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

Currently Reading:

• Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Finished:

• How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm by Cressida Cowell

Total pages read this week: 408

Days read at least 90 minutes: 2/2

Total books read: 0 of 75

TBR (goal is -36): +5

#ShelfLove Challenge: 0 of 51

I managed to finish one last book before the New Year, bringing my total books read in 2025 to 104. I’m setting my reading goal for 2026 fairly low because I really want to focus on reading what I’m in the mood to read instead of picking shorter books. However, I’ve added a new goal of reading for a total of 90 minutes every day. Over the last few months of the year, I noticed that I wasn’t reading much after I got home for work. Instead, I was scrolling on my phone or bingeing TV. I want to return to quiet evenings with a book and a mug of tea after dinner. I already know from first-hand experience that doing that helps me.

I gave myself permission to buy some books for my Birthday. I was only supposed to buy one, but I ended up buying 4 physical books (1 of them is used) and an ebook.

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