Chicks with Sticks: Knit Two Together

By Elizabeth Lenhard (244 pg)
I picked this book up on a whim from the library a couple of days ago. It was kind of funny, actually, since I had found my old knitting needles earlier that day and had an urge to start knitting.
Anyways, this book is about four best friends who met at a knitting shop and like to hang out, gossip, and knit. It's really cheesy. One of the girls, Tay, is a total tomboy, who likes to do "experimental", hard core knitting. Amber's a pretty, popular girl who doesn't like counting stitches. Then there's the hippy-dippy alternative girl, Bella, and finally, the narrator of the story, Scottie, who's a cute little nerd who wants a boyfriend.
Shockingly enough, 2 chapters in, the boy of Scottie's dreams moves into her apartment building. She offers to ride the L to school with him, they majorly connect, and he (gasp) asks her out a week later.
She becomes totally self-absorbed, starts neglecting her friends, and spending every waking moment analyzing her boyfriend Beck's behavior. While knitting. Eventually, Beck gets creeped out by her possesive behavior and asks to "cool it off" a little, despite the fact that they've been on a total of two dates and barely held hands. Her friends welcome her back with open arms (aww...), and they find a new knitting store to buy yarn from.
It was a cute book, I guess, not to mention fun to read. There were little knitting puns all over. It kind of makes me wonder if anyone is actually that obsessed with knitting. On the other hand, it was really predictable. I suppose, most of the books I read lately are super predictable, so maybe I need to start reading something other than cheesy teen novels.
~Marcella