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Could someone please tell me why everyone is obsessed with these books?
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Dec 07, 2011 04:37PM
yea i know soon people will walk down the street and say the abbreviation, WTF out loud.
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because its rick riordan and he writes awesome books...need i say more. i mean really his books are hilarious. my kids and i listen to all of his books on audio and we have to stop the player so we can laugh and laugh lol
rick riordan is a really good author.
The Apocalypse wrote: "yea i know soon people will walk down the street and say the abbreviation, WTF out loud."people already do
Clara wrote: "this is creepy guys... how can you know each other???? Clara is officially confuzzled."Well....you see....it is really quite a long and confusing story. I'm sure the Apocalypse would care to explain that he's my brother.
Ohhhhhhhhh the secret's out!
younger or older brother?
or is it just a joke?
Oh no it's very true. I promise you that. The thing is that he'll deny it, but it is totally true.
You guys have to try to figure out who's telling the truth.
It won't be that hard.
Oh and he's younger......
Anna Lee wrote: "ehhhh............I've read so many better books.
No offense."
Like what for instance? If you're going to comment like that can I see your ideas of better books. I agree there are better books but still that doesn't make this bad.
Jonathan wrote: "Anna Lee wrote: "ehhhh............I've read so many better books.
No offense."
Like what for instance? If you're going to comment like that can I see your ideas of better books. I agree there are..."
I like Stephen King and Jodi Picoult novels, The Hunger Games, Hate List, Dante's Inferno, Shiver, and more.
Anna Lee wrote: "Brandon wrote: "PJ is young adult? I thought it was children's! It was written that way."My thoughts exactly.............."
PJO is actually a childrens/middle grade book. but it falls slightly into YA because so many readers of that age read it. ((like me!))
Anna Lee wrote: "Jonathan wrote: "Anna Lee wrote: "ehhhh............I've read so many better books.
No offense."
Like what for instance? If you're going to comment like that can I see your ideas of better books. ..."
i don't like Stephen King. His books didn't really give me the chills. I thought they were just weird not spooky.
what Clara said. huh?
Clara is confuzzled now... EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!!
seriously NOT helping my confuzzledness!!!
Brandon wrote: "You need an unconfuzzling. Follow me."no my Mommy says i'm not supposed to follow strangers... no matter how much candy they claim to have!! (hehehe)
GROSS!!! now i'm definitely not following you!!!
huh?? "in" or "on"????????????
Brandon wrote: "In. They are sort of mushy by now."ew??
Sara-Sadiya =D wrote: "Anna Lee wrote: "Jonathan wrote: "Anna Lee wrote: "ehhhh............I've read so many better books.
No offense."
Like what for instance? If you're going to comment like that can I see your id..."
Which one did you read?
I didn't read that one.
i have another friend who read that book and said he was creeped out of his mind. I read it at like 12 at night ((i read at night)) and I didn't even get the chills.
Lets see.....I read 1408, Autopsy Room 4, Needful things, The Man in the Black suit, and I think that's it.......
sound interesting enough I might check him out. Big might, too many books ahead of it.
My favorite was 1408. It's a short story. I read it in one night.
kk. I'll add it to my to read. but currently I just want to read: The Outcasts, Runaway, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, a whole bunch of other books and The new Rick Riordan books that don't come out till May of next year!
I did the first book and it was killing me. I then watched the film and I was like... O.O this is so much better !! I just couldn't bring myself to read the rest. Even though I'm constantly lecturing my friends about the whole 'read it before you see it' thing, I think I preferred the film MUCH more.
That's your take on the series. I personally love the series, yes they're are other amazing books out there, but Percy Jackson is one (to me) that I can read over and over no matter my age. I just get joy out of reading them.
Carly wrote: "That's your take on the series. I personally love the series, yes they're are other amazing books out there, but Percy Jackson is one (to me) that I can read over and over no matter my age. I just ..."i hope that my kids will enjoy reading them... when i have kids that is!!
love this series! i'm 12 and it was really easy and took me like, a week and a half to read..... but it was still amazing. i also read ('pouse to sound like red) the spinoff series(The Heros Of Olympus) and they were awsome too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Riley J. wrote: "love this series! i'm 12 and it was really easy and took me like, a week and a half to read..... but it was still amazing. i also read ('pouse to sound like red) the spinoff series(The Heros Of Oly..."i was 11 when i 1st read the PJ series and it took me 2 days to read them and i am constantly reading them over and over!!
Clara wrote: "Riley J. wrote: "love this series! i'm 12 and it was really easy and took me like, a week and a half to read..... but it was still amazing. i also read ('pouse to sound like red) the spinoff series..."
so did I. I have read them over 20 times
so did I. I have read them over 20 times
Here's what I think:I think that there are a ton of books out there that are better and deserve just as much credit.
I think that Rick Riordan receives the credit he deserves {and a bit more} for writing a series of books that presented something that the world was looking for-something that didn't require very much thinking, something that was an easy read, something that didn't have a deep plot or a lot of character development-something a little bit boring for those of us you read because we like it, not because we want to be one of the people who's read a popular series.
I also think that the whole thing is being dragged on. I don't think it was necessary to add Percy to the Heroes of Olympus series.
In short-they're not bad, but just not as good as some books.
$คгคђ ♥ wrote: "I did the first book and it was killing me. I then watched the film and I was like... O.O this is so much better !! I just couldn't bring myself to read the rest. Even though I'm constantly lecturing my friends about the whole 'read it before you see it' thing, I think I preferred the film MUCH more. "Uh How? I thought the movie was a poor imitation of the book. They left out some major characters. I thought the book was WAY better.
the movie was good, but horrible COMPARED to the book...but on its own, it was okay
Adam wrote: "Clara wrote: "Riley J. wrote: "love this series! i'm 12 and it was really easy and took me like, a week and a half to read..... but it was still amazing. i also read ('pouse to sound like red) the ..."at the moment i must of read them at least 100 times... no joke!!!
yea I read them 6 times each
i loved all of these books! i read them and are obsessed with them because they're awesome!
For me, the whole Olympian series is just fun to read. I just pick up the book, get sucked into a fun (although not necessarily complex) plot, action, and humor. I have a lot of fun reading them. They are definitely NOT masterpieces of literature. Many times while I'm reading I think, "Hey, I think he's been in this situation before." I could point out tons of problems with it but that doesn't mean I don't love to read them. I know many people find them old after the first two or so; I don't. Overall: a great series I think.
i just got The Lightning Thief back from my sister's friend and she said that it was an easy read and i SOO agree with her on that... but i LUV these books!!!!!
same here!!! Arion is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this book is a nice light read...especially when my brother makes me po'd
Adam wrote: "For me, the whole Olympian series is just fun to read. I just pick up the book, get sucked into a fun (although not necessarily complex) plot, action, and humor. I have a lot of fun reading them. T..."I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO agree. They're just fun to read. Main reason why most people love them.
Cupcake wrote: "the movie was good, but horrible COMPARED to the book...but on its own, it was okay"I heard that too. My brother didn't like the movie, but I didn't see it.
I hated the movie. I mean alone it's actually really good. Next to the book it was crap.
thats a nice way to say it
yeah. I don't swear normally on GR so that just shows how bad it really was.
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