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Linky Wednesday - the one where the sun is shining

 Summer has been slow to arrive, but today it is 28 degrees and sunny, and after I finish work I'm going to sit in the sun and read. I'm currently reading The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard , and although I usually find her books quite compelling, I'm finding it hard to keep focussed on this one.


I also didn't love my previous read How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper which was paranormal shifters. Maybe I need a break from fantasy. I might read Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall next. It's available on Kobo Plus, and all my friends read and loved it. I want to have finished my audiobook first The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage, which I thought was going to be romance and while it has quite a bit of romance, it's also got quite a lot of family drama. I'm enjoying it, but don't want to eye-reading and earreading books on similar themes. they might not even be that similar, I'm not much of a blub reader,

I'm knitting away on Backlit. Things go quicker when I only knit one thing at a time!

It's short sleeved, so I have about three rows of colourwork, and then the bottom ribbing and sleeve ribbing. I should be back with something new next week! Before that though, I will be back on Friday to chat about some Christmas decorations I've been making, and hopefully early next week with some dyeing I'm planning. Fun times!

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. Emily05 December, 2025

    I haven't read fantasy for a while so am still quite keen on reading it. I don't know when I will get time though. I don't realistically have space until March...

    I used to be able to read more than one book at a time, I did get a bit worried when I was reading two beach type thrillers at the same time 😂

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-165/

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  2. Cheryl Malandrinos08 December, 2025

    It is amazing how much you accomplish. Such pretty colors in that one. Hope you find a great book for you soon.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and.html

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  3. Kathy Martin09 December, 2025

    Interesting assortment of books. I also like my eye-read and ear-read to be of different genres. I'm always afraid I'll mix up the stories in my head if they are too similar. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  4. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out10 December, 2025

    I just launched a fantasy/sci fi reading challenge so that I have an excuse to read more fantasy LOL

    Wishing you a happy reading week

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