Since closing the book on Harry Potter in 2007, with a time-jumping epilogue that seemed designed to squash readers’ hopes for an eighth installment in the series, J.K. Rowling has given us little reason to believe we would ever again read an authorized word on our favorite green-eyed wizard. She’s since written a novel about […]
E.L. James’s stunning announcement hit us like a thunderbolt earlier this month: She’s written a new book! And not just any new book, but a retelling of the astronomically popular story of Fifty Shades of Grey, from the point of view of that charismatic, enigmatic billionaire, Christian Grey. And it’s coming out later this very month. While this announcement […]
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as being knee-deep in a great series. It is that much easier to immerse yourself in your favorite characters, their world, and their exploits when you’re accompanying them through several books. Granted, a series is not without its downsides, such as the despondent feeling you get when you finally finish […]
Everyone knows the story of the quiet critical success of Robert Galbraith’s debut, The Cuckoo’s Calling, which garnered great reviews and respectable sales until the bomb dropped: Galbraith was none other than J.K. Rowling, of Harry Potter megafame. Suddenly, booksellers couldn’t keep it on the shelf, and readers who knew it back when couldn’t help […]