EGON SCHIELE, Drawings and Watercolors

Like his drawings, wanted to learn a bit more about him and his life.

Sh...t My Dad Says (Justin Halpern)

My sister bought this book for her husband and I read it while visiting them on week-ends. It is a light and entertaining read about father and son relationship and it is the father who would attract all your attention and make you laugh.
He does not do anything comic, in fact, he is quite a serious man. His blunt straightforwardness and raw language may turn off some readers, but I enjoyed this honest and genuine character.

Non-fiction "To read" list

I'm a list person. I constantly create lists: Grocery list, To Do list, To Buy list, etc...Some regard this as a sign of a boring person and they might be right. I tried to be spontaneous and live without them, but my experiment ended up with disappointing discovery: there was no sense of accomplishment without lists. It felt as if my time was wasted...

So here is my To Read list I compiled today inspired by Goodreads.

"Night", by Alie Wiesel
"Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl",by Anne Frank
"The Complete Maus", by Art Spiegelman
"A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century", by Barbara W. Tuchman
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West", by Dee Brown
"Infidel", by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley", by Malcolm X, Alex Haley
"The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey", by Ernesto Guevara, Aleida Guevara March
"God Wants You Dead", by Sean Hastings, Paul Rosenberg
"Basic Economics: A Citizens Guide to the Economy", by Thomas Sowell
"Recitation of the Noble Qur'an with verse by verse English Translation of its Meanings", by Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali
"Dreams from My Father", by Barack Obama
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", by Maya Angelou
"Truman", by David McCullough
"Something Like An Autobiography", by Akira Kurosawa, Audie E. Bock
"A Writer's Diary", by Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf
"Cheltenham in Antarctica: The Life of Edward Wilson", by David M. Wilson, David B. Elder, Edward Wilson
"Jackson Pollock: An American Saga", by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith
"de Kooning: An American Master", by Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan
"The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918", by Paul Klee, Felix Klee

Of Human Bondage ( W.Somerset Maugham )

In my twenties I read Painted Veil, Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, short stories and loved them all. A year ago I got Of Human Bondage, but quit reading on early chapters. It did not speak to me at all...

Something made me to return to this novel again and I made a second attempt. I downloaded a copy from Project Gutenberg and this time could not stop reading...

The novel IS a masterpiece. The story starts with Philip being orphaned in early childhood. Then a long and painful journey of growing and "finding yourself" unravels....

Extraordinary and brilliant narration, unforgettable story, deeply intellectual and emotional.