Showing posts with label Teen Fiction; Fantasy recommendation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teen Fiction; Fantasy recommendation. Show all posts
Monday, November 1, 2010
"The Battle of the Labyrinth"
Oops! I just finished reading Book 4 in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & The Olympians series and, as there were references to people and events from the previous book, I felt like I was missing something -- or my memory's failing me! As it turns out, I forgot to read Book 3 so I'll be backtracking to read that one next to fill in a few blanks before going on to Book 5. Percy Jackson is in trouble from day one in "The Battle of the Labyrinth" (What's new?!) so I finished this 361 page book in a couple of days as I just couldn't put it down. If you prefer not to miss anything, though, I recommend reading them in order:
Book One: "The Lightning Thief"
Book Two: "The Sea of Monsters"
Book Three: "The Titan's Curse"
Book Four: "The Battle of the Labyrinth"
pazt
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
"The Lightning Thief"
02/16/10
If you pay any attention to movies at all, you know that "Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" is playing in theaters right now. When my younger daughter saw the previews at the movie theater late last year, she decided she wanted to read the book before the movie came out. She liked it so much that she
gave her father a copy for Christmas. He read it and passed it on to me and I just finished reading it today. If I hadn't needed sleep, I would have finished it much sooner! If you like the Harry Potter books, you'll probably also like the Percy Jackson series.
I went on-line to my library to place a hold on the second book in the series this evening and discovered I was something like 182nd in line for 19 holdable copies. Maybe it is time for us to purchase a copy of the second book, too!
My daughter and her husband went to see the movie last weekend and she was a little disappointed. She did say it was good but didn't think there was an urgency for us to rush out to see it at the theater.
My research uncovered the fact that the author, Rick Riordan, also writes mysteries, the Tres Navarre series, which has won the top three awards in the mystery genre so I'm going to pick up the first book in that series soon and start reading them, too. I'll let you know what I think.
pazt
If you pay any attention to movies at all, you know that "Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" is playing in theaters right now. When my younger daughter saw the previews at the movie theater late last year, she decided she wanted to read the book before the movie came out. She liked it so much that she
gave her father a copy for Christmas. He read it and passed it on to me and I just finished reading it today. If I hadn't needed sleep, I would have finished it much sooner! If you like the Harry Potter books, you'll probably also like the Percy Jackson series.
I went on-line to my library to place a hold on the second book in the series this evening and discovered I was something like 182nd in line for 19 holdable copies. Maybe it is time for us to purchase a copy of the second book, too!
My daughter and her husband went to see the movie last weekend and she was a little disappointed. She did say it was good but didn't think there was an urgency for us to rush out to see it at the theater.
My research uncovered the fact that the author, Rick Riordan, also writes mysteries, the Tres Navarre series, which has won the top three awards in the mystery genre so I'm going to pick up the first book in that series soon and start reading them, too. I'll let you know what I think.
pazt
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