Simon & Schuster Canada keeps the adventure coming with the fourth book in The Blackthorn Key series by Kevin Sands. You can collect them individually, or in a gorgeous six book hardcover collection. In book four picking up shortly after the previous story, Christopher wakes up, not knowing where he is, or more importantly, he…
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The Deep (1977) – Peter Yates
The next big recommendation from DK Canada’s The Movie Book is my all time favorite movie Jaws, which I’ve talked about more than a couple of times on the blog, so I moved right along to the What Else To Watch list, and dug into the other Peter Benchely novel that was made into a…
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) – Frank L. Baum
A quick trip to Oz has been overdue, so I figured it was time to dig into book eight in the series, and check in with all those old friends, and new ones, to see what was happening in that faraway land. Following in the quest stories which have been the hallmark of the series…
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) – Ken Annakin
The final recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book for a viewing of Robin Hood, is this Disney take on the book of the same name, that set the tone and style for family adventure for some time. I had never seen this film, and was quite delighted to settle…
Stranded Review (Book #1) – Jeff Probst and Chris Tebbetts
I was one of the millions of people worldwide who watched Richard Hatch irritate, dominate, and win the first season of television’s epic reality show pioneer, Survivor. After that, I watched a few seasons, then tapered off to other things, and came back to it again after a few years, once I realized that…
The Mind Reels 