Summer on Blossom Street

Blossom Street, Book 6

De: Debbie Macomber

Narrado por: Delilah

Knitting and life. They're both about beginnings - and endings. That's why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something - or someone! - and start a new phase of their lives.

First to join is Phoebe Rylander. She recently ended her engagement to a man who doesn't know the meaning of faithful, and she's trying to get over him. Then there's Alix Turner. She and her husband, Jordan, want a baby, which means she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson joins the class because he needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business - not to mention the lawsuit brought against him by an unscrupulous lawyer.

Life can be as complicated as a knitting pattern. Just ask Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, finally have the happiness they wished for. And then a stranger comes to her bookstore asking questions.

Or ask Lydia herself. Not only is she coping with her increasingly frail mother, but she and Brad have unexpectedly become foster parents to an angry, defiant 12-year-old.

But as Lydia already knows, when life gets difficult and your stitches are snarled, your friends can always help!

©2009 Debbie Macomber (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

The naration was a problem

Would you try another book from Debbie Macomber and/or Delilah?

I plan to eventually read all of Debbie Macomber books, but will avoid any more books that are read by this particular narrator. She really does a poor job of following the story with her voice.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Delilah?

Eby Sirois did an excellent job with a Debbie Macomber book.

Narrative

I've read the negative reviews on Delilah's narrating and I'm appalled! No she wasn't the best I've heard but she by far was not the worst.
She read like she reads on her show what did you expect. She's been doing the radio show for so long of course she's going to read that way. I know she did much better than I could do!

Seriously, the worst narrator ever.

Would you try another book from Debbie Macomber and/or Delilah?

I have read several Debbie Macomber books and this one was not her best, but was a very good story. I am already listening to another Macomber book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Summer on Blossom Street?

The most memorable moment was of course Casey being told that Brad, Lydia, and Cody were going to adopt her.

Would you be willing to try another one of Delilah’s performances?

No - her voice inflections were often inappropriately placed and annoying.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes I would.

Any additional comments?

Delilah's voice in and of itself was not annoying, but the inflections were over the top. When you listen to a story, you want it to sound like you were reading it yourself. We are not expecting a dramatization of the story - especially not a bad one.

Don't like the narrator.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I think the story is about the same as the others but the narrator has such a screechy voice, mispronounces words and has been reading one line in the book twice. I have not encountered this with the other Macomber books and I've listened to a lot. It is hard to listen bc of the narrator.

Loved the book.

Loved the story, but narrators voice and expressions were not in sync with type of book. Her voice had a stiffness to it.