Quick Recommendations

I've been out of the loop for a while.  Time to read, time for family, no time for posting entries.  Very quickly, here are some books I have read that I think are very good.

11/22/63 by Stephen King
A story about a man who travels back in time through a wormhole to 1958.  He plans on waiting around until 1963 in the hopes of stopping Lee Harvey Oswald from killing John Kennedy.  Along the way he finds life and love.  A very well written and well researched book by one of my favorite authors.  I think this may be his best one yet. 

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A misfit boy grows up hearing strange stories from his grandfather's youth.  After his grandfather passes away under mysterious circumstances, the boy travels to an island off the coast of Wales to find out if the stories were true or not.  Once he finds what he is looking for, he realizes that this is what his life has been missing all along.  This is considered a "Young Adult" novel, but it is a great story for anyone.  It is a quick read, but very engrossing.  The pictures featured in the book are real photographs that the author collected from various places and people.   Mr. Riggs plans on having a sequel out sometime in the spring of 2013. 

The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, & Mockingjay all by Suzanne Collins
A fantastic trilogy set in a dystopian future of the U.S.  The first two books are the strongest of the series.  The third is good, but lacks some of the action and dialogue that made the first ones so good.  Another YA series that is just as good for "old" adults to read.  The first movie of the series is scheduled to open this spring (2012).  The previews make it look pretty good also. 

Here is what I am currently reading and/or waiting to read:

A Feast Of Crows by George R.R. Martin (yes, I am still trying to get through this)
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (started reading the hardcover, book was too heavy to carry around, waiting for ebook from library)
Micro by Michael Crichton
The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro
77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
Zoo Station by David Downing
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

There are other books I am planning on reading, but these are the ones that will be read for sure in the coming weeks.  The order I read them depends entirely on when they come available from the library.