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ISBN-13: 9780778322955 - ISBN-10: 0778322955 Publication Date: 5/1/2006 Pages: 400 |
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Book Reviews of A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, No 2)
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Carol W. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
it great book it so interesting.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I wish PBS had a feature that would reach out and slap me if I ever request another Macomber book. I know good and well that I read a good one of hers one time, but that must have been a fluke. Or someone else wrote it for her...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
OK, everybody who loves Debbie Macomber wave your hands------STOP! The wind is blowing the rest of the world away! This is a fitting follow up to The Shop on Blossom Street. Debbie writes characters you can get to know and wrap your brain around. What's next for Lydia and Brad - can't wait to find out! And who does the illustrations for her book covers? I want to live there!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love Debbie Macomber, she makes her charcters real, I know people like this and see myself in many of them. This knitting club is a pleasure. She proves to us that people do not have to be alike to appreciate each other.
Beth F. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyd this book. Made for a nice warm read. Kind of book where you make your cup of tea or coffee, snuggle in the bed or couch with a blanket, and just ENJOY and relax.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great story of ones commitment to your own goals, being able to stand up even when those closest to you arent very supportive, fun story!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book, great series. Makes me all warm and fuzzy feeling.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Debbie Macomber at her best. I thoroughly enjoyed book 2 of this new series. I think it is one of her very best. The characters draw you in to the story....you feel like you are sitting right in the Yarn Shop with them...and you care about the characters. I was not a romance fan...this was a recommendation from a friend and I am so glad...thoroughly enjoyed this book and the the 3rd is even better.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book! I'm not usually into crafter's cozies, but this was really well written with well developed characters. It also included a nice knitted baby blanket pattern.
Elaine (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The second in the series and we learn more about what is going on with the people in the first book and meet a new group of knitters who seemingly have nothing at all in common. Of course they become good friends and change each others lives for the better.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street," continues the story of the main characters and add new members to the group.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
If you are a knitter, you will love this sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. And if you're not, you just may be inspired to pick up knitting needles and yarn, and go to it!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Lydia is back again and teaching a sock knitting class. She has 3 new students just as different as her first class. Courtney is a teen who just moved to Seattle to live with her grandma, Bethanne recently learned her husband has been having an affair and is getting a divorce, and Elise is a grandmother who recently moved in with her daughter after a bad financial decision. Together they find they have more in common than they thought and forge a strong bond while knitting. A great follow up to the Shop on Blossom Street.
Keri E. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I liked this one even better than The Shop on Blossom Street. You really feel like you "know" the characters by the end of the book. I hope the author continues with more stories from the shop.
Margaret (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Oh how I wish there was a yarn shop like this near me!
Marcy M. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A sequal to "A Shop on Blossom Street." Meet three new women who join knitting classes. Again, they are as different as night and day but they form solid friendships. Like the first book, I was left with a warm fuzzy feeling and excited by the characters.
Wonderful sequel that intertwines the original characters of her first "Blossom Street" Series book in with a few new characters. What's nice is, if you didn't get the chance to read book 1 in the series you won't be lost with book 2. I find this a plus when reading a "series" books, just in case you can't find book 1 quick enough or whatever.
Great chick lit! Debbie Macomber is categorized as a "romance" writer but the Blossom Street series is really not what I would categorize as "romance" itself. It's more chick lit, featuring friendships and turmoils, loves & tragedies of a group of friends who happen to unite under the roof of a yarn shop.
Excellent book!
If you need to feel good;read this book. It left me feeling warm and wanting to make friends with people who I would not immediatly think I could be friends with. After all is said and done we are more alike than different.
This is the second book in a series, and I just love them !! And all of Debbie's books for that matter ! I have been knitting and crocheting for 50 years ( having learned from my grandmother at a yound age !! ) and find it such a joy !! I relate to so much in her books and love the people she has in them !! I am also teaching my two granddaughter ( ages 10 and 8 to knit !! )
Debbie Macomber has a wonderful, easy style of writing. Her stories seem like real life in written form. This book is an excellent sequel to the first Blossom Street story.
Patti I. (Another great Debbie Macomber book. She updates on the 'original' characters and introduces more. I had a hard time putting this down. I am not a knitter and I enjoyed it a lot. If you are a knitter, just a bonus - you get a pattern. =)
This is a book that is well worth the read. Once I got started reading it, I couldn't put it down.
LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street books always leave you wanting more.... thoroughly enjoyed this!!!!
Geri S. (Debbie Macomber is at it again!!! I think this is the next 'Cedar Cove' series!!! There are sooo many stories to tell...and she does it so very well!!!
Elise, Bethanne, & Courtney will draw you in to their lives from page 1... I Loved it!!! (Can you tell?) :)
Another quick and warming read from Debbie. I was delighted by the mention of yet another knitting charity.
Bea S. (I loved this book, but then all the books in this series are great.
Gina F. (Must read, sweet story. I love all of Debbie Macomber's books!
Michelle K. (Great sequel to a great first book. Highly recommneded. The characters are very real and you instantly want to know more about them and care what happens to them. A great cozy, quick read.
Great book with a good story and also which made me want to grab some needles and get a lesson in knitting!!
Corina U. (I thought it would be hard for the author to come even close to the first book in the series, Shop on Blossom Street. Although the first chapter was a small review of Shop on Blossom street, many of the characters are new in this book. I found it just as good as Shop on Blossom Street! After the first couple of chapters, the author grabs your attention and holds it til the end. A Good Yarn is full of surprises and emotion that many can relate too. I highly recommend this book and can't wait to read the next book in the series.
Kristen R. (Second book in the series of Blossom Street.
Three women join a sock knitting class and become friends. I had a hard time getting into this book but once I did, it was really good.
The second of Debbie Macomber's popular stories about a charming, friendly knitting shop. If you like romance and knitting, you'll love these books!
Please join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderful little knitting shop in downtown Seattle -- a place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life!
Debbie Macomber
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived -- and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elisa Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions -- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
A very entertaining well-paced story about four woman finding happiness and fulfillment through their growing friendship.
This book was OK. I didn't like it as well as the first one, "The Shop On Blossom Street". This one seemed to be a little simplistic. Lydia Hoffman owns a shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived---and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia suddenly is afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
A great addition to the 'family' of knitters on Blossom Street. How does she do it? Time and again putting women of all different ages and backgrounds together in one book. There are directions in this book for knitting socks and many web addresses for knitting enthusiasts. I loved it!
Fantastic book! I got so into the characters that I had a very difficult time putting it down. It is a well written story with people that you learn to love.
Knitting shop in downtown Seattle,place of welcome and warmth,friends old and new and how a pair of socks can change your life.
With a sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street" Debbie Macomber continues to weave together the lives of women from every walk of life who become part of the fabric of each other's lives. With characters who are real, situations that are familiar, she continues to let us glimpse the possibilities of friendship and mutual support. We are all connected, we all affect one another. I see it now more clearly in my own life. And maybe I'll take up knitting again.......
This is the sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street." Another great Macomber story. Great reading.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived and of has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her new found happiness.
These women join Lydia's newest class. Eloise Beaumont, retired an bitterly divorced,learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Haimlin is facing the fallout from a mucn more recent divorce. And courtney Pulanski is a depressed and ocverweight teenager, whose grandmothere's idea of helping her to drag her to seniors' swim sessions-- and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
The sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", all the characters are great and the story moves at a nice pace. I don't even knit and I liked it a lot!
This was about a group of women that find support in a knitting class.
Following on the success of The Shop on Blossom Street (2005), Macomber offers another tale of women meeting and becoming good friends in a knitting class. When Lydia Hoffman, owner of A Good Yarn, offers a class in knitting socks, Elise Beaumont, a self--contained and efficient divorced woman in her sixties, appears. Embroiled in a lawsuit, she has little patience with the foibles of others. Meanwhile, Bethanne Hamlin's husband left her for another woman on Valentine's Day. Bethanne's spent her life making a good home for her family, and now, bereft of self-esteem and support, she has to find a job. And, finally, there's Courtney Pulanski, who's come to live with her grandmother for her senior year of high school. After her mother's death four years ago, Courtney went a little wild and stuffed all her emotions down with food; now she's alone, overweight, and unhappy. But soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this sweet and poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop of Blossom st. In the year since it opened, A good Yarn has thrived and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness...
It was an okay book. I thought it would be more about knitting though.
2nd book to the Shop on Blosom Street wonderful story and typical Debbie Macomber
Return to the shop on blossom street, where 3 women join the latest knitting class making socks. A story about real women with real problems, becoming real friends.
Very enjoyable!!! It was fun to visit Blossom Street again!
