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Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel (Friday Night Knitting Club #3)
by
Kate Jacobs
The ladies of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Friday Night Knitting Club celebrate special times with family and friends.
Not only are the holidays are just around the corner, the women who knit at Manhattan's Walker & Daughter have an extra reason to celebrate: there's a wedding planned for New Year's Day. In the meantime, college-age Dakota Walker is working t...more
Not only are the holidays are just around the corner, the women who knit at Manhattan's Walker & Daughter have an extra reason to celebrate: there's a wedding planned for New Year's Day. In the meantime, college-age Dakota Walker is working t...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
November 2nd 2010
by Berkley Trade
(first published January 1st 2009)
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I feel that this is a great end to the series and am hoping this is indeed the last book. I enjoyed the first book very much, and was excited to get the second book and then quickly disappointed when I read it.
This book was more tolerable than the last book, however there were a few things that could have been changed. I'm happy to see that the writer dropped the racial issues with Dakota, that was really annoying in the second book.
There was a bit too much opinions from the friends of the group...more
This book was more tolerable than the last book, however there were a few things that could have been changed. I'm happy to see that the writer dropped the racial issues with Dakota, that was really annoying in the second book.
There was a bit too much opinions from the friends of the group...more
A época festiva que se aproxima é a altura ideal para a jovem Dakota Walker exibir os seus dotes culinários, isto se não estiver demasiado ocupada a tricotar na Walker & Filha, a mais acolhedora loja de lãs de Manhattan… Graças à família e às amigas do Clube de Tricô, Dakota conhece o verdadeiro valor da amizade. Nos anos que se seguiram à morte da mãe, todos a acarinharam e ajudaram a crescer. Entre confissões, desabafos, novas e antigas paixões, o grupo resiste à dura rotina nova-iorquina...more
KNIT THE SEASON is my first Kate Jacobs book. I realize that I began this "series" on book three, and I understand that these are continuing characters. I also realize that I did not get much enjoyment from the story and found most of the characters dull and lackluster and the story less than engrossing.
A great deal of the story involves reminiscences about Georgia, the joint owner of a knitting shop. For someone who has been dead for six years there is a lot of print devoted to her...which wou...more
A great deal of the story involves reminiscences about Georgia, the joint owner of a knitting shop. For someone who has been dead for six years there is a lot of print devoted to her...which wou...more
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This is the third book in the Friday Night Knitting Club series. It picks up immediately after Knit Two. Dakota is going to cooking school and the holidays are fast approaching. She is feeling the pressure because she has set up an internship at a hotel over Christmas and her father has just arranged for everyone to go see Gran in Scotland for the holidays. Peri has also just told her about an incredible opportunity she was offered in Paris but that would take her away from Walker and Daughter....more
This book was given to me as a gift, and as I enjoy reading books about the holidays during the month of December, it proved to be just the right time ...
The story revolves mainly around Dakota Walker, who has left college to attend culinary school, while also keeping up with things at the yarn shop of her late mother, Walker & Daughter. She has help in the person of Peri, who manages things day-to-day, as well as from the women in the Friday Night Knitting Club, and Dakota's father as well....more
The story revolves mainly around Dakota Walker, who has left college to attend culinary school, while also keeping up with things at the yarn shop of her late mother, Walker & Daughter. She has help in the person of Peri, who manages things day-to-day, as well as from the women in the Friday Night Knitting Club, and Dakota's father as well....more
Kate Jacobs has come out with the latest installment of the Friday Night Knitting Club series, Knit the Season. As a knitter, I enjoyed the first book in the series, Friday Night Knitting Club while on vacation a few years ago. I loved her second novel (unrelated to this series) Comfort Food.
Knit the Season is focused on Dakota this time, which is nice. If you have read the other two books in the series, you do get caught up with several of the characters and what they have been up to in recent...more
Knit the Season is focused on Dakota this time, which is nice. If you have read the other two books in the series, you do get caught up with several of the characters and what they have been up to in recent...more
I'm reminded of blockbuster movie sequels that have no substance because the creators know their audience will come see it no matter what.
