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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - Welcome to March

This week has been a bit of a continuation of last week. I finished the first sock, and am on my way into the leg of the second sock. The pattern is Xena by Birgit Feyer I adore how it looks, such a clever technique. 


In reading I'm still clearing the Kindle - I'm deleting books I no longer want to read and reading some of the older ones. I've got 16 books left to go and some of them I'm really looking forward to. I'm currently reading a NetGalley review book called Death and Croissants.  


It's fine. When I started reading it it really annoyed me, but it has grown on me a bit. It's sardonic and funny in places, although it's got some very strange (or maybe just old fashioned) attitudes and approaches to "swingers". It all feels a bit dated and, while it's pleasant enough to read I do not feel any emotional connection to anything about this book. 

And that's my week in knitting and reading.  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 T06 March, 2023

    The socks look great - the book not so much, if it hasn't picked up hope you have ditched it.

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  2. Patricia in New Mexico06 March, 2023

    Cute socks! I am also enjoying reading my ebooks! So much better than playing games on my phone - most of the time! ;) I felt the same way about Flowers for Algernon as some of the jargon was dated. But that one was a great read. Happy reading!

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  3. Mark Baker06 March, 2023

    Death and Croissants has crossed my radar, so thanks for sharing your thoughts. I might save this as a library book (if my library gets a copy). I need to use my library more often anyway.

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  4. Marg06 March, 2023

    Nice socks! We have a bit of a shortage of socks in our house at the moment because the dog loves them!

    Have a great week!

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  5. Kathy Martin07 March, 2023

    Great looking socks! I'm trying to concentrate on review books to lower that stack before diving back into my In Death series reread. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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