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Linky Wednesday - the one with progress

Reading has been rather good this week. I finished Orbital and gave it 5 stars for being lyrical and beautiful. Then, as predicted I started Penny Reid's Homecoming King.  I'm pretty close to finishing it and it's also looking like a 5 star read. It's tropey romance, and also well written, sweet and (unlike many romance novels) full of communication, trust and consent. It's just so sweet - except the bits which are sexy, which are genuinely sexy. I'm often more of a closed door kind of reader, but, maybe because I liked the two main characters, this didn't seem intrusive. It is a bit of a Christmas novel, which is weirdly themed with my unusually Chistmassy activities this year.


Next up I think I'll read Loving Day by Matt Johnson, the oldest book on my Goodreads "want to read" shelf. 

Still the same two knitting projects as last week but they are both ticking away nicely. I've added a stripe and a half the the Electric Village shawl. Only three stripes to go, although it looks like I might end up playing yarn chicken.  

And the  Drawing Sweater has divided for the sleeves. You can't really tell in this photo (because I took it before going to the pub with it for the evening, where I got a lot of knitting done), but I've finished the body colourwork and am now zooming along the body with my favourite: plain stocking stitch in the round.

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.  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. shelleyrae @ book'd out04 December, 2023

    I’m glad you’ve had a great reading week. Loving that Drawing Sweater, it almost makes me wish I could knit!

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  2. Barb05 December, 2023

    I love the colors on that sweater. I always wanted to knit but don't have the patience to learn. Hope you have a great week!

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