Jacobs is a talented writer with a unique ability to create flawed characters that are so engaging and real. That said - this book was a huge disappointment. Full of preachy cliches about family love, complete with the now-college-aged Dakota spouting off sage advice out of nowhere (the cause of much eye-rolling and skimming on my part) - every single scene c...more
Jacobs is a talented writer with a unique ability to create flawed characters that are so engaging and real. That said - this book was a huge disappointment. Full of preachy cliches about family love, complete with the now-college-aged Dakota spouting off sage advice out of nowhere (the cause of much eye-rolling and skimming on my part) - every single scene c...more
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Dec 23, 2011
Emma
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Shelves:
christmas-books,
post-uni
This review contains spoilers for the previous books in the series.
Tis the season to knit and be merry! The Friday Night Knitting Club are back for this festive third instalment. Dakota Walker, the co-owner of the Walker and Daughter knitting store, is now twenty and in school working towards becoming a pastry chef. Christmas is the time for family to come together, but Dakota is offered a prestigious Christmas internship that would mean missing family Christmas in Scotland. While Anita is tryi...more
Tis the season to knit and be merry! The Friday Night Knitting Club are back for this festive third instalment. Dakota Walker, the co-owner of the Walker and Daughter knitting store, is now twenty and in school working towards becoming a pastry chef. Christmas is the time for family to come together, but Dakota is offered a prestigious Christmas internship that would mean missing family Christmas in Scotland. While Anita is tryi...more
I loved the Friday Night Knitting Club and Knit Two by Jacobs so I was looking forward to reading this book. Plus, you have to read at least one holiday like book during the holidays. I have to admit that while I enjoyed this book, it didn't measure up to the first books. I did enjoy reading the snippets of Georgia's life and also seeing this character from the points of view of her family which is something that hasn't been done yet. I also love all the wonderful characters in this series. I fo...more
I was blessed to get some solid reading time in on New Years! I blew through this book in a short 4 hours.
The third book in the Friday Night Knitting Club wrapped up those questions that lingered from book one and book two. I am a huge fan of not spoiling the story for anyone, so if you liked/loved the first two books this is a must read! If you have not read the series and are picking this book up first the story can be a stand alone.
Knit the Season has some flash backs that do not retell the...more
The third book in the Friday Night Knitting Club wrapped up those questions that lingered from book one and book two. I am a huge fan of not spoiling the story for anyone, so if you liked/loved the first two books this is a must read! If you have not read the series and are picking this book up first the story can be a stand alone.
Knit the Season has some flash backs that do not retell the...more
This one was a little slow for me. I liked the first 2 books better than this one. I do, however, have some moments of the book that I liked. Possible spoilers...
I really liked how the author added the "Georgia" thoughts in the book. I thought that was an interesting way of keeping Georgia alive.
This line was thought provoking for me..."There's something magical about the way you can get to know someone better even after they're gone." I never really thought about this, until I read that line. I...more
I really liked how the author added the "Georgia" thoughts in the book. I thought that was an interesting way of keeping Georgia alive.
This line was thought provoking for me..."There's something magical about the way you can get to know someone better even after they're gone." I never really thought about this, until I read that line. I...more
A 3.5 star review.
Definitely the weakest of the lot, but it's a sweet Christmas story (starting just before Thanksgiving and ending just after New Years Eve) and a quick read, so perfect for a lazy Christmas Day morning.
It's linked quite closely to "Knit Two" and ties up a lot of the loose ends from that book. Some elements were a tad too good to be true, but "it's Christmas", and I can completely understand wanting an extra doze of 'feel good' for that.
"Knit the Season" is mostly about Anita, P...more
Definitely the weakest of the lot, but it's a sweet Christmas story (starting just before Thanksgiving and ending just after New Years Eve) and a quick read, so perfect for a lazy Christmas Day morning.
It's linked quite closely to "Knit Two" and ties up a lot of the loose ends from that book. Some elements were a tad too good to be true, but "it's Christmas", and I can completely understand wanting an extra doze of 'feel good' for that.
