Welcome to the Bucket List Book Adventure

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Welcome to the Bucket List Book Adventure! Here is the list of all the books I want to read (yes, there are almost 550 of them!). This literary bucket list began after I read Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. One of the core lessons in that book is to take responsibility for your own growth, to actively make up for what you feel you have lost or missed out on. For me, one of those “losses” was never earning a Great Works degree — the kind of education that dives deep into the foundational texts that have shaped human thought, faith, and imagination. So I decided to build my own version. I began with the Great Books Curriculum from St. John’s Colleg e , a program renowned for its deep exploration of Western philosophy, literature, science, and theology. But once I began, I realized I didn’t want to stop there.  I wanted to include the  Great Eastern Works  to gain insight into the wisdom of...

Last Day - Luanne Rice - A Short Summary & Review

 


A short summary of Last Day:

Murders over "Moonlight".

My favorite Luanne Rice quote from the book:


"Love is fluid and so is peace, without shape or edges, freshwater flowing from the river's mouth into the sea"


Questions to ponder while reading Last Day:

Does history truly repeat itself?

What would you allow in your marriage?

My review of the book:

Intriguing story.

Great anticipation.

A little long-winded. 


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