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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with the rant about e-Arcs

In reading, I redownloaded The Rabbit Hutch, and now it works. which should be great, except I got 20 percent through it and realised i just can't. I don't know if it's a good book, but I didn't care about anything, and it jumps around between a lot of perspectives. And i know I'm meant to forgive formatting problems in Advanced Reader Copies, but I don't know why publishers send out e-Arcs where the formatting is messed up. i know I'm meant to be reviewing the content, but it's hard not to be distracted. All this to say, I've put it aside, as I read for pleasure and this is not.


While I was deciding whether to keep reading I started listening to The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni. It's through Kindle Unlimited, and the audio just appeared in my library. I couldn't quite get into it as an audio-book, but decided to see if I enjoy it more an an eye-read - and I do. It's got three timelines - the diary of an American marine in Vietnam, the same marine and an 18 yearold in 1979, and the 18yo all grown up in more current times. It sounds complicated, but it works well.

Then, continuing on the Kindle Unlimited / audio theme I decided to listen to Sarah Painter's Beneath the Water. I've read a bunch of her urban fantasy, and i think this is straight fiction, but I'm liking it. It's set in the Scottish highland, and I do have a great love of that area.


The knitting is still my brioche cardigan, but I feel like I'm making serious progress. I'm nearly halfway through the second sleeve, so you make see a finished cardigan before the end of next week.

And that's what I'm knitting and reading this week.  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. Patricia in New Mexico08 August, 2022

    I am really enjoying my Kindle Unlimited subscription! I’m glad you are finding good books there. I’ve never thought about switching formats to see if I’ll like a book better. Thank you for the tip!
    Beautiful sweater!
    Happy reading and stitching!

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  2. Mark Baker08 August, 2022

    I hear you on ARC formatting. There are times I've sat down to read an ARC, and it's usually an eARC of a book I'm really looking forward to, only to find that the formatting is so bad it is a struggle to read. And so I will set it aside and move on to something else. Like you, I read for pleasure. And if I struggle that much, it is going to be reflected in my review, which isn't right or fair to the author and fellow readers looking at my blog.

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  3. shelleyrae @ book'd out08 August, 2022

    There are times when eARC formatting issues just leaves the book unreadable. It’s so unnecessary too!

    Wishing you a great reading week

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  4. Lyn09 August, 2022

    Nice reads and sweater! Here's what I'm reading: http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2022/08/book-date-monday-aug-8-2022.html

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