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[outerbankies]

Sorry I put the wrong title, the New Light series (duh lol)

hahaha no worries. and yes of course!

[girlinplaits]

I think you should do more art like your epic MMFD quote page... I think you make some great typography and I for one woul LOVE LOVE LOVE more!!! :D

ddrawers96 Oh wow thankyou so much! that’s a huge compliments; thankyou!Do you mean more MMFD quotes or things in general?

I did do a smiliar thing with a Harry Potter places typography piece an AGE ago.

It was great procrastination from my dissertation proposal a lot of fun though, so it’s probable that I’ll do some more and procrastinate from my actual dissertation! :) Thankyou for your enthusiasm towards it all though, it really does mean a lot! xx

[exhilaratingindependence]

I got tagged by the adorbs caapaldi!

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just ones that have touched you. Then tag ten other folks etc. etc. you all know how this goes  (I don't know enough people to tag 10 people so I'll tag friends that read a lot)

Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell: Hands down the most emotional book I've ever read. I don't just mean that it's sad (it's sad too), I mean that there's so much feeling in it it's unbelievable. This was the only book I read in a day and the only book that made me cry for half an hour straight. I have a conspiracy theory that she wrote this about the love story of her and her husband.

The Fault in Our Stars, John Green: I know, I know, it's the super popular one and I think people put it on a pedestal too much. What I really like about this book is that you really get some perspective about what love is in the grand scheme of things; oblivion, to quote the book. Sometimes a one, true love is all that someone needs in this huge, scary life. Like you don't necessarily have to date a lot of people to find the one, and you don't always get to spend a lot of time with the one. But you'll have that person sometime, somewhere.

The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien. Here's one you probably weren't expecting. Tim O'Brien served in Vietnam and writes about it a lot, which was what this is. The main character's name is actually Tim O'Brien, so it gets us wondering how much of it is true. This company of soldiers in see and do terrible things in the war, so along the way they tell each other stories to distract themselves. Some of these stories are completely made up, though. What I really took away from this book is how O'Brien explained truth in storytelling: there's happening-truth and feeling-truth. Happening-truth is the actual truth, what actually happened. Feeling-truth is what you felt like happened. I like this because this is exactly how I write my stories. I write about things that actually happened, but I tell them as if they are feeling-truth. 

Bossypants, Tina Fey. These didn't have to be fiction, right? I've read this 1.5 times already and I need to read it again. It's one of my favorites because Tina is my role model, and I want her job. It's perfect. This memoir describes how she got to where she is today, so I take mental notes every time I read it.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling. Another great read for the aspiring screenwriter/TV producer. Did you know Mindy got her foot into the entertainment industry by writing a fan fiction-like play with her roommate about some actor whose name is falling me at this moment? Yep. This girl is amazing okay. And she went to Notre Dame or something.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Why not? An American classic. I love the jazz age. I also learned a lot from this about how to build up momentum for a character.

I'm out of books. Whoops. Well I hope you kind of enjoyed reading that.