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Linky Wednesday - the one with two review audiobooks

I'm currently listening to a NetGalley review copy of Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh. It's a family drama about two divorced parents whose 20 year old daughter moved to China and gets hit by a car. It is a really moving and lovely book, and the narrator is perfection. Next up in audio is a Jodi Picoult   Where There's Smoke, which is also from NetGalley.

In eye-reading, I finished The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler, although I skim read the last part, and did not enjoy it at all. Now I'm reading Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka, in an attempt to read some novels about Sri Lanka before we go there next month. 

After that I'm going to read The Confidence Woman by Sophie Quick. My goal is to alternate a Sri Lanka novel and a NetGalley review book until we go away in just over three weeks, and then read local novels while we are away. 

In crafting, my shoulder has seized up again, so I'm taking it easy. I don't think it's because I've been spinning too much as I limit myself to 30 minutes at a time. The spinning is going well, and I've just about finished the first bobbin of singles for my latest project. 

I've been knitting away steadily on my muka pullover.

The body is easy (dare I say mindless) knitting, and the lace for the sleeve was really fun. I've just got one sleeve and the back ribbing to go. This really is a pleasure of a project. 

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. Jane27 March, 2025

    What pretty fiber on the spinning bobbin!

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