Book 6: The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) by Rick Riordan, isbn 9781423101475, 381 pages, Hyperion,  $17.99

Finished the series. As spoilers will probably abound in this one, the longer version of the review goes behind a cut. The short version is:  I thought this was a fine wrap up to Percy's storyline.  Major plot arcs ( Read more... )

Book 4: The Battle for the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) by Rick Riordan, isbn 9781423101468, 361 pages, Hyperion,  $17.99

"No minotaur, just maze."  The phrase just popped into my head.  Percy defeated the Minotaur back in book one, and apparently the bull-headed one is not one of those monsters that re-incorporates speedily ( ( Read more... )

I'm not in the mood to mess with the "lj cut" function again because I should have signed off the computer an hour ago, so here is the next review in all its' glory. I have tried not to include spoilers:

Book 3: The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan, isbn 9781423101451, 312 pages, Hyperion,  $17.95

I'm of two ( Read more... )

Slowly catching up on my book reviews:

Book 2: The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan, isbn 9780786856862, 279 pages, Hyperion,  $17.99

This book is that rarest of all creatures: a second book in a fantasy series which is actually shorter than the book that preceded it!

( An odyssey )

And here we go with the 2010 book reviews!  I'm already 5 books behind, but I'll be posting these reviews one at a time as I write them elsewhere and copy-paste to here.

Book 1: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan, isbn 9780786856299, 376 pages, Hyperion,  $17.95

I've been meaning to read this book since it ( Read more... )