I'm currently reading Stephen King's "11/23/63." I'm also a big fan of David Ignatius. The last three novels that he has written were all released at times in which international events were coincidentally matching some of the story lines that he had developed in his thrillers. I'm looking forward to the upcoming release of the next John LeCarre novel which I believe is due out this spring. I also enjoy reading spy thrillers. With regard to my own writing I am in the process of writing my first novel. I'm about half way throught it. I hope to be able to post part of it to Bookcountry.com after I've have completed my review of some of the books currently on the site per the requirement to have my material reviewed. I also write poetry and have done so for several years. I've never attempted to get anything published, but I'm hoping to look into that in 2012.