Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Goodquiz - June 2020

[Kadi, Creator]

M.L. wrote: "Agree! I loved it too. 4.5 stars for me too!"

I can't wait to read it myself now! I really should start tonight I HAVE A QUIZ TO MAAAAAKE!!😂

[mikaela]

just finished while at the beach :) felt way different than my first read when i was in 5th or 6th grade 😂

[Kadi, Creator]

mikaela wrote: "just finished while at the beach :) felt way different than my first read when i was in 5th or 6th grade 😂"

I have a feeling I'm going to find it very different considering the last time I fully read it was when I was in year 6 or 7 as well... I'm starting it today so we'll see!

Was it nice to read it at the beach? I live in the city of beaches but I've only taken a book to the beach to read once😂 I find it's really hard to read on the beach because it's so noisy and I usually read in my quiet room whilst sitting on my bed...

[jessica]

i’ve read this book so many times and it’s just as great. of course, I’m sure nostalgia plays a part too but still 😅

[Kadi, Creator]

So I'm about 30 pages in (I'm so not used to reading physical books so I'm surprised by how slow I'm reading) and I'm wondering: is it ever explained who the Three Fates killed when they snipped the thread? I remember reading somewhere that (view spoiler)[that it was Silena Beuregard's life thread or whatever but I can't remember if that was only a theory or actually canon (hide spoiler)]... anyone who's read the whole series know?

[Kadi, Creator]

jessica wrote: "i’ve read this book so many times and it’s just as great. of course, I’m sure nostalgia plays a part too but still 😅"

Nostalgia definitely plays a part in it. Like I have this absolutely battered copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and whenever I read it it makes me feel so nostalgic it gives me the distinct feeling of returning home after a long journey I didn't even realise I'd gone on.
... is it kind of controversial to be liking Harry Potter right now considering JK Rowling's controversial comments on twitter?🤔 would like to hear people's thoughts on this!

[Domitylle (can only update books rn. sorry)]

What did she tweet about?
(I haven't seen)

[Domitylle (can only update books rn. sorry)]

Kadi wrote: "So I'm about 30 pages in (I'm so not used to reading physical books so I'm surprised by how slow I'm reading) and I'm wondering: is it ever explained who the Three Fates killed when they snipped th..."

Nope, I don't though I did read all the series...
I'm not sure it's mentioned later on

[jessica]

Kadi wrote: "So I'm about 30 pages in (I'm so not used to reading physical books so I'm surprised by how slow I'm reading) and I'm wondering: is it ever explained who the Three Fates killed when they snipped th..."

in all honesty i don't think it was ever really specified. it also seems weird to me that they'd appear for percy and be staring at him when it wasn't even his life thread. so i really don't know! lol

[jessica]

Domitylle wrote: "What did she tweet about?
(I haven't seen)"

she's been tweeting some really transphobic comments

[Elizabeth]

She tweeted something saying that transgender women aren't really women

[jessica]

Kadi wrote: "jessica wrote: "i’ve read this book so many times and it’s just as great. of course, I’m sure nostalgia plays a part too but still 😅"

Nostalgia definitely plays a part in it. Like I have this abso..."

honestly that's my biggest struggle right now. because harry potter has meant so much to me and played such a huge role in my life it seems impossible to just like...stop? i loved daniel radcliffe's response to her tweet though, essentially saying don't let her ruin something sacred for you. if you identified with a character, if you perceived them to be trans or gay or a POC, etc., then you take that and you identify with that and don't let her comments change and ruin that for you.

[Domitylle (can only update books rn. sorry)]

Elizabeth wrote: "She tweeted something saying that transgender women aren't really women"

jessica wrote: "Domitylle wrote: "What did she tweet about?
(I haven't seen)"

she's been tweeting some really transphobic comments"

Oh.......................................
Thanks for telling me

[[deleted user]]

Domitylle wrote: "What did she tweet about?
(I haven't seen)"

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/with_r...
you'll probably get the gist of it

[Domitylle (can only update books rn. sorry)]

Oops, it's blocked on my iPad...
I'll go and see on another device :)

[jessica]

right! it’s super conflicting. bc how distinct is the separation of the author and their work? can i support the work without supporting the author and their ideals?

[Elizabeth]

yeah, it sucks. I'm currently rereading the series and I'm about to start the 7th book, but I feel guilty and have been postponing my reread because I'm just so conflicted. Before, I would be eager to jump into the next Harry Potter book, but now it's hard to separate the author from the story :(

[Kadi, Creator]

Domitylle wrote: "Nope, I don't though I did read all the series...
I'm not sure it's mentioned later on"

Ha! Riordan thought we'd forget about the Fates? Kadi certainly did not😂 *Continues to read Percy Jackson books with eagle eyes*

[Kadi, Creator]

I just read a tweet that was a response to Rowling's tweet and it just made me think that yeah actually some women don't menstruate. Some women have medical issues where they literally don't get their period. And that doesn't stop them from being a woman so I guess that makes her argument invalid.

