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The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street #1)
by
Debbie Macomber (Goodreads Author)
Four lives knit together ...
There's a little shop on Blossom Street in Seattle called A Good Yarn. You go there to buy knitting supplies and patterns -- and now it's offering a knitting class. The first lesson: how to knit a baby blanket.
For owner Lydia Hoffman, the shop represents her dream of beginning a new life free from the cancer that has ravaged her twice. A life th
...moreebook, 416 pages
Published
April 27th 2010
by Mira Books
(first published April 27th 2003)
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This was a good read,It is a story of 4 woman who suffer pain and have issues,how they finally accept n find happiness
Carol-She n her husband Doug want to have child but they have infertility problem they have undergone 2 IVF which failed Carol miscarried and now third is scheduled and this is the last chance to conceive if again she miscarries then they will have get emlisted for adoption which might more 4-5 years,in between these her brother Rick wants his ex-wife back but he is a cheater he...more
Carol-She n her husband Doug want to have child but they have infertility problem they have undergone 2 IVF which failed Carol miscarried and now third is scheduled and this is the last chance to conceive if again she miscarries then they will have get emlisted for adoption which might more 4-5 years,in between these her brother Rick wants his ex-wife back but he is a cheater he...more
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Oct 01, 2008
Remi
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I will use the same preface I did for the other knitting book I reviewed:
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 being crafty and I like doing something with my hands while watching tv other than snacking. That's it. And its just so damn cool to make my own clothing and such.
I also knit during down times at my hospital job.....more
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 being crafty and I like doing something with my hands while watching tv other than snacking. That's it. And its just so damn cool to make my own clothing and such.
I also knit during down times at my hospital job.....more
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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 dumb and predictable. I think I understand why certain readers are into books like this and romances in general, but I don't think they are for me. I will probably read the next three books in the seri...more
Mar 30, 2011
Rachel
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I decided to try this book, because we have tons of Debbie Macomber fans that shop at my bookstore. Something that popular couldn't be all bad, right? Right??
The writing wasn't bad per se, but the characters were two-dimensional and I figured out how everyone's plotline would end about 30 pages into the book. Lydia Hoffman is a two-time cancer survivor who invests her life savings into opening a yarn shop. She offers a beginners class on knitting, with the ultimate goal of making a baby blanket....more
The writing wasn't bad per se, but the characters were two-dimensional and I figured out how everyone's plotline would end about 30 pages into the book. Lydia Hoffman is a two-time cancer survivor who invests her life savings into opening a yarn shop. She offers a beginners class on knitting, with the ultimate goal of making a baby blanket....more
Dec 22, 2008
Jennifer
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2 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
People who don't like surprises
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 stereotypes women who have nothing in common but bond in a knitting shop making the same baby blanket for different reasons.
The shops owner is Lydia and she opened the store because she fought Cancer and realized you have to live life while you have it. Jacqueline is the snobby older woman who is judgemental and cold because her marriage is a hollowed out shell. Carol...more
The shops owner is Lydia and she opened the store because she fought Cancer and realized you have to live life while you have it. Jacqueline is the snobby older woman who is judgemental and cold because her marriage is a hollowed out shell. Carol...more
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 knitting shop. I was wrong, the Yarn shop was simply the place that the women met.
This book tells the story of four women and the difficulties each of them are facing in their lives. It reminds you that y...more
This book tells the story of four women and the difficulties each of them are facing in their lives. It reminds you that y...more
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 of view, it had a fairly disjointed feel to it.
