Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Just Got My BoO Book! (No Spoilers)
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
BoO (No Spoilers. ✋ I Swear it on the River Styx. ✋)
Hi everyone! I am finished reading BoO! I am excited I finished it but now it has REALLY set in that there are no more PJO books. Honestly, I am fairly dazed I guess you could say. Between BoO and the series ending, my brain has just shut down.
I don't know how many of you out there have read BoO yet, so I will not be doing a full review at this time. I am going to wait a few days. I do want to say one thing though. This book... just wow. For those that have read it, you should understand what I am talking about.
Since I am not reviewing BoO at this time, I am not going to elaborate. If you have read BoO let me know in a comment below, but please be respectful and don't leave any spoilers. I want to keep this post spoiler free for those that have not finished it yet.
Thank you all for reading! Don't forget to comment below! Have a good day!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
I don't know how many of you out there have read BoO yet, so I will not be doing a full review at this time. I am going to wait a few days. I do want to say one thing though. This book... just wow. For those that have read it, you should understand what I am talking about.
Since I am not reviewing BoO at this time, I am not going to elaborate. If you have read BoO let me know in a comment below, but please be respectful and don't leave any spoilers. I want to keep this post spoiler free for those that have not finished it yet.
Thank you all for reading! Don't forget to comment below! Have a good day!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Monday, October 6, 2014
Day Before BoO
Hi everyone, how are you today? Are you excited?!?!??! Are you nervous? Or are you a bit scared? Or sad? I'm all four. BoO comes out tomorrow (or 3 am for me since I have it pre ordered on my Kindle) which is cause for excitement, but I am nervous because someone is going to die, scared about who is going to die, and sad because this is the last PJO book. This doesn't mark the end of this fandom in my life; it will always be part of my life, but it does mark the end of new PJO material. 😔😔😔
Right now I am off to my co-op classes. (For those of you who don't know, I am homeschooled, but I go to outside classes.) An hour and a half of Shakespeare and AP World History before I can get home and prepare for BoO.
I don't know how many of you are going to do this, but I am going to marathon this book from the moment I get it until I finish it. So most of Tuesday. Well I am going to have to take a hour break from 10:15 to 11:15ish for my Ancient Greek class, but other than that, I will be reading all day.
I may have a tutorial comming later today. I am not promising the tutorial because I was having problems with it when I tried to do it yesterday, but I will try.
Thank you all for reading! Please comment below and tell me about your plans to read BoO. Are you going to be reading it all day as soon as you get it like me? Or do you have to read a few chapters at a time? I really want to hear from y'all so please comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Right now I am off to my co-op classes. (For those of you who don't know, I am homeschooled, but I go to outside classes.) An hour and a half of Shakespeare and AP World History before I can get home and prepare for BoO.
I don't know how many of you are going to do this, but I am going to marathon this book from the moment I get it until I finish it. So most of Tuesday. Well I am going to have to take a hour break from 10:15 to 11:15ish for my Ancient Greek class, but other than that, I will be reading all day.
I may have a tutorial comming later today. I am not promising the tutorial because I was having problems with it when I tried to do it yesterday, but I will try.
Thank you all for reading! Please comment below and tell me about your plans to read BoO. Are you going to be reading it all day as soon as you get it like me? Or do you have to read a few chapters at a time? I really want to hear from y'all so please comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Friday, October 3, 2014
BoO Predictions
Hi everyone! Are you excited?!?! I'm excited! Do you know why I am excited? BoO is coming out in just 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't a reason to celebrate, I don't know what is?
Today I want to share my theories/predictions for BoO. And, of course, everything I say will say is exactly what will happen and you have no reason to read BoO because I am just going to spoil it now. Lol, obviously that is not true. I am actually not good at making predictions. I have one or two things that I feel like will happen a certain way, but everything else, my guess is just as good as yours. That being said, I am going to try to work through some theories, but I am not promising much.
Okay, here we go! First thing I would like to disclose is Percy and Annabeth will not die. Uncle Rick knows that he would be stupid to kill them. They have been in both series and we have grown so attached to them that he knows there would be serious problems if he kills either of them. That being said, if I were writing a book similar to this, I would probably kill off one of the main characters because of the reason I just listed. Does that make me Moffat? (Sorry if you aren't in any fandom that has Moffat as the writer. Just ignore that.)
Killing of the main character isn't unheard of though. John Greene and Veronica Roth both did it. And Rick Riordan said that he was trying out some John Greene and Veronica Roth techniques in a tweet on twitter.
But I still feel that Percy and Annabeth are safe. Well...they aren't safe safe, but they are safe from dying...
Anyway, moving on! Actually I don't know where to go from here. Ummm. Let's do Reyna next.
Now, I know Reyna isn't part of the seven, but she had been included in this "who is going to die" debate, so I am going to include her.
I know a lot of you are going to really hate me for saying this, but I feel Reyna is going to die. Why? Well, mostly a gut feeling, but also you need to remember she is fighting in the war between the camp. We only know a handful of people who are fighting in that war: Gover, Rachel, Reyna, Nico, and Octavian. I know there are other that we could name like probably Dakota (ect.), but they are smaller characters. It wouldn't be very realistic for no one to die in a war and while I think small characters will die Rick needs at least one main character to die. I feel like it will be either Reyna or Nico. If I had to pick one, I lean towards Reyna. Again, mainly gut, but I feel like Nico is just starting to be accepted -or he is finally allowing himself to be accepted, however you want to look at that-something he has been trying to do for quite sometime. I feel he is safe because of this.
Well that turned into a Nico/Reyna prediction so I am going to skip Nico and move on to Jason.
I am really not sure what to think about Jason. He's just kinda there. I like his character for the most part, he isn't my favorite, but I don't actually feel like he has pulled his weight as much as the others. Before you hate me, hear me out. He had his purpose in the beginning, he and Percy bridged the gap between the two camps. I actually like Jason more in The Lost Hero than I do going into book 5. Actually that wasn't phrased correctly. After The Lost Hero I thought Jason was going to be a stronger character than he's ended up. Jason has had his moments of glory/usefulness, but overall I feel like he is just there as part of the bridging of the two camps. Maybe this book will prove me wrong. I hope so. I hope Jason will really step up in this book. Hopefully, he will have his moment.
I want to repeat, I like Jason. I really do. I just feel like he hasn't shined, at least in the last two books, as much as the majority of the rest of the Seven have.
Having said all that, my prediction for Jason is simple. He will live.
Now my predictions for Piper. I don't really know what is going to happen to her. I think she is safe. She doesn't seem to have a real reason to die. She hasn't been for foreshadowed to die or anything. I am not worried about Piper.
Okay, let's talk about Leo next. I am nervous for Leo. I feel like two of the Seven are going to die, and I feel Percy and Annabeth are safe and overall Jason and Piper are safe. So that leaves Leo, Hazel, and Frank. I don't want any of them to die, but I feel like they are more likely to die.
Anyway, back to Leo. He has the promise to Calypso which is very ominous. I am 50, 50 on Leo. I hope he doesn't die, but Uncle Rick set it up for Leo to at least be in grave danger. We only have a few days left now to find out though! I don't know if I am excited or scared.
Hazel, I can see Hazel dying, but I don't feel like she will. She seems relatively safe.
Frank on the other hand, I don't think he will survive. He has been foreshadowed to die quite a few times. And Frank has the burning stick thing and I know from the actual myth that Atropos was actually killed because his mom put the stick into a fire after Atropos killed his mom's brothers (Yes, I know, messed up family.). Because Atropos died and he and Frank both have the burning stick, I feel like Frank has the best chance of dying.
That's pretty much it for my predictions. Please comment below and let me know your predictions. You don't have to go through explaining why you think whatever it is if you don't won't to, but I would be really interested in hearing your predictions!
Thank you for reading! Don't forget to comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Today I want to share my theories/predictions for BoO. And, of course, everything I say will say is exactly what will happen and you have no reason to read BoO because I am just going to spoil it now. Lol, obviously that is not true. I am actually not good at making predictions. I have one or two things that I feel like will happen a certain way, but everything else, my guess is just as good as yours. That being said, I am going to try to work through some theories, but I am not promising much.
Okay, here we go! First thing I would like to disclose is Percy and Annabeth will not die. Uncle Rick knows that he would be stupid to kill them. They have been in both series and we have grown so attached to them that he knows there would be serious problems if he kills either of them. That being said, if I were writing a book similar to this, I would probably kill off one of the main characters because of the reason I just listed. Does that make me Moffat? (Sorry if you aren't in any fandom that has Moffat as the writer. Just ignore that.)
Killing of the main character isn't unheard of though. John Greene and Veronica Roth both did it. And Rick Riordan said that he was trying out some John Greene and Veronica Roth techniques in a tweet on twitter.
But I still feel that Percy and Annabeth are safe. Well...they aren't safe safe, but they are safe from dying...
Anyway, moving on! Actually I don't know where to go from here. Ummm. Let's do Reyna next.
Now, I know Reyna isn't part of the seven, but she had been included in this "who is going to die" debate, so I am going to include her.
I know a lot of you are going to really hate me for saying this, but I feel Reyna is going to die. Why? Well, mostly a gut feeling, but also you need to remember she is fighting in the war between the camp. We only know a handful of people who are fighting in that war: Gover, Rachel, Reyna, Nico, and Octavian. I know there are other that we could name like probably Dakota (ect.), but they are smaller characters. It wouldn't be very realistic for no one to die in a war and while I think small characters will die Rick needs at least one main character to die. I feel like it will be either Reyna or Nico. If I had to pick one, I lean towards Reyna. Again, mainly gut, but I feel like Nico is just starting to be accepted -or he is finally allowing himself to be accepted, however you want to look at that-something he has been trying to do for quite sometime. I feel he is safe because of this.
Well that turned into a Nico/Reyna prediction so I am going to skip Nico and move on to Jason.
I am really not sure what to think about Jason. He's just kinda there. I like his character for the most part, he isn't my favorite, but I don't actually feel like he has pulled his weight as much as the others. Before you hate me, hear me out. He had his purpose in the beginning, he and Percy bridged the gap between the two camps. I actually like Jason more in The Lost Hero than I do going into book 5. Actually that wasn't phrased correctly. After The Lost Hero I thought Jason was going to be a stronger character than he's ended up. Jason has had his moments of glory/usefulness, but overall I feel like he is just there as part of the bridging of the two camps. Maybe this book will prove me wrong. I hope so. I hope Jason will really step up in this book. Hopefully, he will have his moment.
I want to repeat, I like Jason. I really do. I just feel like he hasn't shined, at least in the last two books, as much as the majority of the rest of the Seven have.
Having said all that, my prediction for Jason is simple. He will live.
Now my predictions for Piper. I don't really know what is going to happen to her. I think she is safe. She doesn't seem to have a real reason to die. She hasn't been for foreshadowed to die or anything. I am not worried about Piper.
Okay, let's talk about Leo next. I am nervous for Leo. I feel like two of the Seven are going to die, and I feel Percy and Annabeth are safe and overall Jason and Piper are safe. So that leaves Leo, Hazel, and Frank. I don't want any of them to die, but I feel like they are more likely to die.
Anyway, back to Leo. He has the promise to Calypso which is very ominous. I am 50, 50 on Leo. I hope he doesn't die, but Uncle Rick set it up for Leo to at least be in grave danger. We only have a few days left now to find out though! I don't know if I am excited or scared.
Hazel, I can see Hazel dying, but I don't feel like she will. She seems relatively safe.
Frank on the other hand, I don't think he will survive. He has been foreshadowed to die quite a few times. And Frank has the burning stick thing and I know from the actual myth that Atropos was actually killed because his mom put the stick into a fire after Atropos killed his mom's brothers (Yes, I know, messed up family.). Because Atropos died and he and Frank both have the burning stick, I feel like Frank has the best chance of dying.
That's pretty much it for my predictions. Please comment below and let me know your predictions. You don't have to go through explaining why you think whatever it is if you don't won't to, but I would be really interested in hearing your predictions!
Thank you for reading! Don't forget to comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Saturday, September 27, 2014
BoO Clue Reveals
In case you haven't heard, Disney Hyperion has sent swag packages to nine different booktubers. Inside these care packages, are clues as to what is going to happen in BoO. If you want to see the clues, and the booktuber's theories, make sure you watch all the videos in the list below.
#1 - Tuesday, September 9th: PolandBananasBOOKS: http://youtu.be/6VIvtMk2fVQ
#2 - Wednesday, September 10th: Katytastic: http://youtu.be/yxAiKuNuxzc
#3 - Sunday, September 14th: JennaClarek: http://youtu.be/8MKBWFv2BxM
#4 - Monday, September 15th: TheBookTuber: http://youtu.be/H0DdNZtYiOI
#5 - Tuesday, September 16th: ELizzieBooks: http://youtu.be/vev52Sq6REk
#6 - Friday, September 19th: TheBookBasement: http://youtu.be/yiqVAXNjLz8
#7 - Saturday, September 20th: Priceiswong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUyWPm5O9PY
#8 - Sunday, September 21st: CassJayTuck: https://www.youtube.com/user/cassjaytuck
#9 - Sunday, September 28th: PadfootandProngs07: https://www.youtube.com/user/padfoota...
#2 - Wednesday, September 10th: Katytastic: http://youtu.be/yxAiKuNuxzc
#3 - Sunday, September 14th: JennaClarek: http://youtu.be/8MKBWFv2BxM
#4 - Monday, September 15th: TheBookTuber: http://youtu.be/H0DdNZtYiOI
#5 - Tuesday, September 16th: ELizzieBooks: http://youtu.be/vev52Sq6REk
#6 - Friday, September 19th: TheBookBasement: http://youtu.be/yiqVAXNjLz8
#7 - Saturday, September 20th: Priceiswong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUyWPm5O9PY
#8 - Sunday, September 21st: CassJayTuck: https://www.youtube.com/user/cassjaytuck
#9 - Sunday, September 28th: PadfootandProngs07: https://www.youtube.com/user/padfoota...
I have yet to watch all of the videos, but I am going to marathon them and post my prediction on Sunday 9/28/14 or Monday 9/19/14.
Leave me a comment down below and tell me your predictions!
Thank you all so much for reading!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
P.S. I can't believe we are only 10 days away from BoO!!!!!!!! It is so bitter sweet. I am SO excited for this book, but I don't want it to end. It has been such a big part of my life for 5 years. It's going to be hard to see it end.
Leave me a comment down below and tell me your predictions!
Thank you all so much for reading!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
P.S. I can't believe we are only 10 days away from BoO!!!!!!!! It is so bitter sweet. I am SO excited for this book, but I don't want it to end. It has been such a big part of my life for 5 years. It's going to be hard to see it end.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Please don't hate me for just now getting to this. Anyway, as you know, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods came out August 19th.
The first thing I want to address is the artwork in the book. I felt like the artwork was pretty good. However, the PJO fandom is spoiled by having so many wonderful artists. I do not deny that John Rocco can draw, but he's not the best I have seen. That being said, I am really pleased that they decided to change Percy for the cover.
Here I have added the two drawings so you can see the changes.
I think you would agree that the new Percy is better. Not the best I have ever seen, but it is an improvement.
That's all I can really say about the art. Good, not the best. Here are some examples of the artwork.
Now to the book itself! I LOVED it. I laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Rick Riordan had no problem jumping back into Percy's narrative. Uncle Rick told the myths in such a fun light-hearted way that you can't help but enjoy the stories.
I really like that Uncle Rick included the beginning of the world myth. You don't hear about it too much and I was glad he made sure to include it. Also, I enjoyed how modern he made everything. Most of the conversations had modern touches. The gods would have modern technology, or at least know about the technology. Rick really made sure to make the myths relatable to the modern reader. I know that that is his whole stick, but the gods have the demigods in the PJO series that are the connecting link to the modern world. In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, you don't have that link, so it creates a totally different feel from the normal series. I hope that made sense.
I was really glad that the funny chapter titles were back. I wish we had them in HoO, but when push comes to shove, they aren't the most important thing to have in the new series. In no particular order, here are some examples of the chapter titles in the Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Book:
While reading this book, I realized that I was slowing down and savoring every word because it finally set in that the PJO series was ending, that this was going to be the last time I got to read something from Percy's PoV. I don't know how many of you have had that realization or if you would care enough about the series to care, but this series mean a lot to me, so it makes me sad that it is ending.
Comment below and let me know what you think about the book, your favorite story in the book, if it has hit you that the PJO series is reaching its end, and what you are most looking forward to in BoO. (Only 26 days now!!!!!)
Thank you for reading! Remember to comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
The first thing I want to address is the artwork in the book. I felt like the artwork was pretty good. However, the PJO fandom is spoiled by having so many wonderful artists. I do not deny that John Rocco can draw, but he's not the best I have seen. That being said, I am really pleased that they decided to change Percy for the cover.
Here I have added the two drawings so you can see the changes.
I think you would agree that the new Percy is better. Not the best I have ever seen, but it is an improvement.
That's all I can really say about the art. Good, not the best. Here are some examples of the artwork.
Now to the book itself! I LOVED it. I laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Rick Riordan had no problem jumping back into Percy's narrative. Uncle Rick told the myths in such a fun light-hearted way that you can't help but enjoy the stories.
I really like that Uncle Rick included the beginning of the world myth. You don't hear about it too much and I was glad he made sure to include it. Also, I enjoyed how modern he made everything. Most of the conversations had modern touches. The gods would have modern technology, or at least know about the technology. Rick really made sure to make the myths relatable to the modern reader. I know that that is his whole stick, but the gods have the demigods in the PJO series that are the connecting link to the modern world. In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, you don't have that link, so it creates a totally different feel from the normal series. I hope that made sense.
I was really glad that the funny chapter titles were back. I wish we had them in HoO, but when push comes to shove, they aren't the most important thing to have in the new series. In no particular order, here are some examples of the chapter titles in the Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Book:
1. Poseidon Gets Salty
2. Ares the Manly Man's Manly Man
3. Zeus Kills Everyone
4. Hades Does Home Employment
5. You Gotta Love Aphrodite
6. Athena Adopts a Handkerchief
7. Hephaestus Makes Me a Golden Llama (Not Really, but He Totally Should)
Obviously, some of the titles are better than others. Personally ,I like number seven the best; I feel like Percy's personality really shows through.
Comment below and let me know what you think about the book, your favorite story in the book, if it has hit you that the PJO series is reaching its end, and what you are most looking forward to in BoO. (Only 26 days now!!!!!)
Thank you for reading! Remember to comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Monday, September 8, 2014
BoO Tickets!
Thank for reading!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena.
BoO Book Tour!
Thanks for reading and please remember to comment below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Monday, August 18, 2014
August 18th!
Hi everyone, today is August 18th and I am sure you know what that means Percy's birthday! And let's not forget! It's Percabteh's anniversary!
Unfortunately this year I have yet to be able to make anything, but many people have. And I though it would be fun to show you their work. (Disclaimer: None of this is my own. I found all of this on Pinterest and I will make sure to give credit if I can find who made it. If I use something that is yours and you don't have the credit let me know in a comment and I will fix it.)
First up, I am going to show y'all some fan art.
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Credit: http://justbeccaz.tumblr.com/.
Credit: http://burdge.tumblr.com/.
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Credit: http://everfrayed.tumblr.com/.
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Some people didn't celebrate Percy's birthday/Percabteh's anniversary by drawing or editing something, some people baked...
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/mrsherondale07/
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/bhsdazzler/
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/geekgirl8/.
...and some people drew tridents on their arms.
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/j24jennings/
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/HazelLevesque01/
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/geekgirl8/
Did you celebrate Percy's birthday/Percabteh's anniversary? If so let me know what you did in a comment below.
Thank you all for reading and have a great day!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Monday, August 11, 2014
I'm Back!
So yes, I have been really bad and have not posted anything for the LONGEST time, but that is about to change! I am hoping to start Mount Olympus Weekly back to the way it was. But first, I would like to give a HUGE thank you to the people who keep checking my blog. I was so excited when I got on here again to see that I wasn't totally forgotten about. You guys are amazing, all of you!
Second, I want to know what YOU want to see. What do you want me to talk about? Do you want me to find different PJO 30 day challenges and do them? Do you want me to do contest and giveaways? Let me know what you would like to see in a comment below. Keep in mind I might not be able to do some things, though.
Next I have a list of things you might be interested in checking out.
1. A while back I started a Camp Half-Blood on pinterest. Some of you may already know about it, but for those of you who don't, here is the link: http://www.pinterest.com/camphalfblood/.
2. The tour dates for BoO just came out!!!!!! Make sure you check to this link: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-blood-of-olympus-book-tour.html! And once you do come back here and let me know if you get to go to a tour stop.
3. There is now a PJO app. Check out his link to read about all the details: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2014/08/demigods-of-olympus.html.
4. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods is coming out in just a couple of days (Aug.19)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's all for now. Thank you all so much for reading! And please remember to leave your comments down below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
Second, I want to know what YOU want to see. What do you want me to talk about? Do you want me to find different PJO 30 day challenges and do them? Do you want me to do contest and giveaways? Let me know what you would like to see in a comment below. Keep in mind I might not be able to do some things, though.
Next I have a list of things you might be interested in checking out.
1. A while back I started a Camp Half-Blood on pinterest. Some of you may already know about it, but for those of you who don't, here is the link: http://www.pinterest.com/camphalfblood/.
2. The tour dates for BoO just came out!!!!!! Make sure you check to this link: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-blood-of-olympus-book-tour.html! And once you do come back here and let me know if you get to go to a tour stop.
3. There is now a PJO app. Check out his link to read about all the details: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2014/08/demigods-of-olympus.html.
4. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods is coming out in just a couple of days (Aug.19)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's all for now. Thank you all so much for reading! And please remember to leave your comments down below!
Shelby
Daughter of Athena
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