#the lost plot

[holly1yxxck]

I'm on The Lost Plot rn but I can't srop thinking about the Burning Page's ending auhhhhhhhh

Does the Invisible Library fandom exist here btw? Or at all

spoiler ->

"Aw I liked Zayanna in Masked City... nice side char-" SHE CAME BACK AND DIED THANK YOU.

[wannabe-british-fangirl]

~ books read in 2023 ~

#16: The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman

"My dear girl," the woman sitting next to Irene sniffed, "if you haven't opened your veins before, then do let Mr. Harper do it for you. He's had a lot of experience with nervous young things like you."

Rating: 5/5

[abookishidentity]

Books read and finished in February 2025

-The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway started January 31, 2025 and finished February 4, 2025- 3/5 stars. I think Nick Harkaway does a really good job at writing interesting characters and stories. However it gets to the point where it doesn’t really fit together all that well? I don’t know. At least this was better than the previous book I read of his. I honestly thought the main character was just referring to himself in the third person sometimes. The main character is actually a side of the character he is constantly talking about. It’s interesting. The world is interesting in this book. A new world is going to bring a new kind of people. We shouldn’t destroy these people as the main character is one of these people. Also this book is written in a certain way that makes sense once you are told what the main character is. I didn’t like it at first but I get it. 

-What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama started February 4, 2025 and finished February 6, 2025- 3/5 stars. I was given this book to read by someone who says this inspired them. I can see why but this book tries really hard to do that. Too hard in fact. I think some things are lost in translation. I didn’t care for the fat shaming. It was a mixture of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Take that as you will. This book did not impress me. 

-The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill started February 6, 2025 and finished February 9, 2025- 4/5 stars. I think I don’t care for the coming of age genre. This book is about a couple of friends going through it and learning magic essentially. I didn’t really care for the parts in which they are teens but more for when they are jaded 30 year olds. Most of the book was about them as teens. There was not enough of Owen in this book. Can’t claim this book is queer if Owen barely shows up. The character of Phillip was weird and interesting. I am not sure how I feel about his relationship with Owen after he had something with the character of Erin. Professor Marsh is an asshole and I’m glad they got rid of him. It was a quick read as the chapters were quite short. 

-Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall started February 10, 2025 and finished February 12, 2025- 3/5 stars. This book was entertaining. Woman gets cursed and has to figure out how to get uncursed and runs into a woman who helps. However the pacing was weird. At the half way point the main character runs into the powerful man who cursed her for “slighting him” at a party and I thought “What's the rest of this book about?” At least she kills him and gets away with it. At a quarter through the book she and the woman declare their lust for each other which seems early for me but whatever. The rest of the book is her getting cursed by the other woman’s curse. The book was fun when the main character’s best friend came around. She was hilarious. 

-Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino started February 12, 2025 and finished February 14, 2025- 4/5 stars. A girl is born and she is a messenger of aliens. She is to report her findings to the aliens. It was cute and slice of life. I like that she communicated to them through fax and they would respond. 

-Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne started February 15, 2025 and finished February 17, 2025- 4/5 stars. Man I love urban fantasy. This was a joy to read. I like that the main character was in his 60s. That’s different. It took me a bit to get used to the accent people spoke in. The main character was cursed. It's heart breaking that he can’t talk to his son anymore as his son hates him. The more he talks out loud to people the more they hate him. So he talks through his phone which is entertaining. 

-The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman started February 17, 2025 and finished February 19, 2025. 3/5 stars. This book irritated me. Kai is overpowered and had to be kidnapped to be sold in an auction. Glad it never came to that. Kai works well with Irene. They have good chemistry. What bothered me most is that not only there's Lord Silver trying to seduce and control Irene but there was also the villain of the book trying to do the same thing. Fucking hated it. Not only that but then Vale had to save Irene. That was really annoying. At least she was able to kill the villain of the book. 

