I've wanted to read this for some time, and finally picked up this paperback at Barnes and Noble. I've enjoyed a lot of King's work, and this one sounds... intriguing, though the ability to travel through time and rewrite history never seems to work out very well!

Later: I enjoyed the story, though it didn't go the way I'd imagined: for much of its length it was a rather charming look at a burned-out modern-day man who's found a happy and fulfilling life in the late '50s-early-'60s. Indeed, at times I found the whole "must save Kennedy" subplot to be really, really annoying {wry grin}. I did admire our hero's fortitude in even attempting such a thing, knowing when he went in that it meant he'd have to hop through that weird time-bubble and spend five years waiting for the moment at which to intervene. [Trying to think how this time-bubble thing works is headache-inducing, but probably no worse than many other time-travel stories. "Timey-wimey ball", indeed!]

By the end of the story I was hoping that Jake would decide - or be forced by Fate to forego - his efforts to stop the assassination; it might just be my genre-savvy qualities showing through, but I knew it wasn't going to go well. But even though the change-resistant timeline did its best, he fulfilled his mission - and then things got very, very bleak...

I appreciated the revelations - or hints, anyway, as we never do get detailed information about the truth behind all this - and Jake's realization as to just what he's done and what it will cost. I admit I may have gotten a bit sniffly at the end there!

I was pleased to find, among the bonus material, some recipes: "Your 11/22/63 Menu".

[There's a TV Tropes page on the book. And there's a 2016 TV mini-series adaptation, though I haven't seen it yet.]

I hope to leave this book on a bench or statue in the park some time this afternoon; hope the finder enjoys it!

*** Released as part of the 2016 Movie release challenge. ***