Art Quote

"All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography."

Frederico Fellini



I collect aphorisms and quotes. When I read this one, I paused to reflect on the words and their meaning. I thought about how long art has been a part of my life. It is true that when you think about your art, you realize that it does tell the story of your life.



~My "Favorites" Book List~

This is a list of some of the books that I've really liked.
I welcome your recommendations~to add to my ever-growing "to read" list.
I belong to an on-line book club~ GOODREADS   It's a great place to find new books and read reviews and join groups, like the 50 Books A Year Challenge that I've done for the past 2 years.
***Particularly Good (IMO)
  1. A Land Remembered                                                  Patrick D. Smith
  2. ***Snow Flower and the Secret Fan      Lisa See
  3. Chocolat                                                                           Joanne Harris
  4. Empires of Sand                                                          David Ball
  5. ***Mountains Beyond Mountains            Tracy Kidder
  6. The Girl with the Pearl Earring                            Tracy Chevalier
  7. The Things They Carried                                     Tim O’Brien
  8. One Thousand White Women                            Jim Fergus
  9. ***The Poet and the Murderer                     Simon Worall
  10. The Girls of Riyadh                                                     Rajaa Alsanea
  11.  Testimony                                                                        Anita Shreve
  12.  My Sister’s Keeper                                                   Jodi Picoult
  13.  Eat, Pray, Love                                                             Elizabeth Gilbert
  14.  ***Bel Canto                                                              Ann Patchett
  15. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society   MaryAnn Shaffer / Annie Barrows
  16.  The Kite Runner                                                         Khaled Hosseni
  17. ***Cutting for Stone                                         Abraham Verghese
  18. The Blood of Flowers                                           Anita Amirrezvani
  19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo                               Stieg Larsson
  20. Bridge of Sighs                                                          Richard Russo
  21. ***Still Alice                                                               Lisa Genova
  22. The Book Thief                                                         Markus Zusak
  23. We Die Alone                                                              David Howarth
  24. The Last Confession                                              Morris West
  25. ***On Writing                                                           Stephen King
  26. The Hunger Games                                                 Suzanne Collins
  27. ***The Woman in White                                            Wilkie Collins
  28. ***Suite Francaise                                                    Irene Nemirovsky 
  29. Child-44                                                                    Tom Rob Smith  
  30. ***The Help                                                                 Kathryn Stockett          

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