Been a while, with my son we have been audio booking the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan, which is excellent. Think Aragorn or one of his fellow Dunedain taking on a 15 year old apprentice, it isn't Tolkien based but clearly drew inspiration from it.
I just finished up "Shattered Hourglass" by J.L. Bourne, the third book in the Day by Day Apocalypse series. Sort of had to force myself to finish this one, and that is disappointing because the first two were pretty good. Meh.
A while back I picked up a stack of old Heinlein books at the thrift shop, so just read "Starman Jones" and "Farmer in the Sky" for the first time. Good, not as good as many of his other juveniles, but good reading. I have "Red Planet" next in line.
I started CJ Cherryh's s "Inheritor" but it seems dry and isn't sucking me in, hoping it gets better.