Category: The Book Fort

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

Currently Reading:

• Unstuck by James S. Gordon
• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• This is Your Brain on Food by Uma Naidoo

Finished:

• Nordic Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, and Jón Árnason

Total pages read this week: 346

Total books for 2022: 93 of 85.

Total books for 2023: 0 of 80

Happy New Year! I managed to finish one last book before the end of the year, but I’m still getting through the 3 books on mental health that I started at various times over the past few months. One of them is a library book, so I’ll be trying to finish that one sooner rather than later.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• Nordic Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, and Jón Árnason

Finished:

• The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
• Dead Leprechauns and Devil Cats by Grady Hendrix

Total pages read this week: 397

Total books for 2022: 92 of 85.

Now that we’re into the last week of the year, I’m focusing on finishing the books I’m in the middle of instead of starting any new books. That shouldn’t be too difficult to accomplish.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas

Finished:

• Bluecrowne by Kate Milford
• The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson
• When a Child is Born by Jodi Taylor

Total pages read this week: 336

Total books for 2022: 89 of 85.

I have only one Christmas-themed audiobook left, but because of the length, I know I won’t be able to finish it by Christmas. Instead of starting it, I’m going to save it for next year, and listen to Christmas music instead. I’ll start a new audiobook of some kind (probably a Cozy Mystery) after Christmas.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• Bluecrowne by Kate Milford
• The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson

Finished:

• In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon

Total pages read this week: 322

Total books for 2022: 86 of 85.

The Boyfriend and I aren’t able to travel to see family this holiday season, so I’m doing everything I can to make Christmas at home. I did all of my Christmas shopping, we went and picked out a real tree, I made gingerbread last night, and I’m hoping to get the tree decorated today after I make fudge. Every time I’m in my car, I’ve got a Christmas-themed audiobook playing, and I’m hoping to find time today to put together a new Christmas music playlist.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• Unstuck by James S. Gordon
• Bluecrowne by Kate Milford
• In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon

Finished:

• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Handbook for Homicide by Lorna Barrett

Total pages read this week: 429

Total books for 2022: 85 of 85.

I hit my reading goal for the year, and I’ll probably finish a couple more books by New Year’s Eve. I want to read some of the longer books on my TBR next year, so I think my goal for 2023 will be a little lower.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• Unstuck by James S. Gordon
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Handbook for Homicide by Lorna Barrett

Finished:

• Murder Past Due by Miranda James

Total pages read this week: 527

Total books for 2022: 83 of 85.

This was a rough week until Thanksgiving, and I haven’t been in the mood to read anything but Cozy Mysteries and The Mysterious Benedict Society.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
• Unstuck by James S. Gordon
• Murder Past Due by Miranda James
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Finished:

• Come November by Katrin van Dam

Total pages read this week: 614

Total books for 2022: 82 of 85.

Come November gave me a lot of strong feels and brought up a lot of dark memories that made it pretty obvious that there are parts of my childhood I haven’t fully processed. Needless to say, it’s been a rough week for me, emotionally, so a Cozy Mystery and some Middle-Grade Fiction felt like just the kinds of books I need right now. I’ve been reading them in the afternoon and before bed instead of continuing to read the two mental health books I’ve been slowly making my way through in the morning.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Come November by Katrin van Dam
• Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper

Finished:

• Adventures in Opting Out by Cait Flanders
• A Killer Edition by Lorna Barrett
• This is Your Brain on Depression by Faith G. Harper

Total pages read this week: 435

Total books for 2022: 81 of 85.

Since I only have 4 books left to reach my goal for the year, and I typically read 6 or 7 books in a month, I’ve started listening to podcasts again instead of back-to-back audiobooks. I’m also doing some things in silence that I used to only do while listening to something (crocheting for example), in an attempt to give my brain a break. To top it off, I’m reading more Non-Fiction than I normally do, thanks to restarting the Miracle Morning practice, part of which involves reading books about whatever it is you want to work on. For me, that means my mental health, so I’m reading about that for 10 minutes each morning.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Adventures in Opting Out by Cait Flanders
• A Killer Edition by Lorna Barrett

Finished:

• Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
• Strange Fascination by Syd Moore

Total pages read this week: 516

Total books for 2022: 78 of 85.

I’m feeling like I need to take it easy right now and not push myself to do anything, including reading anything “difficult.” I’m also trying to get back into taking care of myself a little better. A Cozy Mystery and a book about intentional living seemed like the perfect reads. On another note, I’ve put myself on a book-buying ban after realizing that I bought far more books than I read in the past couple of months, and I don’t have enough shelf space for all of them. My book-buying ban will last until I have room on my shelves, which might take me a while since I’m slowing down a bit.

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

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

Currently Reading:

• Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
• Dead Leprechauns and Devil Cats Grady Hendrix
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
• Strange Fascination by Syd Moore

Finished:

• The Witches by Roald Dahl

Total pages read this week: 907

Total books for 2022: 75 of 85.

Tomorrow is the last day of Readers Imbibing Peril, and I will have finished all of my current reads by the time I go to bed on Halloween. That will mean I finished 20 books for the challenge, which I think is the highest number of books I’ve ever read for RIP. I’m also down to the last few episodes of “Supernatural,” though I don’t think I’ll get to the end before tomorrow night. The Boyfriend and I watched the movie “Malevolent” last night, and “The Ritual” on Friday night. We’re planning to watch another horror movie of some kind tonight, though we don’t know what yet, and tomorrow night we’ll watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” that I finally bought on DVD (thanks to it now only being available for streaming on AppleTV).

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