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Linky Wednesday - the one where I get behind (and I'm still having fun)

This week I started the Noosa Scarf for the Bendigo Project. This is addictive knitting, which meant I spent my weekend reading time knitting and listening to audiobooks. I finished the excellent Quitters Club by Jessica Strawser and then the silly but enjoyable action adventure Hell Island  by Matthew Reilly the fourth Shane Schofield book.

I have  15 days to finish this scarf, which should be easy - I'm getting one repeat done a day, there are a total of 16 repeats and I've completed 5. It's not a complicated pattern, but it is too much for knitting on a quick tram ride, and I do find i need to glance at the chart. So, it's a it slower than plainer knitter. Luckily, for the first time ion a long time, we have not much in the way of weekend plans, so I can sit and relax and knit! The joy of a little extra time is real.

All the knitting meant that it took me longer than usual to read the excellent Cherrywood by Jock Serong, a beautiful book set in Melbourne featuring a sentient pub. One of those books that shouldn't work and yet it really does. 

Now I'm back on the NetGalley review train with The Followers by Maree Prat  which published yesterday. Oops, I normally stay on top of that better! 

Luckily it's another very good book. This one about growing up and what happened after. it's set in Brisbane and it's very readable. After that, I'm going to clear through some more NetGalley review books - I've got five coming up for July, starting with Starlight Mountain by Taylor Gray - the fourth in a very sweet small town romance series. The brothers in this also used to be in a rock band, so it's got a few fun tropes and I'm really looking forward to reading it. All the covers have been like this (the town is called Autumn Falls) and I am here for it!

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 linking up 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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