Twitter Interview: Anthony Horowitz

Today author Anthony Horowitz did a lightning-quick question answering thingy on Twitter, and I managed to get two of my questions answered!

Anthony's new book,  House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, is out now through Orion. More info on the book below.

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Nyx Book Reviews: What kind of research did you do before writing House of Silk? Besides reading the original Sherlock Holmes books, obviously.

Anthony Horowitz: Not a huge amount. I've read so much 19th century fiction...

NBR: Aww, thank you for answering my question! Do you have a favourite 19th cent writer that you recommend? 

Anthony: Dickens, Trollope, Gissing and Hardy.

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Well, thank you Anthony for these quick words! If you missed this event, you can still read all of the questions and answers on Twitter with the hashtag #hsilk.

House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in literary history. For the first time since the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a new Holmes story has been sanctioned by his estate, whetting the appetites of fans everywhere.

Information about the book will be revealed as deliberately as Holmes himself would unravel a knotty case, but bestselling novelist and Holmes expert Anthony Horowitz is sure to bring a compelling, atmospheric story to life.

With access to the estate's archives and careful study of the original stories, Horowitz is sure to weave a tale that satisfies new fans as well as the most dedicated Baker Street Irregular.

> House of Silk on Amazon

The Wonderfully Wicked Readathon Wrap-Up Post

And so the Wonderfully Wicked Readathon, or #WWreadathon as it's also known, comes to an end for me. I had a GREAT time, and it was wonderful to meet such awesome people.
Even though I spent MASSIVE amounts of time on Twitter (yes, I blame you all for that!) it was one of the most productive readathons I have ever participated in. I managed to read three books in three days, something I haven't accomplished any more since I was like six, and all the books I read contained 200 words.

Mindless babbling aside, these are my stats:

• Total books read: 3
• Total pages read: 916
• Average pages per day: 305
• Challenges participated in: 2 (have to work on this one next time..)
• Updates posted: >9000, I am not going to count all of my #WWreadathon tweets!

The books I read:

But, there is even more readathon fun at the horizon! Starting tomorrow, I will also participate in the Bouts of Books Readathon! More about that will be posted later this week (:

Nyx Book Reviews Networking

After being advised countless times to create a Twitter account, I finally gave in. Why, I really don't know. I'm not sure why I need it. Anyway, I have no idea how it works so it will take a little while to get used to. I've already put it to use though, tweeting about Carmel's massive giveaway!

Feel free to follow me on nyxbookreviews. Don't be mad at me if I don't react on your tweets, I haven't figured out the world of followers and retweets just yet (:

I've also joined Book Blogs, as an experiment. And I found out these people are incredibly nice! You can find my profile over here, I've already joined some groups, and overall I'm having a lot of fun connecting with other book bloggers. Send me a message if you're also a member!