Spring Into Adventure - Book Recommendations
Published 2024-04-12
A BookTube event for April (and beyond) celebrating Adventure books
Hosted by:
@BookTimewithElvis
@LiterateTexan
@ShawnDStandfast
@bighardbooks770
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
@anotherbibliophilereads
Schedule:
Week 1: Short Form — under 100 or 200 pages
Week 2: Long Form — over 200 pages
Week 3: Alternative Form — novelization, radio play, or movie
Week 4: Nonfiction — real life adventure
Time codes:
00:00 — Intro
00:54 — What is an Adventure
03:06 — Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
03:44 — The Martian by Andy Weir
03:57 — Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
05:10 — The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
05:35 — The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore
06:04 — The Blooding of Jack Absolute by C.C. Humphreys
06:36 — Moby Dick by Herman Melville
06:46 — Shardik by Richard Adams
07:36 — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
07:57 — The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
08:14 — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
08:26 — The Golden Keel by Desmond Bagley
08:40 — King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
09:00 — The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith
09:49 — The Virginian by Owen Wister
10:10 — Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
10:37 — Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
11:14 — Tangerine by Christine Mangan
11:46 — Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
12:14 — Too Late to Turn Back by Barbara Greene
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All Comments (7)
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Thanks for joining us in this awfully big adventure 😊. Love the idea of pairing the old with the new.
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Interesting selections. I have read a lot of them but I’m curious to check out others. Thanks for joining the adventure.
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An intriguing selection of pairings.
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Great reviews old and new good idea
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I have the Childers and was saving it for an expanded “Dr No-Vember”. Now you’ve given me something to ponder..
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Tim have u ever read roger brook series by dennis weathley there as good as flashman I think
