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Linky Wednesday - the one with the beer

 It's been quite the week for going out, which may have slowed the reading down a little, but not the knitting. The other thing that has been good for knitting and not good for reading is that I'm listening to Yesteryear. It feels like everyone has read it already, and it's a pretty interesting book. I'm not sure if it's a thriller or something else. It's about womanhood and family and social media and so many other things. There is definitly a mystery here, and I'm looking forward to finding out what is going on.


 I am desultorily reading  The Tea Planter's Secret (The Ceylon Series #2) by Clare Flynn, the second in a historical romance series set in Ceylon. 
It's as expected - rather dramatic and quite fun, but I just keep doing other things instead of reading it. Next up is also a NetGalley book - Over To You by Georgie Tunny, which I think is about newsreaders and might be Australian. Can you tell I'm not much of a blurb reader?

I'm knitting a pair of socks, or rather the first of a pair of socks. 


These are part of the Bendigo Project and probably the last thing I will knit specifically for this (I've also made a jumper and a hat). Although now I look at it there is a rather attractive scarf I could make. If I bought yarn... I am going to Launceston this weekend, and there is a yarn shop there, so stay tuned to see what happens!

See you back here after the weekend!

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 linking up 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. CLM21 May, 2026

    I also just started Yesteryear. When I was picking it up at the library, the staffer said it is their most popular book of the year to date.

    Funny, you've got two books by Clares - my sister spells it this way (no i, which is the French and Irish way) so I always notice.

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  2. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out25 May, 2026

    I’m intrigued by Yesteryear. I hope you find some lovely wool in Launceston.
    Thanks for sharing your week

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  3. Marg25 May, 2026

    I am tempted by those Clare Flynn books! Have a great week!

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  4. Kathy Martin26 May, 2026

    Nice looking assortment of books. I'm bouncing between review copies and books from my 2026 TBR pile right now. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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