We've had some issues with the cats waking us up at night this week, and then last night I woke up at 3am because the weird rash I have developed on my wrists started itching. I got up, took an antihistamine and went back to sleep. This morning I called (or rather texted) in sick, and stayed in bed until lunch-time. Unsurprisingly, I feel much better now.
lounging around has given me a chance to really get into the book I started yesterday Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts the debut novel by Josie Shapiro. It's a coming of age story about a woman who runs, and the story is interspersed with chapters from a marathon she is is running. I'm a runner (not at the level of this character, but still) and the title of this book resonates to hard with me.
I'm also reading a NetGalley short story collection New Adventures in Space Opera. This collection of short stories features some of my favourite authors, including Becky Chambers, Ann Leckie and Lavie Tidhar. I don't like reading loads of short stories in a row - I get impatient with them, so I'll read one between each book, and then do the full review in one of my bulk review posts.
Next up I think I'll read one of the final full length Victoria Godard books I have remaining, The Redoubtable Pail Avramapul and then it's back to Margey Alingham and the Summer of Mystery.
I'm spending the rest of the afternoon knitting the crown of my Pressed Flowers hat. Because my gauge did not match to pattern, and the pattern only comes in one size I cast on with fewer stitches, and now I have to work out the crown for myself. I knew this was going to happen, so I bought the cardigan pattern, which I am going to knit next, and worked out the hat from that.
Pop by on Friday and I (hopefully) have a finished hat, and some other things to show you.
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.
I love the flower pattern. I hope that you continue to feel better. The other day I was kept awake by itchy inside of my elbows. It lasted a few days. I can't take Anti histamine at the moment so it was icepacks and scratching 😶 it seems to have gone for the moment 🤷🏻♀️
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I moght check out that book - I'm not a runner but my husband runs marathons....could be an insight. #Bookdate
ReplyDeleteHope you get full relief from that rash soon. Your books sound great. Good luck finishing the hat. Looks lovely.
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Hopefully you will feel better, and less itchy!
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One of my cats has started waking me up at odd times at night, wanting attention. I am glad you are feeling better. Waking up with a rash doesn't sound fun! Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts sounds really good! I am glad it is resonating with you. I will have to check out Space Opera. That list of authors is impressive! I hope you have a great week, Sharon!
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