Search - The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, No 1)

This book is not something you read if you're looking for a deep, intellectual book. The characters are a bit predictable and one-dimensional, but this book was a fun read.

Not nearly enough knitting. :)
I liked it over all and the characters were all very different from one another and interesting but there seemed to be a lot of small plot holes -not big enough to really affect the stories but big enough to annoy the reader. I read it aloud to my mom and sister on a long car trip and they felt the same. The way the book was written was strange in places, as if it wasn't intended originally to be just one book. The stories were good and I remained interested in the women's lives though. Overall, I'm quite glad I requested it.

This is a wonderful story of four women's very different lives and how a simple knitting class brings them together. There were definitely some tearful moments in this book, as well as some laugh-out-loud moments. Each of the characters brings something completely unique to the table and you can't help but silently root for all of them as the story plays out, and their lives become more intertwined.

This is my first full book by Macomber. I read one of her short story based on Blossom Street. Although I didn't love that story it did peek my interest to check out the rest of her books. I am glad I did because I really enjoyed this one.

I like how the characters change throughout the book. Characters I thought I hated turned out nicely while characters I loved turned out more flawed than I wished for. It might sound like I'm complaining but I'm really not. I loved that her characters aren't perfect.

It is a quick read and the story seems to give you a glimpse in these women's lives with a promise to revisit them later. Now I might go back to read the short story over again just to appreciate the cameos by these characters.

Well worth the read. There were definitely lots of tears though.

This is a wonderful story and the characters are great!

THE SHOP ON BLOSSOM STREET is a fabulous deep character study that rotates the narration between the women so that the audience has four subplots that cleverly knit together into a powerful look at the ups and downs of modern day living. Though not all dreams are fulfilled and some change for instance to cooking, fans will enjoy Debbie Macomber's strong tale of four females struggling to overcome different setbacks.