Comments on: Spinning Forward

By: sassymonkey

sassymonkey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:33:44 +0000

Hi Terri. I too am sorry that I didn’t like your book. As you said, reading is subjective and everyone has an opinion. This post was mine.

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Terri DuLong

Terri DuLong — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:28:31 +0000

While I certainly understand how extremely subjective reading is, since I’m the author of Spinning Forward I felt I needed to clarify a few statements made here by the blogger.

I’m not at all sure why the last name of “Ghetti” (pronounced GETTY) caused such annoyance or “turn off” from the story. I once worked with a nurse who was Italian and Ghetti was, in fact, her last name. I took it and added a bit humor by giving him the first name of “Saren” and the combined name fit my character in the way I created him….ah, well, as I said reading is very subjective.

But on the other issue of “knitting”….No, it’s not just a story about knitting. I write women’s fiction, so therefore the major plot deals with women’s issues, not the singular subject of knitting.
But…since Sydney spun the dog and cat fur into yarn (and yes, my girlfriend actually does this) I failed to see where a “flower shop or stained glass” would have sufficed. It was the spinning of the dog and cat fur that enabled her to open her business and yarn shop, which in turn pushed her forward in her journey to find her inner identity. Nobody “wanted” a Friday Night Knitting Club book….I’m an avid knitter, so therefore it was logical to give my character the hobby of knitting, which in turn eventually led to her business.

I’m sorry you didn’t like my story. Having different tastes is what makes life so interesting. But I wanted to add my comments to your blog.
Wishing you a very happy holiday season.

By: sassymonkey

sassymonkey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:14:21 +0000

I liked Comfort Food a lot more than her knitting books, though I suspect it helped that I actually read it rather than listened to it on audio. The narrators voice on the audiobooks drove me nuts. It was a bit too earnest if you know what iI mean.

By: Les in NE

Les in NE — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:55:53 +0000

This sounds like one I’ll have no problem passing up. I wasn’t a fan of The Friday Night Knitting Club, but I do want to read her Comfort Food book.
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By: sassymonkey

sassymonkey — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:51:40 +0000

I did read it but I read the British release, which was called Divas Don’t Knit. It’s also not quite as knitty as I like my knit-lit but it wasn’t bad. I couldn’t get into the sequel though, but I might have just been a mood that day.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:44:07 +0000

I had to laugh when I read your first comment about this book. You’re right, it does look squishy!

And Saren Ghetti? Seriously? That puts it on the ‘no’ pile for me just for that.

Have you read The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club? We have a copy at the library but I haven’t read it, so I can’t vouch for it, but since you like knitting books I thought I would mention it!
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