Love in Every Stitch is a tale of every girl who knits, and how knitting saves lives.

Every crafter knows that his/her craft can save their soul - and for some people, I do mean this literally. Any knitter or crocheter has either knit through a loved one's dying, or knows of someone who has. I sat and crocheted nothing but granny squares when my grandmother died, and knit a vest when my grandfather was dying.

And my story is not much different from all the others out there. Lee Gant will make you laugh and cry - sometimes both on the same page. Gant has a history that is different from mine, and she has a fantastic way of sharing it with you.

It's not a story that you will probably want to sit and read in one sitting - it's too emotional - but it's definitely a must read.

Badly written. The author was extremely childish and naive throughout, and comes across as a very flat, one sided character. It's hard to believe anyone was actually that simple in how she thought - I'm sure the author was trying to just oversimplify the events of her life, but it didn't come across that way.

I didn't really learn anything new about Mormonism either, which is why I read the book, and could not like Laake as a person, which made for a dreadful book.

Another quick, fast, fun re-read.

I'm enjoying the series, and enjoying the characters. The writing isn't the greatest, and at the rate the publishers churned out the books, who would expect it to be? The book is exactly what it's supposed to be - light, fluffy, fun, fast, and a quick enjoyable read.

I was overall a little disappointed by the book. The three women featured in the book are every day women, the women you'd meet in line at the grocery store, or your neighbor or a co-worker. They are all very human, with a lot of faults and weaknesses, and it really made it hard for me to like them, especially one of the featured ladies. I just couldn't really relate to any of the three women, but the book is well written, the pacing is great, it held my interest, I just wish the women were a little more likeable.

On the other hand, I think it's fabulous that the author, Thorpe, chose to write about REAL, every day women.

Another book in a wonderful series. This one grabs you from the get go, and keeps your attention throughout!

It's a long book, and you definitely have to work on getting through some of the slower sections, but it is one of my favorites in the series.

apr/may 2015 - currently rereading

Not bad, really. A "short" story about the true story of Roger's parents. I do like knowing what really happened and it's a sweet story, but I didn't feel this quite has the charm of Gabaldon's "regular" books, though I did like it.

I'll start this review by saying I do know how to knit, and am in fact a professional knitter (I teach knitting and have been published in various magazines and books). I've also taught arm knitting classes in the past, so I was curious how a very physical, tactile experience would be put down into words.

I couldn't recommend this book to any of my students, because the lack of photographs or diagrams make it impossible for anyone to learn from. It's also only available as an e-book, which means even if there were photographs, they'd be on a smaller size, and the details would be lacking making it impossible to learn from as well.

The author did introduce various stitches, which I thought was a positive (and why I'm giving the book 2 stars instead of 1), but without a lot of patience, one is going to be unable to figure out the stitches on their own. And if you already know how to make the stitches, then the book is pointless as one doesn't really need patterns to make the basic scarves and blankets common to arm knitting.

Arm knitting serves a purpose and has a place in the crafting world and is great for those who may not be able to use a traditional pair of knitting needles or don't have the patience to learn, but this book does not.

I haven't been reading as much as I usually do - stuck in rereading the never ending Outlander series, I think - but when this book came in from the library, I couldn't put it down. Read it in two sittings, and loved it as much as I loved the Red Tent.

It was way, way too depressing. My MIL bought this for me one year for Christmas & a few years later, I still haven't finished it because every story is too sad.

Same Anita, a little more about her at work, a little less sex, but the shorter length still made the book overall lacking.