@Elizabeth I read some comments from people on instagram saying they felt guilty about reading Harry Potter now but I'd say separate the book from the author. She is not her work and her work is not her. As much as an author can try and embody their work imagine about authors who right horrible things that happen in their story like murder and other things. That doesn't make them a bad person. And vice versa. People who write good things into their stories aren't necessarily a good person either.

Sorry if it seems like I'm ranting but you guys are my book people and I need someone to discuss book things with😂 Like has anyone watched the show (or read the book) Defending Jacob? In the show (view spoiler)[this kid is murdered and Jacob is accused of killing him. One piece of evidence the prosecution presents to the jury is a story Jacob wrote and published to an online site anonymously 3 days after the murder about what it would be like killing this kid who died. If you look at it objectively it's actually a very well-written story😂 (Sorry if it seems like I'm laughing at murder, I'm not. I can be a bit desensitised to it because the show was a fictional legal drama and I'm a law student so I read a lot of murder cases and you sometimes forget when it's real and when it's not)
Anyway, people in the show (and even my family in real life who I was watching it with) took this story to mean that Jacob did kill the kid and the story is a sort of confession from Jacob. I argued that it wasn't and that stories don't represent who we are and we don't represent what our stories can be. Just because you write a story about murder doesn't make you a murderer. (hide spoiler)] And in Rowling's case just because you write a good story about heroic things and good people doesn't make you a good person.

If you read all that then thanks wow😂

[Kadi, Creator]

@Syd any time you feel like you need someone to rant just run to me because I'm always ready to rant about something😂😂

[mikaela]

i’m also rereading HP and i’m on book 6... i think i’m doing a good job separating the story from the author (rowling who???)
and yes reading anywhere but my quiet room is difficult for me, but the beach was quiet enough for me to read the last ~100 pages! and plus everyone was spread out due to covid so that was a plus 😂

[Kadi, Creator]

😂"Rowling who?" indeed!
The sound of the waves at the beach must be so soothing when you're reading. For us it's suuuper hot here now like 45 degrees celsius so the beach is a no unless you want to burn😂

[Kadi, Creator]

THE QUIZ IS HERE!!
https://forms.gle/BfqXfmzSkmfgJq7x5

I'd appreciate any constructive feedback or thoughts you had on it, whether you enjoyed it, found it difficult, etc. It'll be useful to know for future quizzes!

[finn]

I got 16/30 right, not too bad considering I haven’t read the books since last summer. (and technically I would have gotten more points, but I put luke’s last name and the answer only had his first name lol) I’m actually really surprised at all the random stuff I remembered. Like I was positive I knew the judges of the dead, but I wasn’t sure how old percy was 😂 This was super fun and quite challenging, you did a great job Kadi. :)

[Kadi, Creator]

Darn I couldn't remember Luke's last name so I didn't add it to the answer😂🤦🏻‍♀️ I've actually changed your score and given you the mark for it now. But that's a great score considering it's been a while since you read it! I tried to be very specific with some of the answers because I wanted a variety of hard and easy questions and I also picked the most randomest things to make into a question😂
Glad you enjoyed it!! This quiz-making is a lot of fun!

[jessica]

how do we know how many we got right for the quiz?

[Montzalee]

I read this about 6-8 yrs ago. It was cute!

[Kadi, Creator]

jessica wrote: "how do we know how many we got right for the quiz?"

Hey Jessica, originally the scores released automatically but then I realised that if I don't release the scores automatically I can change how many points people get because the points system on the quiz doesn't do half-right answers, it only does right or wrong😂 So I've changed it so that I can release the points after I've reviewed all the answers given. I've just released your points now so you should get an email saying how many you got!

I'm going to do it this way with future quizzes as well. It just means if people have any issues with answers I can give them the points they deserve if they got half the answer right for questions that are 2 marks or 4 marks.

[Kadi, Creator]

Montzalee wrote: "I read this about 6-8 yrs ago. It was cute!"

That was the last time I read it too! Well, fully anyways. I've picked it up again in the past couple of years but only to read parts of it. This is my official reread of it and it still holds up. I think I might lower it from 5 stars to 4 stars though. It's an enjoyable read but I think it's lacking slightly. I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Maybe it's because I know the next books are even better they're casting a shadow over this one... Is that just me?

[jessica]

Oh okay awesome! Yep just checked and saw it! I have now realized how bad I am at remembering tiny details😂

[Kadi, Creator]

jessica wrote: "Oh okay awesome! Yep just checked and saw it! I have now realized how bad I am at remembering tiny details😂"

😂Don't worry! Some of them were really small details. Whilst I was reading the book I made note of small details especially for the quiz otherwise I wouldn't have remembered them myself either. It was a lot of fun making the quiz! I can't wait to do this again for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in August!

[Kadi, Creator]

@i4gotmybook I didn't realise he was even working on a new book! To be honest I'm very sceptical of how good it'll be. I imagine it'll be a smash hit regardless. We shall see when it comes out! I might keep my eye open for an advanced reader copy.