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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Geogradiant MKAL Part 1 - that was unexpected (spoilers)

Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises.

Linky Wednesday - 3/2024

It's been a bit of a week. Because of my hand , I can't really knit, so I'm doing some charity crocheting: It's quite fun, but also I'm halfway through a shrug for myself, and I'd rather be knitting. Oh well, we can't always get what we want! In reading, I'm reading Stargazy Pie , the next Victoria Goddard. This is a comedy of manners and lots of things happen. I can't say I feel deeply about any of them, but that's not the point. It's fun. I'm listening to Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend . It's got a lot of characters, and it took me while to get into it, but now I'm invested. Women's fiction at it's finest. Next up is a review book Tidelines by Sarah Sasson. Great cover. It's Australian, and you know how I love a local book (although I think it's set, or at least starts in Sydney). It's described as a coming of age novel, and I love those too, so it sounds like a winner. I just re-read t

Linky Wednesday - the one that is less sad than last week

Thank you for your kind comments on last week's post. I finished Sweet Danger a mystery / adventure book written in 1936. The plot just didn't make much sense to me. Now I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of Under a Neon Sun , by Kate Gale. It's a pandemic book, and it's (unintentionally I think) very, very funny. I come from Melbourne the most locked-down city in the world. These Angelinos keep talking about how hard lock-down is, while visiting each other, getting their hair and nails done and having household help come in. The book centres on Mia, a poor orphan navigating the world of the rich and privileged. It's entertaining, and also a terrible indictment on a system with no meaningful safety net. Next up I really am going to read What Happened to Nina . I seem to have been saying that for weeks. In audio-books I'm listening to Kristen Hannah's The Women , a novel about female nurses in the Vietnam war. It's very good, although it do

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