I cried three times related to Harry Potter.
1) When Fawkes flew away in Half-Blood Prince.
2) During the walk into the forest in Deathly Hallows.
3) The day after I finished the series and realized there were no new Hogwarts experiences to be had.
JACKIE LEA SOMMERS 
You do know about the new movie series, right? J K Rowling is creating a movie series (sadly, no books as far as I’ve heard) based on the adventures of Newt Scamander, “author” of “Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them.”
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/09/12/jk-rowlingharry-potter-fantastic-beasts/
Also, did you know that she wrote “The Cuckoo’s Nest” under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23366660
I had heard both those things! I’m very excited about the new movie.
I chose not to read The Cuckoo’s Nest for the time being because the genre/premise didn’t interest me. I had read The Casual Vacancy even though that premise didn’t interest me, and it was a very, VERY difficult book to read and one I will probably never read again. Very sad, but not the kind of sad I love (TFiOS, Book Thief). Did you ever read it?
I haven’t read it yet, but I have it on order from the library. I have heard that it’s a tough book to read, but I have so much respect for her skill as a writer that I want to see where she takes this.
Also, I ordered The Cuckoo’s Nest, because I like an occasional crime or whodunit (LOVE the older ones like Agatha Christie or Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, and I like the occasional modern story, though James Patterson and his contemporaries don’t interest me).
Let me know what you think of each when you read them!
Yes, she is a BRILLIANT writer. The Casual Vacancy was very, VERY well done … but just so terribly depressing and without hope to me. It’s hard for me to process stories that don’t have at least a nod toward something better.
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