Lurking Merkins - Volume Two of Under the Duvet of Darkness

[Boiledbeetle]

"Under the Duvet of Darkness Volume Two Lurking Merkins" is now live on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ

This a thread about a book about a thread about a book about a thread! (I think I’ve got the correct number of books and threads in there)

There are over 160 poems written by over 40 different Mumsnet usernames contained within its 208 pages.

There are also 12 Lurking Merkin poems lurking throughout the book!

It can take a few days for it to become fully searchable so the link below will take you straight to it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ

It's available worldwide so if anyone needs the link for a site other than the UK let me know and I can give you the link to the relevant Amazon site.

IMPORTANT BIT:

Whilst written entirely by Mumsnet users this book is not, I repeat NOT, published with Mumsnet’s express permission or co-operation.

It is published with the express permission and co-operation of the individual writers themselves.

Can anyone who tweets about it link directly to the book on Amazon or my Twitter profile:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ
or
https://twitter.com/TheBoiledbeetle

rather than to this MN thread.

Thank you everyone who let me use their poems, without you there would be no book!

Boiledbeetle XX

Amazon just told me a joke:

Why haven't aliens visited our solar system?

They looked at the reviews and saw it only had 1 star.

Oh @LarkLane not you too? I'm so terribly sorry.

@IcakethereforeIam my own fault entirely for Not Listening To Good Advice and being nosey!
So serves me jolly well right. 😂

<Weird fecker who designed that bit of gif though>

2 reviews up now a solid 5*s

THOSE APSARGARUS ARE FUCKIN DISGUSTANG

I'm sorry but, have you still not learned to listen when somebody warns you?

What kept you? We've been here for days! Have you been off doing leisure drives in your car? (Are they still a thing?)

Look what you made us do! Full totals for both books since we started back in April

Yeah, but that Quantum is a dodgy fucker!

good taste in books though

She may have bought it in error! It wouldn't be the first time she did something stupid

When you get to poem 38 "The bluffer" you may want to read it whilst listening to this

Please tell that we aren't looping back to Eddie Izzard and asparagus sharing chromosomes?

Well, that would make sense if they do!

I'm celebrating in style tonight

You've missed the blue teacake. Sorry, I have just remembered that you don't like plain chocolate teacakes. As you were.

PS Bloody well done!

Right I'm off to bed I'm knackered, but before I do

Still in No 1 in political and protest poetry, but now with stars

17 vol 2 And 2 vol 1 sales processed today

So far this month 32 volume 2 and 7 volume 1

Night night!

My tracking has just updated to say it's arriving by 10:00pm today. It's being delivered by Royal Mail, rather than Amazon...

@Swashbuckled I'm excited for you! I'm going to guess on 2.34pm arrival time!

Terfing time 💚🤍💜

@CervixSampler so stunning! So brave! I mean you must be brave to put a chocolate coated caramel wafer so close to a hot cup of tea!

enjoy your tea break!

Mine is on its way 🎉🎉

I quickly whipped it off the plate and cut it up into little slices. The mug had created a little melted area.

I am always stunning. Especially first thing in t'mornin' before first cup o' tea. Brave is akin to stupid is it not? I was told I was brave for having home deliveries. It were euphemism for stupid incase owt went wrong.

Volume 2 is at No 1, original is at No 4

laughs hysterically!

https://x.com/TheBoiledbeetle/status/1721869498523807926?s=20

@TessoftheDurbeyfields is it there yet??????? looks at time. bugger! who will get it first you or @Swashbuckled

@CervixSampler I trust you didn't get chocolate smudges on the pages!

Mine is coming between 3pm and 6pm today!

Mine has been pushed back 😭