The Shop on Blossom Street - Debbie Macomber

'Carol smiled at the dreamy look on Jacqueline's face. "I thought I'd died and gone to heaven the first time Doug kissed me," she recalled.' This is not the kind of book I would usually read, it was a promotional copy, shoved unasked for in my carrier by a BHS cashier. No, I didn't have to read it, but I did, whilst tutting, during ad breaks and mundane conversations. While I wouldn't have bought it, I don't mind the odd bit of low brow fiction and will read in any genre provided the writing reaches a basic level of credibility, which this didn't. The main characters are; Lydia - spunky cancer ... more

What could be better for a first book review than a book about knitting! I was given this series of books by my mom a few weeks ago, as she often goes to book sales and secondhand book shops and kindly thinks of her daughter when doing so! :) The first in a series of books by Debbie Macomber, The Shop on Blossom Street appealed to me for one reason: knitting! Not only does the book begin with a free 'Baby Blocks' knitting pattern, the story centers around a knitter, Lydia Hoffman, whom has spent her childhood battling cancer and has now suffered the loss of her father whom supported and ... more