Summer on Blossom Street and The Twenty-First Wish, books #33 + 1/2

About a month ago as I perused my night stand and saw all the books piled high, I told Solo Hombre that I seriously needed to start reading faster if I was EVER going to get through all those books piled high.  Since then I seem to be averaging about a book a week so maybe there is hope.  But then again, new books just keep appearing out of nowhere so I'm not sure.  :)

I was back on Blossom Street this week and enjoying every minute of it!  Lydia at the yarn store decided to have a new class called "Knit to Quit" which was to encourage folks that needed to quit something to learn how to knit to get their mind off whatever they needed to quit.  Poor Alix at the bakery needed to quit smoking once and for all so she and Jordan could get pregnant and have a baby.  She really wanted that, but she was also afraid of being a mother since she was in too many to count foster homes growing up.  A newbie Phoebe shows up to get over "a man", while conveniently enough a man joins the group to "quit" his stress at work.  And lucky this guy is not married and something began to happen ... Finally Anne Marie at the bookstore is doing great with Ellen, her adopted daughter, when a tall, dark and handsome stranger shows up.  And that just gets it started ...

Knitting and life.

They're both about beginnings—and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives.

First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business.

Then there's Lydia's friend Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, have finally settled into a secure and happy routine—when a stranger appears asking questions.

Meanwhile, Lydia and her husband, Brad, have their hands full with the angry, defiant twelve-year-old who unexpectedly becomes their foster child….

But when your life—and your stitches—get snarled, your friends can always help!
(picture and description at amazon.com)

 
My other 1/2 book was one story in this collection called "The Twenty -First Wish."  It is a short story follow up to one of the characters in the Summer book.  I can't give it away or you'll know what happens!!!  Suffice it to say, this one was a quick read in just one morning and tied up loose ends from Summer that didn't really need a whole book.  
(picture at amazon.com)


Now I'm trying to decide what to read next.  Book Club is tonight, but we have already picked out one for October.  I try to read a non-Blossom Street book in between to spread out the joy so I'll have to see what I can pick off the library of my night stand.  Oh wait!!  I just remembered I pre-ordered Si-cology 1 and I'm getting it tomorrow!!!  THAT is what is next!  Quack! Quack!

O:)
Melissa