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Linky Wednesday - the one where it's all reviews and all good

This week I'm both eye and ear reading review books. That doesn't happen often, but I was browsing NetGalley and saw the audio of  Little One by Olivia Muenter. It's very good, a little bit of tension, and lot of relationship stuff and a cult too! The narrator is perfect for this audio book too.  

I'm eye reading The Encore by Juliet Izon. I'm half way through and it's taken a turn in both plot and tone. It was (like Little One) being told over two time periods, but now it's back to one, which is an unusual way for things to be written. I've certainly enjoyed this story of families and hard decisions so far, and am looking forward to seeing what the second half brings.

Next up depends on a few things. I've pre-ordered the next (and final!) Crow Investigations book by Sarah Painter The Crow Moon. That's coming in the next couple of days. My hold for Writers & Lovers by Lily King is meant to come through on the 7th, but I've had trouble with e-book holds before, so we'll see. Which ever of those is handy when I finish The Encore gets read first.

In crafting, all I have to finish my secret test knit is the tubular cast off - just the sewn part. It's been a great fun knit and I can't wait to show it to you. Since I can't here are some polymer clay pieces I made for Valentines day. I'm not sure how I'm going to put them together into jewellery. I love making the shapes more than the final products. Luckily, my friends that I make these for have hoops, and mix and makes shapes to make different earrings for different days. It means I don't have to deal with jump-rings, which I'm not great at.


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. Kym05 February, 2026

    Love your heart collection! (I hate fiddling with jump rings, too . . . )

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  2. Emily05 February, 2026

    These look good. The polymer pieces look cute!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-173/

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  3. Marg10 February, 2026

    Your books are new to me!

    Have a great week!

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