Do you ever get a song stuck in your head that you just can’t seem to get rid of unless you jump overboard, swim through a minefield, and drown yourself? Then you’ll be able to relate to the events in the next chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 12
Now with pirates! Likely insane pirates! Likely insane, ANGRY pirates! All this and a bucket of celery in the next part of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
We Check In to C.C.’s Spa and Resort
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 11
Well holy CARP! That chapter sure ended with a bang, didn’t it? (Yeah, I made a pun. Possibly two. I make no apology.) It’s time for the next part of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
Clarisse Blows Up Everything
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 10
Dead people, donut people, and knots! All this and more in part ten of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
We Hitch a Ride with Dead Confederates
This may be my favorite chapter so far! I got some hints at unknown mysteries, one of my favorite monsters (tied to a great concept), humor, and even a bit of emotional resonance.
Also, donuts! [Read more…]
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 9
Percy discovers what very well may be a floating base of operations for Kronos’s monster army, and Tyson proves to be part myna bird. Also: other stuff! It’s part 9 of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
I Have the Worst Family Reunion Ever
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 8
So two little things I predicted came true, and one big thing I predicted was more or less wrong. I’m going to say they balance out in this, the eighth part of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
We Board the Princess Andromeda
Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters – Ch 7
Percy cleans with fire, Hermes dashes in, and Tantalus becomes an even bigger prat—all this and more on the seventh part of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters…
I Accept Gifts from a Stranger
Though lacking in much actual action, this chapter shoves us onto the flight deck, fuels up the jet, and clears us for launch. (Aren’t metaphors fun?) Midway through I found myself a little down on things, but then I realized I was resisting some of Riordan’s Greek mythology updates only because they contradicted with my own in Zeus Is Dead. [Read more…]