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Linky Wednesday - the one with good covers and variable books

The heading might be a bit harsh. I finished The End of the Playboy by Harlin Hailey, which I 5-starred. Then I read Bad Reputation by Emma Barry.

I requested it because of it's front cover of palm trees - but my e-copy didn't have a cover, and 3/4 of the book was set in Scotland. Weird. I didn't really enjoy it and I only finished it because it was a NetGalley review book.

Then I got the first Maisie Dobbs book from the library (yay library book).

I know I'm late to this party, but I'm enjoying it very much. Which is a nice change, and it's also nice that there are 18 books in this series, so hopefully that's a lot of lovely reading.

Next up is The Thinning by Inga Simpson, a Negalley book which has the bonus of being Australian. I think it's a climate change disaster book. 

I listened to a third of When We Chased the Light by Emily Bleeker. I love that front cover.

I really disliked the narrator. I know the character has an Italian background, but the way she pronounced words was odd, and her cadence was overly dramatic. It also felt like there was a lot of background behind the story, and it turns out that there is another book is the story - although that is never mentioned here. Anyway, I started to get punchy about the idea of listening to this, so I've gone back to  Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, which I look forward to listening to - perhaps because the narrator doesn't annoy me.

Luckily the crafting has gone better than the reading! I've been knitting away on Kris' sOctober socks, and this is where they are at now:

Just one cuff to go. Then I think I'll knit a charity baby jumper, and maybe some baby socks, since it is sOctober.

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. Emily10 October, 2024

    A shame about the reading. Maybe next week will be better? I love the socks.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-106/

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  2. Kathy Martin15 October, 2024

    I should try the Maisie Dobbs book. I've had a copy on my Kindle since 2022. I'm picky about the narrators of audiobooks. Too many accents are too hard for me to understand since I'm slightly hard of hearing. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  3. Olivia17 October, 2024

    Now you’ve got me curious about Maisie Dobbs. Thanks for the heads up about Bad Reputation!

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