I was having a bit of a reading dry spell but I broke it on Friday when I picked this book up off my desk (where it has been sitting for several weeks) during lunch time and made myself start it. I'm glad I did. The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo was exactly what I was looking for this weekend. It was a cozy story about a group of very different women in a small town who come together each month to talk about books and share their knitting projects. There is not a lot of action in this book so if you are looking for fast paced - this one won't be for you. I would say this book is more of a character study of the women in the group and is made more interesting by the fact that they don't all particularly like one another. The story begins when the town librarian brings one of her "strays" (a teenage girl lacking in the parents department -- well at least in the good parents department) to a meeting. The characters seemed real to me, each with her own individual strengths and flaws and perhaps that's why I enjoyed the book. I've seen it categorized as Christian Fiction but it was never preachy (actually the only hint of Christian Fiction I saw was that they meet in a church) so don't let that get in the way if you usually don't read that genre.
A nice, quick read for a cloudy day!
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