Unravelled Wednesday - the one where I learn something about myself

This week I read Better Days by Claire Zorn , a NetGalley review book that was interesting, well written, well paced. A solid read (with a great, if irrelevant to the plot, cover).

I realised I took the better part of a week to read an average length book. When I'm not enjoying a book I power through it to "get it done" and when I'm enjoying it well enough, I meander through it. I was also listening to a NetGalley review book We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr, which I wasn't enjoying. So I was more dedicated to that, and spent quite a lot of the weekend sitting and knitting and spinning and listening, rather than eye reading. I think I take the same approach to a lot of things.

I'm now listening to another NetGalley review book Mona Acts Out by Mischa Berlinski.

Then I'm going to read The Silence of the Girls for the before 1200 time period of the When am I Reading book challenge. I've set up my challenge page here and will update it as I work out what I want to read, and what I've completed..

In knitting I'm doing a super-cute slip stitch sock using left overs from my last project.

I've just turned the heel on the first sock, which isn't a bad effort since I started it on Sunday. I had to go to a three hour training session yesterday and it was in a room with 100 other people, so I had some serious knitting time. I'm not sure how I can convince them to let me do another three hour training session when I'm doing the leg of the second sock!

I've also started a new spinning project, but sometimes it's hard to find time to spin, so there will be plenty of time to tell you about that before I get through it.

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.

Linky Wednesday - the one with the pause

In meditation it's said that the pause between the in breath and the out breath is a gap, a space to rest. Well, I'm in that in-between space for reading, listening and knitting. This is a random photo of a highlight of my week - I filled up my lolly jar. These are just supermarket party mix. During the lockdowns, we sources a great pick-and-mix delivery service, but at some point they started sending from the UK, which is a bit silly. Rachey messaged me a new one she found, and I impulsed purchased a kilo of mixed lollies, and then she sent me a link to the biggest lolly shop in Melbourne, which also delivers sweets by the kilogram, so i think I'm sorted for the rest of the year! In reading I've just finished The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham . It's the second last book in the Summer of Mystery, and I have to admit, having now read nine Margery Allingham books, that they are OK. I wouldn't have read them if they were not connected to this club, but on...

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.

Unravelled Wednesday - the one where it's ordinary

This week I finished my first book for the 2025 When Are You Reading? Challenge , which was The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker , which covered the pre 1200 time period. I loved it, it's a retelling of the siege of Troy from a feminist perspective. I haven't worked out what I'm reading for the 1200-1399 time period. Suggestions are welcome. I'm currently reading Central Station by Lavie Tidhar , which is science fiction set in a future Tel-Aviv. It's good, but there are loads of characters and I'm not overly invested. Although at least I'm having no problems telling the characters apart, they are very district. I just don't overly care what happens to them. I'm listening to a NetGalley review copy of Mona Acts Out by Mischa Berlinski , which is the story of a woman unravelling. It's very different from Mischa's other books, but quite compelling. I'm not sure what's next, probably something from Kobo-Plus, perhaps Regrets...

What I made, by Sharon

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