Mrs. Jackson

  Today I was thinking about Percy’s mom, Sally.  There are a lot of question floating around my brain.  One is that she might know that Percy, for the time being at least, is alive. Mrs. Jackson was probably freaking out about Percy’s disappearance more than Annabeth.  We all know how upset and frustrated Annabeth was, but no one has really asked about Mrs. Jackson. 

  Another question that has been running through my brain is, “If she does know that Percy is at least alive, then has she gotten to talk to Percy via Iris message?”  I think getting to talk to Percy would make Mrs. Jackson feel a whole lot better.  And we know that Iris message is working because in MoA it was said that it was working now.

  That’s pretty much all for today.  Just one more thing...I am going to be sending Rick Riordan a letter, and I am asking a whole bunch of questions.  If there are any questions you would like to ask him, comment below and I will include them in my letter.  If I get a reply to any questions, I will post them on here.

  Please have your questions put up by Sunday at midnight.   Feel free to comment below!

Daughter of Athena
Shelby

Seaweed Brain

   It is finally here!  Seaweed Brain!  I am not sure where to start, but I guess I will start, just like Annabeth, at the beginning.

 The Lighting Thief

  From the moment I read the first page of LT, I was not only in love with the books, but I was also in love with Percy himself.  Throughout this first book, I loved getting to know Percy, his humor and how brave he is. Would you go off into a world full of monsters you just learned about to retrieve a lost lightning bolt and your mom from Hades?  The consequence is a) being turned into a dolphin, b) destruction of both worlds, or c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’. It took a lot of courage for Percy, Annabeth, and Grover’s to do this.

Sea of Monsters

  Percy defying all the rules to save Grover showed that he is a true friend.  This proves his fatal flaw which is shown over and over again.  I love how Percy stood up for Tyson (Who I love!!), even though at first he was embarrassed by him, by saying, “Brother! Tyson, my baby brother!”

   Titan’s Curse

  (This book is mostly a Percabeth moment.)  The fact that Percy was determined to save Annabeth, even if he had to sneak out of camp, made me happy.  In Annabeth’s post, I compared how long Percy held the sky compared to Annabeth.  I wasn’t calling Percy a wimp or anything I was just comparing how long they each held the sky.  It really surprised me that they both were able to hold the sky so long.

The Battle of Labyrinth

  Now I want to talk about Calypso’s island.  The fact that Percy decided to go back to Annabeth showed his loyalty to Annabeth. 

Last Olympia

 Percy changes so much from the last four books to this book.  Not a big change.  A surprising change in that he was able to command so many people in such a short amount of time.   And the whole being made a god thing…it was very sweet that Percy refused the offer in order to be made a god. 

Lost Hero

  I can’t say anything. There was only one mention of Percy, and it was that he was missing.

Son of Neptune

  Percy changed so much from between LO and SoN.  I want to talk about Percy’s only memory which was of Annabeth first.  Some people may say that Hera left the memory of her on purpose - bla bla bla.  Well, I know that is not the cause.  Rick Riordan himself has said that Annabeth was just too strong of a memory.  I had to get that out of the way.  Now onto something else…Percy seemed so much older in this book.  I know that he is older, but he actually seemed so much older.   

Mark of Athena

  The fact that Percy refused to leave Annabeth’s side was so sweet.  It made me happy to know that even while Percy was on a quest to free Death and save Camp Jupiter, his love for Annabeth grew.  I can only imagine how hard it was for Percy to let Annabeth go off on that quest by herself.   I knew and he knew that Annabeth had to go by herself, but I think we both thought that he would find a way to go on the test with Annabeth.  The whole Percy falling with Annabeth thing is endearing.   

  I am very sorry that this post is very short (in comparison to what it should be).  I have been working at least 4 hours, and I have found that it is very hard to describe Percy.  I love him so much, but can’t explain him.  He is kind of like Leo in the he is hard to explain, but Percy is MUCH harder to explain.  I don’t know what it is. I also realized that I kind of discuss Percy a bit in Annabeth’s post.  So I was trying not to restate that.

  Again, please forgive me, and he is really hard to describe.  Please comment below.  If you have any suggestions about something for me to discuss tomorrow, please put that in your comment too.

Word count:  762

Daughter of Athena

Shelby

Wise Girl

  Today it’s Annabeth time to shine!  You might want to get comfy; we are probably going to be here for a while.  Now onto the best child of Athena ever, Wise girl.  So where do I begin? There is just so much to talk about.  Let’s start by talking briefly about Annabeth in the first series. 

