Fiction/Memoir

Review: Sheepish

by --Deb 04.21.2011
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At the beginning of this memoir, the author just doesn’t understand the appeal of things connected to sheep. Things like knitting, or spinning. We knitters have all been asked at least once, “Why knit it if you can buy it at Walmart for just a few dollars?”

The difference is that she just happens to raise sheep.

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Review: How to Knit a Heart Back Home

by --Deb 03.01.2011
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When I reviewed Rachael Herron’s first book, I told you that the romance genre wasn’t really my”thing,” that I thought it was fairly predictable (a genre necessity, I think), but that I enjoyed it anyway.

This book, “How to Knit a Heart Back Home?” It’s even stronger than the first, more accomplished, more confident.

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Review: How to Knit a Love Song

by --Deb 03.04.2010
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First, the facts: Title: How to Knit a Love Song Author: Rachel Herron Published by: Avon Books, 2010 Pages: 318 Type: Fiction, Romance. The In-Depth Look: You DID know that our very own knit-blogging friend had her new novel published, didn’t you? It came out this week. How to Knit a Love Song. Romance isn’t [...]

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Review: Not My Daughter

by --Deb 01.04.2010
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Not My Daughter tells the story of three teenage girls who stun their New England town by forming a pact to get pregnant at the same time. The girls are all good students, “achievers,” as one mother puts it, which just adds to the shock as the ripples and the news spread.

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