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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - The one where the pub quiz bites back

Last week I wrote about being back at trivia, and then I wrote a Weekending post  about how normal everything is starting to feel. Then, on Monday night I got the dreaded DHHS text message saying I needed to test and isolate because I may have been in contact with someone who has COVID. At the pub. At trivia. All seven members of my team who attended got the same message at the same time. We all got tested yesterday at different places, and we all came back negative within 24 hours. Because I'm back in the office, they put my laptop in a taxi, and I've had two days working from home. So, not quite back to normal yet!

Last week's just started cardigan has progressed, and I'm up to the waist shaping. It's a simple and fun knit. It's going slower than it otherwise would because I'm spending all my free time embroidering. I'm really pleased with how that is going, and rather surprised at how much progress I've made. 


I'm almost finished reading The Girls Are All so Nice Here, and it's fine. It's a thriller, but it's not that thrilling. Maybe because all the characters are kind of awful, so I'm not sure I care what happens to them. It's kind of workman-like, as if it was perfectly plotted and then competently written, but it is missing excitement and a true sense of tension. It's a three star book, I've enjoyed it well enough.

The audio reading goes exactly like last week and the week before. There is nothing wrong with The Dictionary of Lost Words, I'm just not particularly interested in listening to it. I might have to abandon in vague disinterest.  

And that's my week in reading, knitting and embroidery. 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. Laurel-Rain Snow30 November, 2021

    Enjoy your books and your week! Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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  2. Kathy Martin30 November, 2021

    Sorry about the Covid scare! I'm glad your test was negative. I'm too impatient to hang on if a book doesn't catch my attention. I'd likely have abandoned both of your books. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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