Slowly work on Mr Noodle, paying him a plausibly-deniable compliment or two every day for a year in the various threads he frequents. At the end of the year, you may have built up enough friendship points for him to answer a direct question about the book, but just in case you haven't, create a puppet account and ask him about it using that one.
[And in case you hadn't figured out the most important rule yourself, the rule that must never be forgotten: no matter how much she cries, no matter how much she begs, never, ever, ever ask LaSorcia about her book/s after midnight].
I don't put enough description or drama into my posts. How to be more interesting, without becoming overly verbose?