In the year since the shop on Blossom Street opened, A GOod Yarn has thrived, and so has Lydia Hoffman. A lot of that due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class of knitting.............
life stories centered about members of a knitting class. A good D. mccomber book.
Please join me at A Good Yarn! It's a wonderfull little knitting shop in downtown Seattle-a place of welcome and warmth, or friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life...Meet four women who find the strength to change their lifes while learning to knit socks..
this book is one of the best books i have read the story of these ladies was just great i never wanted to put the book down...
No matter if you knit or not, this book will capture you and endear its characters to your heart!!!
One of my all-time favorite books. Debbie Macomber creates such wonderful characters and intertwines their lives beautifully.
Book two (book 1 is The shop on Blossom Street) Great book, touching, Don't laugh I learned to knit after this book and have knitted for a few years now.
Joan D. (an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming friends
A good story intertwining the lives of four very different women.
Debbie Macomber is a delightful writer and this book and its predecessor, The Shop on Blossom Street, are a pleasure to read.
A great follow-up book to The Shop on Blossom Street. Very injoyable characters
If you read the others, you'll want to continue on with this one.
I really enjoy this series of books. Ilove to read about the different projects. Lovely feel good books.
Sequel to the shop on Blossom street. Sweet, thoughtful, mild mystery, of interest to knitters.
Loved it just as much as the first, Shop on Blossom Street. Macomber is awesome
Great story. I loved the first book on these characters and this one added new people with great stories combined with the first characters.
Loved, loved, loved this book. Women you can relate to, friendships that are real, problems that are true to life. A Good Yarn is a good yarn...didn't want it to end.
A wonderful sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street. I loved this one too.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived, and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
And soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends. I loved it.
Return to the Shop on Blossom Street for another wonderful story.
Lisa J. (This is a great story - very heart touching, lots of warm fuzzy moments. The characters were very real and I enjoyed reading this. I was sorry when it came to an end!
This is a very good book. It is the second in a series about a shop on Blossom Street.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrieved - so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions - and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
Good story. I liked the connection to knitting, since I'm knitting all the time! The Sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street".
Haven't read it - picked it up because I was pretty sure it was on somebody's wish list.
Joyce B. (A great follow-up book to The Shop on Blossom Street.
Sequel to The Shop of Blossom Street. A good read and includes the knitting instructions for a pair of socks.
A sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", owner Lydia Hoffman starts a new group for people interested in learning to knit socks. Elise Beaumont, retired and divorced, lives with her daughter and learns her ex-husband is coming for a visit. Bethanne Hamlin's husband walks out on her and their 2 teenaged children. Courtney Pulanski is living with her grandmother during her senior year in high school following her father's job transfer to South America. All three are in the class under duress but come to love and support each other in their difficulties.
I love how Macomber weaves the stories together, making everything fall into place. She makes me want to take up knitting!
A quick and easy read, not as good as The shop on Blossom Street but still fun.
Great book,I love continuations of characters and story. And I love knitting!
Sweet book about a group of people sharing their burdens and gaining comfort from the support of others and the bond formed among very unlikely friends
Wonderful story and you feel you know the characters. Good reading for all ages.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. Since it has opened, A Good Yarn has thrived-and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont retired and bitterly divorced, learns learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. Courtney Pulanskiis a depressed and overwieght teenager whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
If you read The Shop on Blossom Street, you'll enjoy this sequel.
A good book. I read it over the weekend. This is a sequal to The Shop on Blossom Street.
Sequel to Blossom St.
Awesome reading. Debbie Macomber is great.
Melissa C. (A wonderful read! Just like the first one! Highly recommend this one!
Jenean W. (This is the sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street", and carries on with some of the old characters, plus it introduces several new characters who become friends and form an unbreakable bond. It's a good read.
I enjoyed The Shop on Blossom Street more. This seemed a bit predictable.
Like Shop on Blossom Street by same author? Then you'll love this one . . .
I enjoyed this book tremendously. A great sequel to the Shop On Blossom Street.
This is the second book in the Series. Although, it is not necessary to read Blossom Shop first. I do have it on my list of books. Debbie Macomber weaves such wonderful tales, and I know you will enjoy.
Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Sreet. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived--amd so has Lydia . Three women join Lydia's newest class and soon an unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems.
A great "chick" book. Four women who meet in a knitting class become friends are share their lives with each other. Each woman is at a different stage of life, so it should appeal to women of any age.
