The Gods Approve

The Lightning Thief A few (ok, several) years ago, I read that a movie was being made of something called Harry Potter. I knew nothing of it. I really didn’t get on board until the fourth book was released. I anxiously awaited the release of each successive novel and my love of the books remained high while my hatred of the movies grew exponentially following the release of POA. Moving back to the now: Reading that Sean Bean had been cast to play Zeus in an upcoming movie version of Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief piqued my interest. (In all fairness, reading that Sean Bean ate a peanut butter sandwich would pique my interest, though.) It took a conversation between my Brazilian pals to convince me to get to know the content. Well, I guess you could say I “tweetdropped” on their twitter exchange. Heh.

This week, I read the entire Percy Jackson and The Olympians series. I absolutely adore it for many reasons. First and foremost on my list: the mythology. I have always had great interest in Greek mythology and these books had me researching all the characters as I went along to see just how many liberties had been taken with the gods as they were updated for this millennium. I have to admit that I was impressed with the modern take on each of them; even the slightly corny bits worked! Another reason I enjoyed the series was the ease of reading. Since they are technically childrens’ books, they were really quick reads. I also like the writing style of Rick Riordan. Each prophecy or mystery had me wanting, no needing, to know what would happen, and the story avoided so many of the “boy finds his destiny” cliches that I was satisfied with the twists and turns. I only wish there were even more books in the series.

Overall, I truly enjoyed the books and I can only hope the movies will be more Harry Potter and less Eragon in nature. Done properly, kids could one day be asking, “Harry who?”

9,662 thoughts on “The Gods Approve”

  1. Have you ever thought about publishing an ebook or guest authoring on other blogs? I have a blog based on the same ideas you discuss and would love to have you share some stories/information. I know my viewers would enjoy your work. If you’re even remotely interested, feel free to send me an email.|

  2. My developer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP.
    I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses.
    But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on various websites for about a year and am concerned about switching to
    another platform. I have heard great things about blogengine.net.

    Is there a way I can import all my wordpress content into it?

    Any kind of help would be really appreciated!

  3. Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any problems with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing months of hard work due to no back up. Do you have any solutions to stop hackers?|

  4. Great goods from you, man. I have be aware your stuff previous to and you are simply extremely great. I really like what you’ve got right here, really like what you’re stating and the way during which you say it. You are making it enjoyable and you continue to take care of to keep it sensible. I cant wait to learn much more from you. This is actually a wonderful web site.|

  5. It is in reality a nice and useful piece of information. I’m happy that
    you shared this useful info with us. Please keep us up
    to date like this. Thank you for sharing.

  6. Hmm it seems like your site ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I had written and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to everything. Do you have any tips and hints for first-time blog writers? I’d really appreciate it.|

  7. I do not know if it’s just me or if everybody else experiencing issues with your site. It seems like some of the written text in your content are running off the screen. Can someone else please provide feedback and let me know if this is happening to them too? This may be a problem with my internet browser because I’ve had this happen before. Kudos|

  8. Hi, Neat post. There’s a problem with your website in web explorer, could check this? IE nonetheless is the market leader and a big component to people will pass over your great writing because of this problem.|

  9. Fantastic beat ! I would like to apprentice while you amend your site, how could i subscribe for a blog website? The account aided me a acceptable deal. I had been a little bit acquainted of this your broadcast provided bright clear idea|

  10. Yesterday, while I was at work, my sister stole my apple ipad and tested to see if it can survive a 25 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now broken and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!|

  11. hey there and thank you for your info – I have definitely picked up something new from right here. I did however expertise some technical points using this site, since I experienced to reload the website many times previous to I could get it to load correctly. I had been wondering if your web host is OK? Not that I am complaining, but slow loading instances times will very frequently affect your placement in google and can damage your quality score if ads and marketing with Adwords. Well I am adding this RSS to my email and can look out for a lot more of your respective exciting content. Make sure you update this again very soon.|

  12. Oh my goodness! Amazing article dude! Thank you so much, However I am going through difficulties with your RSS. I don’t know why I cannot join it. Is there anybody getting the same RSS problems? Anyone who knows the answer will you kindly respond? Thanx!!|

  13. Whats up very nice website!! Man .. Beautiful .. Superb .. I’ll bookmark your website and take the feeds additionally? I am satisfied to seek out a lot of helpful info right here within the submit, we’d like work out extra strategies in this regard, thank you for sharing. . . . . .|

  14. Heya just wanted to give you a brief heads up and let you know a few of the images aren’t loading correctly. I’m not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different internet browsers and both show the same outcome.|

  15. Greetings from California! I’m bored at work so I decided to check out your website on my iphone during lunch break. I really like the info you present here and can’t wait to take a look when I get home. I’m shocked at how quick your blog loaded on my phone .. I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyhow, superb blog!|

  16. I like the valuable info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and check again here frequently. I’m quite certain I’ll learn many new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!|

  17. Hello I am so delighted I found your blog, I really found you by accident, while I was searching on Askjeeve for something else, Anyhow I am here now and would just like to say thank you for a remarkable post and a all round interesting blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to browse it all at the minute but I have book-marked it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read a lot more, Please do keep up the awesome work.|

  18. With havin so much content do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyright infringement? My site has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it appears a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my authorization. Do you know any techniques to help prevent content from being ripped off? I’d truly appreciate it.|

  19. Hi! I just would like to give you a huge thumbs up for the excellent information you have got here on this post. I’ll be coming back to your site for more soon.|

  20. I feel that is among the so much significant info for me. And i’m happy reading your article. But want to remark on some basic issues, The web site taste is perfect, the articles is in reality great : D. Excellent task, cheers|

  21. It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button! I’d certainly donate to this outstanding blog! I guess for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will talk about this site with my Facebook group. Chat soon!|

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *