Fiction

TexasProgresive

(12,275 posts) Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:47 AM Jan 2015

Seeing J.K. Rowlings on the front page

made me wonder if any here have read her books other than Harry Potter; those written under the name Robert Galbraith or J.K. Rowlings?

If so what do you think. Personally I love the Harry Potter books. She created a whole new world, Potterverse some call it, that has near perfect continuity from the 1st book to the 8th. This is something on the scale of Heinlein's Future History series.

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Seeing J.K. Rowlings on the front page (Original Post) TexasProgresive Jan 2015 OP

I couldn't get through the first HP. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #1

I've read both of those and liked them. SheilaT Jan 2015 #2

CrispyQ

(38,128 posts)

1. I couldn't get through the first HP.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:57 AM

Jan 2015

Just finished "Cuckoo's Calling," the first Cormoran Strike story. He is a pretty good character. It's a detective/mystery story. My friend has read the 2nd one & said the 1st is better. When I first saw the book & the other four copies at the library, I didn't realize Galbraith was Rowlings.

SheilaT

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2. I've read both of those and liked them.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2015, 08:21 PM

Jan 2015

The first one was clearly a first novel, or in her case a first adult novel. The second one is a great improvement, and I'm likely to keep on reading that series and any other books she writes.

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