A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, #2)

A Good Yarn (Blossom Street #2)

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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 reenteri...more
Mass Market Paperback, 380 pages
Published May 1st 2006 by Mira Books (first published 2005)
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Gayle
Sep 10, 2007 Gayle rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone
Great easy read. Good story. Light and entertaining tale of the lives of several very different woman who are joined together by a knitting class.
Julia
I really like this author. She follows several main charachters and their life and problems in each book. They become your friends and you want all to turn out well for them in the end.
Nicole
Jul 25, 2007 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: knitters looking for a nice read
The Debbie Macomber "Blossom Street" books aren't the type of books that will change your life. But what they are is a very sweet, nice read that will make you feel good. Sort of in an "aww..that's so sweet and life is good" kind of way.

These books revolve around a yarn shop in Seattle and highlight the lives of the women who take knitting classes there.

Being a knitter myself, I like reading books that involve knitting. I can instantly relate to the characters. The characters in the books each...more
Tiffany
Oct 25, 2007 Tiffany rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone looking for a sweet read!
I loved this book, as I did "The Shop On Blossom Street" which is the book that precedes this one. Its a very sweet read and lots of fun. I'm looking forward to her next book, "Susannah's Garden" which should be out about now. Debbie writes wonderful books.
Anna
Jun 11, 2007 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: people who like to read about relationships between women
Sometimes the most enriching relationships you will have are right under your nose or found in situations and places you would not suspect.
Sarah
Macomber has done it again with another Blossom Street offering. Knitters everywhere will find themselves yet again drawn in to the life and yarn shop of Lydia Hoffman, owner of "A Good Yarn", as she meets three new women from various stages of life who have signed up for her sock knitting class. The perspective of life experience from each of these three women and their families enriches the reader's desire to be more understanding and find out more about people before judging them. You never k...more
Elizabeth
An easy read about the relationships that develop between 3 women and their knitting instructor, unlikely to be friends in the outside world. Debbie Macomber's characters are always very real. She understands the world of women and their friendships.
Barb
Sep 18, 2007 Barb rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: escape
This is a return to fluff reading. I have read #1 in the series and decided I needed a break.

Combines my love of reading with my love of knitting. (Now if I could just DO both at the same time!) The characters in this book are normal ordinary women, who form a diverse circle of friends as they learn or return to knitting.

Since I don't have a LYS (local yarn store), I get a feel of belonging here with this group. The fact that the pattern in this book is for SOCKS makes it even more fun!

Certain...more
Julie
Just like "The Shop on Blossom Street" this was a good book that kept me entertained without too much brain power. Macomber tells stories that are interesting and, I would say, uplifting, and she does it in a way that keeps you engaged, but if you have to go make lunch for the kids or turn off the light and go to sleep it's not difficult to put the book down and come back to it later. And because she usually tells 3 or 4 stories "knit" into one it's like you get more bang for your buck. I'm actu...more
Sherry
i got 1/3 through this one and realized i had read it already. lol
Amy Bond


This book was ok. I've read Susannah's Garden and it was ok; slightly better than this. I haven't been able to find The Shop on Blossom Street so I haven't read it yet.

AGY is written so each chapter rotates between the four main characters. I didn't mind this, but didn't like that Lydia's chapters were 1st person. It was odd to have a 1st person narrator when the novel was broken into smaller life stories.
My biggest issue, however, was Lydia herself. This is a woman that I would want to thrott...more
Homewood Public Library
As time passed Lydia's shop became more popular. She worked hard at keeping a wide variety of yarn types and colors. And her classes have been a success, too. The latest class has attracted another mismatched group. Elise retired with dreams for an enjoyable time of travel and life in a new home. Only to find the money she put on that dream home disappeared. Bethanne began a lovely Valentine's day happily married. Then her husband told her he was leaving her for another woman. Courtney's mother...more
Cheryl
Spoiler alert ( can't find the hide review function on the iPad app) Stephanie Pearl MacPhee had this on her list of knitting theme books, so I thought I'd give it a try even though I was skeptical about the author's being too sweet and sappy. My oh so sophisticated reader self cringed at the dreams come true triumph over adversity that was everywhere in it and the sheer improbability of the nice new girl who goes to homecoming With the football star, or the credit-worthy yarn shop ( sooo 2005!)...more
Lindsay
I love these books. They are so sweet and innocent and even though you know that whatever troubles the characters go through during the book, things always work out in the, its still a good read.

This is the second book in the Blossom Street series. It continues to tell the tale of Lydia who opened up a yarn shop in Seattle. She has knitting classes, and meets 3 new people who are so different, but help each other out and become good friends.

Call me bitter, and I know I am, but some of the thing...more
Laura
Bethanne, Elise and Courtney are three women who, at first glance, would be unlikely to become close friends. Bethanne is a 30/40 something year old woman recently divorced who is somewhat at sea about who she is and where her life goes from here. She has a teenage son and daughter that she must provide for and appears to have zero marketable skills. Elise is a 60 something, retired librarian who finds herself, due to some financial reverses, having to move in with her married daughter and her f...more
Drebbles
Cancer survivor Lydia Hoffman's shop "A Good Yarn" has thrived since she opened it a year ago. She decides to teach a class on how to knit socks and three people sign up for it.

