Michael G. Munz

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 21)

December 11, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 4 Comments

You’ve got one chapter left to hide, Luke!
(It IS Luke, right?)

It’s the 2nd to last chapter! I’m writing this part before actually reading the chapter, and I expect to find out just who the Crooked One is before the end of this chapter. And also, likely, Luke will be exposed. So let’s see, as I continue Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

I Settle My Tab

So now that I’ve read it, I see that I was right on the first count and wrong on the second. Your days are numbered, Luke! (I’m going to feel like such an idiot if it turns out to not be him…) [Read more…]

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 20)

December 9, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 3 Comments

One more chapter and this blog series can legally buy alcohol!

Percy does some clever stuff and then picks a fight with the god of war. That’s right, it’s time for the twentieth installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

I Battle My Jerk Relative

Percy wastes no time confronting Ares in this one. (Well, okay, I suppose Ares was there waiting for him on the beach so that made things easy, but…) Still, one can’t help but wonder at the wisdom of going against the god of war in a fight directly. I guess Camp Halfblood didn’t get to the presentation on hubris in the short time Percy was there. Still, the kid does have guts. [Read more…]

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 19)

December 8, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 1 Comment

“…Sort of.”
“Answer me again with self-confidence!“
“SORT OF!!”

I want you all to appreciate how much self control it’s taken me to not start out these recent chapter blogs with something like “Percy Jackson Goes to Hell.” It’d be a really easy intro to go with, but the ancient Greek concept of Hades isn’t the same as Hell, and somehow it’s always bothered me just a little when media equates the two. And now that I’ve managed to come up with a way to use that “Percy Jackson Goes to Hell” line without really using it (sort of), let us continue Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief with…

We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 18)

December 4, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

♫”Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail head full of zombie…”♫

Percy visits the land down under in the latest part of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

Annabeth Does Obedience School

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 17)

December 2, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

In which the novel skirts some BDSM territory…

No money down! No interest for six months! If you don’t recognize that this is someone pleading for their life, then I should probably also tell you that it’s time for part 17 of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

We Shop for Water Beds

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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…

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…

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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