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you really can't convince me lou lou isn't haymitch's rue.

also i thought finnick was the only one to ever possess a trident, so why did district 4's tribute got one? i know it's from the cornucopia but it kind of cheapens finnick.

f for lou lou

she's very sad and a good device to show how snow will ensure he gets his games, but i can't help but wonder if having lou lou in this is a cheap attempt to recreate katniss and rue.

we are finally in the games and i'm not looking forward to finding out who dies when!

lenore dove is not my favourite character.

i think i'm enjoying the espionage etc. in this book because i really enjoy everyone in catching fire. it's great to see effie and get mentions of lucy gray.

i like how this set of games has two clear cut alliances pre-games

i like that haymitch's experince with scoring is the opposite to katniss'

two things:

1. it's sad to think catching fire's rebellion plot was attempted by beetee, wiress and mags 25 years earlier and failed

2. i like that we are learning about the tributes this time, but it makes me sad bc i don't want any of them to die

oh wow, this poor girl they've abused to take the place of louella :( i hate snow

lucy gray haunts the narrative :)

i really like the newcomers and i'm going to be sad when they all die. beetee! now catching fire is a little recontextualised for me.

i now understand why haymitch trusted plutarch

nothing can make me hate wiress or mags. i haven't enjoyed some of the shoehorning in this, but i love that mags is here. it makes haymitch's comments about her in catching fire hit harder.

also like ampert.

i think collins missed an opportunity with maysilee and haymitch. lenore is boring.

rip louella.

i like maysilee and wyatt. i'm not sure how i feel about plutarch because i obviously know his endgame, but it's interesting seeing a familiar face.

it's weird adjusting to a hopeful haymitch.

i'm not sure how i feel about haymitch's reaping — like i get that it's just tragic he wasn't even called and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it kind of just feels cheap, i guess?

then again, katniss volunteered, lucy gray was reaped, and so i guess haymitch is another example of the cruelty of the games.

rip woodbine

i'm hooked — this reads better than songbirds

i'm surprised they know the quarter quell will involve double the tributes! i guess they make it a point to announce quell themes in advance.

genuinely don't know how to math the pages here

intrigued by wendell's realm

so now we know he's a faerie prince!

sooooo is the faerie king from the stories going to show up?

lol i love how emily sliced his arm and his reaction was to say hey you've ruined my coat

greatly interested in the changeling

bambleby is fun

intrigued by the niece!

calling it now: this brambleby has the hots for emily.

i enjoy the narration a lot

athos' death was hella lame, but i loved astrid's

upset about holland. lila can be grating — i still don't see how she's bold?

rip rhy?