In case you don't follow Rick Riordan's blog, Myth and Mystery (and I don't know why you wouldn't), here are the book tour dates for the upcoming book, House of Hades.
Launch day- Tuesday October 8th
Barnes & Noble in Burlington, MA
Wednesday October 9th
Symphony Space in New York, New York (coincidence? I think not)
Thursday October 10th
Barnes & Noble in Fairless, PA
Friday October 11th
Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
Saturday October 12th
St. Louis Public Library in St. Louis, MO
Sunday October 13th
Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN
Monday October 14th
Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, TX
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT!
Final Day- Tuesday October 15th
Minnesota Public Radio’s Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN
I'm sooo excited for this!!! He's only going to be an HOUR away from me!!!! I'm going and I can't wait!!
Hope this was helpful :) For full information, check out his latest blog post.
Psst! Hey you. Yeah, you.
I got one other thing might you want to know. On his blog, you can also read the sneak peak of HoH. Now I give you permission to leave.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Sea of Monsters Movie
WARNING!!!!! MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!!
I saw the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Sea of Monsters movie yesterday. Here are some things you should know before you go see it. I'm also going to compare the movie to the book.
1. You have to walk into the movie with an open mind. If you go in there expecting it to be exactly like the book, not only are you going to be disappointed, but you are going to miss out on a decent movie.
2. If you've seen the trailer for the movie, you know Leven Rambin (who also plays Glimmer in the Hunger Games) is Clarisse. I'm here to say although I was skeptical at first of her being picked for this role, she was amazing as Clarisse.
3. If you haven't seen the first movie, don't bother going to see this one. But if you just have to see this movie, see the Lightning Thief first. Buy it, rent it, borrow it from a friend.
4. This movie is extremely funny. We laughed during almost every scene. This movie represents the humor from the books. It's nothing drastic, but the little lines they put in the script make this really funny.
5. It wasn't very smooth. What I mean is, one second it's all dark and gloomy and Percy is handing the Fleece to Clarisse at CirceLand and the next second Chiron is handing it to her at Camp, and it's all cheery and bright.
6. They took out the part with Circe turning Percy into a guinea pig. So if all you want is to see that part, don't go to the movie.
7. At the beginning of the movie it shows Luke, Annabeth, Grover and Thalia running towards Camp. This is kinda minor, but it's important to me. Annabeth is the same age as Thalia and Luke.
8. Percy is told the Great Prophecy in this movie. And they changed it. It is now:
A child of the Eldest Gods
Shall reach twenty against all odds.
And see the world in endless sleep.
The evil soul, cursed blade shall reap.
A single choice shall end his days.
Olympus, to preserve or raze.
See the difference?
9. In this movie, they mention Chris and Ethan, though Ethan doesn't have an eye patch. Also mentioned is Silena Beauregard, though what really bugged me is she is mentioned with Chris and Ethan on Luke's ship. Even though she was the spy, she WASN'T part of Luke's rebel gang of demigods.
10. Luke's ship the Andromeda, not the Princess Andromeda like in the book, is a yacht not a cruise ship, therefor it is much, much, MUCH smaller than the Princess Andromeda.
11. The book is still better than the movie, but it was a good movie. I'm going to see it again in theatres, then be one of the first to buy it.
Looking back, I guess it wasn't that huge a Spoiler Alert after all. I wanted there to be plenty of surprises. Overall, this was a great movie that I would love to see again and one day own. So, demigods, what are you waiting for? Go and see this movie.
I saw the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Sea of Monsters movie yesterday. Here are some things you should know before you go see it. I'm also going to compare the movie to the book.
1. You have to walk into the movie with an open mind. If you go in there expecting it to be exactly like the book, not only are you going to be disappointed, but you are going to miss out on a decent movie.
2. If you've seen the trailer for the movie, you know Leven Rambin (who also plays Glimmer in the Hunger Games) is Clarisse. I'm here to say although I was skeptical at first of her being picked for this role, she was amazing as Clarisse.
3. If you haven't seen the first movie, don't bother going to see this one. But if you just have to see this movie, see the Lightning Thief first. Buy it, rent it, borrow it from a friend.
4. This movie is extremely funny. We laughed during almost every scene. This movie represents the humor from the books. It's nothing drastic, but the little lines they put in the script make this really funny.
