Book #1: "Catch Me If You Can"

I purchased this book at a thrift shop, I think, which are incidentally the most dangerous places for a book addict. Retail stores have plentiful supply in excellent condition, but thrift stores have the same at a fraction of the cost. And since I rarely go looking for a specific book, I am virtually guaranteed to find something I want to have.

Such is the case with "Catch Me If You Can", which I bought because I love the movie. If your criteria for judging a movie's worth includes faithfulness to the source material, you can't do much better than this. The book, of course, includes far more detail, including Abagnale's three-month stint as a sociology professor at, of all places, BYU. (Yes, really.) It is a fascinating look into the mind of a brilliant con artist, and I recommend it. 

Author: Frank W. Abagnale, Jr.

Potentially objectionable content: Some language, euphemistic sexual references (no details) and a fairly intense (and gross!) scene in a French prison