Illustration of a child lying on their back along the tip of a real-life large pencil, holding a small blue book above their face. The child wears a blue striped shirt and purple shorts, with one leg dangling over the pencil.

Greetings! I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi aka , author and illustrator of Where Are My Books? and I Want To Read ALL The Books, among others.

I have multiple goals for this blog, including:

  • Helping people find new ways to discover books

  • Helping boost these books

  • Helping boost the book boosters (librarians, educators, booksellers, book bloggers, etc)

  • Encouraging more book people people to join the ATmosphere.

I am actively looking for book bloggers, librarians, educators, and booksellers (who have an ATmosphere account)who will post:

  • A book cover image of a book you enjoyed reading and that isn't your own.

  • Book info (title, author, illustrator, cover designer, publisher, link to publisher book page etc).

  • A paragraph about why you liked the book.

  • A paragraph about how you discovered the book. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE POST. Hoping your paragraph isn't just "I saw the title in the NY Times bestseller list" or "a friend of mine wrote it" but includes info that helps others re: book discovery.

  • A paragraph about yourself (and I encourage you to include a link to your own book blog, etc). Please don't make this paragraph longer than your "how I discovered the book" paragraph.

I will set up a template post for you -- all you have to do is type in the content. You don't have to be a tech whiz! However, you DO have to be comfortable with blogging basics.

You can see example posts here:

As We Fall Through Time, discovered by librarian

This Could All Go Bad by Spencer Hall, discovered by educator & book blogger

Neuromancer by William Gibson, discovered by bookseller

Contributor names will be added to the Contributor List.

Books will be add to the Book Discovery List.

"But I already have a book blog, don't have time for another platform..."

Please note that you do NOT have to join Leaflet or already be on Leaflet to contribute a one-off guest post. One of my goals is to help boost other people's book blogs.

Types of posts and books I am NOT looking for:

  • Posts about books that have any generative AI component (including the cover art).

  • Posts about books that will generate outrage, flamewar discussions, drama (either the book itself or your post).

  • Posts about books you haven't read, didn't finish reading, didn't like, or are not available for pre-ordering or purchase.

  • Posts that are basically "it's my friend/client/colleague's book and I want to help spread the word" unless your answer to "How I Discovered This Book" has new or especially useful info for those looking for new ways to discover books other than your friend/client/colleague's book. I encourage you to browse this list of book discovery suggestions to see what has been mentioned so far. Yours doesn't have to be unique, of course, but I'm especially hoping for examples where multiple sources finally helped push you over the edge into reading a book, or unusual/interesting ways people have found books to read, or examples that show the importance of (human) booksellers, librarians, educators, and book bloggers.

  • Reason: I lack the time to moderate. If this book blog becomes too much of a hassle for any reason, I WILL shut it down. It's one reason why I am only opening this up to educators, librarians, booksellers, and book bloggers for now. Thanks for understanding.

How to contact me:

Please use this form (not DMs) to let me know if you're interested. At present, I am only looking for contributors who have an Atmosphere account. Note that this doesn't have to be Bluesky! It could also be Eurosky / mu.social, Blacksky, Tangled, Spark, W Social, Surf, selfhosted.social, pckt, or one of many other alternatives.

ALSO NOTE: This is NOT the place to ask me to promote your book or wanting to contribute a post about your own book. Please do NOT put me on your mailing list. The focus of this blog is on celebrating book boosters and encourage people to explore different ways of discovering books. Thanks for understanding.

For more about me and my work (include Where Are My Books? and I Want To Read ALL The Books), see DebbieOhi.com.

Four-panel black-and-white comic titled “Will Write For Chocolate.” One character offers books and suggests getting rid of one called Intransitive Verbs for Dummies, but the other refuses and then shouts “GRAMMAR IS IMPORTANT!!” while grabbing the book. Characters are drawn in a simple cartoon style with one having dark hair and the other messy orange hair. Comic by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Original post: https://debbieohi.com/webcomic/mimis-dilemma/ -- Individual panels: Panel 1: A dark-haired person holding a stack of books says, “Hi Eliza! I have some great books for you to read!” Eliza replies, “No.” The dark-haired person asks, “What do you mean, no?” Panel 2: Eliza says, “If you have no more room left on your shelves for new books, you need to do a purge. I’m not storing your books for you.” Panel 3: Eliza reaches toward one of the books and says, “Are you really going to read ‘Intransitive Verbs for Dummies’ ever again? You should get rid of it…” The dark-haired person looks alarmed. Panel 4: The dark-haired person clutches the book and shouts, “But...but... GRAMMAR IS IMPORTANT!!” Eliza looks on with one hand outstretched.