Casually Vacant
©2012 by LeeZard “twad-dle – Noun – Trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense.” The joke is on us and J.K. Rowling is laughing all the way to the bank. The billionaire creator of Harry Potter published her first book for adults earlier this year, “The Casual Vacancy,” and watched it rack up 125,000 sales in its first week of release in the United Kingdom. That was second only to Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” which sold half-a-million copies its first week. While sales after that slowed, Ms. Rowling’s book still found its way to many bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. My question is, “Why?” LeeZard is a huge Harry Potter fan; read all the books – some of them twice – and saw all the films. Loved ‘em! When Rowling’s new book was announced I rushed to my library’s website to place a “hold” only to be disappointed by my place in line, 388. “Well worth waiting for,” I told myself even though the publisher’s preview blurb didn’t scream...