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kitty ♡ (68 KP) created a post

Jun 2, 2018

does anyone have any suggestions on how to read more other than "get off the internet"? i've tried getting off the computer and everything but i'm still not fully interested in reading which sucks because i used to love to read.

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Katie (868 KP) Jun 3, 2018

Anytime you have even 5 minutes of downtime during the day just have a book ready to read. 5-10 minutes a few times a day really adds up. Also, if a book doesn't grab your attention don't force yourself to keep reading it. Forcing yourself through a book really will cause you to lose any interest in reading.

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) rated 13 Reasons Why - Season 2 in TV

Jun 2, 2018

the acting is better (5 more)

that end scene at the dance where everyone there was with clay

that jessica and justin scene was... hot...

zach being kind of a good egg for alex

how the bryce situation was dealt with was kind of... realistic?

there are only 13 episodes

bryce's sentence... because i wanted a "happy ending" (3 more)

marcus cole's existence

hannah being there was not needed

clay and skye's relationship... it was just Too Soon i'm sorry

why do i keep doing this to myself?

they're really going to drag on this fucking show but i won't be watching it anymore because i'm not dumb!

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) rated Thirteen Reasons Why in Books

Feb 15, 2018

amazing cast of characters (0 more)

Unsettling. Troubling. Heart-breaking.

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Thirteen Reasons Why is a heart-wrenching story of young tragedy and all of the ways a girl's death could have been prevented.

When I first read this book, I was 18 years old, and feeling exactly like how Hannah was feeling: depressed and alone. I could hardly get out of bed and drag myself to school, often times wishing I was dead. Despite constantly being around people, I didn't feel loved. I didn't feel like people really wanted me around. So, when I first read this book, I absolutely loved it because I felt exactly how she felt.

After being discontented with the series Netflix released in 2017, I decided to revisit this book, with the criticisms the Internet had given the show and book in mind. Those criticisms didn't make me hate the book or the concept, it just simply opened my mind to how harmful it may be, and it also helped me focus on the true intent of the book: to show people how their actions affect others.

I will agree that this book glamorizes suicide. It does. If you look at the surface of the premise, it basically reads as: "Girl kills herself and makes the tapes to get revenge on those who've hurt her and contributed to her pain. So, if you want to get back at your bullies, kill yourself and blame it on them." There's a lot of finger pointing happening in the book, even beyond the surface, but like I said, the intent of the book is to show people how their actions affect others, and it does. While it's not as explicit, since it was limited to Clay's point of view, there are little hints that show how the other characters, the other people on the tape, are affected. A character (Alex, I think?) was being pushed against a locker, Tyler's window was a target for people throwing rocks, Marcus going out and watching others target Tyler.

Clay Jensen is an incredibly realistic character, and Jay Asher's done a great job of writing his and Hannah's voice. Clay's the perfect in-between character because that's where he stands in school. Unpopular, but still known, he's welcomed at parties, yet he doesn't always go to them. A "nerdy" type but not entirely stuck with that label. What I love most about this book was Clay's part on the tapes, and how even Hannah claims he doesn't deserve this, that he doesn't belong on the list. But he's on it because she needs to tell the story fully.

When it comes to the potential of a Clay/Hannah romance, the most realistic quote is: "What if you weren't the person I hoped you were?" That particular quote resonated with me because I'm sure we've all felt the same at one point or another. We've all had these crushes for someone we don't know, and so we absorb the little information (most likely rumors) that float around about them, and hope that they're the person we come to think they are. I'm guilty of doing this, which made the Clay and Hannah relationship more painful. Because she wasn't like that, and he never got the chance.

There was something about the ending that got me. How Clay picked up on all of Skye's signs, and so after the tapes, he calls her name and he (from what we can presume) acts kindly toward her. He wants to be there for her so the same thing that happened to Hannah wouldn't happen to her. He feels hopeful that maybe he can help Skye, which is nice.

Overall, I did enjoy my revisit of this book. Jay Asher has created some of the most interesting characters, from Clay and Hannah, to Skye, Jessica, Justin, Sherry, Marcus, and Courtney. A lot of their actions are realistic, which is what is haunting about the book. I hate reading those criticisms talking about what they (the critics) would've done, because you don't know! You're not sure! While I do wish Hannah hadn't actually committed suicide, that there had been a plot twist, this book certainly resonated with me because I know exactly how Hannah felt. I may not have been bullied to such an extent, but the exhaustion, the desperate need to let go, I felt that.

P.s. Please don't say that this book or the Netflix series helped you to realize that you need to be nice to people. If you needed a book or a series to realize that, I hope you get the help you need.

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) rated Paddington (2015) in Movies

Jan 31, 2018

Paddington (2015)

2015 | Comedy, Family

8.3

(22 Ratings)

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heartwarming! (2 more)

adorable!

sweet dynamic at the end!

this movie may be for kids but i got legit grown up feelings from it!

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) rated American Teen by Khalid in Music

Jan 28, 2018

American Teen by Khalid

2017 | Rhythm And Blues

7.8

(13 Ratings)

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nice beats (2 more)

great lyrics

there's a story to every song

young & good heart

when i bought this album, i'd only heard "location" by him. and i'd never heard any of the other songs before i decided to just go ahead and buy his whole album. i don't know what it was about him, exactly, that just made me put a whole however amount his album's worth out there to support him. but i'm so glad i did! he's such a humble guy, he's wise, and he's 19 having been nominated for a grammy.
he's definitely on his way to being one of the greats

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) created a post

Jan 26, 2018

@other writers: best motivation to write?

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Rickstrong23 (216 KP) Feb 15, 2018

Music get me flowing

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kitty ♡ (68 KP) created a post

Jan 25, 2018

i'm just gonna drop this plug right here. if you guys have a Letterboxd account, follow me here and let me know who you are so i can follow you back!
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