[HPFGU-Texas] Okay, who went to midnight release events?

[Tonya Minton]

I Went to a midnight party!!  It was awesome!!  I checked the time
when I walked out of Barnes and noble with my book and it ws 12:08!! 
LOVE THAT!!  It was worth all the hords of people.  Which I might add
there was a MUCH begger crowd this book then OOP.

Tonya

On 7/18/05, BornOfMoonAndSea at ...m <BornOfMoonAndSea at ...> wrote:
> Who went to midnight book release events?  
> 
> We did, and it was a blast.  Easily as many grownups as kids there for  the 
> book.  LOTS of young adults, some older ones too.  Loads of  activities and 
> giveaways at this bookstore for all ages.  Not just HP  related, but other
> books 
> in the kids' fantasy genre too.  However it  was very obviously a Harry
> Potter 
> event.   
> 
> The costume contest was HUGE.  They as many high school age and above  as 
> little kids.  But it was such a madhouse, I got precious few  photos.  
> 
> I finished the book by Saturday evening, and my husband is reading it  now. 
> He wanted the story spoiled so I updated him as I went.  I can't  wait to
> get 
> his take on it once he's read it himself.  
> 
> I absolutely loved it.  And that's all I'm gonna say about the book  itself 
> in this post.
> 
> I was so happy to go to a big book release event this time.  We went  with a
> local Harry Potter meetup group from online.  For OOtP, we went to a 
> big-name 
> chain bookstore on our own, out in the suburbs and there wasn't much of  
> anything.  There had been a few kids' only activities but they shut down by 
> 10 
> and it was just people hanging around and waiting after that.  This  time,
> it 
> was the same chain, but an in-the-city location and they had all kinds  of
> stuff 
> planned from 9-midnight.  Local news came out and taped the crowds  and it 
> was just fun all around.  
> 
> And now the wait for movie 4 starts...
> 
> Tracy
> 
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