For one of several book reviews I've been hired to write, I am reading Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. I've read only one of his other books before, Treasure Island, but that was about 15 years ago.
In reading Kidnapped, I'm reminded at how timeless some classics are. Stevenson's books, although written well over 100 years ago, are exactly the kind of rousing adventures kids today still love - and Hollywood seeks to provide. The language is sometimes a little outdated, but not too badly. It's taken me about two and a half hours to read nearly half the book, and I'm enjoying every moment of it.