Skip to main content

Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN -the one with the reluctant review books

I notice I've been requesting fewer books from NetGalley, and I've only got 8 in my "to be read" pile. I Fear my Pain Interests You was published yesterday, and I've been putting off reading it, but after reading two excellent non-review books (Godsgrave and The Vampire Knitting Club) I thought i'd better get to it. The only reason I'm finishing it is because it's short. The main character is entitled, unpleasant and unlikable. The plot... oh wait, there isn't one. I'm halfway through and, although we have covered Margot's childhood, adolescence and tedious college, it also feels like nothing has happened.  Most of the writing is word salad.It reads like a first draft that no-one bothered revising. Even the cover is uninspiring.


I'm up to the sleeves of my test knit. It's looking good. Apparently it will grow on blocking. We'll see:

It's also the stage of the project where I'm convinced that it won't fit, and it's not knitted in a quality way and the project is going to be an abject failure. I've jut got the sleeves to go, but it's a slow business.

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.  

Labels:

Comments

  1. kmkat29 September, 2022

    Your sweater looks like it is a brioche version of Carbeth. Is that right?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. PRSB29 September, 2022

      Huh, I hadn't thought of it that way! The "v" at the front does give it that look, but it's actually quite different.

      Delete
  2. Kathryn T03 October, 2022

    Love your review of the book you are reading, sounds so unreadable! Your test knit is looking really great.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Kathy Martin04 October, 2022

    Nice looking sweater. Awful sounding book! I just can't stay away from NetGalley. I have 37 but the publication dates stretch out until next April. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Laurie C04 October, 2022

    I request too many books from NetGalley for me to keep up with, too! It's very guilt-inducing -- much like craft projects, for me! :D I'm reading some books by local authors and it's often easy to see why they are self-published, but sometimes they can surprise.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Linky Wednesday - the one with the pause

In meditation it's said that the pause between the in breath and the out breath is a gap, a space to rest. Well, I'm in that in-between space for reading, listening and knitting. This is a random photo of a highlight of my week - I filled up my lolly jar. These are just supermarket party mix. During the lockdowns, we sources a great pick-and-mix delivery service, but at some point they started sending from the UK, which is a bit silly. Rachey messaged me a new one she found, and I impulsed purchased a kilo of mixed lollies, and then she sent me a link to the biggest lolly shop in Melbourne, which also delivers sweets by the kilogram, so i think I'm sorted for the rest of the year!  In reading I've just finished  The Beckoning Lady   by Margery Allingham . It's the second last book in the Summer of Mystery, and I have to admit, having now read nine Margery Allingham books, that they are OK. I wouldn't have read them if they were not connected to this club, but on...
5 comments
Read more

Geogradiant MKAL Part 1 - that was unexpected (spoilers)

Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises. 
7 comments
Read more

Unravelled Wednesday - the one where it's ordinary

This week I finished my first book for the  2025 When Are You Reading? Challenge , which was   The Silence of the Girls   by Pat Barker , which covered the pre 1200 time period. I loved it, it's a retelling of the siege of Troy from a feminist perspective. I haven't worked out what I'm reading for the 1200-1399 time period. Suggestions are welcome. I'm currently reading  Central Station by Lavie Tidhar , which is science fiction set in a future Tel-Aviv. It's good, but there are loads of characters and I'm not overly invested. Although at least I'm having no problems telling the characters apart, they are very district. I just don't overly care what happens to them.   I'm listening to a NetGalley review copy of  Mona Acts Out by Mischa Berlinski , which is the story of a woman unravelling. It's very different from Mischa's other books, but quite compelling. I'm not sure what's next, probably something from Kobo-Plus, perhaps Regrets...
6 comments
Read more