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Linky Wednesday - the one where summer hits hard

 Today is the first really hot day we've had (predicted 41 degrees). I'm glad I finished Leon's Moby jumper and am just working on Colour Craving, and even that is quite warm to manage in these conditions. I've made good progress since it became the only thing I'm working on. It's at that stage that is hard to take photos of:

It's much more suitable weather for reading than knitting, but I never let that slow me down! 

I'm reading Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. It's about a deeply unpleasant (or at least deeply flawed) family and the perils of growing up rich. The family reminds me of some people I grew up in proximity to, and it's told with the tone of 'did you know what happened to the <insert family name here>'. I'm enjoying it.

After this I'm not sure, I might read  Dry Spells, a book set in India that is the oldest on my Kobo. And it has a lovely cover:

I'm listening to the NetGalley review book The Naysayers by Liz Fenton. The narrator is great, but I'm really not enjoying the plot at all. I'm half way through and I'm pretty sure I'm going to leave it there. It's just a low key unpleasant book whose plot premise doesn't work for me.

Next up in audio I have Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis. I think a memoir might be exactly what I need right now.

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. BibliophileBree08 January, 2026

    I love the cover of Dry Spells! https://bibliophilebree.blogspot.com/2026/01/www-wednesday-3.html

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  2. Kathryn T12 January, 2026

    Sounds like very hot over your way, I just wouldn't cope with such heat, and definitely not knitting in it! If the book isn't working for us the best thing to do is move on, which I do mostly but not always. Hope the memoir works.

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  3. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out12 January, 2026

    A lap full of wool would not be pleasant in that sort of heat!
    I hope you enjoy Dry Spells more than The Naysayers

    Wishing you a lovely reading week

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  4. Marg12 January, 2026

    Thank goodness it has cooled down again! Always Carry Salt sounds interesting!

    Have a great week

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  5. Kathy Martin13 January, 2026

    Hot weather and knitting don't seem to go together well. I hope you enjoy whatever you choose to read next. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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