Elise Beaumont is a retired librarian who has recently suffered a financial setback and was forced to move in with her daughter's family. Elise has been divorced for many years but never stopped loving her ex-husband, "Maverick", whose gambling ruined their marriage. Elise is not pleased when she finds out that Maverick...more
Kathryn
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Loralee
I. Loved. This. Book.

This is the second book in the Blossom Street series. Things are going well for Lydia, the owner of A Good Yarn. Her romance continues to develop with Brad, a UPS driver. She and her sister Margaret enjoy working together. She decides it is time to offer anther class. This one is on learning how to knit socks.

Three totally different women who seem to have little in common sign up for the
classes. There is Elise Beumont, a retired librarian who has had a financial
set back and...more
Kate
Synopsis from Amazon:

This is another heart-warming tale of friendship from the bestselling author of "Thursdays at Eight". When times are tough, confiding in friends can change your life. Cancer survivor Lydia's business is thriving but her dream-man's ex is threatening their relationship...Retired, self-contained Elise has lost everything and lives with her daughter, but still has disturbingly strong feelings for her gambling ex-husband. Nervous Bethanne is an unwilling divorcee whose husband l
...more
Maria M. Elmvang
You know it's been a good book when you look at the watch after 5 minutes and discover that an hour has passed!

On the surface just as good as the first book, but there were a few aspects I wasn't so keen on - mainly the intro and wrap-up in first and last chapter, the development between Lydia and Brad and the development between Emily and Maverick.

The development between Lydia and Brad bugged me the most. It seemed unbelievable, and I honestly don't see how Lydia can be certain it won't happen...more
Arielle
My mom passed this on to me which was cause for some skepticism - sometimes she has very dirty taste. But this book was just a sweet, feel-good read. I don't recall any language or sex, and it was nice to read an easy story and enjoy the various characters without finding any offensive content. It's about four women who get to know each other through a knitting group, and the changes in their lives over the course of a year.
Sabrina
This is another book in a two book series about the knitting group. Although there are some of the same people in this one that were in The shop on blossom street, it is about 4 others lives and how they change after they find these friendships. I enjoyed this book also, this author has a knack for writing about friendship, relationship and it is always nice to have happy endings.
Bette
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...more
Kathy
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Sheree
A Good Yarn follows on from The Shop on Blossom Street and I really liked both these books. Light, entertaining reads with a story and characters you can connect with without having to think too much; the perfect comfort read for recovering from surgery :-)

If you're a stickler for reading a series in order, don't panic, the first chapter of A Good Yarn recaps The Shop on Blossom Street almost in its entirety (slight exaggeration, but you get the idea.) The original characters/customers from book...more
Becca Warner
This book was a really great one by Debbie Macomber. It tells the stories of Lydia Hoffman, Elise Beaumont, Bethanne Hamlin, and Courtney Pulanski. Lydia had cancer, Elise divorced her husband because of his addiction to gambling, Bethanne divorced her husband because he was having an affair, and Courtney Pulanski lives with her grandma after her mother dies and her dad's in a different country working. I'll explain these stories.
Bethanne Hamlin has been in a faithful relationship with her husba...more
Brandie
A good light read. One of those pretty predictable books IMO, but I still enjoyed it. It was just what I needed when I was taking breaks from unpacking, organizing, cleaning, schooling, etc, etc. I didn't realize there is a book by Macomber that come before it so I will have to go and read The Shop On Blossom Street soon I think!
I did really enjoy all the characters though - kind of like in the quilting series I read - you fall in love with the characters, want the best for them, and still want...more
Heather Zuber-Harshman
Reading Stein on Writing was the best thing I could have done for my writing, and the worst thing I could have done for my reading. One point that he harps on is showing the readers what is happening through action and dialogue rather than telling them. I'm sorry to say that there is far more telling than showing in A Good Yarn. I found myself skimming through the book, searching for dialogue and action - this was frustrating because I liked the characters and wanted to experience situations wit...more
Mayda
Debbie Macomber’s talent for writing captivating stories about everyday people with everyday, complicated lives is quite known to her fans and critics alike, and is nowhere more evident than here on Blossom Street. In A Good Yarn, a lot is happening with some of the town’s residents. A long-divorced mother, a newly-divorced mother, and an unhappy teenager, as well as her grandmother, have one thing in common: a knitting class given by the owner of A Good Yarn yarn shop, who has problems of her o...more
Trudy E
I have not read the other books in the series, but believe there was at least one before this.
It brought back fond memories of living in the Seattle area decades ago, and inspired me to try my hand at knitting again (I crochet). This story is written in chapters titled by the character's names, so it progresses nicely without the confusion about which character is which and what their circumstances are. I enjoyed seeing the characters grow and evolve through the life changes of a couple of years...more
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