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    When I opened this tab to start writing, it began to rain outside. It still is, right now, as I stare out the window, the sky is grey and water pours over the trees and roof. This is making me think about how, later this week, my family wants to go to the beach. I immediately hope our plans won't be ruined by the rain. And that leads us to today's post.    I am most definitely a TYPE A  person. I like things planned and under control, preferably under  my  control. I make lists and schedules and set reminders on my phone. (Don't let this make you think I'm organized, I'm really not.This actually tends to balance out with the fact that I'm also extremely forgetful, a bit chaotic and I tend to misplace things all the time). So when my plans get messed up, I get a little upset. Ok, a lot upset.    There are so many examples I can give. When I finished seventh grade, and a week before eight grade started, my parents had to make the in...

    I was fifteen, sitting on the cafeteria table during a summer camp I was working. Surrounded by other volunteers and a couple of the adult teachers. My best friend, who was working the camp with me, sat on a chair below. Somehow, we had switched subjects from the hilarity of the kids we were taking care of, to politics. One of the adult teachers was from Eastern Europe, with a heavy accent and a big smile. We had grown to like him pretty well. Yet he was the leader of a group of teenagers who were advocating for socialism in America, demeaning our government, and overall just spouting wrong information. I was floored, and my best friend made eye contact as if to ask ‘should we say something?’.     It can’t be lost on anyone that we’re faced with this sort of decision often in our country. A country of free speech, of opinions and change. I love living in a place where we can defend our opinions, speak up without fear. But sometimes, I find myself and others si...

       Hello, my name is *insert name here*. I am a *insert any number of labels about what causes you have taken up arms for*. That seems to be the introduction we must make in the world these days. Society demands you find something to fight for and defend it till your last breath. Everyone has to have a 'cause', an injustice, something with which you can stick it to the Man. We pick and drop social justice ideas as if they are a new jacket we bought and soon tired of.         There is nothing wrong with being passionate about something. Poverty, world hunger, disease, environmental issues, human rights, the list goes on. If you feel strongly for something, than that's great. Fight for it. There's nothing wrong with caring about the whales, or the treatment of your neighbors. We were put on this earth to be good stewards of it. Fighting for God's creation to be treated well is a worthy enough cause. But why have we...

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...

   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...

Welcome to another post with me, Kit on The Page Flippers! I've been super busy at school lately but I decided to sit down and write a blog post for today. It's not really on books, this is more of a life post, and I hope it speaks to someone out there. Early yesterday, I was listening to some music on my phone. I had a country music playlist shuffling, and came across a song by an artist I used to listen to when I was younger. His name is Hunter Hayes and the new song of his I'm talking about is called Dear God . I'll insert a link to the lyrics, which I suggest you read first, and if you want to, go ahead and listen to the song!    https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/hunterhayes/deargod.html The first few lines go on to depict the singer drinking as they 'count their sins' and then the chorus goes something like this. “You made a man this fragile You made a heart that can break You showed me the road less traveled For when I'm gon...

So this is my first read after a VERY long slump which only consisted of only reading for my honors reading class. *sarcastic voice* Fun. Turtles All The Way Down was recommended by...well...everyone, and I admit I went in with VERY high expectations. Especially since I've never read John Green before, and he is basically King of Romantic Contemporaries and Destroyer of Readers' Souls and all that fun stuff. So I went in expecting to be rocked. Instead I was...not. My rating? 3 and a half stars        Hold your cries for me to be crucified please, and let me state my case. I'll start with my Pros and Cons list and then elaborate on the cons. Pros The writing was poetic and interesting The romantic relationship was open, honest, and really sweet, honestly. Not typical He knew his main character REALLY well. No questions as to what Aza was like or how she thought. It was crazy how easy it was to feel like you ARE the MC. ...