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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I am BUSY

Things opened up just over a month ago around here and I am busy. it's slowing down my knitting - which is fine, but I was trying to work out why this cardigan I'm knitting is taking so long, and it's because I'm out every night! OK not every night, but it's 4 nights last week and 5 this week. And yes, I knit everywhere I go, but good company and bad lighting do not make for speedy progress. So, here's a picture of my cardigan with one (nearly finished sleeve). 

The reading is going really well. I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of Bed Stuy by Jerry McGill.It asks the question: What happens when a woman meets a man. And then adds is some complexity - an older woman, younger man. And older Jewish woman, younger Black man. Older wealthy Jewish woman... and so on. It's an own voices story and raises some issues about representation of Black people I hadn't really considered before. Mainly it's a good read and i want to know what happens. It's set in New York and has a really New York feeling,it's nice to get away, even if it is only in fiction. And that cover is perfection.


I'm listening to Open Season by Archie Mayor. It's the first of the Joe Gunther series,  and there are 30 books in the series, all available free through Audible Plus. I'm liking it so far, although I am only a couple of hours into it, because of the above mentioned busyness. I love having a good series that I can reliably return to. I did that with the John Rebus series (apparently that was before I started blogging about my reading habits and before I started putting everything on Goodreads.) And it's being re-released with this series of covers. So good.

And that's my week in reading and knitting. 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. Kathryn T13 December, 2021

    The knitting looks great and may there be time for more. Your Bed Study book sounds intriguing.

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  2. Aj @ Read All The Things!14 December, 2021

    The knitting looks awesome! I hope you enjoy your books and have a great week.

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  3. Laurel-Rain Snow14 December, 2021

    Have a wonderful reading and knitting week! Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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  4. shelleyrae @ book'd out14 December, 2021

    Tis the season to be out and about :)

    Wishing you a great reading week

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  5. Laurie C14 December, 2021

    I've thought about starting that series on audio, but it's daunting to start at the beginning of such a long series!

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    1. Sharondoubleknit15 December, 2021

      It is, but it's fun, especially looking at the changes in society and in policing practice over the last 30 years.

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