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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with no cricket

The Boxing Day test started on Boxing Day (the 26th). It could have gone for 5 days, but due to the abysmal playing of the English cricket team it went for two and a half! 

I was halfway through splitting for the sleeves on the jumper I'm knitting for Leon, and it was all over. This has seriously impacted my annual tradition of sitting and knitting for a fairly intense period of time. Instead I'm at home, doing fibre prep.

This week I read my last NetGalley  review book for the year Truth and Other Lies by Maggie Smith. It's the story of a young journalist who moves back to her home town has an adventure and makes peace with her past. It's well paced, well written and a hopeful novel to end the year on.

I'm listening to Maggie O'Farell's I am, I am, I am - 17 brushes with death. The central conceit is a bit far-fetched - some of the "brushes with death" are just every day occurrences,  but it is an interesting, well written memoir of a sort, if slightly overwrought in spots.

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.  

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  1. shelleyrae @ book'd out03 January, 2022

    It was a surprising victory, though yay us, I guess.

    Hope is how you want to end the year.

    Wishing you a great reading week, and a happy, healthy new year

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  2. Kathy Martin04 January, 2022

    Happy New Year! I hope 2022 brings you lots of great books and great knitting projects too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  3. Literary Feline04 January, 2022

    Truth and Other Lies does sound good! I am glad you enjoyed it, Sharon. I hope you have a Happy New Year and enjoy your reading!

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  4. Cindy04 January, 2022

    I have not heard of these books, I hope you enjoy them! Happy New year!! https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/01/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-1-2022.html

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