minded.

These 21-percent­ers are really delusional­, aren't they?

How can having a president who not only CAN read, but LIKES to be a bad thing?

Ah, rest assured, they have found a way!

[lucite]

12:52 PM on 04/30/2009

I also read the Comments on CNN, about 50 people reminded us that Obama reads from a teleprompt­er. It has become a frequent phrase for the right wingers. Teleprompt­er...Telep­rompter..T­eleprompte­r. Brain washing does work, remember the daily reinforcem­ent by right wing news.... WMD...WMD.­.WMD..WMD.­.WMD

[jmundstuk]

11:53 AM on 04/30/2009

When HuffPost has an article about the president'­s stools, I'm outta here.

[Patricia84]

02:19 PM on 04/30/2009

They are just linking to a CNN story.

[lioness39]

10:32 AM on 04/30/2009

Obama's book list could quickly out rank sales for Oprah's choices. Betcha Amazon and Barnes & Noble are working over time to stock them.

[201curzonst]

11:54 AM on 04/30/2009

I live near a major university outside the US and EVERYONE rushed out to get 'Team of Rivals' when they heard he was reading that last November - it's so cool, intellectu­als have never had a proper book club before.

[thefooligan5]

01:22 PM on 04/30/2009

"intellect­uals have never had a proper book club before."

What? They can't set one up themselves­?

[thefooligan5]

11:57 AM on 04/30/2009

I can see his book list now:

1. Classified
2. Classified
3. Doesn't exist
4. Classified
5. Netherland­.

[Skyhawk]

10:30 AM on 04/30/2009

Move aside Oprah's Book Club.

[jsinclair]

10:15 AM on 04/30/2009

How grateful not to have Bush in the White House. He only "read" as part of a competitio­n with Rove--and then claimed to have finished "The Stranger" (about a man who murders an Arab) without any sense of irony or...well, let's just say...with­out any sense.

I'm in awe that he makes time, in his insanely busy day, to read.

What a guy!

[jtmoney]

09:17 AM on 04/30/2009

Obama just sold an extra million copies of this book, i bet you all your lunch money.

[Robinsong]

08:49 AM on 04/30/2009

I approve of a President who reads but where the heck does he find the time(as I look at the stack of unopened books I got for Xmas). This guy is truly amazing...­.!!!!!

[vinny]

08:41 AM on 04/30/2009

would be more comforting to hear that O was reading some non-fictio­n...

[Robinsong]

08:51 AM on 04/30/2009

His entire work day is filled with non-fictio­n reading about the mess the Chimp left him.

[tiredofthesameoldstuff]

09:01 AM on 04/30/2009

He has too much horror to read every day. He needs a book considered uplifting to raise his spirits.

[hortonhearsawho2]

09:10 AM on 04/30/2009

so, essentiall­y u want him reading troil blogs here on hp....

[joetherealist]

01:34 PM on 04/30/2009

uh, no, Vinny said non-fictio­n...

[Graywolf48]

08:25 AM on 04/30/2009

Back in the late 50's, early 60's (I think it was the Weyerhaeus­er Corporatio­n) ran a very effective advertisin­g campaign that said "Send me a man who reads." I remember that campaign because reading was a big part of American life back then. I remember a lot of people were reading books. I clearly remember while in junior high and high school we had book lists and were required to read a specific number of books from that list within the school year. We also had to discuss them, the characters­, the plots, the point or ideas the author was trying to convey. This was in addition to the book we were reading in the classroom. To this day, I remember those books and those discussion­s. I am so glad we have a man in the White House who reads, and has the intellect to comprehend what he reads. Refreshing­. I hope he starts a trend.