My vacation in Arizona was awesome! I had so much fun with my BFF and didn’t want to leave. I didn’t get much chance to read, though, except on the planes and while I waited in airports on my way there and back, so I didn’t finish any books. I am less than 100 pages from finishing Gardens in the Dunes, though, so I’ll probably finish it this weekend.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf continues to hover at 1129 books. I finished a book and decided to get rid of another one, but I added a couple to my wishlist.
This week’s books:
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman – KEEP. I’ve loved every book of Hoffman’s I’ve read so far and this one looks like it will be just as good.
Jim Morgan and the King of Thieves by James Matlack Raney – GO. I can’t see myself enjoying this book. I also own the sequel, and the third book is on my wishlist, so those are going as well.
Disenchanted by Robert Korese- KEEP. This book sounds like a lot of fun.
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing and The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde – KEEP. I LOVE this series! I’m currently reading First Among Sequels and enjoying every moment.
The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein – KEEP. The author’s other books that I’ve read have been fun to read. They’re all centered around the joys of reading and book trivia, and while this one is still about books, it looks like it might be less about trivia and more fantastical.
My want-to-read shelf is down three books to 1126. The next post will be made up of mostly Fantasy books.
I’m currently on vacation with my BFF, so this post brings my bookish life up to Thursday, the night before I went adventuring. I’m on track with my TBR goal through the end of the month, and I only have to finish one book this month to keep up with my reading goal.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is still holding steady at 1129. I finished a couple of books but also added a couple of books.
This week’s books:
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin – KEEP. I have no idea if I’m going to like this book, but it’s a classic Horror novel and I feel like I must at least give it a chance.
Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge – KEEP. I tried to start this during last year’s 24-Hour Readathon, but I couldn’t get into it. I’m not sure if it was because I was tired or if it was the story, so I’m going to try again this year during #RIP, but not during the readathon.
Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond- KEEP. I’m a huge “Stranger Things” fan, and I know the show isn’t going to last forever, but at least there’s this book along with five others.
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud – KEEP. Another book blogger recommended this several years ago, and it was available to check out through Prime Reading on Amazon. It’s been sitting in my Kindle library ever since, mostly because it’s a fairly long book (nearly 500 pages). Maybe I’ll finally read it sometime this year or next, now that my annual reading goal is more relaxed.
Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire – KEEP. I really enjoyed Rosemary and Rue, the first book in the “October Daye” series, and I bought a couple of the author’s other books along with this one, mostly because I love the titles (is it weird to buy a book based on the title?).
My want-to-read shelf remains at 1129 books. The next post will be a hodgepodge of books from different genres.
Next weekend I’ll be out of town, so I decided to harvest the head of lettuce in my garden this weekend. I just know that if I waited, it would bolt and get bitter. It’s a good thing I did, too, because we’ve gotten so much rain lately that the leaves at the very bottom had started to rot. Even after removing the bad stuff, though, I’ve still got more lettuce than the Boyfriend and I will probably be able to eat before it goes bad. We’re having lots of salads this week!
Since I won’t be home, there won’t be a check-in next week until I get back.
I finished my first book for the #SciFiSummer reading challenge, making me a Red Shirt. While I’m still on track to meet my reading goals for the year, I’ll no longer be ahead if I can’t finish or get rid of any more of my physical books before the end of the month. Since I’m going on a trip next weekend, my focus will be to finish The Invasion of the Tearling this week. It’s not nearly as good as The Queen of the Tearling and I don’t want it taking up space in my bag, especially when I’ve already picked out 5 books I want to take with me.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is down two books to 1129. I read a couple of books, DNF’d another book, removed a couple of books from my wish list after realizing I didn’t want to read them, and added another book to my wish list.
This week’s books:
The Perfection Detox by Petra Kolber – KEEP. I completed one of Kolber’s workshops during the pandemic, and that inspired me to buy the book, but it’s sat on my shelves ever since. I don’t know why, but I tend to do that with Self-Help books. I’ll get around to reading this one at some point, though I have no idea when.
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit by Corey Olsen – KEEP. I love all things having to do with Hobbits.
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist- KEEP. This one is a Swedish vampire story, and it sounds like it will be very interesting and perfect for the Readers Imbibing Peril challenge.
Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery – KEEP. I remember reading and loving this when I was a kid. When I found it online through a used bookstore, I immediately bought it.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – KEEP. I enjoyed Heart-Shaped Box, and I have several other books of Hill’s that I’ve bought because they sound like they’re right up my Horror alley. This is one of them, and the only reason I haven’t read it yet is because I can’t decide if I should read it during #RIP or during the Christmas season.
My want-to-read shelf is holding steady at 1129 books. The next post will be mostly books I already own that are #RIP worthy.
The Boyfriend and I went to the Celtic Festival yesterday. We had a blast, saw my favorite Scottish pipe and drum band, Albannach, and I got lots of steps and active minutes in. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring sunscreen or a hat with me and got a horrible sunburn on my face and arms. I will definitely be more prepared for the Renaissance Festival in September.
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Nothing Much Happens by Kathryn Nicolai
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Train
Excuse Me While I Disappear by Laurie Notaro
The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
DNF:
The Power of Self-Compassion by Laurie Cameron
Finished:
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Total pages read this week: 997
TBR Mountain: -14
Total books read: 43 of 80
Even though I finished two physical books from my TBR and decided to get rid of another one, I bought two books at the bookstore yesterday. I’ve had a gift card that my cousin got me for Christmas sitting in my wallet that I kept forgetting to use, and I found two more of the “Firefly” series on my wish list. I could not pass them up!
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is down one book to 1131. Even though I finished 3 books, I bought an ebook and an audiobook.
This week’s books:
Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis – KEEP. These books are a part of the “Oxford Time Travel” series. I read and loved the first 2 books, Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog.
The Glorius Cause by Robert Middlekauff – KEEP. I got this book around the same time the Boyfriend and I were watching “Turn” (based on the book Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose). While I studied the American Revolution at various points in school, this book is much more comprehensive than what was covered in class.
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier – KEEP. I love Dinosaurs and everything involving or about Dinosaurs, so there is no way I would pass on a book about Mary Anning, the fossil hunter who discovered the Ichthyosaur.
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers by Terri-Lynne DeFino – KEEP. After reading the synopsis, I’m skeptical about whether or not I will like this book, but I’m willing to give it the 50-page test, mostly because I already own the book. I would probably ditch it if it were still on my wishlist.
Circe by Madeline Miller – KEEP. Though from an entirely different mythology, I think this story will be similar to The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, which I greatly enjoyed reading.
My want-to-read shelf is holding steady at 1131 books. The next post will be mostly physical books I already own and I *might* be getting rid of at least one of them.
