The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
"I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules. When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy. Bell River's literary society insists on keeping the bookstore stuck in the past, and Maggie is banned from selling anything written this century. So, when a series of mishaps suddenly tip the bookstore toward ruin, Maggie will have to get creative to keep the shop afloat. And in Maggie's world, book rules are made to be broken. To help save the store, Maggie starts an underground book club, running a series of events celebrating the books readers actually love. But keeping the club quiet, selling forbidden books, and dodging the literary society is nearly impossible. Especially when Maggie unearths a town secret that could upend everything. Maggie will have to decide what's more important: the books that formed a small town's history, or the stories poised to change it all"--
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This one was cute! Less romance than I was expecting but I love a FMC that breaks the rules.
Loved the overall concept, books set around books don't always work but this one did it for me!! Maggie and her journey were beautiful, the little love story going on the side was cutee 🫶🏼
Fun, light, cutsie read 💗
I spent the better part of the book wondering why Maggie agreed to work in a bookshop when she hates books, but also why her friend thought this was a good idea. And while Maggie has some great ideas, she does EVERYTHING behind the back of the person she should be discussing things with. Maggie is a snob who has no reason to be snobbish and somewhat clueless in that she never thought about event planning as a career. “I like throwing parties and organizing events, but I couldn't possibly think of a job that would fit me!” insert eye roll here.
