A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber

Goodreads Summary:

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 new found 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.

My Thoughts:

I would say that I mostly enjoyed this book but it isn't anywhere near as good as The Friday Night Knitting Club which is in the same vein. The book was cheerful and sweet and a nice easy read that didn't demand anything from me.

But then, it didn't demand anything from me, including my full attention. I admit that I got distracted more than once while trying to get through this read. This isn't to say that the characters weren't likable but I just never got to the point of feeling fully invested in these people. 

I have not read the first book in this series so I think that has made a difference for me since I never grew an attachment to Lydia so I kind of didn't care what happened to her. Also, I am tired of cliched female characters and why does the fat one always loose weight in order to truly like herself? Can't fat girls love themselves? The answer is yes. I love myself and I am a fat girl. I just think it perpetuates this societal norm that fat is ugly and worthless. I just don't accept that idea.

I would recommend this book to those who enjoy chick lit. I would say there are better options out there but this is just fine for a rainy weekend.

While writing this review I was listening to my neighbor's pugs going wild running all over the place and barking at god knows what. How can such little dogs make so much noise? The husband and I call it the daily round of "Pug Wild." My bestie thinks I should call them Thunder Pugs are Go! Either way those little shits make a lot of weird noise.