Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by Should Be Reading.
Today I’m sharing from a book about a knitting club. Knit Two, by Kate Jacobs, is the sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club.
Intro: It was after hours at Walker and Daughters: Knitters, and Dakota stood in the center of the Manhattan yarn shop and wrestled with the cellophane tape. She had spent more than twenty minutes trying to surround a canvas Peg Perego double stroller in shimmery yellow wrapping paper, the cardboard roll repeatedly flopping out of the paper onto the floor of the shop and the seeming miles of gift wrap crinkling and tearing with each move. What a disaster! The simpler move would be to just tie a balloon on the thing, she thought, but Peri had been quite insistent that all the items be wrapped and ribboned.
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Teaser: “You’re not going.” There was no one else in the shop—no customers, no Anita—and Peri was not bothering to play nice. The air in the shop was stuffy, due to the humidity, and tense, due to the subject.
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Amazon Description: The sequel to the number-one New York Times bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club, KNIT TWO returns to Walker and Daughter, the Manhattan knitting store founded by Georgia Walker and her young daughter, Dakota. Dakota is now an eighteen-year-old freshman at NYU, running the little yarn shop part-time with help from the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club.
Drawn together by the sense of family the club has created, the knitters rely on one another as they struggle with new challenges: for Catherine, finding love after divorce; for Darwin, the hope for a family; for Lucie, being both a single mom and a caregiver for her elderly mother; and for seventysomething Anita, a proposal of marriage from her sweetheart, Marty, that provokes the objections of her grown children.As the club’s projects—an afghan, baby booties, a wedding coat—are pieced together, so is their understanding of the patterns underlying the stresses and joys of being mother, wife, daughter, and friend. Because it isn’t the difficulty of the garment that makes you a great knitter: it’s the care and attention you bring to the craft—as well as how you adapt to surprises.
What do you think? Would you keep reading? I bought this sequel in 2010, shortly after I finished reading the first book. I think it’s about time I read this one! lol
I know a couple of readers who really enjoyed this one, and by that “intro”, I’d keep reading to see for myself. Hope u love it. Thanks for joining in Laurel.
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Thanks, Diane…I’m hoping to have that feeling of connection I got from the first book. Glad you could stop by…and enjoy your read.
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I’d keep reading. Sounds like an light,enjoyable read about women.
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I need those kinds of books, in between the thrillers and the depressing ones I often read…lol
Thanks for stopping by, Harvee…have a great week!
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This sounds interesting! I’ll have to pick up both books 🙂
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Hope you enjoy them, Gypsy…and thanks for stopping by!
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I’ve been meaning to read this
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It’s taken me a long time to get to it, Beth…but I’m looking forward to it. Thanks for stopping by.
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I would keep reading. I read The Friday Night Knitting Club and enjoyed it. Time for me to pick up the sequel.
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I hope you enjoy it, Catherine…thanks for stopping by…and your book looks really good, too.
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Interesting teaser. This series looks like it would be fun to read. 🙂
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I enjoyed the first book….thanks for stopping by, Kelley; have a great week.
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I’ve read this one and liked it. Hope you do too. Here’s Mine
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Thanks, Paulita…glad you could stop by! Enjoy your read….
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Thanks for sharing! I’m not sure if I would continue reading as it’s not exactly my type of book. Thanks for stopping by my blog too.
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I like this kind of book in between other favorites….thanks for stopping by, Shandy…and enjoy your read.
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This sounds familiar. I think I read the next book.
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It’s been around awhile, Alice Audrey….thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Great teaser — hope you enjoy the book!
Here’s my TT post!
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So far so good, Melissa….thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.
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Oh yes, I would keep reading! But first I must read the 1st one. I am so OCD about that. Series must be read in order! Thanks for sharing!
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I prefer reading them in order, but sometimes I make an exception. It’s been awhile since I read the first one, but the author gives us little tidbits about the characters….thanks for stopping by, Judy.
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I would definitely keep read this book. I read The Friday Night Knitting Club (several years ago!) which I really enjoyed. I’m so glad you reminded me that there’s a sequel! It’s so dofficult to find the time to read all of the books I want to….I guess it’s the same for you?
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Oh, I know, Amy….definitely a challenge. Thanks for stopping by!
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Sounds good, would definitely keep reading. Thanks for stopping by!
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Glad you could visit, Heather….I am enjoying the book already.
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sounds good to me. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
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Thanks, Kelley…enjoy your read, too. Glad you could stop by.
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Good teaser! I want to know where she’s not going.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Me, too, Lisa…thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your read.
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interesting teaser, I haven’t read the first book but your teaser makes me curious. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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I hope you enjoy it if you read it. Thanks for visiting, Disney Book Mama.
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Nice tease! Haven’t heard of this one but curious as to what this person’s being banned from!
Thanks for visiting my teaser!
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You’re welcome….and I’m glad you could stop by here, Jessica; enjoy your read!
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I listened to these books on audio. I really liked them.
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It doesn’t take long to find myself drawn into the characters’ lives. Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne, and enjoy your week.
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My mom loves this series. I have yet to get to read them.
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I’ve only read the first one, and now this one. Thanks for stopping by, Nise…enjoy your week.
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Great teaser! I love the sound of this book. Thanks for sharing !
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So glad you like it, Andrea, and thanks for visiting! Enjoy your books.
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