Dissertation & Wordle

As you may know, I recently finished my dissertation (senior thesis) on anthropomorphism in animation, with a case study on Wall-E. I decided to make a Wordle of it, so here it is!

50 Book Challenge

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I finished my 50 book challenge! I haven't quite decided whether or not the last two constitute substantial literature for a 21 year-old. But either way, I'm pleased and chuffed with myself for seeing it through! The starred titles are my absolute favourites of the lot, and I recommend them. Here's what I read:

1. *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby

2. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson

3. Candy Girl - Diablo Cody

4. *Looking For Alaska - John Green

5. 24 Stories - Haruki Murakami

6. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer

7. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

8. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern

9. After Dark - Haruki Murakami

10. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessin

11. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler

12. Sex & the City - Candace Bushnell

13. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler

14. *Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer

15. Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami

16. *Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

17. The Film Club - David Gilmour

18. South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

19. *The History Boys - Alan Bennett

20. Slam - Nick Hornby

21. Dance Dance Dance - Haruki Murakami

22. Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

23. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho

24. * Paper Towns - John Green

25. * The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

26. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

27. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

28. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ - Sue Townsend

29. * On The Road - Jack Kerouac

30. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

31. I Am the Messenger - Murkus Zusak

32. Let it Snow - John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle

33. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

34. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist - David Levithan & Rachel Cohn

35. Bird by Bird - Ann Lamott

36. Animal Farm - George Orwell

37. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson

38. * The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz

39. Franny & Zooey - J.D. Salinger

40. Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

41. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

42. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

43. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

44. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie

45. *The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

46. Violet & Claire - Francesca Lia Block

47. *The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

48. Naive. Super - Erland Loe

49. *The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

50. *Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry

(51. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton)

(52. Esio Trot - Roald Dahl)


Some statistics, just for fun:
Haruki Murakami - 6
John Green - 4 (er, all of his published novels so far!)
Bill Bryson - 2
Translated to English from another language - 12
Non-fiction - 11
Memoir/Authbiographical - 7


What are you reading? Recommend me some stories!

Things I Love Thursday

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+ Finishing University! - I finally finished editing my dissertation on Tuesday night, and then got it bound and handed in yesterday. It was a bit of an anti-climax... I felt more parts exhausted and sore than parts elated and excited for the future. It's all a bit uneventful yet overwhelming - but I'm pleased with what I turned in and I'm glad to be able to do my own thing now!

+ Film & Media Party! - Every year, my department holds a screening of the students' final projects for the semester, and then throws a party for us afterwards. It sound like the most amazing night and I'm really, really excited for it. Even more excited for this than the graduation ball!

+ Hectic Banter - Everyone has been absolutely run off their feet this week, but all of my film friends that I keep running into still find time to say hi and have a quick catch up before tootling back off to the computer labs. What a lovely, friendly bunch.

+ New Books - I know, I know, but I can't help it. I exchanged my dissertation texbook for The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Only about 28 books left on my to-read list(!) I also started reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera and am enjoying it immensely.

+ Moving Out - There is only so much one can take when it comes to breeze-block interiors and only concrete, rough-cast walls to gaze at from the window. I can't wait to get away from everyone's rubbish music and drunken wailing and back to my cosy bedroom at home. I'm quite done with student accommodation - it's so surreal that I only have to put up with it for more two nights!

Honourable Mentions: Awaiting my hard-bound dissertation; anticipating trying on my graduation ball dress; heavy rain when you're warm indoors; free lifts; packing!; a steep incline in Tumblr likes; shiatzus and hair-cuts; getting an article published without having errors edited in!; Zac Efron & girly chats, & 10p choc ices.


What do you love this Thursday?