Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
Helpful Score: 1
Enjoyed this story very much, good mystery, characters developing nicely. The knitters group is a great group of ladies and the concept of putting together and solving the mystery like a knitting project is fun. Looking forward to the next one in the series.
Bonnie A. (busybquilter) - , reviewed Patterns in the Sand (Seaside Knitters, Bk 2) on + 18 more book reviews
The book is okay. Trying to figure out the mystery is fine but seems like the writer takes a long time to get to the point at times. There seems to be a lot of filler, meaning there is a lot of stuff written that is kind of meaningless at times.
Tim H. (Timbuktu126) reviewed Patterns in the Sand (Seaside Knitters, Bk 2) on + 481 more book reviews
decent enough, but not great- the mystery plot itself was pretty good, but I figured out most of it (though there was one big reveal at the end that I never saw coming)- lots of unnecessary pages though. Not sure if I will read the next in this series.
Fast moving, fun read. Well developed characters interact well and solve the mysteries with cooperation, initative, good investigstive techniques.
I really enjoy this series.
I really enjoy this series.
knitting and crime-solving, interesting
Lori C. (dollycas) reviewed Patterns in the Sand (Seaside Knitters, Bk 2) on + 712 more book reviews
This week we travel to Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, a small fishing village, that has become home to a colony of artists including Izzy Chambers who owns The Seaside Knitting Studio, where the Seaside Knitters meet each week to work on a special project. Right now they are knitting soft caps for cancer patients.
But tonight after the studio closed, the resident cat, Purl, welcomes out-of-towner Willow Adams into his domicile and causes some excitement to occur in the little village. Willow is a fiber artist whose work Izzy had seen in Boston. She had emailed the artist to praise her work, and is very surprised when the artist shows up in Sea Harbor, but everyone quickly accepts her into their "family" and makes plans for her to showcase and explain her beautiful work. First they want to introduce her to their own gala festival "Art at Night" where the galleries are open late, some with special shows, music, food and drink making for a great party attended by people from near and far.
Everyone is enjoying this wonderful night until one of the artists is found dead in his secluded garden behind his gallery. Many secrets are revealed after his death and his friends find they didn't know him as well as they thought they did.
Sally Goldenbaum has written a wonderful story with a tightly knit plot with well patterened characters, who will pick up all the dropped stitches and untangle all the loose ends to solve this mystery. This reader especially enjoyed all the references to her home state of Wisconsin, and that's where the story really began.
But tonight after the studio closed, the resident cat, Purl, welcomes out-of-towner Willow Adams into his domicile and causes some excitement to occur in the little village. Willow is a fiber artist whose work Izzy had seen in Boston. She had emailed the artist to praise her work, and is very surprised when the artist shows up in Sea Harbor, but everyone quickly accepts her into their "family" and makes plans for her to showcase and explain her beautiful work. First they want to introduce her to their own gala festival "Art at Night" where the galleries are open late, some with special shows, music, food and drink making for a great party attended by people from near and far.
Everyone is enjoying this wonderful night until one of the artists is found dead in his secluded garden behind his gallery. Many secrets are revealed after his death and his friends find they didn't know him as well as they thought they did.
Sally Goldenbaum has written a wonderful story with a tightly knit plot with well patterened characters, who will pick up all the dropped stitches and untangle all the loose ends to solve this mystery. This reader especially enjoyed all the references to her home state of Wisconsin, and that's where the story really began.
Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed Patterns in the Sand (Seaside Knitters, Bk 2) on + 1479 more book reviews
Two gallery owners in a small seaside community are murdered within days of each other, and it seems to be up to the local knitting group to solve them. The murderer's identy isn't hard to suss out, though there's a nice red herring thrown in.
This is part of a cosy series, and I probably won't be looking for any more. There are too many characters and none of them are developed well. They seem to spend an awful lot of time getting together to eat, and while the menu is discussed in some detail, the overall effect is quite like being at a large cocktail party where you don't know anybody else and nobody is making any effort to bring you into the group.
This is part of a cosy series, and I probably won't be looking for any more. There are too many characters and none of them are developed well. They seem to spend an awful lot of time getting together to eat, and while the menu is discussed in some detail, the overall effect is quite like being at a large cocktail party where you don't know anybody else and nobody is making any effort to bring you into the group.
