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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRM - the one with the renovated Kindle

 I bought a Kindle Oasis in August 2020 and I never really loved it. But two things have happened recently - there was a system update that seems to help the battery life, and you can now have the book cover you are reading as the lock screen. Love it. I also bought a new cover this week, so now I'm quite happy with my device.

I'm reading a NetGalley review book called Would I Lie to You. No spoilers, but the answer is yes. Faiza, the main character lies to everyone about everything. She's been lying to her husband about money for the last six years, and she lies to her parents, her friends, her workmates. She lies about everything all the time, mainly to protect her expensive lifestyle. She lies to protect her lies. Her friends are all horrible people and she is a ridiculously fickle and a bad judge of character. As someone who went to an expensive private school without rich parents, I don't have a lot of sympathy for her. I'm reading on to see how it gets resolved, but I also would be quite happy if she ends up in jail. I find her distasteful, her relationship with her husband shallow and materialistic and the whole premise bizarre. 

I'm knitting a baby jumper, to use up some left-overs. It's was a free patter by Joji Locatelli - her first published patter, before she was the design super hero that she is now.

And that's my week in reading and knitting. 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.  

Comments

  1. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz27 December, 2021

    I have a Kindle Fire and I frequently think about getting an Oasis. But I often buy picture books and would they be as good in black and white?

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    1. Sharondoubleknit29 December, 2021

      I would definitly still use a tablet for pictures / graphic novels. The Oasis seems to have bee discontinued, but the paperwhite has been upgraded again.

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  2. Kathy Martin28 December, 2021

    I haven't upgraded to that version of Kindle yet. I still have a Kindle Touch but it is getting a bit old. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  3. Laurel-Rain Snow28 December, 2021

    I have had my Oasis for a few years, so no system update for me, sigh. But I am still enjoying it. I also recently bought another Paperwhite, which works nicely in between.

    Have a great week! Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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