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Linky Wednesday - the one with the public holiday

Delightfully we had Monday off as a public holiday -"King's Birthday". It's on the same date as the old "Queen's Birthday" was, and it wasn't her birthday either. Weird, but I do love a day off. The whole weekend was pretty low key - I saw a few friends, went for a run and to the pole studio and dyed some yarn pink for my next major project - the Pressed Flowers Shawl:

It is very pink.

I kept to the reading plan, finishing the review copy of Ghost of the Neon God. It's near future sci-fi, by T.R. Napper, an author I had never heard of. I loved it, 5 starred it and went and bought his other books, so that was a good time. And that cover:

I'm finishing up Dancers in Mourning, my fourth Margery Allingham book in 8 weeks. I'm enjoying each more than the previous once and this has a who sub-plot about cyclists and dangerous motor-car drivers. Triggering, but "funny" that they worried (and ranted!) about driver behaviour t in 1937, and we still do now. 

Coming up next - What to Eat During the Apocalypse by Vladimir Stephan, another review sci-fi novela from NetGalley, and then an advance copy of Sleeper Agent:Revenge by John Birmingham. This isn't a review copy, it's an early copy of the sequel to the Audible Sleeper Agent . I follow John Birmingham on Patreon, and he has been drip feeding us this book a chapter at a time, and now I have the whole thing in my hot little hands. I'm pretty excited about it.

In crafting, I'm up to the sleeves of my Pressed Flowers Cardigan. I blocked it before starting the sleeves and it's got less ease than the pattern calls for, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Anyway, two sleeves and the button-band to go and we will know for sure.

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 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. Emily13 June, 2024

    I love the pink colour. Such a clever pattern too!

    It's nice when you discover a new Author and see what else they have out.

    Roads are dangerous places for everyone! I won't get started 😂

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-89/

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  2. Kathy Martin18 June, 2024

    But isn't June nicer for a holiday than November? Or maybe not, depending on where you live. I love that color pink. Your books sound good. I love discovering an author and finding out they have more books for me to read. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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