I think the novel would have had a greater impact if it had focused more on one individual - or at least for longer at a time on each individual. The hea...more
I think the novel would have had a greater impact if it had focused more on one individual - or at least for longer at a time on each individual. The hea...more
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 follow up novel " A Good Yarn" wasn't as impressive as this first book [The Shop on Blossom Street] in her knitting series. I also found she has a companion book each of these titles at craft stores. T...more
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 from getting 5 stars was that at times it seemed flat. Otherwise, it's a thoroughly good story to read when you want characters that you can enjoy and root for, and it not being all about making out or...more
"The Shop on Blossom Street" is a feel good novel about how four very different women, going through very different times in their lives, become close friends through unlikely circumstances. Challenges and coincidences bring them together, but their one main thread (pun intended) is the knitting class they attend. The novel is mostly predictable, but even though you know some things are going to happen, the author writes well enough that you are either surprised when they do or caught off guard...more
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Recommended to me by a woman in my knitting group it has taken me a couple of months to actually sit down and read it because I'm not really into the whole baby-theme. (I'm a housewife w/o kids. I think that says it all.) I'm glad I gave it a chance though because I found it to be a quick, easy and enjoyable read after a hectic week. What I liked the most about this book, as compared to something like The Friday Night Knitting Club, was that I didn't feel like I was being forced to like these wo...more
Cancer survivor Lydia Hoffman opens a yarn shop on Blossom Street. In order to attract customers, she decides to hold knitting classes, with a baby blanket being the first project. Three people sign up, all with different reasons for being there. Unhappily married Jacqueline Donovan dislikes her new pregnant daughter-in-law, Tammie Lee, but decides to knit the baby blanket to show her son she is making an effort to accept his new wife. Carol Girard desperately wants a baby, but has been unable t...more
great book and I couldn't put it down except when interrupted. why is when you read a book, suddenly everyone wants to mither you, but when you're not reading, you get left alone?? Grrr!
The book is about a group of four entirely different woman, each with their own problems, social status and different outlook on life joining together and becoming friends through a knitting group. the book has plenty of twists and turns and enough to keep you gripped, but does become a bit predictable towards t...more
The book is about a group of four entirely different woman, each with their own problems, social status and different outlook on life joining together and becoming friends through a knitting group. the book has plenty of twists and turns and enough to keep you gripped, but does become a bit predictable towards t...more
Four women come together to The Shop on Blossom street that Lydia owns and all learn to knit and connect with each other. While the group is very different between the women they bond in such an interesting way.
Jacqueline Donovan joins the group to knit a baby blanket for her granddaughter, even though she has trouble accepting her son Paul's new wife Tammy-Lee. She is also dealing with a failing marriage and wondering how much more she can take before she snaps.
Carol Girard is joining the clas...more
Jacqueline Donovan joins the group to knit a baby blanket for her granddaughter, even though she has trouble accepting her son Paul's new wife Tammy-Lee. She is also dealing with a failing marriage and wondering how much more she can take before she snaps.
Carol Girard is joining the clas...more
This was Barnes and Noble’s free e-book of the week and I love free e-books so I thought I would try it out. I had never heard of the series or the author before and didn’t even read any reviews before downloading it. That’s what free e-books due to me; I throw caution to the wind! Good reads has this down as a Harlequin book, but it didn’t really feel that way at all. Of course, the last time I read anything near a Harlequin I was in high school so maybe the years have lowered my expectations o...more
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. (Not that I'm going to stop reading it, just needed a break from teh genre for a while). Anyhow, this is a story about four women who happen to meet in a knitting class in a yarn shop. They are coming from...more
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 longer - and I almost never give up on books, especially when I've had to pay to get them. I've only added it here in case I ever forget and decide to try these books again.
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Feb 06, 2012
Mary
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes contemporary fiction
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Paperback Swap
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Lydia Hoffman decided to start a knitting shop on Blossom Street. She called it A Good Yarn and it represented her new life free from cancer. The shop offers knitting classes and the first one is "How to Knit a Baby Blanket".
Three people join the class: Jacqueline Donovan is estranged from her husband, doesn't like the woman married to her only son, but is determined to at least pretend she likes her pregnant daughter-in-law by knitting the baby blanket.
For Carol Girard, the baby blanket represe...more
Three people join the class: Jacqueline Donovan is estranged from her husband, doesn't like the woman married to her only son, but is determined to at least pretend she likes her pregnant daughter-in-law by knitting the baby blanket.
For Carol Girard, the baby blanket represe...more
Sometimes, after reading a long historical novel fraught with disasters or a dark detective tale -- never mind the news of the day -- you just need a light and enjoyable story. In just such a mood I picked up The Shop on Blossom Street, the first of Macomber's series about a Seattle yarn shop. Since my daughters are knitters, my most recent (far too long ago) trip to Seattle included stops in quite a few yarn shops, so I was familiar with this milieu. (I don't knit, but I like to look at all the...more
Jan 08, 2012
L.D.
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4 of 5 stars
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February's Book Club selection
Lydia Hoffman, twice cancer survivor starts a shop called "A Good Yarn." This is her first move towards the future placing her past into perspective. As she begins a Friday Beginner's Knitting Club, three women, in varies stages of their lives attend for reasons of their own. As you continue to read you are drawn into each of the women's lives, where they came from, where they are and how they end up at the end.
