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Linky Wednesday - welcome to sOctober

Happy sOctober to those who celebrate.

This week's reading was a bit of a mixed bag. I read a review copy of The Day He Disappeared  by Catherine Miller, although I ended up skim reading it because it was a very tedious book. Poorly written, repetitious, predictable and boring. Now I'm reading The End of the Playboy by Harlin Hailey which is a sort of midlife crisis Hollywood satire. Or a reflection on aging and society, I'm not sure which. I am enjoying it though. 


Then I've got two more review books, the Amazon Original short story When We Were Friends by Jane Green  

And Bad Reputation by Emma Barry

A romance that I requested purely on the basis of that cover!

In audio I decided to finally try Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke because it's 34 hours long and I felt like I was getting through my credits too fast. I'm enjoying it - it feel like the sort of book that is better on audio. After I started reading this I was approved for When We Chased the Light by Emily Bleeker, so when I get to a suitable spot I'm going to take a break and listen to that.

In knitting I've just finished my handspun shawl. It's not yet blocked, so it's doing that think where it looks all scrunched up, but that lace will open up beautifully. 

And tonight I cast on a pair of socks for Kris, because it's sOctober, and socks seem the appropriate thing to knit.

That yarn also has sparkles and I love it so much.

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. Emily03 October, 2024

    I love the look of that pink yarn!

    34 hours sounds long, but I don't know much about audio books 😂 it was a good TV series 😂

    Enjoy your current reads.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-105/

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  2. Olivia08 October, 2024

    Your hand spun shawl looks so pretty. Those are going to be some fun socks!

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  3. Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonders09 October, 2024

    I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell audiobook, I really want to read that one and I tend to stay away from really long audiobooks but somehow that one sounds like it would be great in that format! :) Also, I love the colours on that shawl!

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