Thursday Bookish Updates #12

Thursday Bookish Updates is a weekly post here at Silk&Serif devoted to anything book related. The main goal of this posting is to keep readers up to date on what’s going on in the community and get a taste of future posts. I will provide information on some community events I am participating in and blurbs on newly acquired titles to be reviewed at a later date. I might even slip in a few surprises here and there.

I was inspired by a post I read by Kelsye at Wise Ink Blog Ultimate Bloggers Guide to Growing Your Readership. Her list of ways to increase traffic got me thinking about how little I actually do to set schedules and really update readers on what to expect from my little slice of the inter-webs. In theory, this feature should help keep me on track and active. My long term goal is to turn this post into a weekly newsletter of sorts outlining where we are and where we are going.

#OTSPSecretSister

My amazing Secret Sister did it again in October with this adorable gift box:

It came complete with a fox theme which I loved. I adore foxes! I’m not sure the theme was at all meant to be related to the book, Days of Blood & Starlight (because, you know, animal/human creations) or just a fall theme..but it really all worked together. The candle smells delicious, in fact, I’m enjoying it as I write this post! Pumpkin Peppercorn..!! I’ll also admit the chocolate didn’t last a day. I have no will power.

#RandomStuff

I find it so very difficult these days to track what day it is and I’m consistently being reminded that it’s not the day I think it is What do you mean its not Saturday?! It’s not that I’m losing interest in blogging, but more to do with motivation to write these days. I still check in on social media and am still reading, but once I’ve written a giant pile of cover letters I feel like being creative and social is the last thing I want to do. My hats off to the bloggers who are in full time school and working who still find the energy to write. I want to be you.

I need to make the effort to be punctual and active with Silk&Serif! I also need to create a new weekly post..because..why not?! Time to find something that gets the juices flowing!

 

 

by Spencer Quinn: Atria Books. Already read and reviewed, but it was super cute and short! I have wanted to sample Quinn’s Chet and Bernie mysteries since the days when I worked in a library. Somehow, I never really got around to it, but now that I’ve read Santa 365 I cannot wait to have a spare moment to delve into book on of this series! Santa doesn’t just deliver gifts—he takes them too!—in this delightful holiday e-short featuring New York Times bestselling sleuths Chet and Bernie. He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. This year, jolly old St. Nick knows Bernie has been sleeping on preparations for a special Christmas celebration with his son Charlie. Enter Plumpy Napoleon, fresh from a short stint in prison, to save Bernie from the naughty list. Plumpy calls his latest business plan “Santa 365.” For a small fee (that only gets bigger), he’ll fill your life with holiday cheer, including elves, a festive party, gifts, and even a Christmas tree delivered right to your front door. Bernie signs on for the full yuletide experience. But after the blowout holiday bash, Bernie and Chet the dog discover one of Santa’s helpers helped himself to more than Christmas candy. The intrepid duo sets out to find the sticky-fingered perp and reclaim the stolen goods. Add in a surprise visit from Bernie’s mom, two elderly sisters seeking their own brand of justice, and an elf with a stocking full of secrets, and you have a Christmas mystery that only Chet and Bernie could possibly unwrap . .

 

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