I love the publishers that include cover credits on their website. As a book blogger, it often takes so much research to try to figure out who to credit

Made a contribution just now to Filipino BC & The Filipino Centre. If you're moved to do likewise in solidarity with the Filipino community in the wake of last night's mass murder, donations can be received at the following link:

Photo of four books with their spines visible. They are held by someone’s hand with their lap visible, seated outside on the grass. The book titles are Catching the Light, What You Can See From Here, The Politics of Racism, and Borders.

Today’s book haul! #CIBD2025

Beautiful Bookstores A list of beautiful indie bookstores across North America, perfect for making your Independent Bookstore Day plans. Learn more about these bookshops and where to find them!

Happy indie bookstore day! For those looking for indies to visit, I've got my list of Beautiful Bookstores in Canada and the States (limited to Seattle so far) on the blog: spinesinaline.wordpress.com/beautiful-bo...

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When I joined, publer’s grid hadn’t yet caught up to ig’s changes so it wasn’t as helpful in planning out my posts. I’m still trying to navigate the site as I find the dashboard quite cluttered

Spines Speak: Canada Reads 2025 Wrap-Up That’s a wrap on another year of Canada Reads! It was an exciting week of debates and strategic voting, and the champions certainly had me convinced about the strengths of their picks. This y…

If you always seem to miss #CanadaReads like I do, @spinesinaline.bsky.social has written an informative recap #CanLit

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I read this one after seeing it in Reactor’s newsletter and loved it!

Yes, I haven’t connected any accounts

Thanks, got that same answer from support and I’ve only ever created one account and signed in with one email address!

I’ve now received 4 emails from @publer.com telling me my account is scheduled for deletion unless I login.. which I’ve done 4 times. Feels like publer wants me to delete my account 😅

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookstore Hauls #2 Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is fast approaching so it felt the right time to share another local bookstores book haul! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, and each we…

Top Ten Tuesday looking ahead to #CIBD2025, featuring some #BeautifulBookstores with my recent book hauls!

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Write letters in support of your library, to the board and to your local paper. Commit to attending a couple board meetings. Contact your political reps about doing something about the gutting of IMLS. Go to protests. Anything. Just get involved and advocate.

I always forget hashtags on here but I’m still learning the ways of bluesky #BookBlogger

Graphic with three book covers over a photo of a pier off a rocky beach, with a big expanse of ocean under a cloudy sky. The books include The Museum of Rain, The Queue, and What You Are Looking For Is in the Library.

My monthly wrap-up, 2 light reads and one very intense, dystopian read. It’s called balance

I posted my 800th blog post today! Time flies
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Text warning about an April 2 tariff: With this April 2 tariff, Canadian booksellers and publishers will face unsustainable new costs and customers will be faced with book prices beyond what they are willing to pay. Most books will be subject to the new tariff because they are warehoused in the US by publishers and distributors. Books have both US and CAD prices printed on the cover, making it difficult to increase prices to cover the tariff. Alternatively, charging the CAD cover-price and absorbing the 25% tariff (even short term) will bury many independents because the industry survives on an already small margin of profit. The tariff is detrimental to Canadian booksellers and publishers and will result in long-term negative effects to our literary community.

Canadians! 🇨🇦 Book industry needs your help (incl. for 🇨🇦 book creators like me, whose books are published and/or warehoused in U.S.).

Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff

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Spines Speak: Canada Reads 2025 Kick-Off Happy Canada Reads season! For those who don’t know, Canada Reads is an annual event hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the form of a week-long book debate where five celebrit…

I've only watched day 1 of Canada Reads so far but looking forward to the rest of the debates! I talked a bit about it on my blog this week, including one book on the shortlist that was one of my first ever reviews! #BookBlogger spinesinaline.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/s...

I’m almost finished my current read, THE QUEUE! An unsettling dystopian, definitely big 1984 vibes with an extremely authoritarian government with eyes everywhere and seemingly hopeless situation for all citizens

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Can’t believe it’s already been two years!!

Now if only wordpress had an easier to use mobile app

I’m hoping to get back into a regular (ish) blogging schedule but work has been so busy, I’ve barely cracked open my laptop when I’m home. But I downloaded the bluesky app as a first step to try to keep up with the book community!

A woman in a long coat and scarf stands outside Sleuth of Baker Street, a mystery bookstore in Toronto, holding a book and smiling at the camera. The storefront features a large black and gold sign with the store’s name, website, and phone number. The window display showcases various books, with reflections of trees and buildings visible in the glass. A small sign on the door indicates that the store is open.

Entrepreneurial mystery book lovers in Toronto! The owner Toronto's mystery bookstore, SLEUTH OF BAKER STREET, is retiring. He is looking for someone interested in taking over the bookshop, gave me permission to post publicly about this. sleuthofbakerstreet.ca #Toronto #IndieBookstores

Went on a brief trip and have even more bookstores to feature! Coming soon!

I have a bunch of Beautiful Bookstores I'd love to feature but of course am stuck in the grouping together stage. Trying to think of categories for these posts is hard 😅

e. Control What You Do (& Don't) See - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish Cover-Moderation-Preview-v3-flat-1024.jpg Tips On How To Curate What You See (and Don't See) on Bluesky (Last updated February 17, 2025) INDEX Impersonator accounts Muting and Blocking How To Block S…

I've updated "How To Control What You See (& Don't See) On Bluesky" with new info/screenshots about how to limit interactions on your posts with those who follow you:

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actually found some time for blog hopping today for blogger friends who are wondering why i'm commenting on posts from September 😅

The Cookie Chapters: Nature Reads Turning to chapter 2 of the 2024 edition of the Cookie Chapters! Each week in December, I’m sharing book recommendations from my 2024 reads based on holiday treats, accompanied by my sister who’s s…

🌲 Chapter 2 of #TheCookieChapters went up last week with some nature treats and reads!

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