Rowling’s adult stuff zooms ahead

She decided to stop writing for children world over and instead penned a fiction that’s meant to stimulate the older ones. Parents across the world, to their utter consternation, found their children demanding Rowling’s new release not knowing what is inside.
Even as literary circles were abuzz and apprehensive about J K Rowling’s latest erotic fiction ‘Casual Vacancy’, the children’s beloved author did the magic.
Despite innumerable reviews from critics, The Casual Vacancy landed at No. 1 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list on Thursday.
Putting a step ahead of another adult novel that hit the market recently, E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, which has been No. 1 for 21 of the past 23 weeks, Rowling is all set to pass her over.
Sara Nelson, editorial director of books and Kindle for Amazon.com was quoted by a website that he wasn’t surprised at Rowling's top ranking given the strong pre-orders over the past few weeks.
A report says that Michael Pietsch, executive vice president and publisher of Little, Brown, Rowling's publisher, said that the Casual Vacancy had exceeded their expectations in its first six days in stores, selling 375,000 copies in all formats.
The novel, Casual Vacancy is all about the aftermath of the death of a local politician in a small English town. However reviews from across the world terms the novel with all adjectives - positive and negative - from brilliant to dull on both sides of the Atlantic.
It may be noted that it's the ninth time Rowling has entered USA TODAY's list at No. 1.That includes six of her seven Potter novels, as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) by Newt Scamander (aka Rowling) and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008).