What could possibly be said about JK Rowling that hasn't already been said a million and five times over? All I can say about her is "WOW"! She is probably the most amazingly talented author I have read in my life. The world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts that she created are mind boggling. I can only think of one other author, Tolkein, whom I feel has as good of an imagination as JK. There is not one minute aspect of Harry's world that she didn't think about or have tons of background on if she ever needed to use it.
I started reading the Harry Potter books shortly after book 4, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was released in paperback. It was after the first movie was released and I loved it so much I thought, I've got to read these books and see if they are as good. What I discovered of course, like the millions of other fans out there, is that the books were a thousand times BETTER than the movies, and that was saying a lot as those were all pretty amazing too.
I could hardly wait for each new book to come out, and I remember my brother and sister-in-law buying two hardbound copies of Book 6 because neither one of them wanted to wait until the other had finished to read it themselves. LOL
My favorite Harry Potter book is still book 3, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, although book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a very close runner up. I feel that in Prisoner there is a huge change in the flow of the series. It is here where Harry learns so much about his parents, their friendships and enemies, and meets his godfather. The novels from this point forward are decidedly darker and much more sinister. While I feel every book was amazing in it's own way, books 3, 6, and of course 7 are certainly pivotal turning points in the overall story.
I've been wondering ever since the last Harry Potter book was first released - what will JK do next? Will she start another children's series, write a stand alone children's novel, or possibly write an adult novel? Well, it looks like the latter was the correct answer. Her first non-Harry Potter novel will be an adult fiction piece entitled The Casual Vacancy, and is scheduled for release at the end of September. It will be interesting to see if she can do something else. I was kind of hoping she'd start another children's series with a completely different theme, but perhaps she wants to make a complete departure for a while from the children's series genre.
I have already pre-ordered my copy of the new book, and with great expectations, I await.
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