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Linky Wednesday - the one where it's NetGalley all the way down!

I was numbering these, rather than naming them, but then I went on a three week holiday and now I don't know whether the numbers should refer to my posts for the year, or the number of Wednesdays in the year so I've gone back to my very exciting names for these posts. 

The title pretty much says it all - the book I've (nearly) finished and my next two books are all from NetGalley, and I've almost finished one of my famous Non-Fiction Book Review posts (where I review three NetGalley non-fiction books), which will be published on the weekend. 

I'm within sight of the end of A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke. 

It's got big The Invisible Life of Addi LaRue energy, but is a completely original concept. The central conceit is of a young girl who has an illness / curse so that she cannot stay in the same place for more than two or three days, and she can not go back to anywhere. So she wanders, and she meets people and she learns to survive. Part of the magic for me is that most people she meets are good - they want to talk to her, feed her, help her. I'm close to the end, but really not sure how this is going to conclude. I'm really enjoying it.

Next I'm going to read What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan. 


 
I received a NetGalley review copy, and this book published a month ago but I had trouble with my download, so I'm reading it next. It's been a while since I read a thriller / suspense book, so I'm looking forward to it.

In knitting, I just cast on for the Rose Cardigan by Andrea Mowry. It's knit is four quadrants and then seamed and is quite a big knit. Here's the half finished left sleeve and back:

Its fun to be knitting stocking stitch after a full month of 2 x 2 rib for Leon's winter set. Come back Friday and I'll show you the completed set.

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. Emily04 April, 2024

    Interesting sounding books. The knitting looks good!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/03/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-80/

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  2. Cheriee Weichel08 April, 2024

    I am impressed with how fast you knit. I'm working on a sweater and hope it's finished for my son's birthday in September. I am making up the pattern as I go along, so I have to have lots of time for starting over again...

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  3. crackercrumblife08 April, 2024

    I really want to read A Short Walk Through a Wide World! I almost picked it up the other day but I have a huge stack already on my nightstand I need to read. Lol. Next library round up. I am glad to hear it is good!

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  4. Literary Feline10 April, 2024

    I am really eager to read A Short Walk Through a Wide World and am glad to hear you are enjoying it. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is another one I want to read and I have heard it is similar. I hope you have a wonderful week and happy reading!

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