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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 16)

November 30, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 5 Comments

Click here for more on why I began this whole "Michael Reads Percy Jackson" thing...

Click here for more on why I began this whole “Michael Reads Percy Jackson” thing…

I’m far more excited about learning something than Percy is, and given the nature of that something, this makes no sense to me. All this and more in the 16th installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

We Take a Zebra to Vegas

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 15)

November 24, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Mmmm...cheeseburgers...

Mmmm…cheeseburgers…

It’s a double-rainbow all the way across the country! (So intense!) Or at least it’s a two-way rainbow. In other words, it’s time for part fifteen of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers

My first thought as I started reading: “Great, now I want a cheeseburger.” But I soon moved beyond that, because it turns out I get to meet another god. Yes, Ares has arrived. As usual, my interest in meeting Ares was two-fold: I just like when gods enter personally into any story, and I was eager to compare Riordan’s Ares with my own in Zeus Is Dead.

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 14)

November 20, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 2 Comments

I'm running out of number jokes.

I’m running out of number jokes.

Blink and you’ll miss it! It’s the 14th post in Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, the ultra-speedy…

I Become a Known Fugitive

My first thought upon reading the chapter title was, “Isn’t he already a known fugitive? There’s a reward out for him and everything.” But why dwell on details? [Read more…]

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 13)

November 18, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 3 Comments

Chapter 13!

You can’t spell “thirteen” without “teen!”
…or “hi,” I suppose, but…

Percy runs afoul of a St. Louis tourist trap! Yes, it’s time for the thirteenth installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

I Plunge to My Death

Okay, so I don’t really know what to think about Percy’s dreams at this point. Maybe the thing in the pit really is Kronos, because Annabeth says Hades always appears on a throne. Yet somehow that seems to contradict the idea that whoever it is can give him his mother back. (But perhaps once Kronos is out, he can storm the Underworld and get Percy’s mother? Though I still don’t think she’s technically dead…) Plus, if Hades can use his helmet to melt into darkness, perhaps speaking from the darkness of a pit is still in character? Annabeth doesn’t know everything, after all. Though maybe I’m grasping at straws there. [Read more…]

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 12)

November 16, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 7 Comments

Did you know you can click on these title images to see the entire blog series?Did you know slugs are aliens from Tau Ceti VI?

Did you know you can click on these title images to see the entire blog series?
Did you know slugs are aliens from Tau Ceti VI?

So apparently Pan is missing, and dogs can read! Makes sense to me. I learn all this and more preparing for the twelfth chapter installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

We Get Advice from a Poodle

This chapter felt pretty short, though I didn’t go back and count pages. That may be due to the fact that, aside from Percy’s dream, there’s no action or overt conflict. (Or maybe it really just is a short chapter.) [Read more…]

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 11)

November 13, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 4 Comments

"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"

“Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?”

Percy learns what 93% of all D&D players already know: Mysteriously detailed statues are a certain indication of imminent danger. Yes, it’s time for the 11th installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

I need to start by saying that the opening paragraph of this chapter is just downright charming. I was reminded a little of David Sedaris with the way it waltzes through the details, beginning the chapter via in a little narrative dance with just the right measure of snark. (Okay, so it’s admittedly been a while since I’ve read anything by Sedaris, so I could be way, way off here, but that’s the connection my brain made.) In fact, I’m going to bump the “favorite line” portion of this post to the front so I can quote the whole thing: [Read more…]

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 10)

November 11, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 4 Comments

We're into double-digit chapters here, people. Things're gettin' serious.

We’re into double-digit chapters here, people. Things’re gettin’ serious.

Ambrosia in Ziploc bags and a busload of Furies! It must be time for the tenth chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, a.k.a…

I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus

Hey, wait. Isn’t “Busload of Fury” a Quiet Riot album? (No? AC/DC?)

Regardless, Percy’s quest has begun! I wonder how long the journey just to get TO Hades will take? He starts out his quest as any self-respecting Greek hero and/or MI-6 agent should: with a few special goodies to help him on the way. That the ambrosia was given to him in a baggie was a nice modern touch (Was the nectar in a Thermos?), and Chiron re-loaned him Anaklusmos, the sword that’s as mighty as the pen. [Read more…]

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