 I will start with the first book.  I have to say that I have always admired Annabeth.  I feel that in the Lighting Thief Annabeth was pretty brave. I know she had been training at camp a few years already, but would you go off into the mortal world where there are monster that you to fight (with no training) that you couldn’t figure out how to kill and you are only seven? Plus you are leaving with a boy that you just met a few days ago.  Would you do that? 

  I know that was very brief, but this is going to be long so I am going to go ahead and move on to the next book.  So, the Sea of Monsters…I personally loved getting to learn about the Cyclops’s lair that Annabeth, at seven years old, had to survive.  Also, getting to know Annabeth’s fatal flaw was really interesting.  This isn’t fully about Annabeth, but I have to mention it.  Percy telling Annabeth she is the smartest girl in the world made me happy; it made me realize (even thought I knew in the first book) that Percy and Annabeth really were going to get together.

  This next book, The Titans Curse, I know Annabeth is missing, but it is just so full of Percabeth moments.  I love that Percy was really mad that he wasn’t on the quest (at first) to find Annabeth.   When they found Annabeth, it surprised me how long Annabeth held the “sky”.  Percy didn’t even hold it for half an hour, and he felt like he was going to collapse. 

  Battle of the Labyrinth…I love that we finally got to see Annabeth lead her own quest.  In a way, I think Annabeth was ready to lead her own quest, but not something like the Labyrinth.  It seems like the Labyrinth just overwhelmed Annabeth.  She had to realize that all the reading she did read on the Labyrinth wasn’t even close to preparing Annabeth her for the Labyrinth for it.

  Last Olympian…On the topic of Annabeth taking the fatal knife for Percy, I was really getting scared that Annabeth would die.  At this point, Annabeth was my role model.  I couldn’t see her die.  I couldn’t see her die without having married Percy and them grow old together.  I was so happy when it was said that Annabeth would live. It was like a sigh of relief.

  Now, I can’t leave this book without talking about the blue brick with the extra blue cement (the cupcake) and the underwater kiss.  I love how Annabeth made that “cupcake” and let Tyson help.  I love the line where Annabeth said that she will never make things easy for Percy.  It is funny because it is true.  We all know that Annabeth will always call Percy “Seaweed Brain”, and she will always make sure Percy knows that she is the smart one.

  Now I want to talk about the kiss when they were sitting on the bench and Clarisse said, “About time!” Well, she took the words right out of my mouth.  That was exactly what I was thinking.  When they threw Percy and Annabeth into the cone lake, I was excited that Percy and Annabeth finally got together.  After five books of waiting and worrying that Annabeth might get together with Luke, it was great to know that nothing could separate them (at least we thought).

Now on to HoO - Don’t give up reading!

  LH- There is not much about Annabeth in the Lost Hero, but I am still going to discuss it. I got so excited when the book mentioned Annabeth, but got real sad when I found out Percy was missing. I was mostly sad for Annabeth because she typically knew where Percy was (even when they were only friends), and she always like to know where Percy is to make sure he is he is staying out of trouble. It was probably weird for Annabeth to not know if Percy was or weather he was safe.   When Annabeth knew, down to the minutes, how long she had been looking for Percy, it made me realize that Annabeth is a wreck without Percy.  Her life will never be the same as it was before she met Percy.  He has changed her life in so many ways.

  SoN- Not much is said about Annabeth in this book, but I think all that was said fits better under Percy.

  MoA-  Now MoA…Oh my gods, where to start?  Let’s start with the judo flip.  I thought it was so funny.  I love that she told Percy never to leave her again, and Percy was just very passive about it.  I was laughing like a crazed fan girl at this point.  I love when Percy and Jason got back on the ship after trying to kill each other and were fighting about who would have killed who, and Annabeth was said, “Boys!  You both would have been great at killing each other….”  I thought it was very funny.

  Now, Annabeth’s solo quest; I think it was great to have Annabeth have her own little quest to complete.  I had a suspicion that there was going to be something with spiders, but when it really came out that it was not only spiders, but Arachne as well.  I was freaking out because I hate spiders and could kind of understand how Annabeth felt. Annabeth really should have cut that spider web around her ankle ASAP.  (I won’t start talking about Percy grabbing Annabeth by the wrist and falling with her until tomorrow. *tear*) Think of all the trouble just cutting the spider web would have saved. 

Well, sadly, we come to the end of this post.  I told you it would be a long one, but wasn’t it worth it?  Just in case you are wondering this has taken me roughly two hours and fifteen minutes to type.  Also, if you want to know, the word count will be posted after this last small paragraph.

  So, thank you for reading and please comment below.  If you have any ideas on something to talk about after Percy’s post tomorrow, please comment below. 

  Word count: 1,097

Daughter of Athena

Shelby