Category: The Book Fort

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë – for the #Eyrealong
• The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble

  
Finished:

• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
• Shadow, Shadow by V.B. Marlowe
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 3 of 51
• COYER: 3

Total pages read this week: 1661

Total # of books for the year: 6 of 85.  Sadly, my vacation and Bout of Books 18 came to an end and I’m back at work.  At least I got a good start to the year in regards to books.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë – for the #Eyrealong

  

Finished:

• The Humbug Murders by L.J. Oliver
• Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
• The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 0 of 51
• COYER: 0

Total pages read this week: 662

Total # of books for the year: 0 of 85.  Finally, it’s a new year.  I read 85 books last year, so I’m shooting for that same number this year.  Today is my Birthday, the start of Bout of Books 18, and my week-long vacation from work!  While I’ll be catching up on a lot of stuff around the apartment, I’ll be listening to audiobooks and when I’m not doing that, I’ll be reading my ARCs.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The Humbug Murders by L.J. Oliver

  
Finished:

• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 55 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 357

Total # of books for the year: 82.  I had a wonderful Christmas with the Boyfriend up in Dallas with his Mom and her Husband, and I brought home several bookish gifts.  I also got a bit of reading done between eating and napping.  I head back to work tomorrow for four days and then I’m on vacation until the 9th of January!  I’m very much looking forward to an entire week at home with my cat and books.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  

Finished:

• Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 640

Total # of books for the year: 80.  My car broke down this weekend.  I’ll be finding out how much it’s going to cost to get it fixed sometime today.  I don’t think I would be handling this nearly as well if it weren’t for the Boyfriend and my anti-anxiety meds.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  
 
Finished:

• The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 277

Total # of books for the year: 79

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

  

Finished:

• Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 443

Total # of books for the year: 77.  Now that I’ve finished Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, I can’t wait until the next book is out!  I need to know more about what happened with Brianna and Roger.  From my understanding, it’s going to be at least another year until the next book, and now I kind of wish I had waited to read this one.  However, I’m mostly glad I didn’t because I probably would’ve forgotten many of the important plot points and would have spent a lot of time looking things up in the Outlandish Companion.

I decided to put The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne back on the shelf for now.  I don’t know when I’ll pick it back up, but it wasn’t grabbing my attention at all.  I kept getting distracted by the other books I’ve been reading.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 506

Total # of books for the year: 76.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

  
  
Finished:

• Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 658

Total # of books for the year: 76.  I put aside A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly.  I’m not DNFing it, but I just can’t seem to get into it right now, so I’ll try again sometime next year.  I’ve also put aside The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley, but I’m going to try to pick it back up next month.  I’m trying to stick to my “rule” of only having six books going at one time, and the other books I’m reading have been getting much more of my attention than these two.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
• A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  
  
Finished:

• Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 447

Total # of books for the year: 75.   This weekend was the Texas Book Festival.  I was only able to attend on Saturday, but I ended up bringing home six books and two coloring books despite planning to get only two books.  The authors on the panels I went to made their books sound so wonderful that I couldn’t help but scoop them up from the buying tables and get in line to get them signed.  It was a fabulous and exhausting Saturday and I have absolutely no regrets 🙂

What are you reading this week?