5. It wasn't very smooth. What I mean is, one second it's all dark and gloomy and Percy is handing the Fleece to Clarisse at CirceLand and the next second Chiron is handing it to her at Camp, and it's all cheery and bright.
6. They took out the part with Circe turning Percy into a guinea pig. So if all you want is to see that part, don't go to the movie.
7. At the beginning of the movie it shows Luke, Annabeth, Grover and Thalia running towards Camp. This is kinda minor, but it's important to me. Annabeth is the same age as Thalia and Luke.
8. Percy is told the Great Prophecy in this movie. And they changed it. It is now:
A child of the Eldest Gods
Shall reach twenty against all odds.
And see the world in endless sleep.
The evil soul, cursed blade shall reap.
A single choice shall end his days.
Olympus, to preserve or raze.
See the difference?
9. In this movie, they mention Chris and Ethan, though Ethan doesn't have an eye patch. Also mentioned is Silena Beauregard, though what really bugged me is she is mentioned with Chris and Ethan on Luke's ship. Even though she was the spy, she WASN'T part of Luke's rebel gang of demigods.
10. Luke's ship the Andromeda, not the Princess Andromeda like in the book, is a yacht not a cruise ship, therefor it is much, much, MUCH smaller than the Princess Andromeda.
11. The book is still better than the movie, but it was a good movie. I'm going to see it again in theatres, then be one of the first to buy it.
Looking back, I guess it wasn't that huge a Spoiler Alert after all. I wanted there to be plenty of surprises. Overall, this was a great movie that I would love to see again and one day own. So, demigods, what are you waiting for? Go and see this movie.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Great News!!
Hey, y'all!
I have the most amazing news ever since the creation of Gaea.
(Drum roll Please!)
Okay, here's the news:
Percy Jackson survives Tartarus. I'm not sure about Annabeth, but Percy would not leave that place without her.
How do I know this?
Well in SoS (Son of Sobek), Carter says
He looked a little older than me— maybe seventeen—with tousled black hair and sea-green eyes. What really caught my attention was his sword— a straight double-edged blade glowing with faint bronze light.
"Maybe seventeen"? At the end of MoA, he was only 16!
If that's not good enough for you, there's also the fact that the SoS takes place one year after SS (Serpent's Shadow).
Now, if we assume that the Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicles series are on the same timeline, (for example: Lost Hero and Red Pyramid both happened around the same Christmas holiday) we know that Percy has to survive.
I remembered El Paso, the winter before last, when my sister and I had been attacked by the crocodile god Sobek.
And in the sneak peak of HoH that came with the Kindle version of SoS (which is worth getting a Kindle just to read it) Hazel, who narrates first says:
Hazel took a deep breath. Percy and Annabeth were still alive. She knew that in her heart.
Hazel's smart and a child of Hades. So if she says Percabeth are alive, well,
THEY'RE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!:) :) :)
And even if all of my research is invalid (which it's not),
PERCY JACKSON STILL HAS TO SURVIVE!!!!!! NOT AN OPTION!!!
I have the most amazing news ever since the creation of Gaea.
(Drum roll Please!)
Okay, here's the news:
Percy Jackson survives Tartarus. I'm not sure about Annabeth, but Percy would not leave that place without her.
How do I know this?
Well in SoS (Son of Sobek), Carter says
He looked a little older than me— maybe seventeen—with tousled black hair and sea-green eyes. What really caught my attention was his sword— a straight double-edged blade glowing with faint bronze light.
"Maybe seventeen"? At the end of MoA, he was only 16!
If that's not good enough for you, there's also the fact that the SoS takes place one year after SS (Serpent's Shadow).
Now, if we assume that the Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicles series are on the same timeline, (for example: Lost Hero and Red Pyramid both happened around the same Christmas holiday) we know that Percy has to survive.
I remembered El Paso, the winter before last, when my sister and I had been attacked by the crocodile god Sobek.
And in the sneak peak of HoH that came with the Kindle version of SoS (which is worth getting a Kindle just to read it) Hazel, who narrates first says:
Hazel took a deep breath. Percy and Annabeth were still alive. She knew that in her heart.
Hazel's smart and a child of Hades. So if she says Percabeth are alive, well,
THEY'RE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!:) :) :)
And even if all of my research is invalid (which it's not),
PERCY JACKSON STILL HAS TO SURVIVE!!!!!! NOT AN OPTION!!!
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