Saturday, August 3, 2013
The Cuckoo's Calling Leaps to Top of U.S. Best-Sellers List
The Cuckoo's Calling the detective novel written by J.K. Rowling under a pseudonym, shot to the top of the U.S. best-sellers list on Thursday.
The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
Hardcover Fiction Last Week
- "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith
- "Inferno" by Dan Brown
- "First Sight" by Danielle Steel
- "The English Girl" by Daniel Silva
- "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini
- "Second Honeymoon" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
- "Hidden Order" by Brad Thor
- "Light of the World" by James Lee Burke
- "Bombshell" by Catherine Coulter
- "The White Princess" by Philippa Gregory
- "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
- "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
- "Zealot" by Reza Aslan
- "This Town" by Mark Leibovich
- "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie & Korie Robertson
- "Life Code" by Dr. Phil McGraw
- "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls" by David Sedaris
- "Grumpy Cat" by Grumpy Cat
- "American Gun" by Chris Kyle
- "Dad Is Fat" by Jim Gaffigan
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Reviewed by R.K. Guptaon May 12 2013
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1 Responses to “The Cuckoo's Calling Leaps to Top of U.S. Best-Sellers List”
August 20, 2013 at 9:25 PM
I wasn't very thrilled about The Casual Vacancy, JKR's entree into adult fiction. In fact, it wasn't my thing at all. I couldn't even finish it.
But with The Cuckoo's Calling JKR's done it again. She's brought back the warmth I always associated with Hogwarts in this solid muggle detective story! The writing is BRILLIANT- with lines I found myself highlighting and smiling at. I love the quirkiness in her descriptions and how well fleshed out the characters were. Their accents, their airs, the mannerisms- all so beautifully captured, just like she did in Potter!
The main character is this stand-up guy whose back story reminded me a lot of Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes! His secretary, Robin, made a great partner-in-crime-solving(?)! I do hope we see more and more of her. YES, there is more. This is only the first book in a series and I'm already waiting for the next book! It's also a pretty good mystery. I couldn't solve this whodunnit till the very end of the book when I was surprised to find out who the murderer was.
I guess the bottomline is this:
The Cuckoo's Calling, plot-wise, is NOTHING like Harry Potter. It's an adult detective novel, for godssake. BUT it comes closest to being as warm, as amazing, as engrossing and as much of a treat as a Potter novel! The characters leap out of the page! Even better, since it's an adult novel, the characters don't hold back at all! The mystery is tightly knit, hard to solve! Descriptions of food- even if it's Pot Noodle and sticky toffee pudding rather than pumpkin juice, chocolate frogs and treacle tart- will make your mouth water. When you near the end, you will feel yourself slowing down, not because you're bored but because you don't want it to end.
An all too familiar feeling, isn't it?
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