Another lovely tale from Lydia's knitting shop, A Good Yarn. This book centers around a sock class offered by Lydia, and the lives of the three class members, Lydia, and her sister Margaret. Macomber's books make me want to take up knitting in my (non-existant) spare time!
Takes place in a knitting shop in downtown Seattle.Aplace of warmth, of friends old and new.
Wonderful, heartwarming story of four womens friendships developed in a knitting class located in a quaint shop called "A Good Yarn."
This is the second book of two, the first one was A Shop On Blossom Street. I enjoyed reading it so much I am hoping there will be a third. It is about a group of women who meet in a knitting club, this book covers four women and the various things going on in their lives.
Joan K. (A continuation of the storyline from " The Shop on Blossom Street". Lydia starts another class, this time they are knitting socks. Three very different women, from varying backgrounds and situations, become friends. They help each other through difficult times.
Really enjoyed this book. It picks up where "Blossom Street" ends.
This was a nice follow up to The Shop on Blossom Street.
A sequel to Debbie Macomber's "The Shop on Blossom Street", it has all the ingredients it needs to make a good read. Romance, renewed love, faith, and a lot of help from the lady's in the knitting class.
An easy read. Macomber continues to build her characters. Makes you want to learn how to knit!
A Good Yarn is a wonderful little knitting shop in down town Seattle-a place of welcome and warmth of frineds old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of sox can change you life. Romantic noval
A great sequel to A shop opn Blossom street. I couldn't put it down. I hope she writes more of these series.In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. Acloud i
Debbie B. (Excellent sequel to "Shop On Blossom Street". As with that book, you can really get into all of the characters.
Debbie Macomber tells a story like no other weaving all these women's lives together into one story.
Please join me at A Good Yarn? It's a wonderful little knitting shop in downtown Seattle--a place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Come and discover how knitting a pair of socks can change your life!
I really liked the story and the continuation of characters from Debbie Macomber's earlier book. It makes me want to learn to knit!
If I could give this book a higher rating I would. This is a continuation of The shop on Blossom street...
ON THE BACK: Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the years since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brads ex wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness.
Three women join her newest class. Elise is retired and bitterly divorced learns that her one time husband will be reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce.And Courtney is a depressed and overweight teenager whose grandmother idea of helping her is to have her swim with her senior citizen friends and to join the knitting class at a Good Yarn....
MUST READ!!!
This story is so wonderfully written and really is a great summer read!
(Not quite as good to me as The Shop on Blossom Street, but great nonetheless. Lydia once again makes new friends through her knitting class, friends with various personal troubles and life changes. This book is set up so that even if you've never read the first one, you can easily read this one and not skip a beat. Perfect for women's fiction and light romance fans.
Susan K. (A cozy book, further adventures of the shop on Blossom Street. Includes a pattern for knitting socks.
A delightful sequel any knitter/crocheter is sure to enjoy.
Excellent book - one of her best!! Real women, real problems, real solutions. Loved it!
Vicki M. (
Nicole M. (Loved it! Just as good as the first one, The Shop on Blossom Street!
Barbara B. (Sequal to "The Shop on Blossom Street" Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year sine it has opened, A Good Yarn has thrived - and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her new found happiness.
Lori S. (Good read. Runoff of 1st book about friendships acquired thru knitting. This book was just as good as the 1st!!
another great one by a great author....i enjoyed it....
Loved this book! It's a sequel to The Shop On Blossom Street.
I always enjoy Macomber and I love knitting, so this was a fun read!
To me, Debbie Macomber's books are hit and miss whether I like them or not. Some are just too sugary sweet for my taste, but this one was a pretty good read and especially b/c it continues a story I already know. This is the sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street (which was also an excellent book!).
From the back of the book: Lydia owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived- and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears, Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness. Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise, retired and bitterly divorced, learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne is facing the fallout from a more recent divorce. And Courtney Pulanski is a depressed and overweight teenager, whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to senior's swim sessions-and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn.
Debbie Macomber's sequel to "The Shop on Blossom Street" is just as enjoyable as the first. Here Lydia has a new class (socks) and 3 interesting new multi-generational students. As before the book move thru each chapter focused on a different person, but they all combine to a very heartwarming finish of love and long lasting freindships.
Debbie's books are always a great read and hard to put down.
And the enjoyment continues in the lovely little shop on Blossom St.
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