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Linky Wednesday - the one after the long weekend

I'm still listening to Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon. It's quite fabulous, it's just I didn't have any time to listen (or spin) over the weekend, even though it was a three day weekend. I didn't even have time to write a weekending post about it! It was a good time. I spent time with friends 

And saw both mine and Leon's parents. We went to a gig on Saturday night.

Because of all the hanging out and driving I got a lot of knitting done, and am now on the sleeve of my jumper.

As mentioned last week I've been knitting the Beehive shawl while sitting on the couch. We've been listening to Anathem by Neal Stephenson for rather a long time. It's a fantastic book, and quite long, so I'm really enjoying that.After we (eventually) finish Anathem we'll listen o the new John Scalzi book, When the Moon Hits Your Eye. 

Over the weekend I finished The Stories We Tell by Charlene Carr, a delightful final instalment in that trilogy. then I said goodbye to Kobo Plus for a while, because I have too many other books to read. Currently I'm reading a NetGalley Review book - The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman. It's set in Istanbul and is the charming story of a man who has lived in an apartment block all his life, but the apartments are under threat due to gentrification. While I am very much enjoying it it's also going through the first parts of 2020, which is always a little uncomfortable.  

Next up is Theory and Practice, by Michelle de Kretser, a book set in St Kilda in the 1980s, that Lulu lent me and recommended, so i really hope I like it.   

And that's my week. 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. Emily12 June, 2025

    Sounds like you had a great week and got some good knitting done.

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-140/

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  2. Marg16 June, 2025

    I love reading books set in locations that I am familiar with - like St Kilda!


    Have a great week!

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  3. Kathy Martin17 June, 2025

    Sounds like you had a wonderful time with family and friends. You seem to be making good progress on your reading and knitting too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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