May Wrap-Up!

Hi guys!

My May TBR Pile

So I thought that I was going to have a massive reading month, but life got in the way a bit, so unfortunately I didn't read as much as I would have liked. These are the books I read in May:

1) The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. HOLY moly, I loved this book so, so much. Amazing! I will have a review up soon for this whole series. I gave this book 5/5 stars.

2) Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I liked this book, but not as much as I expected to. I gave it 3.5/5 stars.

3) Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. This book was really interesting, it had a cool concept and it was executed nicely! I gave it 4/5 stars.

4) I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg. I really loved this book, it's one of the best books I ever read. I will definitely be posting a review of this one very soon. 5/5 stars.

5) The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater. Loved this, not as much as The Raven Boys but almost. 4/5 stars.

6) Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater. As you can see, there was a bit of a theme this month! I have become totally engrossed in this world and I am scared to read the last book because I don't want it to end!! 4.5/5 stars.

7) A Creative Companion by SARK. This was a re-read, I've had this book forever and read it about a hundred times. I love it. 5/5 stars.

8) Change Your Life Without Getting out of Bed by SARK. Another re-read, an amazing little book. I highly recommend it. 4/5 stars.

So those are all the books I read this month, I also started Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo and I am still plugging away at War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, I'm sure I will have a great time continuing those in June. Stay tuned for my June TBR (on June 1st) and my reviews of I Promised You a Rose Garden and The Raven Cycle series.

Until next time, happy reading!

Rhi xo

Imaginative Journalling Prompts for Writers and Creative Spirits!

Good morning, bookworms!

Today I thought I would make up a list of journalling prompts for those times when you feel like you have "nothing to write" in your journal. I've been keeping journals my whole life and sometimes I get writer's block, so this helps me. I hope you guys like my ideas and find this useful!

1. What scares you?
2. How would you redesign the world?
3. Dear Past Me...
4. Dear Future Me...
5. Places you've enjoyed visiting
6. People you admire
7. Favourite songs
8. Favourite movies
9. Top 5 Long Term Goals
10. Dear _______, I never told you...
11. Dear _______, I wish you knew...
12. Nobody knows that I...
13. The most fun I've ever had
14. The most disappointed you've ever been
15. Choose a photograph, and write about it
16. Open an art book, pick out a picture and make up a story about it
17. Three things you can't live without
18. Your celebrity crush(es)
19. What is your favourite outfit?
20. Five things you want in a relationship
21. What are your pet peeves?
22. Your saddest memory
23. Your greatest accomplishment
24. What you were like as a child
25. How do you deal with anger?
26. What makes you happy?
27. What is the dominant emotion in your life right now?
28. My favourite Sunday ritual
29. Things you always did on the weekends as a child
30. What is it like to go shopping with your mother?
31. If you could meet any book character, who would it be?
32. If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
33. Who was your best friend in primary school?
34. Who was your best high school teacher?
35. How do you procrastinate?
36. Describe your ideal life
37. How would you spend a million dollars?
38. What are your strengths?
39. What are your weaknesses?
40. Describe your perfect day
41. Write a letter to your first crush
42. What would you do if you weren't afraid?
43. Take a blank page and colour it in with crayons
44. Choose one word and fill the page with it
45. Write a letter to the editor of a magazine
46. If you were an animal, what would you be?
47. What would your superpower be if you were a superhero?
48. Use song lyrics as the beginning to a page
49. Write about a country you want to visit
50. Build a perfect fort in your mind, then write about it
51. If you ruled the world, what would you banish?
52. What triggers your anger?
53. What is your life's theme song today?
54. List your anxieties. Now scribble all over them.
55. I could never...
56. I have never...
57. I will never...
58. I always...
59. Sometimes when I'm by myself, I...
60. Describe your dream date
61. Write a letter to your future wife/husband
62. If I had ____, I would be happy
63. Write a letter to your childhood imaginary friend
64. What was high school like for you?
65. What is your life's passion?
66. What stops you from chasing your goals?
67. Analyse some song lyrics
68. When I am old, I will...
69. When I raise children, I won't...
70. When I raise children, I will...
71. Describe the place where you grew up
72. Have you ever met a famous person?
73. Who inspires you?
74. What inspires you?
75. What DOESN'T motivate you?
76. Does guilt work on you?
77. Do you like yourself? Why/why not?
78. List your talents. Take time to acknowledge them.
79. Describe yourself from an outsider's perspective.
80. If you could live in any fictional world, which would you choose?
81. What is your favourite type of nature? (Rainforest, ocean, desert...)
82. Tea or coffee?
83. Write about an adventure you would like to go on
84. If you could change your name, what would you call yourself?
85. Write about a time when you were in love
86. Write wedding vows to yourself
87. Describe your best friend
88. Choose a number between 1 and 20, then list that many things that make you happy.
89. Write a synopsis of your favourite movie
90. Review the last cafe/coffeeshop you went to
91. List your ideal partner's qualities
92. Dream up your own country. Give it a name. What is it like?
93. Write yourself a letter, apologising for all the times you've been mean to yourself
94. Write a forgiveness letter
95. Fill a whole page with nice words
96. Write about your favourite season. What do you like about it?
97. Do you remember your dreams? Describe one
98. Tell someone in your life why you're proud of them (you don't have to show them the list!)
99. If a genie granted you one wish, what would you wish for?
100. Write a love letter to your hometown

Thanks so much for reading, I hope you like what I've come up with! Now I'm feeling inspired, so I'm going to hop to it and get some writing done!

Rhi xo