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

Currently Reading:

• The Dead Zone by Stephen King
• Mind Your Body by Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW
• Cat About Town by Cate Conte
• The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
• The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Finished:

• The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate
• Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

Total pages read this week: 565

Total books read: 63 of 75

TBR (goal is -24): -10

#ShelfLove Challenge: 34 of 51

I had appointments with my Primary Care Doctor and a Neurosurgeon this week, and I have a lot of hope now that I will be ok. There is a lot of damage in my neck, but there are a lot of non-surgical options to help me with managing my pain, and possibly getting rid of it entirely, as long as I’m willing to do the work. I’ll be going to physical therapy, and I’m on a couple of short-term medications to get me through the worst of it. If those don’t work, we’ll try some other treatments. So far, the medications do seem to be working, and I’ll also be continuing to try out the things I’m learning from Mind Your Body as well as the author’s podcast, “The Cure for Chronic Pain.”

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