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Linky Wednesday - the one with the trouble with the formatting

Last week I said I was going to read The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale, but I had some issues with the formatting (sometimes NetGalley gives books as PDFs rather than ePubs, which sucks, and I've only recently worked out how to check before requesting the book)  so I read Crescendo by Joanna Howat - also a NetGalley review book. It was quite good. Then I read Traitor by Krista D. Ball, the first of a space opera series. It was really fun, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Then I didn't know what to read next. I was a little lost. I'm still struggling to get The Close-Up into a readable format, and I tried to read the next Maisie Dobbs Birds of a Feather book from the library. I put a hold, and got an email saying it was ready, but when I went to get it is still a couple of days off. I'm still confused about the library!

So I picked a random romance off my e-Reader Love, Lies and Lavender by D.E. Malone. So far so good - it seems really sweet, which is what I'm in the mood for right now.


I might read The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez  next. Leon read it recently and is itching to talk about it.

In audio I finished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and moved to a very different kind of book - Madam a memoir of Antonia Murphy's time setting up and running a brothel in New Zealand. I'm enjoying it - although as with all memoirs there are times I wish the focus was on what I want it to be on, not what the author thinks it should be on. It's from NetGalley, they have really upped their audiobook game in the last year or so.

In knitting, as I mentioned yesterday I had a glorious amount of knitting time during our 4 day holiday. I finished the body of Leon's jumper:

Now I've got half a sleeve before I join the arms to the body. 

Before we left I finished the first epic sock: 

I need to start the second one. It's quite nice having two projects, one simple and soothing and one more complex and challenging. 

And here's a photo of some kangaroos from the weekend. I love the way Leon's jumper is basically kangaroo coloured.

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. Emily08 November, 2024

    I love the socks!

    Sounds like you have had some adventures with your books! Some Netgalley books are hard to read. I have been able to read them all eventually šŸ˜‚

    I hope that you get your library hold soon!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-110/

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  2. ClaireLouisa11 November, 2024

    I wish I could knit. I hate it when Netgalley only give a PDF, well it's the publisher who only supplies it and I always forget to check, I have a new one I forgot to check which means trying to read it on my phone or digging out my tablet which is too big to read in bed. I'll try to remember to check next time it's a publisher I'm not sure of. I have a Pip Drysdale book that is soooooo overdue to read at some point. Enjoy her new one. Happy reading. Here's my post if you want to check it out https://clairesreadsandreviews.home.blog/2024/11/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-19/

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