Michael G. Munz

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 20

April 14, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Plus my final thoughts on the book…
I bet you thought I’d never get here, huh?

At long last, I reach the final chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, a.k.a…

My Birthday Party Takes a Dark Turn

So I wondered how long it had taken me, in my tremendously stilted reading & blogging schedule, to read through this entire book. I knew it had been a while, but I was shocked to find out I started this particular volume of the Percy Jackson series all the way back in September! Yikes! It’s definitely not the fault of the book. I think The Battle of the Labyrinth has been my favorite in the series so far. [Read more…]

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 19

April 5, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Don’t Panic.

A battle’s aftermath, Dionysus isn’t a total jerk, and denial ain’t just a river in– You know what? That saying doesn’t work nearly so well in text. Anyhoo, on we go to the 19th chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth…

The Council Gets Cloven

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 18

March 18, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

The Battle of the Labyrinth! Or, I guess, just outside the Labyrinth. Near the Labyrinth! Above the Labyrinth?
…Okay, so I guess now I know why Riordan went with a different chapter title.

I’ve finally had time amid my writing schedule to do a little reading, and the battle of the Labyrinth finally takes place. All this and more on this 18th installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, which eschews the obvious book title callback in favor of a chapter title of…

Grover Causes a Stampede

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 17

February 23, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

I wish the chapter title hadn’t been a spoiler, but oh well. I still wasn’t prepared.

The adventuring party is reunited, a quest is completed, and everything is not okay. Must be time for the seventeenth chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth…

The Lost God Speaks

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 16

February 14, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

And now Kronos is going to be traipsing around town in a brand-new ~~Edgar~~ Luke suit.

Rachel nabs a limo, Annabeth gets left behind again, and Percy’s smart enough to run away after he fulfills the title of this sixteenth chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, which is…

I Open a Coffin

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 15

February 8, 2016 By Michael G. Munz 1 Comment

Well played, Riordan.

Daedalus is found at long last, Nico gets to kick some ass, and I turn out to be so very wrong about something. All this and a wee bit more in Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, Chapter 15, known by some as…

We Steal Some Slightly Used Wings

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Ch 14

January 28, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Warning: May contain duels to the death and loin cloths.

Percy, Annabeth, and Rachel enter the labyrinth, I get to be smug about something, and one of Percy’s brothers duels him to the death. We know this from careful analysis of the title of the 14th chapter in Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth…