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Linky Wednesday - the one with new begginings

As I write this I have just finished a library book - The Lessons by Naomi Alderman. I loved it. Now I am embarking on the oldest book on my Kobo - Transmission  by Morgan Rice. 

Look at that cover!

It's the first in a sci-fi series about aliens arriving on earth. It's pretty short, and I've just discovered it's young adult (quite young) so I don't know how why I bought it. After that I have Happy Place by Emily Henry, which I had on hold at the library, and it just appeared when I had my Kobo on wifi to return The Lessons. There was no email or anything, and now I am confused as to how I'm meant to know that a book is ready.

The only thing that has come over from previous weeks is the audiobook Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

Not my favourite cover, but I am enjoying the book. 32 hours for an audiobook is good value, and I'm enjoying the narrators tone. I've got less than ten hours left, so I'll have to start thinking about my next audio book soon.

In knitting I've just finished a couple of charity baby jumpers, and I just need to block them:

I'm casting on not one but two projects - the sleeve of  a simple jumper for Leon  Rockland Crewneck which will be ideal for knitting when I am out and about, and the start of a Sake sock, by Cookie A. This is a complex sock, where each row is charted and will be best done at home. Look at that orange yarn! There is a story about the yarn, but I'm saving it for when I do a post just about this sock.

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 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. Cheri @ All In Good Time24 October, 2024

    Wow! Those jumpers are adorable.

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  2. Kathy Martin29 October, 2024

    What a great assortment of books! That is a quite long audiobook. I don't often find myself reading ones that are that long. I think the next few I'm planning to read are each around ten hours. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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