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Unravelled Wednesday - the one that's going to look like this next week too

 This week I started reading At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard, which is part of an ongoing series that I've been loving. I am enjoying this too. Since it is over a thousand pages, I expect to be reading it for a while, which is great because this is a world that I find so cosy and satisfying to visit in. 

We also started listening to Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Leon and I have both eye read it a few years ago, and now we are enjoying listening to it together. It's a book with a lot going on. It's also over 900 pages, or 32 hours listening. 

So I'm settled in to two good books.

I'm also knitting a project that may take a while  Weaver, B, by Kate Davies. this is a sleeveless top that I am knitting with HalfBaked HandDyed's rainbow self-stripping, and I love how it is coming out.

It's knitting up faster than I expected, but I'll definitely still be working on it next week.

I don't need to think about what I'm reading next week, because these two books will keep me going. I am still considering what I'm going to read for the 1200-1399 time period of the When Am I Reading Challenge, so that's where my planning energy is going. 

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. Emily01 February, 2025

    I get a bit concerned if a book is over 400 pages 😂 really it shouldn't matter, but these days anything too big makes me hesitate.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-121/

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  2. shelleyrae @ book'd out03 February, 2025

    I love the cover of At the Feet of the Sun though the description doesn’t seem to cosy to me. Enjoy!

    Wishing you a happy reading week

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  3. Kathy Martin04 February, 2025

    Wow! You are listening to such long books. Since I read almost exclusively on my Kindle, I don't often know how long a book is until I find myself spending hours and hours and not seeming to make much progress. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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