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

A certain AIBU thread invaded by the kind posters have given me the rage today but I'm too tired to give it any more headspace. It's bedtime. It's Robert Galbraith time. Thank everything holy for the escapism of the wonderful JKR.

DD's headteacher is very impressed with her achievement of being published. I think she's told her dad. That will be interesting if he reads the book although not likely. 🎶you're so vain. You probably think this poem's about you. You're so vain 🎶 It's his current gf that needs to read it.

Anyway...a third book? A third?? Surely we need to find a supply of Valium/tea/Tunnocks/all 3 for Boiledbeetle if so!

Right now I'd rather have my arse rubbed with a brick!

😆 nicely put!

I did see you'd put a link in to the book 😍 I imagine people clicked on that then came back to posts of me swearing all over the place! I'm not sure if that will have helped or hindered sales!!

Does DDs head teacher know what sort of poetry she wrote and what sort of book it was in? (Secretly hopes she led with it's no 1 in political and protest poetry!)

I've just shoved a Tunnocks Tea Cake in my gob!

I have a way with words!

And I'm falling asleep so today's figures:

it's been a low one today 3 new 1 old. But any sales is better than none!

If anyone has Twitter accounts any retweeting of my book related posts would be appreciated. Or your own tweets with photos of poems on etc.

Too many just coming from me and people will start to ignore them!

Although I may post @CyclingSam rabbit eating book photo tomorrow and see if I can pick up some animal lover clicks!

Volume 2 had now got a frequently bought together thingy!

😁

Ooh I could put some pictures on here of my very beautiful cats (I am obviously biased😆) sitting on the books that you are v welcome to use on Twitter

It may require a bit of bribery with Dreamies or Lick-e-Lix 😸

I insist you smear the disgusting stuff in the tube all over the front of your brand new book and take photos of the cats licking it off!

I think Dreamies may be the better option though! 😸

I will experiment and post the results!

Best way is to put the book somewhere they sit. Say I'll read that when I've made a cup of tea. Go make a cup of tea and on return to the living room a cat will be sat on the book!

Here are some pictures - they can definitely read 😸

In the first picture she is definitely v cross after reading the poems 😆

Oh my! Firstly... Oh my god they are beautiful (and i don't mean the books, although I do like them as well) I'll swap you a long haired old smelly cat for them! Maybe not he's just glared at me, I think he knows what I typed!

Secondly love the photos!! 😻😻

I'm off to do an animal book tweet!

Thank you 😻
Here is another one (we have 3 exactly the same - v confusing 😸)

they are all gorgeous! I'll use that one later along. with cyclingsams rabbit

https://twitter.com/TheBoiledbeetle/status/1722212297962320086?s=19

V proud cat mummy 😍

Just saw this on Amazon!!!

Well fuck me sideways and call me Barbara!!

And It's actually real!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!

I really love the fact that after all the discussion last time about just needing to find the right category I actually found it!!

It definitely is about finding the right category because the numbers of sales for the fact It's at 1 and 2 are laughable!

Monthly figures below!

Still had me doing happy dances around the living room (well in my head anyway I can't be arsed to actually move from my comfy warm spot)

Yesterday's sales, shuffles off back to bed. Cough. Sniff. Cough. Cough. Cough cough cough cough cough sniff cough.

sorry you're feeling poorly beetle

Unclean! Unclean! 🦠 🦠 🔔

Sorry you are poorly. Hope you feel better soon. Keep warm and retreat to your bed meantime.

It ruddy bloody is the frozen north today.

Apparently my copies are coming today now. Fingers crossed 🤞🏽

🥶

I feel like my body had been filled with concrete through the night.

Shoot me! Shoot me now!

Poor BB, look after yourself.