Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

Genre: Fiction
Series: #6 in the Blossom Street series
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 398
Challenges: Support Your Local Library #34
Source: Library ebook




The Short Version:
A “knit to quit’ class at a Seattle yarn shop brings together a diverse group of people who want to use knitting to help them quit something or start over in some way.

Why I Read It:
This summer has put me in a mood to alternate fast paced and fluff on my reading menu. I'm on a bit of a mission to catch up on my Debbie Macomber series.


The Book:
When Lydia Goetz offers a ‘Knit to Quit” class at her Seattle shop called A Good Yarn, she hopes to attract customers who would like to use knitting as a way of assisting their efforts to quit a bad habit or make changes by relaxing or diverting them. The class ends up being small, but the things the members want to quit are big issues. Phoebe wants to quit her ex-fiance and move on with her life without getting coerced back into a relationship with him. Alix wants to quit smoking because she and her husband want to start a family but she needs to stop smoking before she can get pregnant. Bryan “Hutch” Hutchinson is under strict orders from his doctor to reduce his stress level or he’ll be dead at a young age just like his father. He’s shocked when his doctors recommends knitting as a relaxation technique but since it’s also good therapy for an injured thumb, he’s willing to give it a try.

As usual in the Blossom Street series, the stories include the continuing lives of familiar characters who have been in some or all of the previous books.

Lydia herself is busy with the yarn shop and teaching the class, but she’s also looking forward to moving forward with adopting a child. She and her husband have agreed to adopt an infant, but in the meantime the social worker who is helping them has asked them to take in a pre-teen girl as a foster child for a short term.

Anne Marie Roche who runs the book shop down the street is settling into life with her own adopted daughter and looking for a house that will allow them to move out of the small apartment over the bookstore, but when a mysterious man starts showing up, she has concerns that may not be unfounded.

My Thoughts:
It’s a perfect quick, optimistic comfort read type of book which was just what I was in the mood for. Macomber introduces a few new characters, but recurring characters from the Blossom Street series make their appearances and continue their ongoing stories.

This series is predictable in that I knew it was all going to work out and wrapped up by the end, but it’s a pleasant enough visit to the neighborhood that I didn’t care. Yes it’s unrealistic and a tear jerker at times, but that’s pretty much what I expect and want when I pick up one of Macomber’s books. She’s who I turn to when I want an enjoyable diversion.


Rating 3/5