continuing the theme...
So some people are really whining about this leaked book. Actually, Leah is whining about it too, but her whines are more like "wah, I wish I was finished with this stupid book already!" She almost is. The true believers, on the other hand, are upset that anyone has gotten a chance to see the book before they did; apparently they were looking forward to the communal experience of all human life grinding to a halt on Saturday, as everyone raced to finish the book before their friends could beat them too it and tell them the ending. Or something.
Even the publisher buys in to the ridiculous idea that everyone should be reading the book at the same time, and that, yes, a book can be a spoiler for itself. Some 1,200 folks have apparently now gotten their copies of the actual, printed, book, and Scholastic is imploring them to not open the books, or even the packages: in fact, they say, it would be best if customers followed the lead of the distributors and "keep the packages hidden". Man, I wish the leak and the early release of a few copies and whatever could really somehow "destroy the magic". Then I wouldn't have to waste my entire Saturday reading the stupid book!