"Knit the Season" is mostly about Anita, P...more
Despite the heartbreaking loss of her mother, Georgia, when she was still a relatively little girl, Dakota Walker has grown into a beautiful and talented young woman with dreams of someday opening a knitting cafe on the premises of her mother's legacy to her, the knitting shop in the heart of Manhattan. Dakota's future looks bright, with the promise of an internship in the kitchen of the famous V hotel and the continued success of the shop under Peri's management. But when she faces some of the...more
Thanks to Jaye for sending this third book in the series. It's lighter and shorter than the first two - Reminds me more of the Elm Creek novels. She doesn't really seem to get into developing the secondary characters. They are ostensibly trying to give the daughter more information about her dead mother. This is done through a series of flashbacks. Each flashback seems to have a different point of view, so the narrative is not really coherent. However, she does tie up some loose ends, so i...mor...more
This was my least favorite of the Friday Night Knitting Club series. Maybe I'm just being a scrooge. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it around the holidays, during which the story takes place. But I'm a little over Georgia being such a BIG part of the novel when she died at the end of the first novel. I realize this group of friends and family came together because of Georgia. And in this book they are all moving on to the next chapter of their lives. But it's time to let her re...more
Nov 26, 2012
Dana Arcuri
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Shelves:
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Every winter, I enjoy reading holiday fictions. Usually, I begin in November and read as many holiday fictions through the month of December. Knit the Season caught my eye at a the Half-Price Bookstore. The holiday story begins right before Thanksgiving Day and continues through the new year.
Although I personally do not knit, I was interested in reading about the Friday Night Knitting Club, who gather together at Walker and Daughter, a cozy yarn shop in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The author,...more
Although I personally do not knit, I was interested in reading about the Friday Night Knitting Club, who gather together at Walker and Daughter, a cozy yarn shop in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The author,...more
I'm not totally enamored by Kate Jacobs' "Friday Night Knitting Club" series, but I do like the main character, Dakota, and am somewhat curious to see what becomes of her. The other members of the "club"--not so much. Jacobs tries to make the stories too pithy (for want of a better word). I enjoy Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street in Seattle series ("The Shop on Blossom Street", "A Good Yarn", etc.) more than Jacobs' set in NYC stories. Jacobs seems to be trying to make a statement about women's i...more
(3 1/2 stars) I would define this book as chicklit. Not a bad thing, just definitely designed for women to read. I shed a tear or two while reading this book, mostly because I remembered the story from the first two books in the series. I thought it was touching to flashback to moments prior to the other two books which showed the characters. However, there was not a lot of character development and the story itself was not really deep, nor did it really come to any finalizations. In fact, I was...more
5 stars I know. Here's why, love the characters. Each have their own personality and story line. Love how knitting is used throughout the book. Still love the peeks into Georgia's life. Like how there are patterns and recipes at the end. Plus the story is entertaining.
I do still find myself quite annoyed with Dakota. Especially when it came to her grandparents and Gran. Yes her friends were pushing her into going to see her family when she wanted to take an internship but they were right. The wo...more
I do still find myself quite annoyed with Dakota. Especially when it came to her grandparents and Gran. Yes her friends were pushing her into going to see her family when she wanted to take an internship but they were right. The wo...more
Mar 02, 2010
Tori Walker
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who read the first two
I hovered over 2 stars and 3 stars. I gave it three because I liked the whole series a lot, and really like the concept of female friends who stick together and grow together. It was nice to take a peak back into the lives of the knitting club members one more time. But this one seemed to be written in a hurry to get to press to capitalize on the Christmas Season. If I hadn't read the first two books and developed a fondness for the women then, I would have had to give this one two stars.
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This was light and fluffy, but better than I expected. I've generally avoided the Friday night knitting club series, but this was a gift. Unfortunately, this is about the fourth book in the series, and while they are meant to be stand alone stories, there are a lot of references to events that happen earlier in the series. As a result, the first 50-100 pages have a lot of "Catherine thought of the first time she met Marco..." and then there's a 2 page summary of things that (presumably) happened...more
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Another in the "Friday Night Knitting Club" series. I can almost lay out the next 5-7 books in this series...and I will not be reading them.
This was another disappointment, but since I got so mad over "Knit Two" I had much lower expectations for this book, and by golly the book lived up to them.
