Book Club Friday–Three Picassos Before Breakfast

 

I’m linking up with Megan over at A day in the life today for the Friday Book Club. 

I’m on to my nest Dresden book, but don’t want to bore you with all the fictional mambo-jambo, and if you want to read about them go ahead and click on the link and it will take you to my last post about them.

The book I do want to share with you today, is one my Grandfather passed down to me before his lung-cancer surgery. The book is Three Picassos Before Breakfast as told by Anne-Marie Stein, an art forgers wife.   

The book is about the life story of David Stein, a very famous art forger.

David Stein (born Henri Haddad, January 27, 1935, Alexandria, Egypt - Died October 1999, Bordeaux, France) was an artist who, until 1966, had been frequently sentenced for theft by the French courts before becoming an art forger and art dealer with 15 aliases.

What I really loved about this book was not only the story but how much David and Anne-Marie traveled. They would literally live in hotels and small apartments all of Europe, and get up and move every few weeks or months.

I especially love non-fiction books because they each leave you with a part of the real experience and give you inspiration to do something other then the 9 to 5 job and “required” steps. By no means am I saying that this book encourages people to become art forgers, but I believe it encourages people do be better, to experience life on another note and NEVER give up on their dreams.

The book is a fast read. I finished it within a day and a half. Very well written and fascinating to read.

Book Club Friday – Illusions

 

I’m linking up with Megan over at A day in the life today for the Friday Book Club. 

Today’s book is very special to me, I received a copy of Illusions by Richard Bach from my uncle on the day of my high school graduation.

On the inside of the front cover my uncle had inscribed the following words:

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

There was also a page number that I could turn to where the quote was underlined in my uncle’s neat head. I read the book in a day, and re-read it the next day. To this day I’ll pick it up and read through. The book is an inspiration and has become my personal bible.

Here is what Amazon has to say about the book:

In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar....

In Illusions, the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places--like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.

Over this weekend I will be giving a copy of this book to two of my debaters who are now high school graduates. I hope that it will be as inspiring to them as it was to me and help them in the journey of discovering themselves and becoming full adults. I also do hope that they never lose the childish perspective of life, when everything and everyone is seen through the positive light.

Book Club Link Up !!

 

I’m so excited to link up with Megan over at A day in the life… for her weekly Book Club posts!

 

This week I finally got back into reading. Now that my final semester of undergrad is over, and I can take a breath before my June 6th class starts back up. I’ve been trying to finish the series I started a while back at the recommendation of my Mister and Father-in-Law.

The series is called the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. This is a fiction series and more of a “boy read” so if you are interested in mysteries and detective stories this is one heck of a good series to read. There are 13 books and I believe that Mr. Butcher is working on another one.

I am currently on Book 9, and have loved every single one of these books. Dresden is funny, and will make you laugh out loud a great deal.

Here are all the other books in order:

Have any of you read these?

If you have, can you guess who we were for last Halloween?!

 

<3 Hope you are having a great Friday and hope you decide to pick these lovelies up!

They are fun to read!