Ulster boy gets sneak peek at new 'Potter' book- Store sells tome early, but its secrets are safe

1. well alright at least kids are reading nowadays. but look at what they're reading!
tome (n) : a (usually) large and scholarly book
in my time (ok fine i'm elderly liao ok? i admit!) we read comics, or novels if we were feeling intellectual. but now they're reading tomes!! *conjures images of dusty crypts and powerful spells wielded by wrinkly men in hoods* wonder what kind of people kids who grow up reading tomes will become. able to see the big picture, yet pick out the little, important details? people with continuity? well-defined, muscular forearms?

2. the boy's name is Sylum Mastropaolo. what kind of name is that? add an A in front, and the boy is stuck with an IMH stigma all his life.

3. all this hype, it's scary. security guards, affidavits, vows of secrecy.. you'd think some new secret of the Bible was being held. but i guess the more hype, the more interest, the more sales.. and fewer trees. to those who're getting their hands on a copy at 7.01am tmr.. hv fun! =)