Tag Archives: Rick Riordan

Meeting Roxane Gay & Rick Riordan At The Iowa City Book Festival

October is one of my favorite times because the Iowa City Book Festival is held at the beginning of the month! I’d never even heard of it until I moved here last year, but now I’m all about it. I’ve been saying … Continue reading

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Review: The Sword Of Summer

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he’s tracked … Continue reading

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Rick Riordan’s Latest Book | So Much Fangirling About “The Sword Of Summer”

I AM EXCITED. Soooo many awesome books (Demon Road by Derek Landy), movies (Mockingjay Part Two, The Scorch Trials), and TV shows (Doctor Who, series nine) are coming out this fall… and Rick Riordan is publishing a new book then, … Continue reading

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Reading Diversely In 2014

This is my final end-of-2014 wrap-up post, everyone! The next post will be a looking-ahead type of post in which I discuss my bookish goals for 2015, and after that I’ll be back to my regular programming. Anyway. Today I’m … Continue reading

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2014 End-Of-Year Book Survey!

Hello again, everyone! Today I’m… recapping the gazillion-and-two books I read in 2014! At the end of each year, Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner assembles a ginormous list of questions about the previous twelve months of reading. And this year, I’m finally … Continue reading

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Review: The Blood Of Olympus

Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods’ worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But … Continue reading

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Predictions For “The Blood Of Olympus”

Hello there. Today I’m going to talk about The Blood of Olympus, the upcoming final book in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus pentalogy. It is slated for publication on October seventh, two thousand and fourteen – one month from now. I’m kind of … Continue reading

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Daughter Of Athena, Princess, Or Delinquent Girl Scout? – Teens Can Write, Too! August 2014 Blog Chain

This month’s prompt is: What characters are you most like? I actually wrote a little bit about this in an April 2013 post titled The Tale of the Three Characters, but fear not, readers! This post WILL NOT be a … Continue reading

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Review: The House Of Hades

This review is not spoiler-free – sorry about that! But hey, it’s book four of a series and BIG THINGS happen in the story so I couldn’t do the book justice without talking about some of the spoilery bits. Hazel … Continue reading

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Review: The Mark Of Athena

This review is spoiler-free! Annabeth is terrified. Just when she’s about to be reunited with Percy – after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera – it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her … Continue reading

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