Good Lord, I thought you meant you had READ it in an hour and 40 minutes! And here I am gloating that I read it in just over 5 hours... (I've been doing a little dance and singing "I know how it ends!" at Jeff. Because I am 5 years old.)
Oh, Ha! I suppose I was not clear at all. That's what I get for posting at 2am. No, waiting in line to buy it took 1:40 at the Saugus Barnes and Noble. And I haven't finished it yet, because I am savouring every moment -- and because I had to work yesterday! I am in fact only a little over 1/3 thru.
I went back to the Saugus B&N last night, wondering how many they had left (and mostly to use their bathroom) and they didn't have enough left to sell to non-pre-ordered people! They were keeping what they had behind the counter, so I guess I'm glad I went thru the midnight rigamarole. [I'm sure it's in every store on the planet, but I like my discount!]
I have a coworker who's into the bit-torrent thing, and she got it in advance and read the whole thing before it even went on sale. I had to almost beat her to keep her from saying anything. And another coworker grabbed my copy and read the last page and said "I know how it eeeennnnnddddsss!" -- but she's never read any of the series before. I told her I'd poison her snacks if she told me.
And now I have to continue to avoid my friends page and the rest of the internet and finish the damned thing!
Oh, that cover is SO much nicer than the hideous UK version.
I am not going to read it until my brother's finished with it, because... I'm just not that desperate (although I liked HBP better than some). But I don't want to be spoiled in the meantime.
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I went back to the Saugus B&N last night, wondering how many they had left (and mostly to use their bathroom) and they didn't have enough left to sell to non-pre-ordered people! They were keeping what they had behind the counter, so I guess I'm glad I went thru the midnight rigamarole. [I'm sure it's in every store on the planet, but I like my discount!]
I have a coworker who's into the bit-torrent thing, and she got it in advance and read the whole thing before it even went on sale. I had to almost beat her to keep her from saying anything. And another coworker grabbed my copy and read the last page and said "I know how it eeeennnnnddddsss!" -- but she's never read any of the series before. I told her I'd poison her snacks if she told me.
And now I have to continue to avoid my friends page and the rest of the internet and finish the damned thing!
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I am not going to read it until my brother's finished with it, because... I'm just not that desperate (although I liked HBP better than some). But I don't want to be spoiled in the meantime.