Today I finished King Solomon's Mines. It was a good adventure story; I can see how it translated to the movie screen quite nicely. It doesn't get bogged down in too many details, and keeps moving along at a pretty good clip; in that regards it reminded me of the writing of Jules Verne. Some of it seemed contrived, and portions of it were quite predictable, but the fast pace whisks you past those moments quite quickly, leaving little time to dwell on them.
Next on the list is a bit of nonfiction: Oxymoronica by Dr. Mardy Grothe. I've actually started on it a bit already. It's a collection of oxymorons and paradoxisms collected by the author, with some commentary, arranged by topic. It's been quite intriguing thus far.
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