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Linky Wednesday - the one where I don't go to bookclub.

Because I don't have all that many review books (15, but that's from here until January) I've been reading randomly and loving it. First I read Woodworking by Emily St. James, which Katie mentioned her book club was doing. 

She did then invite me to book club, but I'm not a bookclub person, even though I love it when people talk about books. My other group of friends who are in a bookclub are doing Yesteryear, and I'm not going to that either, although I do want to know what they all think.

After that I read Only for Tonight by Kendall Ryan, a romance that I enjoyed. I don't know why sometimes I love a romance and sometimes they fall flat for me - maybe this time it's because I loved the main couple from the get go.

Now I'm reading Worry Box by Chris Panatier*. It's horror and sets up the tension early. Now it's letting me relax and I really don't think that's going to last long. Really well written. 


 Next up is But for Fortune: by Erin Miller Reid* if I can get it in a readable format - sometimes NetGalley does us no favours with the PDFs and Shelf apps only. I'm usually pretty good at only requesting things with a direct 'send to Kobo' link, but I messed up on this one.

In crafting the Field Day Jacket is going very well. In fact, it's within 15 rows of being finished, based on the 60 grams of yarn I have left. I'm just about to start on the bottom ribbing, then it's just pocket linings and I'm done.

I did also cast on for a Musselburgh hat, because I wanted a hat to match my new jacket and also just to have something more portable. Even though it is double thickness it knits up so fast.

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. Jane03 September, 2026

    The Field Day Jacket looks very cozy and comfortable. I think a Book Club has to be just the right mix of people. Sometimes they work well and sometimes they don't. I admire you for knowing your preferences.

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