midnight opening

Crumble Froo

yay! almsot certain im going!

w00t!

The Bollox

narco wrote:

(though only had to skim through goblet).

GOF is the best! the only one of them I would love to re-read, but not know what will happen, so that I would think Moody is really Moody. the book is brilliantly written

Crumble Froo

well i only skimmed cos i was runnin low on time and know the thing almost backwards at this stage

Crumble Froo

GODAMMIT! DAMNED WHORE BAILED ON ME!!!!


*rings people frantically trying to persuade them*

Selphie

I got it!! Late night opening at Easons! :D:D now to read for the night....

Winters

Well, I have to admit the midnight openings were very funny. Waterstones and HF had massive queues and Reeds were empty. Walked into Reeds and picked a copy up with no queue for my friend who paid me back in pints \o/

Nearly everyone in the queue had preordered/reserverd a copy so were prepared to wait in line

Crumble Froo

haha, i was goin to go to waterstones, but the queue was ridiculously long. ended up in hodges figgis... was in and out by 1am, not too bad. unfortunately was sick last night, so couldnt get stuck properly into the book.l.. up to page 180 now... dying to discuss developments with someone so will be on here as soon as ive finished!

1huge1

theres a video of the queue at easons in limerick on www.limerickblogger.org there was 100's there for the midnight launch with entertainment and the likes
was there a lot of people in dublin?

JC 2K3

I was no.3 in line in Dubarry's on Grafton St. , my friend was no. 1 and got a goody bag.

It was €20 though... Had it been my decision, my friends and I would have sacrificed our high positions in the line and gone somewhere else.

It was good fun though.

Crumble Froo

wow, twas €13.30 in hodges figgis.

funky penguin

10.99 in tesco.... No Freebies though

dajaffa

I went to Easons on O'Connell St + it was SOOOOOOOO good. I reckon at least a thousand were in the queue... Twas 12.99 with a goody bag with 3 other book + a t-shirt, + we were given sweets, things to colour in + quizzes in the queue, then more sweets, crisps + drinks while in the queue in the shop. OMG can't believe I'll never get to do it again tohu!

Shadowless

Left my house at 12. Waltzed into 24 hour Tesco's in Dundalk around quarter past. Picked up my copy (for €10.90 :eek: ) and was home by half. Why anyone bothered to queue is beyond me

phasers

I went to Easons liffey Valley and I got mine free!
ad I only had to wait 3 and a half hours too >__>
it was a greeat night, goody bags and free sweets, all the staff dressed up and they showed the first film in the shop

Malteaser!

got mine in Hoggis Figgis...13.30...not too bad!!!

bounty_hunter

Went to Waterstones on Dawson Street. They had owls!! Including the eagle owl who was in the first movie. Owls > sweets tbh

funky penguin

Damn sight tastier as well.


>_>

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Burning Eclipse

I queued at Easons in Limerick!!! My girlfriend deciced she wanted to queue at about half six. We got into town at about 5/10 to 7, were 15th and 16th in queue. Ended up getting the books and aforementioned goody bags for free because of our dedication:p

I have to say I was very happy with Easons.

Crumble Froo

bounty_hunter wrote:

Went to Waterstones on Dawson Street. They had owls!! Including the eagle owl who was in the first movie. Owls > sweets tbh

what time did you get there at? the queue was just ridiculously long by the time i got there, id say longer htan the easons and hodges figgis ones put together...

so i shuffled over to hodges figgis...

bounty_hunter

narco wrote:

what time did you get there at? the queue was just ridiculously long by the time i got there, id say longer htan the easons and hodges figgis ones put together...

so i shuffled over to hodges figgis...

About 9:45 ish. There was no queue then, but I went away for a few minutes and when I came back there was :rolleyes: I was only about 20th in line anyway.

Crumble Froo

hahah, id never have met up with you then... being the absolute genius i am.. i didnt just miss the bus, i missed the one after it too

didnt get there til about 11.45...

bounty_hunter

Yeah I was watching out for you but had to give up eventually

Lorr

I went the Dubray Books on Grafton St, it may have been a bit dearer but the atmosphere was good, the queue wasn't long and they kept us fed! The staff were all really friendly and excited about the book too which was nice.

Crumble Froo

i got what i thought was a lot of funny looks for the 3/4 lengths...

was out wearing them a few days later, and same thing... mentioned it to a mate, he pointed out it could be cos i was wearing one green shoe and one red one

oh yeah...

bounty_hunter

narco wrote:

i got what i thought was a lot of funny looks for the 3/4 lengths...

was out wearing them a few days later, and same thing... mentioned it to a mate, he pointed out it could be cos i was wearing one green shoe and one red one

oh yeah...

And also that it was pissing rain...

Lorr

Why were you in 3/4 lengths? Or do I not want to know?

Crumble Froo

so bounty hunter could find me

hehe, also cos its just easier in 3/4 lengths, given that most of my trousers are baggy jeans, and you usually end up soaked up to the knee in dirty puddle water when its raining, 3/4 lengths are much more pleasant to wear...

Lorr

Ah I see, I was thinking it was some type of dodgy school uniform thing

Crumble Froo

replace the words "3/4 lengths" with "kilt"... and maybe that might make sense...

bounty_hunter

To be honest I was actually kinda expecting you not to be wearing them considering the weather, so it was a bit futile in the end. Oh well!

Crumble Froo

haha, sure next time youre in dublin, lemme know anyway

JBoyle4eva

1st time online since the night: Was in Easons in Shop St. In Galway. What a brilliant nite. Got there @ 8, was no 39 and got my book for free as did the first 50 people! At 10 PM, staff came out with sweets from "honeydukes" and revellers were on the street the whole evening. Then, t 10:20, street performers on stilts came as dragons. Didn't have myt camera, but they were under these massive and beautiful dragon costumes, with movable heads that went towards people queueing. What a brill nite!