Spring! I'm so excited. It's (almost) light when I get up at 6am, and it doesn't get dark until 6pm, and there was a hint of warmth in the air this morning. I know that we will likely have another cold patch before it really warms up, but I'm celebrating every bit of warmth I can.
This week I'm reading the next (and final?) Jackson Brodie novel, Big Sky partly because Kat finished it last week, and partly because I wanted to read a substantive but not heavy book.
I knew that I will soon be listening to the sequel to The Dry, so it was partly just a decision as to which detective novel I wanted to read first. I am enjoying visiting with Jackson and Julia and other old friends. I love the way Kate Atkinson has characters that populate many of the books of this series - and not just main characters, but bit players too.
In audiobooks, I wanted a contrast to detective fiction, so I started Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid . I am loving it - it's written in the form of interviews and recorded with a full cast. I think this would have driven my nuts as an eye read, but it's so well done as an audio book. I finished my socks, and will photograph them and be back on Thursday for Once Upon a Sock and a full report. I am now knitting a sockhead hat.
I haven't knit one of these since 2011 - when I though the answer for "it might grow on blocking" was "don't block it". I used the "planned pooling calculator" found here, and so far it is striping nicely. When I bought this yarn I had no idea what it wanted to be, and I thought it might pool horribly, so I am very pleased with how it is emerging.
I'm joining in with Ginny and the Yarnalong, hosted on the first Wednesday of each month and Kat and Unravelled, which happens every Wednesday. I can be found on Ravelry as SharonDoubleKnit, and Goodreads as SharonDBLK or right here blogging away about knitting, books and whatever else I'm up to.
I knew that I will soon be listening to the sequel to The Dry, so it was partly just a decision as to which detective novel I wanted to read first. I am enjoying visiting with Jackson and Julia and other old friends. I love the way Kate Atkinson has characters that populate many of the books of this series - and not just main characters, but bit players too.
In audiobooks, I wanted a contrast to detective fiction, so I started Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid . I am loving it - it's written in the form of interviews and recorded with a full cast. I think this would have driven my nuts as an eye read, but it's so well done as an audio book. I finished my socks, and will photograph them and be back on Thursday for Once Upon a Sock and a full report. I am now knitting a sockhead hat.
I haven't knit one of these since 2011 - when I though the answer for "it might grow on blocking" was "don't block it". I used the "planned pooling calculator" found here, and so far it is striping nicely. When I bought this yarn I had no idea what it wanted to be, and I thought it might pool horribly, so I am very pleased with how it is emerging.
I'm joining in with Ginny and the Yarnalong, hosted on the first Wednesday of each month and Kat and Unravelled, which happens every Wednesday. I can be found on Ravelry as SharonDoubleKnit, and Goodreads as SharonDBLK or right here blogging away about knitting, books and whatever else I'm up to.
Oh fun. I didn’t know there was a new Jackson’s Brodie book. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThere is, and it's quite good!
DeleteI really enjoyed Big Sky! And, thanks for the reminder that I have a sock head hat to finish up! I set it aside in May but here in the Northern Hemisphere the recipient will need it soon!
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