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. Fantastic beat ! I would like to apprentice while you amend your website, 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 offered bright clear idea|

  2. A fascinating discussion is definitely worth comment. I do believe that you should publish more about this topic, it may not be a taboo subject but usually people do not talk about such issues. To the next! Many thanks!!|

  3. I just could not leave your website prior to suggesting that I extremely loved the standard information an individual provide to your guests? Is gonna be back incessantly in order to inspect new posts|

  4. Link exchange is nothing else except it is only placing the other person’s weblog link on your page at appropriate place and other person will also do same in favor of you.|

  5. Good day! I could have sworn I’ve been to this site before but after looking at some of the posts I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely happy I came across it and I’ll be bookmarking it and checking back often!|

  6. Wow, awesome weblog format! How lengthy have you ever been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is great, let alone the content material!

  7. I have to thank you for the efforts you have put in writing this website. I am hoping to view the same high-grade blog posts from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my own, personal blog now ;)|

  8. This is really interesting, You’re a very skilled blogger. I have joined your feed and look forward to seeking more of your excellent post. Also, I have shared your website in my social networks!|

  9. Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in fact was a amusement account it. Look advanced to far added agreeable from you! However, how can we communicate?|

  10. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!|

  11. I really love your website.. Great colors & theme. Did you create this amazing site yourself? Please reply back as I’m hoping to create my own personal site and would like to find out where you got this from or exactly what the theme is named. Cheers!|

  12. Hey There. I found your weblog using msn. That is an extremely smartly written article. I will be sure to bookmark it and come back to learn more of your helpful information. Thanks for the post. I will certainly return.|

  13. Just wish to say your article is as astounding. The clarity to your put up is just cool and that i can suppose you are a professional in this subject. Well along with your permission allow me to clutch your RSS feed to stay up to date with forthcoming post. Thanks 1,000,000 and please keep up the rewarding work.|

  14. Hello my family member! I wish to say that this article is amazing, nice written and come with almost all significant infos. I would like to see extra posts like this .|

  15. Awesome issues here. I’m very happy to peer your article. Thank you so much and I am taking a look ahead to contact you. Will you kindly drop me a mail?|

  16. After I originally left a comment I appear to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on whenever a comment is added I recieve 4 emails with the same comment. Is there an easy method you can remove me from that service? Kudos!|

  17. I’m extremely impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself? Either way keep up the excellent quality writing, it’s rare to see a nice blog like this one nowadays.|

  18. Your style is so unique in comparison to other folks I have read stuff from. I appreciate you for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I will just book mark this page.|

  19. You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complex and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!|

  20. You really make it seem so easy along with your presentation but I in finding this matter to be actually one thing that I believe I’d never understand. It sort of feels too complicated and very huge for me. I am having a look forward in your subsequent submit, I will attempt to get the grasp of it!|

  21. Hello there, I discovered your web site by the use of Google at the same time as searching for a comparable matter, your web site got here up, it appears to be like good. I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.

  22. I just couldn’t leave your site prior to suggesting that I extremely enjoyed the standard information an individual provide to your visitors? Is going to be again frequently in order to investigate cross-check new posts|

  23. Excellent post. I was checking continuously this blog and I’m impressed! Very useful information specially the last part 🙂 I care for such info a lot. I was seeking this certain information for a very long time. Thank you and good luck.|

  24. I am really inspired together with your writing abilities and also with the layout in your blog. Is that this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself? Either way keep up the nice high quality writing, it’s rare to peer a great weblog like this one these days..|

  25. My coder is trying to persuade 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 nervous about switching to another platform. I have heard very good things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress posts into it? Any help would be really appreciated!|

  26. Hi everyone, it’s my first go to see at this web page, and piece of writing is genuinely fruitful in favor of me, keep up posting these types of articles or reviews.|

  27. What i don’t realize is if truth be told how you are now not actually a lot more neatly-favored than you might be right now. You are very intelligent. You understand therefore significantly relating to this subject, made me for my part consider it from so many various angles. Its like men and women are not interested unless it’s one thing to do with Woman gaga! Your own stuffs great. At all times handle it up!|

Leave a Reply to Workflow Automation Cancel reply

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