It is time to let this group go. The lament over the death of Georgia continues, and no one is the better for it. The saga around the other romances in the book got to the point of tedious. The next book...more
This was another disappointment, but since I got so mad over "Knit Two" I had much lower expectations for this book, and by golly the book lived up to them.
It is time to let this group go. The lament over the death of Georgia continues, and no one is the better for it. The saga around the other romances in the book got to the point of tedious. The next book...more
I have to say that, considering how much I liked Friday Night Knitting Club, I'm pretty disappointed with not only the plot (or should I say lack of plot) in this third book in the series, but with the wooden dialogue and two-dimensional characters.
I read the whole thing, but it took over a week because I was just not getting caught up in the characters like I had before. It was kind of like watching the re-make of 'The Women', in that you expect great things because you like all the actresses a...more
I read the whole thing, but it took over a week because I was just not getting caught up in the characters like I had before. It was kind of like watching the re-make of 'The Women', in that you expect great things because you like all the actresses a...more
A third installment of the knitting club books. Another story of how women joining together to talk and help each other can really make things happen. The women meet through knitting, but it doesn't have to be knitting. I once was in a quilting group of women, and I had some of the best times in my life. I throughly enjoyed my conversations with the women there and valued their ideas and help. It certainly taught me the value of friends. In this edition, the women make many changes in their live...more
sometimes a familiar set of a characters, and a book that doesn't require much thought is just what i'm looking for. this was exactly that.
This was my first time listening to a book-on-cd from the library! The story was fairly good (really good in parts, totally corny in other parts), but overall I enjoyed it. However, what KILLED me was the voices that the narrator used for different characters. Usually, when I listen to an audiobook online, I just wait it out and get used to them, but these were SO abrasive (the main character is 19 or so, but she is TOTALLY WHINY at parts- which is not how I would have interpreted the dialogue),...more
All in all, I liked this series more than I expected I would. The characters were really enjoyable. And the woman who did the audiobooks was phenomenal. What I didn't like about this final installment was the flashbacks to pre-major event in book 1. Book 2 didn't have flashbacks, so they felt jarring here. The style, in my opinion, should have remained consistent throughout the series. Despite this, I do recommend the series to anyone who likes a good character-driven story. Perhaps the coincide...more
I didn't want it to end. I read this book slowly, trying to savor the words. It felt like the last time Ms. Jacobs was going to let us visit with these lovely characters. At the end of the book the members of the club are fairly well resolved and moving in different directions. I hope there are more books yet because these characters are truly alive for me. If I don't get to visit with them again soon -- I will miss Cat, Dakota, Darwin, KC, Anita and now -- even Bess. If you are a plot driven re...more
Date: 2011
Format: paperback
Why I'm reading this book: I've read all the other books in Kate Jacobs' "A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel" series.
I've read a few chapters, and so far I'm not quite excited. The cover is endearing - all sorts of knitted cupcakes. But she used a ploy of "role-call" at the knitting club to introduce all the recurring characters. And it appears that the Friday Night Knitting Club is now closed to new members. No small business would do that. Unless they have another "o...more
Format: paperback
Why I'm reading this book: I've read all the other books in Kate Jacobs' "A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel" series.
I've read a few chapters, and so far I'm not quite excited. The cover is endearing - all sorts of knitted cupcakes. But she used a ploy of "role-call" at the knitting club to introduce all the recurring characters. And it appears that the Friday Night Knitting Club is now closed to new members. No small business would do that. Unless they have another "o...more
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Kate Jacobs is the New York Times-bestselling author of Comfort Food, Knit Two, and The Friday Night Knitting Club, which has over 1 million copies in print.
Kate grew up near Vancouver, British Columbia, in the scenic and delightfully named town of Hope (pop. 6,184). It’s an area filled with friends and family and Kate loves to visit. Back then, of course, it was tremendously boring, as only home...more
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Kate grew up near Vancouver, British Columbia, in the scenic and delightfully named town of Hope (pop. 6,184). It’s an area filled with friends and family and Kate loves to visit. Back then, of course, it was tremendously boring, as only home...more
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