The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By Shauna Robinson

"A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken." -- Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World and The Friend Zone 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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Published Nov 1, 2022

336 pages

Average rating: 7.19

112 RATINGS

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Denise Lauron
10/10 stars
I picked this up on a whim since it showed up on a library search.

I truly enjoyed this book. Mostly because of the book discussions. I do think that a lot of what I liked about this book is that the author seemed to know what books I enjoyed and didn't. I loved that I found someone else who isn't a fan of Pride and Prejudice like me! I loved the twists on classics that were done. Wonderful!

I recommend this book.
pixiedust_2000
8/10 stars
I get why people hated the main character, she really was not great, but I can’t say I didn’t enjoy the book.
Babs64
10/10 stars
Found the book in my neighborhood free library. Loved the title and started read right away. Not at all what I thought the plot was going to be because I didn't read the blurb on the back. :D

I couldn't put the book down. I found Maggie very relatable and could understand her worry about what "they" think of you. I enjoyed the actual plot. I highly recommend it.


Mhoovs21
2/10 stars
One star because the book events would have been awesome.

Zero stars for Maggie, who is a VERY BAD friend.
Jessica Yurkow
6/10 stars
This was a cute feel-good read (exactly what I needed!).

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