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Amazon has JKR’s new Strike novel for pre-order at half price.

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Highwind · 14/02/2022 19:56

Just because I know there are some fans here!

Amazon has the hardcover book at 50% off... so £12.50 rather than £25, plus free delivery on release day. 30th August.

944 pages!

Pretty excited myself.

I know JK has really started to carve out a feminist identity for Robin which I love.

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Maggiesgirl · 15/02/2022 15:41

@Horizons83 ahh thank you, i thiught it was out now. Did think it was a bit quick after book four. I have pre ordered.

Horizons83 · 15/02/2022 14:48

@Maggiesgirl

I have them on Audible, but the new one isn't out till August! The others ones came out with the Hardback.Confused
The book isn't out until August either!
potniatheron · 15/02/2022 14:26

Thanks for the heads up! I have pre-ordered.
I love the Strike books and have read them twice, all in succession. I've never read Harry Potter or seen a Potter film. But I love these books. She is brilliant at encapsulating the interactions between men and women and the subtle ways in which misogyny and sexism work in our society.

KittenKong · 15/02/2022 14:03

What screen size do people have?

Maggiesgirl · 15/02/2022 13:55

I have them on Audible, but the new one isn't out till August! The others ones came out with the Hardback.Confused

FebruaryRainandSleet · 15/02/2022 13:46

Would it be terrible to filch DS's book token for this (he never spends them)...?

Horizons83 · 15/02/2022 13:44

Hmm decades? I think that may be a little bit of an exaggeration.

Horizons83 · 15/02/2022 13:43

After decades of resistance I finally purchased a Kindle last week, with this next book in mind! Whilst I love a real book I had a feeling this new novel would not be a slim 300 page affair!

AsTreesWalking · 15/02/2022 13:16

Excellent! Ordered through W'stones with a £10 credit, so jolly nearly free!
Now I just have to remember to collect it and not buy it again somewhere else...

yestheyhavethesamedad · 15/02/2022 11:40

@KittenKong i have never had problem with my kindle or battery life and is the really old basic one , but also have the kindle app on my phone , and doesnt seem to drain my battery that quickly , just have yo make sure if on phone have downloaded 1st as doesnt always work without internet

Repetitivebeats · 15/02/2022 11:28

@KittenKong I love my Kindle! I got my first (very basic) one in 2012 and it's still functional. I just upgraded to a Paperwhite as I wanted the screen to be backlit.
They are fabulous for travelling - just load them up with books and the battery life is decent.

KittenKong · 15/02/2022 10:44

@yestheyhavethesamedad

Going to see if can get on kindle , i love a physical book , but want it for my holiday in september , and if its a proper doorstop then wld rather not have the extra weight , will also get the paperback version when its released
Are kindles good? Or are they like mobile phones (get out of dare quickly)?
KittenKong · 15/02/2022 10:43

I ordered mine from Waterstones for £12.50 (suck on that silly store staff - online ordering cuts out the middle wo/man).

Beowulfa · 15/02/2022 10:19

I'm saving Troubled Blood for a ridiculously long coach journey in the summer. Charity shops often have a high turnover of crime novels; I guess a lot of people read and return like me.

LaChanticleer · 15/02/2022 09:58

ooooo ordered!

Although I wish Ms Rowling would edit sometimes. But I love the Strike books - got me through the first lockdown.

yestheyhavethesamedad · 15/02/2022 07:56

Going to see if can get on kindle , i love a physical book , but want it for my holiday in september , and if its a proper doorstop then wld rather not have the extra weight , will also get the paperback version when its released

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 15/02/2022 07:55

Blackwells are out-competing hive now. Shock

Wish I'd checked there before, and I am sorry for letting you all down yesterday.

blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Strike-Collection-by-Robert-Galbraith-Robert-Galbraith/9780751584479 £30.62 and they have a loyalty card scheme.

I got them all (except for Troubled Blood, which had a waiting list of over 50 people for the print copy!) from the library last year, because there wasn't a waiting list for any of them at that point.

LovedayCL · 15/02/2022 05:50

@littlbrowndog

So skint at moment. Will wait till it comes into charity shops.

Bloody gas prices and petrol prices. Killing me

Will be in the library - hardback or ebook most likely!
Barbarantia · 15/02/2022 02:23

Gosh I'm glad you said it @littlbrowndog! I'm salivating at the box set from hive and really jealous of those who can pre-order.
My time will come!

JKRfan · 15/02/2022 01:31

Just pre-ordered for my Kindle.

Doyouthinkeirsaurus · 15/02/2022 01:27

Purgatory Thank you to the link for the collection so far, I have ordered it. (Fingers crossed the quality of the books is ok, sometimes boxed sets are horrible cheap versions, she says, aware that they are cheap and sounding like a book snob)
I do like Hive, I’ve ordered several books from them and they’ve always been fab.

littlbrowndog · 14/02/2022 22:58

Will do. I have a kindle

FedUpWithBriiiiick · 14/02/2022 22:47

Thanks for the tip! Ordered.

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 14/02/2022 22:44

littl Check whether your local library usually gets ebooks of the Strike books. That's how I get hold of popular books when there is a huge waiting list at the library.

blanketyblanked · 14/02/2022 22:31

Love these books!