-The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman started February 20, 2025 and finished February 22, 2025- 4/5 stars. This book was much better. I’m glad I kept reading the series. This series is so damn cool. I didn’t think dragons would be a huge part of this series. Alberich is a much more interesting villain. Irene deals with so much shit all the time. Now she is figuring out that her parents aren’t her birth parents.  

-The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman started February 23, 2025 and finished February 25, 2025- 4/5 stars. This book had a cool aesthetic. 1920s prohibition New York with mobsters, dragons and the fae. It was neat. She is told that she is adopted like in a really off handed way.

-The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman started February 26, 2025- Still reading this book. Irene deals with so much bullshit. I wonder if we get to meet her parents who are being used as hostages in this book.

[rae-butter]

Honestly, I love it when characters relapse. When someone who’s gotten over their anger issues falls into a situation so out of their depth they fall back on their old habits. When someone who’s learned to open up becomes a recluse again in order to cope with something outside their control.

There’s just something so horrible, so toxic, about watching a character grow and then slip back into their old selves in order to cope, bc you know they still care, that they’re the same inside, but watching them hurt so hard they don’t know what else to do brings a sense of catharsis.

[razreads]

Hindsight always had all the best ideas.

Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot

[madamadamiu]

Lost Light Cat Shelter #1: pages 1-2

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[fastepp]

Every time I see an author promoting their debut Greek mythology retelling on twitter I mourn the loss of like. To put in ineloquently. Just using these stories as inspiration for your own. Your story does not need to force itself to fit the shape of Orpheus and Eurydice it’s fine you can just allude to their story!! You can use their themes!! Nobody is going to arrest you for being allegorical instead of literal!! I might eat them alive at this point. It’s the only way.

[eriochromatic]

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.

some last fleeting thoughts on an independent zaun

(original quote from asoiaf)

[waywardblackkitty]

Misha's character introduction on The Boys be like :

[purpleangiie]

Damian: "Grayson, what are you staring at?"

Dick: "Sh!"

Tim: "Leave him be, D. He's emotional."

Damian: "Over what?"

Dick, staring at the two quiet figures in front of them: "Would you believe that? Jason and Bruce existing in the same space and not throwing a tantrum, but actually behaving like two adults? They're even working together at the same desk. Unbelievable."

Damian: "Wait, has father just ruffled Todd's hair?"

Dick: "And he didn’t even punched him back! I'm so proud of how far they both have come. *sniff* Now we could all be one happy family."

Damiam: *looking absolutely bewildered, gazing up at Tim who just shrugs*

Tim: "Give them 15 minutes."

Damian: "12."

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Jason: "Bruce. Bruce WHERE IS MY PEN?"

Bruce: "Y-your pen, Jason?"

Jason: "Oh my god. You don't even remember it. My pen, Bruce. My personalized red and golden Montblanc you gifted me for my 14th birthday. I left it here, where is it? You threw it away, didn't you? LIKE YOU DID WITH ANY REGARD YOU EVER HAD FOR ME AND MY FEELINGS? DID YOU FORGET I WAS YOUR SON TOO? WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO LOVE ME?"

Dick: "Damn! We got so close."

Tim: "And that'd be 10 minutes and 35 seconds."

Damian: "-TT- Pay up, Drake."

[honeysunzz]

one thing about america is that they’ll let a rapist become president before a woman

[katsinspats]

Tragic: Guy you based your entire villain backstory on doesn't even remember you

[abookishidentity]

Books I recently checked out of the library

The Masked City

The Burning Page

The Mortal Word

The Lost Plot

All by Genevieve Cogman. I figured I'd start reading this series again. It is a fascinating world. I'm currently on The Burning Page. I like Irene so much. She's like "I don't have time for this shit! I got to do my job!" I find it interesting when Kai changes into his dragon form and flies them to places. It's quite intriguing when many different creatures exist at the same time. I have never read a book series in which this included dragons as well.

[raepliica]

i think they should take turns cuddling for healing purposes

[mafuyuakgae]

even if I came to love humanity in the end, there’s no proof I was ever here, right?

[madamadamiu]

Megatron always hides under furniture when it rains, I wonder why.