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  <default_description>There's a little yarn shop on Blossom Street in Seattle. It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents her dream of a new life free from cancer. A life that offers a chance at love . . .  &lt;P&gt;Lydia teaches knitting to beginners, and the first class is &quot;How to Make a Baby Blanket.&quot; Three women join. Jacqueline Donovan wants to knit something for her grandchild as a gesture of reconciliation with her daughter-in-law. Carol Girard feels that the baby blanket is a message of hope as she makes a final attempt to conceive. And Alix Townsend is knitting &lt;I&gt;her&lt;/I&gt; blanket for a court-ordered community service project.  &lt;P&gt;These four very different women, brought together by an age-old craft, make unexpected discoveries -- about themselves and each other. Discoveries that lead to friendship and more . . .</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will use the same preface I did for the other knitting book I reviewed:<br/> 	  I knit and have been knitting for a long time (well since 2003 or 2004) ....and my projects range from simple to increasingly difficult.....This preface is going somewhere I swear....I started knitting b/c I like bein...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34115994">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked out The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber from the library because one of the girls in my knitting group is reading the series, and I was really curious about it since I have never read any novels where knitting plays a prominent role.  Well, I really thought the story was kind of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26150643">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this because I knit and will read anything that has to do with knitting. (Obsessed much? Who me?) It is the story of four <s>stereotypes</s> women who have nothing in common but bond in a knitting shop making the same baby blanket for different reasons. <br/><br/>The shops owner is Lydia and she o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40657037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a wonderful story about an eclectic group of women who form an unexpected friendship at a knitting class. It had me smiling and crying (a lot), I slipped easily into the emotion of each woman. Honestly I had left this book sitting on my TBR pile for so long because I thought it was about a knit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36463724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book followed the lives of four very different women who had only one thing in common - they all attended (or coordinated) a knitting class at a shop on Blossom Street.  Each of the stories was interesting enough, in and of itself, but since each chapter changed to a different character's point...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31289129">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like to knit....when I can. I like to read...all the time. Debbie Macomber is a great author of good wholesome fun fiction. She incorporates the lives of the women outside of the knitting realm. Topics like family relationships, cancer, self esteem, ect. add to the realism of her characters. Her f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11477863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So the book only got 4 out 5 stars even though I frequently reread it. It was awesome for a feel good story. It's a romance book, but not a bodice ripper. The women are complex, have issues, and you can see why they made the choices that landed them in the position. The only thing that stopped it fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2463931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended to me by a friend of mine in book club.  I have to admit that a book about a yarn shop sounded pretty boring, but I trust my friend's taste so I picked it up.  It was cute and a nice change from all the vampire romance people have been throwing at me for the last year.  (No...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81098052">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This wasn't at all what I was hoping it would be.  I'd hoped for a gentle book based around knitting in the same vein as the Elm Creek Quilts book, but instead found it to be trashy, over-sexualised, and badly written.  Had to give up reading it after about 80 pages as I simply couldn't bear it any ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35756698">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Shop on Blossom Street is a first in the Blossom series, and the first book I've ever read (in this case listen to) by this author. I chose this author because I wanted sometime relaxing to listen to in bed. This one hit the spot.<br/><br/>Read by Linda Emond who does a great job with the four...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59493580">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book and can't wait to read somemore by this author. Quick easy read that allowed you to get to know the characters through devoted chapters to each one while seeing how they interact. Lydia opens a yarn shop to symbolize that she is ready to live life rather than let the scare of cancer ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66959542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved getting into the lives of five women from all different backgrounds. You can find a little of yourself in all of them. I feel I am a better friend after reading this book. You learn that listening is much more important than talking. I like the modern-day setting--it seem like it could be ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16084376">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books you take on vacation with you. It is an easy and fun read. I really enjoyed it. I really got into the lives of the 4 main characters. I look forward to reading the next book and learning more about these 4 women. <br/>I recently lent it to a co-worker and she really enjoy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4588388">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! It was a simple, easy read but great for escape. I'm an avid knitter so I really enjoyed the storyline of a young woman opening a knitting store and starting knitting classes. The characters were easy to like and remember and there was a happy ending...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Debbie Macomber novel and I loved it! I'll be purchasing the sequel to this &quot;A Good Yarn&quot; when it comes out in paperback.<br/><br/>From back cover:<br/><br/>&quot;There's a little yarn shop on Blossom Street in Seattle. It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49915059">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I borrowed this book because it's a story involving knitting, and it was a best-seller book. I was curious. I've read a few chapters and so far I don't like it. It's like I'm reading a romance novel of some sort... I'll try to finish it though.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love her books -- they are easy to read and entertaining -- great for flights, summer reads, and before bed/weekend frothy entertainment. A bit goody goody, but still entertaining -- chick flick in book form. ]]></body>
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