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Linky Wednesday - the one where the brilliant streak ended

 After a string of brilliant books I had a three star audiobook (Everyone's Seen My Tits: Stories and Reflections from an Unlikely Feminist by Keeley Hazell |) and a DNF of a fantasy book (House of Dusk by Deva Fagan). I'm not even sure why I wasn't enjoying the fantasy, I just couldn't bring myself to care. As a palette cleanser I'm reading a  For Her Eyes Only  a  really fun John Birmingham action romance, set in rural Scotland which I am enjoying (available on Kindle Unlimited, if you are that way inclined.)

After that I've got another NetGalley review book Very Impressive For Your Age by Eleanor Kirk,which is about 'chasing your dreams and losing your ambition from a stunning new Australian voice.' Needless to say I'm looking forward to it, although I might not read it yet, because I am listening to another NetGalley review book that might be a bit thematically similiar Young Fools  by Liza Palmer. 

I'm about a quarter of the way through and not loving it. It's a coming of age story (at least I hope that's where it's going, but I have no sympathy for the main character and the writing is odd in places - giving quick snippets of the future, which is strange. Maybe the author thinks that's how you do foreshadowing.

 After that, NetGalley just approved me for Vianne  by Joanne Harris, which is the prequel to Chocolat, which I read an awfully long time ago. Maybe I'll watch the movie for a little reminder. 
So the other option in eye reading is a horror by Neil Sharpson, The Burial Tide.  I don't read a lot of horror, but I love all Sharpson's other books,  and NetGalley gave me a review copy of this and it might be a very nice change of pace.

In knitting I have a finished pair of mystery socks.



I only had the toes to go, so it was a very quick knit this week!

I love these, they were an incredibly fun knit, and the result is so bright and fun.

I'm also halfway through my super-secret test knit, but I can't show you because it's a pattern that is going to be published in a magazine, which means the test knitters don't reveal until publication day, which may be next year. I can tell you it's very pretty, and that I hate keeping secrets, because this is so very nice and I want to share!

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 on BlueSky as Sharondblk.

 I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday, Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading and 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. Kym21 August, 2025

    Such fun socks! Love the colors and patterning. I'll bet they were fun to knit. (And I loved Chocolat -- although can barely remember it any more . . . )

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  2. Marg25 August, 2025

    I loved Chocolat! At some point I imagine I will read Vianne. Maybe.

    Have a great week!

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