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yourcoffeeguru · 1 year

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The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling // autradingpost - shop

#casual vacancy #jk rowling books #books #fiction books

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dustandmildew · 2 years

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#casual vacancy #jk rowling

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sailor-rowling · 9 months

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Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling! ♡

(If you want another heart-shaped picture of her just ask!)

#j.k. rowling #jk rowling #jkr #pro jkr #I started The Casual Vacancy to celebrate #my first non HP book from her #transparent #the queen #l

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sailforvalinor · 12 days

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@kanerallels I saw a copy of The Thief Lord (a book that I started in middle school and never finished) at the used bookstore for like $1.50 and thought of you so of course I bought it. Idk when I’ll actually read it but I’ll keep you posted

#I also told you I would read valiant started it and then didn’t finish and I feel TERRIBLE 😅#I think the issue was that I tried to read it on ebook and I’ve never been good at that. I’ll try again and keep you posted (it was no #fault of the book itself from what I’d read it was quite good)#I also got an adult novel that I had no idea that JK Rowling had written called The Casual Vacancy #and a really pretty copy of treasure island for my brother (it has a glossary of the pirate lingo at the beginning of each chapter!)#and black hearts of battersea by Joan Aiken which I had never heard of but sounded intriguing

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hjellacott · 1 year

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J. K. Rowling's works in chronological order.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997. (The Harry Potter Series Book 1)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1998. (The Harry Potter Series Book 2)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999. (The Harry Potter Series Book 3)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000. (The Harry Potter Series Book 4)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2001. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Quidditch Through the Ages, 2001. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003. (The Harry Potter Series Book 5)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005. (The Harry Potter Series Book 6)

The first it girl: J. K. Rowling reviews Decca: the letters by Jessica Mitford, 2006. (The Daily Telegraph article)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007. (The Harry Potter Series Book 7)

The fringe benefits of failure, and the importance of imagination, 2008. (Harvard Magazine article)

Harry Potter prequel, 2008. (A short story, Wizarding World Supplement)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 2008. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Gordon Brown - the 2009 time 100, 2009. (Time magazine article)

The single mother's manifesto, 2010. (The Times article)

The Casual Vacancy, 2012. (First non Wizarding World novel)

I feel duped and angry at David Cameron's reaction to Leveson, 2012. (The Guardian article)

The Cuckoo's Calling, 2013. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 1)

The Silkworm, 2014. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 2)

Isn't it time we left orphanages to fairytales? 2014. (The Guardian article)

Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination, 2015. (Non-Fiction)

Career of Evil, 2015. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 3)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, theatre play premiering in 2016.

Short stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Short stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Hogwarts: An incomplete and unreliable guide, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016. (Screenplay)

Lethal White, 2018. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 4)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. (Screenplay)

A love letter to Europe: an outpouring of love and sadness from our Writers, Thinkers and Artists, 2019. (Non-fiction, co-authored)

Troubled Blood, 2020. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 5)

The Ickabog, 2020. (First non-Harry Potter children's book)

The Christmas Pig, 2021. (Second non-Harry Potter children's book)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, 2022. (Screenplay)

The Ink Black Heart, 2022. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 6)

The Running Grave, 202?. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 7).

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105nt · 2 years

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I finished reading The Casual Vacancy. I watched the BBC adaptation when it was first on, and didn't realise they'd changed the ending, so it was a shock.

She is so good at writing about tribes of people and the incomprehension and sparks that occur when they connect. Especially the way she writes about men and women and their different perspectives and concerns in this story is like having a bucket of water thrown in your face.

I wonder if she will ever write something like this, a stand-alone novel for adults, again? I hope so.

#my reading #the casual vacancy #jk rowling

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mitchie02 · 2 years

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The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were, lying about it, trying to be somebody else. Honesty was Fats' currency, his weapon and defense. It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them. Other people, Fats had discovered, were mired in embarrassment and pretense, terrified that their truths might leak out, but Fats was attracted by rawness, by everything that was ugly but honest, by the dirty things about which the likes of his father felt humiliated and disgusted. Fats thought a lot about messiahs and pariahs; about men labeled mad or criminal; noble misfits shunned by the sleepy masses.

~The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling

#the casual vacancy #jk rowling #book #quote

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muirneach · 2 years

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getting rid of an absolutely obscene amount of books over here good god

#sorry yes i had the entire hp series i was once 12 so sue me #its been sitting in my closet for a while i just never was arsed to get rid of it #i never read casual vacancy tho. my mom got me that and i read like two pages and realized i didnt care #kind of funny that dickens is casually sitting in the same pile as twilight and john green. who give a shit #rip to my encyclopedia collection 🫡 you served me well

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katal0gue · 8 months

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has anyone here read a casual vacancy I'd really like to talk about it ....

#a casual vacancy

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books-in-media · 1 year

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Emma Watson, (The Telegraph September 2012 Interview)

—The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling (2012)

#Emma Watson #The Casual Vacancy #J.K. Rowling #books #celebrities

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the-busy-ghost · 1 year

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Hmm we’re on shelf 3 already and I’ve only just got to letter T in the ‘modern literature’ section (and letter W will take up almost an entire shelf on its own).

