You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen is a parody but sounds just like the real thing! It is witty, funny, and too real at times! I had to read it slowly, small bits at a time. Even a fake tRump I have to take in small doses! ( )

Now, I love Baldwin's skits on SNL - he really does a good job with the caricature that is Donald Trump. 6+ hours of it, though, is just too much. Baldwin reads this audiobook in character, meaning the cadence just wears on you, and rather quickly. Stuff that was still mildly funny a year ago when he did this book are horrifyingly mild compared to events that have transpired since. Given that we apparently have a long way to go in this ridiculous presidency, I think Baldwin probably should have let things (if not actual events, then his characterization of them) run its course before laying down this book. As it stands, it's pretty obsolete. ( )

Great. ( )

Alex Baldwin has done an amazing job on Saturday Night Live portraying President Trump. In this "memoir" Baldwin looks back at this year, describing what this year has been like, speaking as his alter-ego Trump. I found myself laughing out loud many times. The photos are priceless. I simply loved this book. In this day and age, every laugh should be valued, and I certainly valued all of the ones I had from this book! Read it! ( )

This brilliant book was published less than two weeks ago and it has already topped the fake news “New York Times” bestseller list longer than any other book in history. It will certainly win both the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes. It’s beautiful to hold and look at (certainly a 10). It has 246 thick, silky pages, lots of side comments, and a lot of beautiful, full-color pictures of me and some other people. There are forty chapters, short enough that you will not get bored or have to read things that don't matter. Trust me, every word in it is true because I wrote it.

You will see what a wonderful, talented, caring nonracist person I am and the wonderful relationships I have with my staff, the members of Congress, foreign leaders, and some of the members of my family, especially at least two of my children..

The story begins in 1986, "the day the space shuttle blew up, so tragic, but I was in a fabulous mood." I was in my 30s and my businesses were taking off. I just closed the deal on Mar-a-Lago and learned that even though my mother had been born in Scotland I could become the US president, Mar-a-Lago could become the Winter White House and I could continue playing golf.

It covers almost the end of my first year in office. You will learn about my leadership, business, and management skills, the respect between me and leaders of foreign countries, and how my golf game continues to improve. You will learn how well I follow the news on television and in the newspapers, how I make my decisions, what I like to eat, and what is wrong with The White House.

I one place, I humbly tell about a misunderstanding I had. Paul Ryan said something to me and it sounded very insulting. I was shocked and asked him to repeat it. When he did, it was similar, but very different from what I thought I had heard.

I promise, YOU CAN'T SPELL AMERICA WITHOUT ME is the best book you will ever read. ( )