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Book Review: Mad Men, Bad Girls, and the Guerilla Knitters Institute

May 4, 2012 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 4 Comments

Maggie Groff’s novel Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute  is an entertaining page turner that kept me up late last night.  It follows investigate journalist, Scout Davis, on her quest to expose an American cult with strange beliefs and bizarre practices that has located to the Gold Coast. Scout is also investigating vandalism as an exclusive private school as a favour to her sister. She has secrets of her own – she is part of the Guerilla Knitters Institute – an underground group of yarn bombers who sneak out in the dead of night to beautify the locality with knitted art. Add in a new love interest, absentee boyfriend, colourful family, and it makes for a lively read.

Whilst the book is essentially a mystery/crime novel with drama and twists, it has enough quirky characters and humour to make it a fun read. I can’t wait to see what Scout gets up to next!

Publisher:    Pan Macmillan
ISBN:         9781742610795
Format:       Paperback
Published:    1st  March 2012
Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute is available from Booktopia and Fishpond.

Apart from the Friday Night Knitters Club, I haven’t read many other novels that reference knitting. I have enjoyed many novels though in the quilting genre. If you can recommend any novels that have a craft slant to them, please list them in the comments. I am always on the lookout for more books to read.

Disclaimer: Please note that we are not paid to write book reviews but we do receive a review copy of the book from distributors/publishers. We are affiliates of Booktopia and Fishpond.

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  1. Lynette says

    May 5, 2012 at 12:51 am

    Knitting Mysteries I enjoy

    a series by Maggie Sefton

    and another by Anne Canadeo

    Both these are set in Knitting shops where the owner and her customers solve various mysteries.
    They are very light reading and I enjoy the knitting projects they all talk about.
    Lynette

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  2. Sarah says

    May 5, 2012 at 1:25 am

    I’m a big fan of the Shop on Blossom Street series by Debbie Macomber – they’re set around a knitting store and you can even get books of patterns to accompany the novels. Light fiction at its best.

    I stumbled across an Anne Canadeo recently and enjoyed that – on the look out for more.

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  3. Kath says

    May 5, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    What company you keep!!! I will lok out for this book I think. I enjoyed the Friday night Knitting Club too, and there is a sequel to that one also.

    Reply
  4. Jane says

    May 8, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    The title of the book is very catchy. Sounds like a thriller and I love it. I’m gonna read it for sure.

    Reply

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