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Unravelled Wednesday - the one where Willow is a solo cat

Tarragon and Willow didn't interact much, but since he died last Friday she has become even more interactive with us. She's sitting on the couch, which she never did before, and helping with everything. Here she is helping my newly finished cardigan for my mother to dry:

Now I'm knitting a quick charity jumper from leftovers. I love using up leftovers.

This weekend we're going car camping, and I'm going to cast on a pair of socks for my dad to knit while we sit around a campfire.

In reading, I finished Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. It was fine, I guess. Loads of characters, lots of unnecessary details and an unsatisfying ending.

Now I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell. I'm loving it, even though it is time travel. It's also full of magic, so in my mind its more fantasy than time travel and for some reason I can deal with that! I'm about a third of the way through and looking forward to seeing what happens. Octopuses (octopods?) are a bit of an  theme right now, because Leon and I are listening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin , which features octopuses.

Next up is a another NetGalley book The Emergency by George Packer, in case I wanted to add some dystopian fiction to the dystopia we are experiencing! That's my last NetGalley book for the year unless (as seems likely) I request some more. 

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. What Cathy Read Next29 October, 2025

    Oh dear, sorry you didn't get on with Shrines of Gaiety.

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  2. Emily30 October, 2025

    The White Octopus Hotel looks good. I have a couple of Netgalley books left. A couple aren't due until Feb next year so I won't be rushing to get those read yet!

    Have a great week and enjoy the car camping!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-160/

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