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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRM - the one with the review audio book!

Anyone who has been following along for a while knows that I read quite a few review books for NetGalley. I love it. Recently NetGalley introduced review audiobooks., along with a new app. I requested The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skendandore. it's about a society women in the 1920s, who gets leprosy. 
I have a bit of an interest in leprosy, and a couple of years ago read The Gift of Pain, whose author ends up being a doctor in a facility like the one described here. It's a good listen, with a very suitable narrator. I'm about halfway through and looking forward to having some time this week to find out what happens next! Additionally, the NetGalley app is pretty good, so I will certainly consider requesting books from them in the future.

I've almost finished my crotchet scrappy charity blanket. it currently weighs 780 grams and I just have that corner to go.


I have NOT almost finished The Far Pavilions.  Here's a different, equally overblown cover, to keep you entertained. 
The book is fine, but it's quite over the top and it's always foreshadowing "this would come back to haunt him", which kind of annoys me. I also know a lot  about the weather in India now. I think it could have been shorter and still covered the same ground. We just spent six weeks sitting outside a town, and reading it felt like it took me six weeks!

To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoubleknit and on GoodReads as Sharondblk.

I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups. 

  
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  1. Marg09 August, 2021

    I don't mind listening to books through the Netgalley app. I am not as keen reading from it on my phone!

    Have a great week.

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    1. Sharondoubleknit11 August, 2021

      So true. I read on the Kindle, never my phone.

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  2. Laurel-Rain Snow09 August, 2021

    I am curious about The Second Life of Mirielle West. Enjoy your books and your crocheting. Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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  3. shelleyrae @ book'd out09 August, 2021

    Audiobooks would be perfect if you crochet/knit/sew I would think

    Wishing you a great reading week

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  4. Kathy Martin10 August, 2021

    I haven't tried audiobooks from NetGalley since I'm not an App person. I mostly listen to audiobooks from Audible on my computer or my Kindle. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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    1. Sharondoubleknit11 August, 2021

      Weirdly enough, in Australia you can't listen to audiobooks through Kindle. I don't know why.

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