9:58 am - 07/03/2012
The cover artwork for J.K. Rowling‘s highly anticipated new novel “The Casual Vacancy” has been revealed!
Here’s the book’s official synopsis: When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, “The Casual Vacancy” is J. K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
“The Casual Vacancy” has been confirmed to be 512 pages long and will be released on September 27.
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The cover for JK Rowling's "Casual Vacancy" revealed!
The cover artwork for J.K. Rowling‘s highly anticipated new novel “The Casual Vacancy” has been revealed!
Here’s the book’s official synopsis: When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, “The Casual Vacancy” is J. K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
“The Casual Vacancy” has been confirmed to be 512 pages long and will be released on September 27.
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However, I love The X-Files, and things like that. I like paranormal and supernatural spooky weird stuff way more than fantasy.
I didn't like Narnia and am now indifferent about His Dark Materials, that kind of plot is not interesting to me.
I love all different kinds of genres, I think it's authors I'm picky about, and I just don't like Tolkien.
I love the Narnia movies, even the old ones, but when I went back and read the books I was like "Mehhhh" and I cannot fathom how my 7-yo ass read those o_0
I like a bunch of different genres, including literary books, I mean, I liked The Stone Diaries; there is no plot, it's just a woman growing old and dying. I am picky about how a book reads. It has to flow, the prose has to click with me, or I have a hard time bothering.
The prose in LOTR can be a little cumbersome but omggggggggggggggggggg how can you not love those bookssssss
It was like a fucking brick it was so cumbersome. I took me a year to clunk through that book. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it.