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Linky Wednesday - the one with no theme

 I really couldn't find anything the link my activities this week! After I finished  Empire of the Dawn I went back and finished  Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser. It felt good to tick it off the list, but that's all I can say about the second half of that book. Then I decided it was time for something lighter, so I read Autumn Falls the first in the romance series I started a couple of weeks ago and An Occupation of Angels, a Lavie Tidhar book about angels in the cold war. It's even weirder than that sounds! Now I'm reading How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper a paranormal fantasy included in both Kobo Plus (which I have rejoined) and Audible Plus. I only started it yesterday, but so far it's fun.


I'm listening to a NetGalley review copy of  The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage. 


Princesses! Royal succession! Family drama! It also has the most perfect narrator. I am enjoying it.

In crafting I am working on some Christmas earrings and tree decorations in polymer clay. I've already given some away, but I'm going to try to remember to take photos, and I'll do a full post when I've finished that phase of crafting for the year.

I finished the Joji mystery knitalong. I'll get some decent photos and be back on friday for a full post about that.

And finally I've been knitting away on Backlit. 

I've just divided the sleeves, and now the colourwork gets very basic, so I think it's going to be quite relaxing from here.

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 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. I think Kat from As Kat Knits is still on hiatus after a family tragedy. My thoughts are with her in this time. 

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  1. Emily28 November, 2025

    The books sound fun. I look forward to seeing pictures of the polymer stuff!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-164/

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  2. shelleyrae @ book'd out01 December, 2025

    I’ve enjoyed several of Molly Harper’s paranormal romances in the past.
    Wishing you a lovely reading week

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  3. Marg01 December, 2025

    The Rebecca Armitage book sounds like fun!
    Have a great week!

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  4. Cheryl Malandrinos02 December, 2025

    You have been busy! The Heir Apparent sounds fun. Hope you enjoy your week.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and_30.html

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