I don’t mind very much as I was almost regretting ordering the other bookcase so at least this validates my purchase, but I definitely reckon I’m going to have to do some weeding...

#Think the A Song of Ice and Fire books aren't going to make the final cut #Not because I have any major issues with them just they're not even a complete set and I'm not fussy about saving them #The Casual Vacancy may also be going #I've been back and forth on this (the whole Rowling thing; plus I may never reread it but I felt like it should stay there for the record)#I mean really though when did I last read some of these- I have GOT to either reread them or give them away #I mean there are Inspector Morse novels in there that I know I read but have NO memory of #And Mary Stewart's the Hollow Hills is pretty but am I really going to reread it? Really?#But we shall see how this goes #Modern literature really isn't an issue #I mean it's the area that's most likely to expand in the immediate future because there's some books I've read in the last few years #that were audiobooks or library books but I would like to add to my collection for future rereading #However it is definitely not the biggest section and I don't mind making some sacrifices of older material #Mediaeval and classical literature is going to take up a hefty amount of space though #And there was me thinking I might not be able to plug the gaps even with children's books and my jotters #I was even considering dismantling the travel section in the living room to move upstairs but fingers crossed that may not be necessary #Though I'm still faced with the conundrum of whether The Living Mountain belongs with my nature and travel books or Shepherd's novels #Earth & Stone

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praetorqueenreyna · 2 years

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I read the first book after Rowling did that ‘whoops the author is me!’ bumble and found it boring really. I half remember that book did only ok sales (as she had connections) before that reveal and then was boosted and coasted on her fame and probably has ever since. Granted detective/ crime novels are sometimes like romance novels… there are a lot of them and they don’t tend to be held to high standards and yet there’s always a market for it.

YEAH I did the exact same thing, I only bought the book after she revealed that it was written by her under a pseudonym. And I'm 100% she revealed herself bc the book wasn't selling very well and she couldn't get by just on her own "talent."

I must have read it when I first got it, but I remembered almost nothing about it. I reread it a few months ago and it's just. Not very good! She leans WAY too hard into writing like a man, so there's SO many 'observations' about womens' bodies that are just...gross. The plot itself is so circular and doesn't really go anywhere, and the twist at the end makes no goddamn sense. It's NOT A GOOD BOOK!

Which is why I'm flabbergasted that there are apparently enough Strike novels to form a series. I seriously thought she flopped with Cuckoo's Calling and didn't write anymore lmao.

#asks #the book is NOT GOOD #the only book of hers that edges on being good is casual vacancy #which at least is critical of small towns and their image as idyllic and perfect #nothing else she writes actually SAYS! ANYTHING!!!!

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sailor-rowling · 9 months

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"She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her"

—J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy

#jk rowling #j.k. rowling #jkr #pro jkr #the casual vacancy #quote

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djuvlipen · 4 months

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"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and, above all, those who live without love" is such a fucking raw line. Miss Rowling obliterated Emil Cioran Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre with it. All those male pessimist or existentialist philosophers who are worshipped in academia because they jerked off in their bourgeois appartment saying life sucks are made to make you feel bleak. But the way JKRowling talks about life, death, grief and love, which are the main themes in all of her main books (Harry Potter, The Casual Vacancy, Cormoran Strike) is so human and moving and comforting, but of course, because she is a children book writer and, even more awful, a "TERF bitch", she isn't heralded the same way male philosophers are. There's a reason so many people find solace in Harry Potter, it's because it doesn't shelter you from the awfulness of death while, at the same time, it brings you an optimist perspective on life and offers positive values. As such, JKRowling's philosophy is counter cultural in that it challenges the existentialist worldview that has been embraced by the arts and academia. In this essay, I will-

#JK Rowling is my favourite philosopher #while I'm half jokingly I do love hearing her talk about those themes because she just gets it and people should listen to her more #Harry Potter #JK Rowling #pro jkr

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gryffindorconsultingtimelord · 2 years

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How many of you Harry Potter fans have read the #casualvacancy by #jkrowling?🙋‍♀️

#nerd #talknerdytome #nerdy #geek #books #fandom #movies #casual #vacancy #jkrowling #books of tumblr #fyp #for you

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beautifulfaaces · 2 years

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Michael Gambon

Facts

October 19, 1940

English Irish actor

Filmography

Moses [Cordelia: 2019]

Henry [Fortitude: 2015-2018]

Mr. Laurence [Little Women: 2017]

Arthur [Kingsman: The Golden Circle: 2017]

Howard [The Casual Vacancy: 2015]

Mr. Woodhouse [Emma: 2009]

Albus Dumbledore [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 2004]

William [Gosford Park: 2001]

Peter John Moreton [Faith: 1994]

Chief Inspector Maigret [Maigret: 1992-1993]

Brian [The Other One: 1977-1979]

John [The Challengers: 1972]

Gavin [The Borderers :1968-1970]

Appearance

brunette/ grey hair

blue eyes

1.81m

Roleplay

playable:young adult, adult

Icons: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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