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Linky Wednesday - the one where we are back from the High Country



I was going to write a post yesterday when we got back from hiking, but walking four days with packs and then driving back (including a 50 minute delay coming back over the Westgate bridge) left me knackered. The hike was fantastic - mountains, dispersed camping, a variety of weather - on the first morning we had ice in our water bottles. In December! By the third day we had both sunburned the backs of our knees.

There was one hairy afternoon where we took a route we knew was not marked, but that two websites and a park ranger told us was fine to do 'just follow the ridgeline' and we ended up bush bashing for a couple of hours. frightening, but then we got back on the well worn path. 

I didn't do as much reading or knitting as I often do on hiking trips, maybe because we had more light, maybe because I was finding my book hard work. All That I Am by Anna Funder has two first person POV. Ruth is living in Sydney in 1999 and remembering what was happening in 1933 Germany and Toller who is in New York and London. Current Ruth also has Toller's writing. It jumps around in a manner I find exhausting. After we got back I put it aside for a bit, and I'm reading a romance I got from NetGalley Rooting Interest. It's a lesbian sports (basketball) romance and it's well written and I'm enjoying it. 

I'm still listening  to  Bad Asians by Lillian Li. it's been a roller coaster, but I'm not really enjoying it. I've nearly finished it and then it's another NetGalley audio book - The NaySayers described as a 'a witty, sharp-edged tale of corporate greed, unexpected romance, and the quiet power of our shared humanity.'

In knitting, things are much the same as last week, just a bit further along - I've nearly finished the first sleeve on Leon's Moby and I'm made a little bit of progress on the shawl. I'm hoping to get the jumper finished before I go back to work on Monday. That might be a stretch, but we've got a very restful few days planned, with nothing but crafting and a little bit of socialising.

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.

Kat from As Kat Knits is not hosting a link-up ythis week. Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading and Sam from Taking on a World of Words for WWW Wednesday might be. Either way, I do like posting my weekly reading and knitting here. 

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