BOOK NEWS: Book Report for Week of April 15th on Forces of Geek

New J. K. Rowling Book 

If you missed it, here’s the latest into on Rowling’s new book, A Casual Vacancy, which is a story set in an idyllic English town called of Pagford, where the death of one of its most cherished citizens leads to the darkly comic revelation of its secrets.  The book is due out September 27th.

Chris Weitz is Doing a Book 
From the writer, director and producer, known for such movies as About a Boy and New Moon, is turning to the written word and the published page. The book, The Young World, is a post-apocalyptic young adult novel due out Spring 2014.

Robert Kirkman is Doing Another Book 
Robert Kirkman, bestselling graphic novel writer of The Walking Dead, had a taste of writing a book with The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor, and has announced he and co-author Jay Bonansinga will be publishing another book due out October 16th, called The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury.



Ten Bestselling Fiction Authors of All Time 
From The Passive Voice comes a pretty fascinating list of the top ten bestselling authors of all time, some authors which you’ll be able to guess and some you’ll never expect.

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