And there goes May. Which means it’s officially summer! And officially time for shorts, BBQs, cold drinks and picnics! Anyway here’s my May wrap up, would love to hear what you did/read/wrote in the comments section ๐
What I Read
๐ A Conjuring of Light – started the month of a high note, finishing this amazing series. Lila, Rhy and Kell, you will be missed ๐ญ
๐ Asking for It – a powerful read, I finished of this book suitably angry and very sad
๐ถ Becoming – see the little emoji change? That’s because it’s an Audiobook ๐ loved hearing about Michelle Obama’s time in the White House from the woman herself!
What I Wrote
๐ง STEM Representation in Literature – I wrote all about the characters that inspired me and why books should make women in STEM more of a social norm!
๐ง 30 Words You Didn’t Know You Knew – I got to share more words with people! Yay! 30 more words I’ve recently learnt from books
๐ง To All the Books I’ve Loved Before – a post all about the books that have changed my story as much as I’ve read theirs! Prepare for all the ๐ง
๐ง Bookish Characters every Reader can Relate to – 10 fictional book worms all readers can see themselves in!
What I Did
๐ Visited Harry Potter Studios- it was a late Christmas present and exceptionally cool!
๐ Visited a castle in Wales – my boyfriend and I are keeping up our monthly castle quota and visited another one, this time in the exotic country of Wales
๐ My friends Visited – two friends who I’ve known since school finally stopped by! We went for a lovely windmill based walk and chatted heaps
๐ Had Afternoon Tea at a fancy country house – for our three year anniversary my boyfriend and I had a very nice afternoon tea where I ate all the dainty food and cake
What I Read Online
๐งก What Makes a Great Book – not only does this blogger have fabulous taste in books *cough* giving Strange the Dreamer five โญs *cough* but I loved reading her take on this topic!
๐งก My Recent Five Star Crisis – a post all about how reading tastes change and how much harsher readers get the more they blog!
๐งก Does the Order we Read Books in Effect our Ratings – as a mood reader I definitely related to this post!
๐งก Top Ten Tuesday 212 – my friend made a list of all the books she’s convinced me to read and honestly I’m just surprised she kept it at 10! Also this post proved she has introduced me to basically all my favourite reads, so yes, good book worm friend.