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Linky Wednesday - the one where the reading is excellent.

 After I finished the books I was struggling with last week (except the romance, I'll leave that for another day) I started We Once Were Giants by J.E. Fishman. It's a NetGalley review book that I requested based solely on the description and it is SO GOOD.  


It's a dystopian, near future quest novel set in a world beset by climate change, pollution and their results - poor crop yields, reducing fertility and heat, so much heat. Drop and his band of friends, allies and enemies travel from what's left of Manhattan, trying to find a seed bank in Antarctica. This book is so well written and believably plotted and I cannot put it down. It's dark, but also hopeful and I'm loving it. Highly recommended, if you like this kind of thing.

I've nearly finished it, and next us in a review copy of Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr, a novel with one of my favourite tropes - accidentally swapped babies or embryos.  

Leon and I are also listening to Gideon the Ninth together. We've both eye read it, but it's the sort of book that makes most sense in retrospect, and the narrator is exceptional.

In knitting the jumper continues nicely, with just a sleeve and a bit to go. 


We are off to Sydney this weekend, and I'm not taking this massive, almost finished jumper. I think I'll do a bit of charity knitting and get back to it when we get back on Sunday. So close to finished though!

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.  This week I'm also linking up with Sam from Taking on a World of Words to for WWW Wednesday where we talk about what we are currently reading, what we have just finished and what we are going to read next

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  1. Mark Baker02 October, 2023

    Glad to hear you enjoyed We Once Were Giants so much.

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  2. Harvee Lau02 October, 2023

    That’s very elaborate stitching on your sweater. I’m impressed!

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  3. Kathy Martin03 October, 2023

    I have Gideon the Ninth on my TBR mountain but haven't started it yet. Of course it's just one of 2121 unread books and may continue sitting for years. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  4. Laurie C03 October, 2023

    I've listened to Gideon the Ninth, and thought it was great on audio! The sequel I didn't love as much.
    I'm listening to a post-apocalyptic horror novel right now, The Manhunt. It's pretty graphic, so I have a complete different review book I'm listening to at the same time, alternating between one and the other.
    Beautiful sweater!

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  5. Cheriee Weichel03 October, 2023

    I don't join in on the scary reading challenges this time of year because I don't do scary. I do knit though. Socks are the things I take with me to knit on.

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  6. Beth07 October, 2023

    I tried to like Gideon but I just couldn't. Everybody else I know seemed to love it, so I obviously missed something!

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