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Linky Wednesday - the one with only secret knitting

 It was a big week for reading! I've put an asterisks to identify NetGalley review books, because there are a lot of them this week, and I'm sick of typing ' thanks to NetGalley the publisher's for the free DARC in exchange for an honest review'!

After I finished the fun action / romance  For Her Eyes Only I decided to go a complete change of pace and read Neil Sharpson's The Burial Tide* a rather fun, horror novel set in rural Ireland. I loved it, it was very atmospheric and a satisfying read. I then went out of order in my review books, preferring to read the romance The Fame Game by Ronica Black*. 

Look at that cover. Beautiful. The book itself was a really nice, rather sweet low stakes romance.

Now I'm going back to Very Impressive For Your Age by Eleanor Kirk*, which sounds like a really great read, but it's a coming of age novel about someone coming to terms with their dreams, and it sounded a bit thematically similar to Young Fools by Liza Palmer*, which I finished the audiobook of this week and loathed it. 

I'm listening to Vianne  by Joanne Harris*, which is the prequel to Chocolat. I know I read that, back in the day, but I wanted to refresh my memory. I didn't have time to re-read it, so we watched the movie, which I remember loving at the time, but it wasn't great now. Luckily the book has started very well. 

I noticed that the library has the whole series, so if I love this I might be a completionist and listen to all of them.

I have finished my super secret test knit. I will reveal this one detail - 4 ends! 

Yes, after those socks that had approximately eleventy bijillian ends it was a treat to knit on something for two weeks and come out with a mere 4 ends!

Now I'm preparing for a very plain grey cardigan that I am remarkably excited about, even though it's just a plain, v-neck light grey cardigan. It's quite fun to use commercial yarn for a change. No need to wind the yarn, so need to alternate balls. What a delight. Pictures next week when i will have made some progress. 

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 on BlueSky as Sharondblk.

 I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday, Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading and 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. Emily28 August, 2025

    That sounds like a successful reading week!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-151/

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