The Name of This Blog is Secret

IS THE SECRET REVEALED?

I just received this new and tantalizing illustration from my artistic fan, A.L., who writes:  

Well...I yet again want to introduce another of my dedicated fan works to you and the world to see!  This picture is only about the 3rd book “This Book Is Not Good For You” and in reality, it’s 4 ½ by 4 ½ inches big!  On my last picture, many people had complained about many things being inaccurate about it and I would reply “That’s what it is supposed to be.  If it were accurate, then Midnight Sun would have kidnapped me by now!  They wouldn’t want their secrets so perfectly portrayed to the public!”—but of course, I can’t.  Also, I’ve changed some of the character designs from before if anyone notices...  

Thank you, A.L.!  I only you hope YOU haven't revealed anymore secrets this time...

  

Do they read the Secret Series upside down in Australia?

They shouldn't be reading my books at all! But still, they are.

 

Australian review 

NEW REVIEW REVEALS BLOGGER'S NEFARIOUS PLOT

Susan of Bloggin' Bout Books is back with a review of my newest book and the review is absolutely shocking!  Not to mention infuriating!  And how about outlandish!  I cannot even bring myself to repeat the awful accusation she makes. She actually thinks that I am secretly recruiting members for the Mid--...No, I can't say it. I can only imagine that she's engaged in a treacherous sort of double-double-think or reverse-reverse psychology. Is it she who is the agent of evil? You'll have to read the review yourself. Here is how it begins:

NEW BOOK REVEALS PB'S NEFARIOUS PLOT

I have a bone to pick with Pseudonymous Bosch, the mysterious author of The Name of This Book Is Secret and If You're Reading This, It's Too Late. See, he says he doesn't want us to read his books. He warns readers away with cautionary titles and cryptic blog warnings about imposters and nefarious schemes now afoot. This is all well and good (after all, he does tell a dangerous story, which, for our own safety, we really should ignore), but then P.B. goes and does the unthinkable: He writes a story about chocolate. Sweet, creamy, delcious chocolate. As if anyone could resist an entire book about this delectable confection... 

The rest of the nefarious review is here.

A GALACTIC SIGHTING

Like all tempting items that are not good for you, my books should be kept as far away from people as possible.  But outer space?  My secret science correspondent, Nabu H'orre, writes: "The other day, I was looking through my telescope.... what I found was very distressing. Take a look." I only hope the little green men haven't discovered the Secret!  

 

A CHOCOLATE BOOK

What's better than a book about chocolate?  A book dipped in chocolate!  A big thank you to Becky and to Books & Books in Coral Gables!

IT'S GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL...!

According to THE NEW YORK TIMES chocolate is now officially a health food! Too bad that doesn't mean MY BOOK is good for you, too...

REPOSTING: IMPOSTOR (RE)APPEARANCES...

Friends, as I recently reported, there is grave news: the Impostor is back and going on a so-called "book tour" to "promote" Book 3 of the Secret Series, THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU. (You know he's an impostor just by the fact that he's promoting the book, instead of trying to bury it!) I have been researching his plans, and this is what I know of his schedule so far:

CHICAGO, IL / TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15^TH  

ANDERSON'S BOOKSHOP / 7:00 PM    

123 West Jefferson, Naperville, IL  60540

630 355 2665

 

CHICAGO, IL / WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16^TH

BORDERS BOOK & MUSIC / 7:00 PM    

1144 Lake St, Oak Park, IL  60301

708-386-6927

CHICAGO, IL / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17^TH

^{BOOK STALL / 4:00 PM}

^{811 Elm St., Winnetka, IL  60093  847-446-8880}

MIAMI, FL / TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22^ND

BOOKS & BOOKS / 6:30 PM    

265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL  33134

305-442-4408

 

ATLANTA, GA / WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23^RD

LITTLE SHOP OF STORIES / 4:00 PM

133A East Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

404-373-6300

 

BARNES & NOBLE / 7:00 PM    

7660 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta, GA  30022

770-993-8340

 

PHILADELPHIA, PA / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24^TH

BARNES & NOBLE / 7:00 PM    

301 Main Street, Exton, PA  19341

610-524-0103

LOS ANGELES, CA/ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH

WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR

http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/ 

LOS ANGELES, CA / WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14^TH

MRS. NELSON'S TOY & BOOKSHOP/ 4:00 PM    

1030 Bonita Avenue, LaVerne, CA 91750           

909-599-4558

 

AUSTIN, TX / SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31^ST

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL

http://texasbookfestival.org/

            

OH NO, A BESTSELLER ALREADY?!

I guess there's no hope for us now.  THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU just debuted as number 10 on the independent bookstores' Indiebound bestseller list.  (And THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET is now number 7!)  Normally, my motto is 'If you can't join them, beat them.' But since they appear to have beaten us this time, maybe we should just join them--tell somebody to support their local independent bookstore by buying TBINGFY.

DIESEL BOOKSTORE: THE FIRST SIGHTING!

Yes, it's true.  One of my secret spies has sent me this piece of damning evidence--my third book, THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, is now available.  In a bookstore.  To the public.  They've even put up a floor display! Needless to say, I'm very distraught.  This particular picture, the first sighting of Book Three, comes from DIESEL BOOKSTORE in the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles. A wonderful independent bookstore full of interesting worthwhile books.  Or so I thought.  As it turns, out they're pedaling my reckless irresponsible and very dangerous series.  If you're in West Los Angeles (or Malibu or Oakland) please visit the store and give them a piece of your mind.  By the way, their Secret Series floor display seems to have been signed "Shh!!! Pseud Bosch."  Could this have been the Impostor at work?!  We all know I would never show my face in a bookstore myself...

CHOCOLATE-POOPING MONKEYS!?

I will tell you two secrets about the cover of my new book, THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU.  One is that the title is a big understatement.  I wanted to call it THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE FOR YOU, which is a bit closer to the truth, given all the dangerous sweets the book contains, but the publishers insisted on calling it THIS BOOK IS GOOD FOR YOU.  (Apparently, they thought the idea was to get people to buy the book rather than to keep people away.)  I was only able to slip the NOT in there at the last minute when they weren't looking... The other secret is that the 100 "chocolate producing" monkeys mentioned on the back of the book are actually "chocolate-pooping" monkeys. (I can't imagine why the publishers thought chocolate poop was a turn-off!)  But don't tell anyone I told you... Shh!!! PB

THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU but it is AVAILABLE NOW: