Quote - The Last Olympian

"With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later." The Last Olympian by Rich Riordan

The Last Olympian

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of a victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows.

While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.

Are you ever sad when you come to the end of a series because it means it's all over, you won't be reading about these exciting people anymore? I feel that way a lot and certainly did at the end of this series. I read them all so quickly it sometimes seems like it was all one book. This last one held up to excitement as the whole book takes place in just a couple days. Things we've only guessed at (guessed correctly, it really wasn't THAT difficult to figure out) are now made clear.

I loved the whole series. Lots of excitement, adventure, and of course monsters. With the hint of romance. Not too much, after all they are just 15 even if they are heros. If you haven't thought to read these yet I suggest you do.

week 25

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week 24

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quote - Lightnight Thief & Sea of Monsters

"Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?" — Rick Riordan (The Lightning Thief)

"Families are mess. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related, for better or worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum." — Rick Riordan

"[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that." — Rick Riordan (The Sea of Monsters)

"We only came close to dying six or seven times, which i thought was pretty good. Once, I lst my grip and found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. But I found another handhold and kept climbing. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face. "Sorry," she murrmured. "S'okay," I grunted, though I'd never really wanted to know what Annabeth's sneaker tasted like." — Rick Riordan (The Sea of Monsters)

"Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. " — Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson, a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any normal friends. But things don't stay quiet for long.

Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia. Only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name: The Bermuda Triangle.

Together with his friends, Percy must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family, one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke. (goodreads)

Gosh I love how clever these are. Perhaps it's because I've always loved mythology so the references are especially amusing to me.

Anyhow, this book was even better than the first. The plot thickens as it were. surprises all along the way with the biggest at the end. I love a good sea quest don't you? and you know the son of the sea god should have an awesome one for sure! I was hoping for a few more showing water skills from Percy what with being in the oecan and all, but it was all good.

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. (goodreads)

Significantly different from the movie. I can see why some things were changed and in some ways a few of them were for the better. (for a movie I mean) The actual plot in the book is much more interesting. The movie's way of go her then her then here reminded me a lot of Dora the Explorer. The book however gives you much more plot (of course). I did enjoy the movie though. The books however have sucked me in and I continue to blow through them like a storm. They are difficult to put down.

Week 23

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Quote - Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

"In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown"
~Juliet

"Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books."
~Isola

"I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with. "
~Juliet

"Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers."
~Juliet

Ah this book is soooooo quotable! Go here and read them all yourself
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1194527.Mary_Ann_Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.”

January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb….

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.

This book was adorable! I'll admit after the first two letters I was like "what? This doesn't make any sense." but keep going cause it will. Having the book written just in letters made it very personal in a way. It often made me giggle and sometimes right out laugh! The ending was especially dilectable. Read it and love it! That's all I have to say.

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