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Linky Wednesday - the one with the bits and pieces

It doesn't feel like there is theme to this week, which is fine, although there is some "summer of mystery" again. I think that's going to be a constant for the next three months.

In eye reads, I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of Goyhood by Rueven Fenton.  

It's the rather marvellous story of estranged twins, one of whom has become a very orthodox Jew and one of whom struggled before becoming rich off e-cigarettes. They get together when their mother unexpectedly dies, discover they are not, in fact actually Jewish and mayhem follows. The tone of this book is just right, no judgement on different lifestyles, just an exploration of families, identity and meaning. I'm loving it.

I'm listening to The Paris Winter, which came up in a conversation about the Summer of Mystery. It's set in Paris before World War 1 and I'm enjoying the story and the narration. I'm not sure that it's a mystery, but it's certainly a good listen. And the covers this week are top notch.

Next up I'm reading the next  Summer of Mystery Margery Alingham Flowers For the Judge.

In knitting I'm sewing the ribbon on the Alma Cardigan steek and will be back on Friday with modelled pictures. I'm currently knitting a quick jumper for a one year old to donate - this time to Ukrainian children in Poland.   


I'm using up some left-overs, hence the unusual colour choices. This was a very quick shot taken this morning, and  can just see my new Joji mini Santa Cruz bag in the bottom of the photo. It's proving very pretty, practical and useful. That's Willow, thinking I was putting cat toys on the floor for her!  

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.  This week I'm also linking up with Sam from Taking on a World of Words to for WWW Wednesday where we talk about what we are currently reading, what we have just finished and what we are going to read next.

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  1. Emily23 May, 2024

    Those books look interesting. I like the pink. It's good to use up the odds and ends. I remember that my gran used to give us kids the left overs to play with!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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