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Unravelled Wednesday - the one with the horror

This week I finished, and loved  I Love the Whole World!* by Victoria Hannan. It's the story of a middle aged woman from Melbourne who wins a trip to Las Vegas and starts rediscovering herself. 

I also started listening to Don't Stop* by Bonnie Friedman, which I put on hold, because they were both set in 2000 and featured women in their early 40s. But I found the audiobook quite annoying, partly because the narrator makes every man sound creepy. I'll try it again, but I don't feel confident I'll get through it. 

Now I'm reading Tapeworm* by A.P. Thayer. I don't normally read a lot of horror, but this is my year for it!


My next book, by NetGalley review order is Thoughts Be Bloody* by Auden Patrick which is also a horror. I'll probably pop Never Lasting* An 831 Stories Romance by Angela Bourassa in between for a romance break between all that horror!

In knitting I've made progress on my Alpine Bloom Dress. I'm probably half way down the skirt portion. I'm increasing 8 stitches every 3 cm, so it's getting wider and slower all the time! 


On Monday I was home sick (again!) and I freaked out that it was going to be too tight, so I tried it on. I think it's going to be fine. I don't think I've ever had a major project where I'm not convinced at some point that it's going to be too...something.

I'll probably be somewhere near the bottom hem by next week. i'm going to put a row of the big flowers on it. it's got short sleeves, so not too far to go!

As usual, all books marked with an * are digital review copies, provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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. Sonia13 August, 2026

    So sad you were sick again on Monday! We missed you :) Wow, your dress is really getting there, you'll be able to wear it next week!

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  2. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out17 August, 2026

    Tis the season for all the lurgy’s, it always seems to be worst in August.
    Thanks for sharing your week, happy reading!

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