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Sam | Spines in a Line
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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:
Filipino Community & Cultural Centre — Filipino BC
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April 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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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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!
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April 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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If you always seem to miss #CanadaReads like I do, @spinesinaline.bsky.social has written an informative recap #CanLit

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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…
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April 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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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 😅
April 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Top Ten Tuesday looking ahead to #CIBD2025, featuring some #BeautifulBookstores with my recent book hauls!

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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…
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April 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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.
April 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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My monthly wrap-up, 2 light reads and one very intense, dystopian read. It’s called balance
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.
April 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I posted my 800th blog post today! Time flies
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April 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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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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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.
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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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...
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…
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March 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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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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March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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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!
March 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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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
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.
March 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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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 😅
February 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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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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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…
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February 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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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 😅
December 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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🌲 Chapter 2 of #TheCookieChapters went up last week with some nature treats and reads!

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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…
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December 21, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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🍎 First chapter of #TheCookieChapters is ready for reading! We're starting off with some tart and sweet reads for when you like a little sadness with your sweets

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The Cookie Chapters: Tart and Sweet
Welcome to the 2024 edition and the 5th year of The Cookie Chapters! I’m looking forward to the holiday season and sharing many festive treats and sweets with you all! As I described in the i…
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December 11, 2024 at 3:23 AM
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instagram is once again changing their rules and my current scheduling platform will no longer be able to support my personal account. Anyone have free scheduling sites they like? Or any thoughts on switching to a creator account?
December 8, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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🍪 The Cookie Chapters are back! I'll be pairing book recs with some holiday treats baked by my sis!

Tune in all month for the sweet fun and join in with your own book recs!

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The Cookie Chapters: Book Recs for the Holidays 2024
5 years of the Cookie Chapters! I’m excited to be back with one of my favourite features on the blog and to be getting into the baking season. I love the holiday season and one of the best pa…
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December 3, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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🎂 Celebrating GBBO's new season with another edition of cover match-ups! Let me know what you think of these pairings!

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Cover Match-Ups: Baking Edition October 21, 2024
I’m in a baking mood as we get nearer to the spooky holiday (gonna bake some Halloween treats this week!) so time for a return of cover match-ups, inspired by Great British Bake Off! I haven&…
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October 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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📣 Q for book blogger friends!

I'm putting together a blog review archive and realizing how inconsistent i was with only posting on goodreads/storygraph (sometimes within the same series). Do you include reviews from other sites or is your archive solely for reviews ON your blog?

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April 11, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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Top 10 reads of 2023, here's to more good reads in 2024

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2023 Recap: My Top Reads
It's time for my top reads of 2023! Read on for my 3-word pitches for each of my top 10, in no particular order besides the top 3. Plus some honourable mentions that are just as worth a read! Let me k...
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January 20, 2024 at 5:26 AM
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🥧 The latest set of #TheCookieChapters recs are live today with historical treat pairings! Come share your favourite historically-inspired reads!

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The Cookie Chapters: Blast from the Past
Back for more treats with chapter 3 of the Cookie Chapters! Each week in December (and a little past), I’m sharing book recommendations from my 2023 reads based on holiday treats, accompanied by my ...
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December 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM
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🍪 I love the holidays and baking so I've been sharing holiday treats on the blog along with themed book recs!

Check out #TheCookieChapters and feel free to join in with your own treats and recs! New posts each Wednesday!

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The Cookie Chapters: Eye-Catching Reads
Welcome to the 2023 edition of The Cookie Chapters! I love this feature and I'm so excited to be back with some festive treats! As I described in the intro post, over the next several weeks I’ll be ...
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December 16, 2023 at 9:49 PM