THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is at it again. Even with the less than stellar reviews circulating, The Casual Vacancy set a Goodreads record for the all-time biggest “started reading” day, as more than 35,000 people started reading the book in a single day.
The Casual Vacancy unseated Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins as the book with the strongest “started reading” day. Insurgent by Veronica Roth holds third place.
According to Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler, “The Casual Vacancy is one of those stand-out books where people not only pre-order it, they start reading it as soon as they get their hands on it. On Goodreads, it beat the record for our previous all-time ‘started reading’ day which was set by Mockingjay. The pent-up demand is huge and it has been added to-read by 35,600 people.”
