I moved things around and played with the colors a bit, and I do think it looks a bit better than before especially with the padding in the text.
The coolors site is amazing and I’ve instantly bookmarked and signed up. I don’t want to get behind in design. I wanted to go with a bookish feel so picked a darker cream color for the content’s background.
I agree with the coverphoto and I went smaller and I think it looks better that way. I dunno about the border though but I think I’ll keep it for now.