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Unravelled Wednesday and What I'm reading Monday - still pink, still sparkling

I know it looks like I've been knitting this pink sparkle yarn forever - it's because I made an adult size cardigan and then a baby cardigan and now I'm finishing the last of the yarn on a baby hat. I had 36 grams left, and I'm gambling that I can finish a February Baby Hat to match the cardigan. Lets see how this goes. 

I'm reading a review copy of VIP by Jackie D. I feel really bad about it, but I really don't want to finish it. It's so boring. It's about two women who meet and then they go on a date and then they fall asleep together and then they have sex and then they are girlfriends. One is a movie star and the other a pop star, but there is no atmosphere, no glamour, no tension. It's sososo boring. There are so many passages explaining that "Audrey is this" and "Harlow is that" and "Tia (the ex) is the other" but you never see any of it. it's shallow, shallow shallow. there is meant to be something about Harlow's mother and a secret, but I'm 60 percent through and there is not a lot of mystery building here. I know you win some and you loose some with books, but I would normally DNF this, except I feel that's very unfair with a review copy.  Great cover though:

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 joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups.  

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  1. Kudos to you for using up every bit of the yarn! I crochet and am wondering if you could accent that cute little hat with a sparkly beige/white if you run a bit short of yarn? That hat is cute. Too bad about the book....

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  2. Pity about the book, nothing worse than a boring review book, but good feedback to give publisher.

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  3. I agree that the book does sound very boring! Enjoy the upcoming week, and here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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  4. I am much quicker now about DNFing books now, There are too many choices to waste time on something boring. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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