I very much enjoyed Macomber's characters and her presentation of them. I was drawn...more
I very much enjoyed Macomber's characters and her presentation of them. I was drawn...more
May 28, 2010
Amy
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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED THIS BOOK! I know the title may not make it sound interesting, but to me it was. I liked all the characters, and if that yarn store really existed, I would go there. There were some parts that I predicted before they happened, because it was kinda obvious. Like Laurel being pregnant, and the fact that Carol and Doug would end up adopting the baby. I couldn't believe that Laurel managed to keep her pregnancy a secret so long, and worse that she was going to kill the baby after...more
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.
Read by Linda Emond who does a great job with the four characters in this story. Four very different characters become friends while taking a knitting class at (you guessed it) The Shop on Blossom Street. For Lydia, the shop's owner, a two-time cancer survivor, the...more
Read by Linda Emond who does a great job with the four characters in this story. Four very different characters become friends while taking a knitting class at (you guessed it) The Shop on Blossom Street. For Lydia, the shop's owner, a two-time cancer survivor, the...more
I only picked this up because I am a huge knitter, and it pains me that this book sucks as much as it does because it is related to my favorite hobby. But truly, this book is absolutely horrible. Each woman's individual reason for ending up in the knitting class was interesting, but the writing is downright awful. Reading this was like pulling teeth, and I hated myself for even bothering to finish it.
Lydia Hoffman has had cancer twice and, now in remission, has opened a knitting store out of a desire to share her love for knitting with others. The three women who sign up for her first class (a baby blanket) are as different as can be: Jacqueline's marriage is failing and she doesn't approve of her daughter in law who is now pregnant with Jacqueline's first grandchild. Carol and her husband have longed for a child and are approaching their last attempt at in vitro. Alix is a streetwise woman...more
I liked this book a lot, I don't think it is a book everyone would enjoy but it is exactly what I was in the mood for.
Lydia a 2 time cancer survivor opens a yarn shop and offers knitting lessons. Three very different women join the knitting class for a variety of reasons. Lydia is happy to be alive but desperately missing her father who was her main support through her cancer but died of a heart attack. Lydia has a very strained relationship with her only sister but in the end they all learn to...more
Lydia a 2 time cancer survivor opens a yarn shop and offers knitting lessons. Three very different women join the knitting class for a variety of reasons. Lydia is happy to be alive but desperately missing her father who was her main support through her cancer but died of a heart attack. Lydia has a very strained relationship with her only sister but in the end they all learn to...more
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 make her parolized to take chances. She meets some interesting people in her beginners knitting class: Alix, a twenty something, hard lessoned learned girl who works at the video store down the street...more
This is the story of four women: Lydia, a cancer survivor who opens a yarn store, and her first three customers/students, Jacqueline, a society matron, Carol, a business woman trying to get pregnant, and wild-child Alix. The book takes us through their lives and how being in a knitting group together changes them.
This was, by far, the most predictable, formulaic book I've ever read. As soon as every woman's story, and those of supporting characters, was laid out, I knew exactly what was going to...more
This was, by far, the most predictable, formulaic book I've ever read. As soon as every woman's story, and those of supporting characters, was laid out, I knew exactly what was going to...more
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Mar 17, 2009
Marika Gillis
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Recommends it for:
Sue, Harvella, Andie, Shera, Shannon
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When Lydia Hoffman, a cancer patient in remission, opens a small yarn shop on Blossom street in Seattle, she doesn't yet realize that the three women who sign up to take her first knitting class will soon become her closest friends. Jacqueline, a soon-to-be grandmother, decides that knitting a blanket for her new grandchild might be a way to prove to her daughter-in-law that she will be the best grandmother in the world, even if she doesn't approve of her son's pregnant Southern wife. Alix is sc...more
This was a surprisingly good read for me. I'm not much into the fiction scene, but I needed a break from my depressing non-fiction. I picked up this book after I saw an interview of the author on Knitting Today. I was curious to see how she combined her love for knitting and writing in her books. There were so many things that I appreciated about the author--from her ambition to write while raising 4 children, to overcoming dyslexia, to her Christian beliefs that keep her books clean. I really p...more
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author is best known for her ability to create compelling characters and bring their stories to life in her books. Drawing on her own experiences and observations, Debbie writes heartwarming tales about small-town life, home and family, enduring friends...more
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