Monday, July 15, 2013

J.K Rowling's "New" Book

Has everyone heard about J.K. Rowling's The Cuckoos' Calling?  In actuality, this has been released for a few months already, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It was just a couple days ago that she was revealed.

I find how she published this, quietly and with no hype, quite amazing. I bet she had her own little adventure whilst dealing with the novel. She got to hear what people thought, without them comparing the book to the infamous Harry Potter series, or having tons of readers give the book 5 stars just because Rowling wrote the words. The way she quietly published the book could also be a kind of experiment on her part. How would people react to this supposedly debut novel?

And, now, the next question. Are there any more of her books hiding out there? (Probably not, but then no one suspected her to have The Cuckoo's Calling hiding in the shelves of bookstores either.) What do you think? Personally, I doubt it. But wouldn't that be cool? I might start thinking of her as a spy-under cover author.

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

Publication Date: April 30th, 2013
Genre: Adult Mystery/Crime
A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

What do think of this new discovery? 

All I know, is that J.K Rowling will go down in history with many achievements and personal stories. The tale of the Cuckoo's Calling will be one many people remember, and perhaps even admire.

9 comments:

  1. Great questions, I also wonder if there are other books by her out there, after all why not? She loves and is amazing at writing so it's not so far fetched to think that she has published since the end of Harry Potter. Personally, I don't know if I will check out her new books now, maybe some day. But for now, they aren't what I wish to read.

    -Mari @ The Sirenic Codex

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    1. It would be cool, and definitely plausible, to think J.K has some other books out there! Although, like you, I am not sure I would read any of them. I am a YA girl!

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  2. wow, that's a smart move from her..

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    1. I think it is very smart... J.K never disappoints. She does charities, had her own presence at the films, and now has published a book under a different name so she could get real feedback with no hype!

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  3. This is pretty cool, how one of my favorite authors is putting out a new book, in a new genre, under a new name! Its also ironic Ive been reading some Harry Potter books over the last few days.

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    1. Yes, very ironic :) I bet fate was trying to tell you something "Psst, she is a great writer, don't you think she would have had other books published?" Well, probably not, but that would be cool!

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  4. I was so mad when I first read this on The Guardian! They said that fans had been discussing for MONTHS - and noone included me? REally? :D ANyway, I love that she has a new book out and I also love how she's done it! That just fits her image perfectly and I don't think there's anyone on this world who I look up to as much as JK Rowling! Seriously, she's amazing!

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