“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
• Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood
• Feral Self-Care by Mandi Em
• Destination Simple by Brooke McAlary
• Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi

Finished:

• The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
• The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
• Gentle by Courtney Carver

Total pages read this week: 702

Total books read: 34 of 75

TBR (goal is -24): -9

#ShelfLove Challenge: 19 of 51

While I’m keeping my Goodreads account for now, I’ve switched over to StoryGraph. I’ve also been doing a bit of binge reading because while I thought that a week-long staycation full of relaxation, rest, and great home-made food would be enough to get me back in good mental health, my return to work ramped up my stress levels all over again. I haven’t been sleeping well, I’m having tension headaches and muscle pain, and it takes very little to send me into emotional chaos.

I was able to just barely finish Gentle before having to return it to the library, and I’m going to buy myself a copy. I want to reread it and really spend some time with each chapter. It was helping me lower my stress up until I felt rushed to finish it and didn’t have time to truly process the information.

What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!