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Linky Wednesday - the one that is on Wednesday

After last week, I'm just proud of myself that I'm getting this published on Wednesday. We've had a fun busy time, with a weekend away, work being busier than normal, and last week we got out floors and carpets redone. We still haven't put the house back together, and many of our belongings are in the largely unused spare office in my block. Even with all this, I've had a good time with the crafting and the knitting -  

I finished my NetGalley review book Shake Out the Ghosts, but I didn't enjoy the second half and 2 starred the book. Not ideal, since I DNFd my previous review book. I don't think it's me being grumpy - I'm currently reading Saint's Blood (Greatcoats, #3) by Sebastien de Castell  and it's a whole lot of swashbuckling fantasy fun. 


I've only got three review books between here and May, so I'm going to read them and then do a month of Kobo Plus. They are a romance, a woman's fiction and 177 page book, so more of a novella.  I'll probably start with Found Time by Caroline Goldstein, which is an 831 Romance. They tend to be quite reliable. 

In knitting I've been working away on my Agave top. It's my first time knitting with linen, and I'm loving it. I've just got the short sleeves to go, and I might be able to wear it before winter comes.

I also cast in a pair of scrappy sneaker liners, because I knew that on the weekend away I would finish the knitting of the body and it needed blocking before going on. These socks are absurd and I kind of love them. 

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. Marg16 March, 2026

    I do love a bit of buckle and swash!!

    Have a great week!

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  2. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out16 March, 2026

    I’m glad you had a great week. I dream of having new floors.

    Wishing you happy reading

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  3. Kathy Martin17 March, 2026

    Sounds like a productive week. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  4. Cheryl Malandrinos17 March, 2026

    Such lovely projects. Hope you get some great reading in this week.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2026/03/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and.html

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