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Bookish Experiences Across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Broken Spines Books is more than a bookstore. We create bookish experiences that bring stories off the shelf and into real life — from Blind Date With A Book and unexpected book pairings to pop-up adventures, local collaborations, and one-of-a-kind events.

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Fall at Broken Spines Books

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  • Books & Broomsticks

    Join us for a cozy, creative night of pizza, dirty sodas, and a little magic. Your ticket includes a cinnamon broomstick for decorating, all decorating supplies, pizza, and a dirty soda.

    The Broken Spines Books pop-up bookstore will be open during the event to find your next witchy read!

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  • Witches Weekend Ad

    Witches Day Out

    10/17

    11:00AM-4:00PM

    Houghton Lake, MI

    Join Broken Spines Books for a day of bewitching fun at Houghton Lake’s famous Witches Weekend!

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  • REZ-CON

    REZ-CON

    10/23 - 10/24

    Friday 4PM-9PM

    Saturday 9AM-5:00PM

    Island Resort & Casino-Harris, MI

    REZ-CON is taking over Island Resort & Casino for a celebration of pop culture, cosplay, gaming, vendors, artists, and more! Come find Broken Spines Books inside our haunted library and snap a photo at our spooky Book Fort.

    Chill in the Fort within all the REZ-CON chaos.

    REGISTER HERE
  • A flyer for Stoner Story Time a book club for cannabis enthusiasts

    Stoner Story Time

    10/21

    7:00PM-9:00PM

    Farmhouse Provisioning Center

    Gould City, MI

    Bring your favorite book and join Broken Spines Books and Farmhouse Provisioning Center for a relaxed book club for cannabis enthusiasts!

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Browse Our Blind Dates

Pick your genre, choose your vibe, and let us handle the rest. Our Blind Date With A Book bundles pair a mystery pre-loved read with bookish extras for a reading experience that's almost as fun as finding out what's under the wrapping.

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Basic Blind Date
$15.00

Basic Blind Date With a Book

Ready to fall in love with a new story?

With our Basic Blind Date With a Book, you give us just enough information to play matchmaker. Choose your genre, color theme, and spice level, and we’ll choose the book and put together your date.

Each Basic Blind Date includes:

  • 📖 One pre-loved mystery book

  • 🫖 One single-serving herbal tea

  • 🔖 One bookmark

  • ✨ Two bookish stickers

  • 📝 One reading log

Your book arrives wrapped with the title and cover completely hidden, you will receive three clues as to what you book is. No judging a book by its cover this time!.

You pick the vibe. We pick the book. You unwrap the surprise.

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Boosted Blind Date
$30.00

Boosted Blind Date With a Book

Want a little more from your blind date? Consider this the one who actually planned the date. 😉

With our Boosted Blind Date With a Book, you choose your genre, color theme, and spice level, and we’ll take it from there—hand-picking a pre-loved mystery book and packing it with everything you need to settle in, annotate, sip, and get completely lost in your next read.

Each Boosted Blind Date includes:

  • 📖 One pre-loved mystery book

  • ✨ Four bookish stickers

  • 🗂️ Annotation tabs

  • 🖍️ Highlighter

  • 🔖 Fringe bookmark

  • 📎 Clip or magnetic bookmark

  • 📝 Reading log

  • 🔖 Paper bookmark

  • 🫖 Single-serving herbal tea

Your book comes wrapped with its identity hidden, so you won't know exactly who you're going home with until you tear into it.

You pick the vibe. We plan the date. All you have to do is unwrap it.

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Blind Date With A Book Box
$45.00

Blind Date With a Book Box

This isn't just a blind date. It's the whole damn relationship. 📚💕

Our Blind Date With a Book Box is packed with everything a book lover needs for the ultimate reading experience—from a surprise pre-loved read to cozy bookish goodies you can use long after the last page.

You'll choose the genre for your Boosted Blind Date With a Book, and we'll take it from there, putting together a box full of bookish surprises.

Each box includes:

  • 📖 Boosted Blind Date With a Book — choose your genre!

  • 🥤 12 oz bookish glass with bamboo lid & straw

  • 🔑 Bookish keychain

  • 💕 Bracelet

  • 🔖 Metal bookmark

  • 🧦 Bookish socks

  • 👜 Bookish canvas bag

  • 📝 Notebook

  • 🖊️ Pen

Your Boosted Blind Date also comes packed with its own reading goodies, making this box an entire treat-yourself reading experience in one package.

Designs, sayings, colors, and styles of bookish accessories will vary based on availability—that's part of the surprise!

Perfect for birthdays, holidays, reader gifts, or those very important occasions known as "I wanted it, so I bought it."

Pick your genre. We'll handle the rest. Unbox your next obsession. 📚✨

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