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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with the progess

Last week I'd only just started both by book and my knitting project, and now i am about 70 percent through both of them!

In knitting I'm on the sleeves of the Wednesday Sweater. It's a really fun knit, and I think it will fulfil my requirements for a warm, cheerful shlumpy house jumper.

In reading I'm still on Harrow the Ninth. It's sort of starting to make sense (70 percent through!). I have found it a more compelling read than the preceding book Gideon the Ninth, and it's definitely held my interest, although it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I'm also listening to the second in the Rivers of London series Moon over Soho. I suspect these books are all quite reliable - great narrator, interesting plot, but not so interesting that I can't do other things while listening.

And that's my week in knitting and reading.  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. kmkat25 August, 2022

    That looks like a sweater you will wear to death! Lovely.

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  2. Jane25 August, 2022

    What a great sweater.

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  3. Cathy25 August, 2022

    That is a sweater to get lost in….when it’s a bit on the chilly side you’ll love it.

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  4. Marg29 August, 2022

    I read Gideon the Ninth earlier this year. I need to get to Harrow in due course.

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  5. Kathy Martin30 August, 2022

    I've read most of the Aaronvich series. I have a couple of them on audio but am having trouble with the accents. My USA ear is having trouble translating what I'm hearing. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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    1. PRSB30 August, 2022

      Interesting, I'm obsessed with the narrators voice (but I'm Australian, my mother is English and I've lived in England, so very different exposure.)

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  6. Cheriee Weichel02 September, 2022

    I am a hard core Rivers of London series. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's narration is some of the finest I have listened to. I've gone through the series twice and discover more to appreciate each time through.

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