Category: The Book Fort

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

Currently Reading:

• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
• The World of Lore: Dreadful Places by Aaron Mahnke
• The Priest Hole by Amy Cross

Finished:

• The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Rest Haven by Erik Therme
• A Halloween Carol by Sean M. Hogan
• Mother Goth Rhymes by Kaz Windness

Total pages read this week: 922

Total books for 2022: 69 of 85.

I’ve finished 10 books for Readers Imbibing Peril, and while I was stuck at home, I distracted myself from the pain I was in by watching several episodes of “Supernatural”. The Boyfriend and I also watched the movie “Day Shift,” which was pretty good for a not-serious vampire movie.

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:

• The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey

Finished:

• The Lost Days by Rob Reger
• Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Total pages read this week: 670

Total books for 2022: 65 of 85.

I’ve finished 6 books for Readers Imbibing Peril, and the Boyfriend and I watched the movie “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” It is NOT a kids’ movie. I’m pretty sure it was made for us grownups who read those stories and looked at those horrifying illustrations when we were kids because the movie brought those illustrations to life! It was sufficiently creepy and I highly recommend it.

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:

• The Lost Days by Rob Reger
• Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
• The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Finished:

• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Total pages read this week: 406

Total books for 2022: 63 of 85.

I’ve finished 4 books for Readers Imbibing Peril. I’ve also watched several episodes of “Supernatural,” and the Boyfriend and I finally got around to watching “Ash vs. Evil Dead.” We also had waffles yesterday morning for breakfast while watching the new “The Munsters” movie on Netflix. It was awesome and I highly recommend it! On top of that, I desperately needed a trip out of the house to do something other than run errands, so I went to a couple of bookstores yesterday. I stocked up on a ton of RIP-worthy reads! I know, I know, I already have over a hundred books on my RIP TBR, but I couldn’t help myself. There were so many great books that have been on my wishlist for a while and a couple of others that looked too good to pass up! I’ll be getting them added to my TBR sometime today.

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:

• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• The Lost Days by Rob Reger
• Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Finished:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart

Total pages read this week: 377

Total books for 2022: 62 of 85.

I finished The Final Trade the night before the end of #SciFiSummer, and with that, I became a wibbly-wobbly Time Lord! The Summer has officially regenerated into Autumn, and now I can really dig in deep to the creepy-crawly, spooky fun of Readers Imbibing Peril! The narrator of The Turn of the Key, Imogen Church is hitting that spot just right, and I almost wish I had waited until the middle of the night during next month’s #Readathon to listen to it. I’ve been enjoying her stellar narration so much that I looked up all of the other audiobooks she has narrated and bought one that happened to be on my wish list (Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland). I won’t be listening to it until after #RIP, but I am looking forward to it.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Finished:

• The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn

Total pages read this week: 367

Total books for 2022: 61 of 85.

I have a little more than a hundred pages left of The Final Trade, and there are only a couple of days left of #SciFiSummer. If I do manage to finish it, it will be just barely, and me being “just barely” a Time Lord sounds about right!

I’m 3 books into Readers Imbibing Peril, and I have so many more that I want to read that I’m having a difficult time trying to decide which one I’ll read next. That’s a good problem to have, I suppose, but it’s driving me a little nuts.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn

Finished:

• Malorie by Josh Malerman
• In the After by Demitria Lunetta

Total pages read this week: 692

Total books for 2022: 60 of 85.

I’m starting to think that I’m never going to finish The Final Trade, at least not before the end of #SciFiSummer. As usual, I am off to a good start for Readers Imbibing Peril. Both of the audiobooks I finished this week work for both challenges, and if I do manage to finish just one more Sci-Fi book by the 21st, I’ll officially be a Time Lord! I think it will be the first time I’ve gotten to that level.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• Malorie by Josh Malerman

Finished:

• Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
• The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan

Total pages read this week: 464

Total books for 2022: 58 of 85.

I’m posting this earlier than usual because I will be busy visiting family this weekend. I have one book to finish for #SciFiSummer that doesn’t qualify for Readers Imbibing Peril. Since Sci-Fi Summer is nearly over (it officially ends on September 21st), I want to finish The Final Trade before I start any other ebooks. I’m taking it with me on my trip, but I don’t know if I will have time for anything other than audiobooks while I’m on the road. Speaking of audiobooks, Malorie is good so far, but I want answers and I don’t think I’m going to get them! I have less than an hour left, with a 3-hour drive ahead of me, so I’ve made sure I’ve got several options for my next audiobook downloaded to my phone.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
• The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan
• Malorie by Josh Malerman

Finished:

• A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor

Total pages read this week: 246

Total books for 2022: 56 of 85.

I still have two books to finish for #SciFiSummer by September 1st when Readers Imbibing Peril starts. Then I can start a book that works for both challenges, and I think Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond would be perfect since it’s the first “Stranger Things” book.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
• A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor
• The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan

Finished:

• Pest Control by Peter Anghelides

Total pages read this week: 419

Total books for 2022: 55 of 85.

I’m now a Jedi in the #SciFiSummer challenge. I’m hoping to finish up the three Sci-Fi books I’m currently reading by the end of the month, but I’m not 100% sure I’ll be able to do it. I’ll keep reading Sci-Fi through the end of the challenge, but Readers Imbibing Peril starts September 1st, and I only have two books that I know of that would work for both challenges. Both books are “Doctor Who” books, so I’ll have to read something else in between them. There’s no way I can handle back-to-back “Doctor Who” without it majorly affecting my dreams.

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:

• The Final Trade by Joe Hart
• Pest Control by Peter Anghelides
• Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley

Finished:

• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
• How to Invent Everything by Ryan North

Total pages read this week: 484

Total books for 2022: 54 of 85.

I only need to finish one more book for #SciFiSummer to achieve the next level, “Jedi.” That’s more than possible, but I highly doubt I’ll be able to reach “Time Lord” by the end of the challenge. I’m still ok with that since I’ve already finished more books that I originally planned.

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