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Unravelled Wednesday -the one with the finishing things



Welcome to Unravelled Wednesday, were I link up with Kat and the gang to chat about what we've been reading and knitting this week. In knitting, I keep on finishing things, which is fun, but then I need to start things and that seems difficult right now, so after I finished Chiuck, and made a matching hat (more about that when I see how it came out of the blocking) I cast on a charity hat with LOSY. It's knitting up really fast, and really quite prettily, if I say so myself. but I'll have it finished by the end of the day, and I'm having trouble deciding whether to cast another one on, or whether I should move on to the next thing in my queue, whcih is a colourwork cowl. i wonder why I'm stuggling with such a low impact decision? In books, after I DNFd The Calculating Stars last Wednesday, and then in one the Hugo award. I guess I'm out of alignment with popular opinions. I started reading Last Train to Istanbul.
I really struggled with it to start with - it's translated, and rather clumsily, and there are lots of characters, some who only pop up for a chapter and the passing of time is not clear. Despite this I persevered, and I'm mainly glad I did, because the story is great, but the story-telling is pretty terrible. Then I'm going to start Rachel Herron's Stolen Things I'm very excited for this psychological thriller and am really looking forward to getting in to it. 

  In audibooks I'm Listening to The Dry by Jane Harper. Audible Australia has recently increased its value, and one of things they are doing is giving a free book each month. I'd heard of this, so I downloaded it with few expectations. I've been pleasantly suprised, I'm loving it wand will be listening to the sequel as soon as I can. Maybe the good audiobook book is why I'm getting so much knitting done. And that was my week. come back over the next week to see the finished objects, and I look forward to sharing more books and knitting with you next Wednesday.
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  1. AsKatKnits22 August, 2019

    Perfect picture... knitting and reading all in one shot! I will be excited to see your review of Stolen Things... And, I have seen the Last Train to Istanbul on several blogs recently! I am hoping to move up in the library queue to read it in September!

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  2. Jane22 August, 2019

    I think audio books are perfect for knitting time. I recently heard Harper mentioned on a podcast so I'll be anxious to see what you think.

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