Reading

Winter of Books and Yarn

You may remember that back in the summer I ran a really successful and enjoyable 6-week reading challenge - Summer of Books and Yarn.

I’m pleased to say that the readalong challenge is returning for the winter months with a similar format and an equally imaginative name - Winter of Books and Yarn.

Starting on Monday Dec 26 and running for 6 weeks, the challenge will feature:

  • A weekly prompt theme (although actual book choice is up to you)

  • A free knitting pattern for a cowl

  • Daily chat and sharing of our reads in the Everyday Knitter Facebook Group

The weekly prompts (and the free pattern) will be sent out by email - make sure you register at the button below to receive them. Chat and general social shenanigans will mainly be in the Everyday Knitter Facebook group although I will also be talking about it over on my Twitter account - @EverydayKnitter and on Instagram @LouiseTilbrookDesigns with the hashtag #WinterOfBooksAndYarn

The weekly prompts/themes are entirely optional and I always include a wild card as well, so if you have a particular book you are keen to read you can include it. And any book counts - ebooks, audio books, paper books - all are equally valid and included here.

If you are interested and would like to be the first to get all the details, please just tap the button below. And if you have any questions please just ask.

Reading summary: January

If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that I set myself a reading challenge for 2022 - to read 50 books this year. I’ve really startled myself by how much time I have found to read to be honest - and I’m slightly embarrased to admit exactly how much time I have I have reclaimed for myself by the simple task of removing Twitter from my phone.

Goodbye mindless doom scrolling and hello reading!

In January I have read an amazing (for me) 10 books - and might even had made it to 11 by the time this goes live.

Books I’ve finished:

  1. The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris

  2. The Lobotomists Wife by Samantha Green Woodruff

  3. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

  4. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

  5. The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

  6. Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner

  7. Faerie Winter by Janni Lee Simner

  8. Faerie After by Janni Lee Simner

  9. The Unheard by Nicci French

  10. The Maningtree Witches by AK Blakemore

Currently reading:

Spinner Silver by Naomi Novik

Wintering by Katherine May (non fiction)

Enough by Jessica Rose Williams (non fiction)

If you want to follow along with my reading I am putting all of the titles I have read in the highlights section on my bio page.