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Six of Crows+Crooked Kingdom: Duology Review

If you follow my instagram, (@thepageflippers)  you know that for the last month or so I've been flailing constantly about Leigh Bardugo's books.Recently I just finished Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom I'm kind of late to the game reading them, but I loved them just as much as the people who got me to read them did! The magic system was IN-CRE-DI-BLE. The characters? Soft souls at heart who were slightly corrupted by their situation. Let's get started! Six of Crows   Rating:                  ⭐⭐⭐⭐        So, this book was many things. It was pretty dark. It was adventerous. Mysterious. But most of all it was about FRIENDSHIP AND FINDING FAMILY WHEN YOU ARE ALONE AND I 👏AM👏HERE👏FOR👏THIS.  *ahem* The adventure itself was great because it wasn't about 'SAVING THE WORLD.' No no. These guys just want their money so they can find their own happily ever afters. Interesting. Not exactly noble, but highly ent...

The Trouble With Time

   I am NOT an organized person. My back pack at school is generally the punchline of many jokes with my friends, I am constantly loosing stuff to the point my teachers KNOW when I'm looking for something around the school. But. I am very organized with TIME. SCHEDULES. LISTS. I will know mine, my family's and two of my best friend's. So I've managed to work blogging into that schedule more or less. And up until 2 weeks ago, I had devotionals scheduled in well too.    Here is the honest, brutal truth. I have tunnel vision. Badly. I'll get one thing in my head and will focus on that for days, weeks even on end. And lately, school has taken up every inch of space in my line of sight, minus a little for writing. My devotionals got pushed out because I shifted my focus and efforts. I forgot that effort in spending time with God is the first step in getting everything else to go right. I forgot to make time.    'Make time'. It's a funny phrase we humans u...