“Borges: ‘Paradise
will be a kind of library.’ Don’t wait for heaven! Go to the Library #SaveFranklinLibrary”
(from “Check Me Out” by Becca Wilhite, page 264)
Welcome to my stop on this tour. I opened with this quote from the book because it is my favorite.
DESCRIPTION:
Taken fromshadow mountain
Greta loves her job as assistant
librarian. She loves her best friend, Will, the high school civics teacher and
debate coach. She even loves her mother despite her obvious disappointment that
Greta is still single.
Then she
meets Mac in the poetry section of the library, and she is smitten. Mac is heart-stoppingly
gorgeous and showers her with affection, poetic text messages, and free hot
chocolate at the local café where he works. The only problem is that he seems
to be a different person in his texts than in his face-to-face conversation.
When the
Franklin Library is threatened with closure, Greta leaps into action. She
arranges for a “battle of the bands” book jam, hosts a book signing by a famous
author, and finally, stages a protest that raises more than a few eyebrows.
Through
it all, she slowly realizes that it is Will, not Mac, who she turns to for
support and encouragement. Mac has the looks; Will has the heart. How can she
choose between them?
MY REVIEW / THOUGHTS:
I don’t think there is any book in The
Proper Romance Collection that could be bad!
This book was so cute, and so entertaining.
Greta works in a Library, that is
facing extinction. She is putting all
her efforts into way to save her beloved library. There is just something so magical about libraries. I have to admit I don’t check out from
libraries, but sitting in them is magical.
This is a book that had a lot of “oh
my gosh, how stupid are you” moments coming out of my mouth, and then the next
sentence would be “oooohhhhhh”. Wilhite
brought out a lot of emotions for me in this beautiful, and passionate love
story.
Gretta had a great passion for her
work, and her friends. Especially
Will. He has always been her saving grace
in every stage of life. Then walks in Mac.
The ONLY thing I didn’t like about
this book was how often Will was referred to as “large”. I wish we could only meet people through
knowing their heart first before ever actually seeing them. There would be a lot less judgment in the
world. Being a good person is what we should
all be, and Will was a great example of that.
Having said all that, Will is by far
my most favorite character in this book. He is one of the most swoon worthy men
I have read about in a long time. He has
so much love to give, he is kind, he is compassionate, and he is a poet….
mmmmmm.
There are moments in this book when I
wanted to throw my book, but had to see what was going to happen next, so I had
to wait 😊.
Pick this book up, you won’t regret
it. It was a pleasure reading from
beginning to end.
Source: I was given this book as part of a blog tour,
in return for an honest review. I was
not compensated in any way for my review.
These are my own PERSONAL thoughts on the book.
MY RATING:
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
pic and bio taken from shadowmountain.com
A SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Sarah Cobabe @ shadow mountain for allowing me to be part of this awesome tour!
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