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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) Frey: "You should call your cousin. You should talk. You will need her help before all is said and done."
- Now, I know Annabeth appears in at least one of the other books, but I can't remember to what extent she helps Magnus, if at all.
- I'm wondering whether needing her help means this series or one upcoming, as portended with the "task force" mentioned in "The Crown of Ptolemy" and "The Tower of Nero."
— Oct 08, 2023 06:45AM
(1) Frey: "You should call your cousin. You should talk. You will need her help before all is said and done."
- Now, I know Annabeth appears in at least one of the other books, but I can't remember to what extent she helps Magnus, if at all.
- I'm wondering whether needing her help means this series or one upcoming, as portended with the "task force" mentioned in "The Crown of Ptolemy" and "The Tower of Nero."
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Jayson
is 90% done
Notes:
(1) "The giantesses looked at each other like they were trying not to giggle. They’d obviously been hitting the mead pretty hard."
- Hold on, I thought mead didn't get you drunk? I thought it was a stimulant?
(2) Fenris Wolf: "You hear what you want to believe. You think your conscience is whispering to you when it is, perhaps, the Wolf instead."
- The wolf's a wolf in sheep's clothing? Who would have guessed?
— Oct 06, 2023 10:55PM
(1) "The giantesses looked at each other like they were trying not to giggle. They’d obviously been hitting the mead pretty hard."
- Hold on, I thought mead didn't get you drunk? I thought it was a stimulant?
(2) Fenris Wolf: "You hear what you want to believe. You think your conscience is whispering to you when it is, perhaps, the Wolf instead."
- The wolf's a wolf in sheep's clothing? Who would have guessed?
Jayson
is 74% done
Notes:
(1) "Crafting was not a fast-moving sport."
- In general, I find this very true. Handcrafted anything will always take much more time to create.
- Though, I guess it also depends on if there's a time limit and how many rounds there are.
(2) Thor watches "Arrow." You'd think he'd be a fan of Marvel not DC, but I suppose the former hits too close to home.
- I can see him being really judgy about Chris Hemsworth.
— Oct 05, 2023 02:45AM
(1) "Crafting was not a fast-moving sport."
- In general, I find this very true. Handcrafted anything will always take much more time to create.
- Though, I guess it also depends on if there's a time limit and how many rounds there are.
(2) Thor watches "Arrow." You'd think he'd be a fan of Marvel not DC, but I suppose the former hits too close to home.
- I can see him being really judgy about Chris Hemsworth.
Jayson
is 54% done
Notes:
(1) I wonder where Samira gets all her red gold from?
- Doubling Harald's payment is enough to snuff out his murderous mood completely, so it must be a lot!
- It's not like it's family wealth in American dollars, it's the currency of Asgard and Valhalla.
- I suppose being a Valkyrie must pay well.
(2) Blitz: "You can’t trust a giant to give you straight answers."
- A dwarf not trusting a giant? Get outta town!
— Oct 03, 2023 10:35PM
(1) I wonder where Samira gets all her red gold from?
- Doubling Harald's payment is enough to snuff out his murderous mood completely, so it must be a lot!
- It's not like it's family wealth in American dollars, it's the currency of Asgard and Valhalla.
- I suppose being a Valkyrie must pay well.
(2) Blitz: "You can’t trust a giant to give you straight answers."
- A dwarf not trusting a giant? Get outta town!
Jayson
is 43% done
Notes:
(1) Minor spoiler: Annabeth guesses Magnus is a demigod and wants to take him to Camp Half-Blood. At this point, Annabeth knows about the Egyptian and Roman pantheons, but assumes Magnus is Greek.
- I suppose since they're related, and it would also explain his homelessness, since she was too.
- But then, she should also know better. Jason and Thalia Grace were siblings yet born to different pantheons (sorta).
— Oct 01, 2023 02:50AM
(1) Minor spoiler: Annabeth guesses Magnus is a demigod and wants to take him to Camp Half-Blood. At this point, Annabeth knows about the Egyptian and Roman pantheons, but assumes Magnus is Greek.
- I suppose since they're related, and it would also explain his homelessness, since she was too.
- But then, she should also know better. Jason and Thalia Grace were siblings yet born to different pantheons (sorta).
Jayson
is 34% done
Notes:
(1) "Something clicked in my head. Mallory liked Halfborn. You don’t call somebody an idiot that many times unless you’re really into them."
- Ah, the "Seaweed Brain" rule. Otherwise known as "pulling pigtails."
(2) Hearth: "A magic sword stays with you. You claimed it."
- Ah, the Riptide rule. Nice that weapons magic is consistent.
(3) Well, now we know where Annabeth was during "The Trials of Apollo."
— Sep 30, 2023 02:45AM
(1) "Something clicked in my head. Mallory liked Halfborn. You don’t call somebody an idiot that many times unless you’re really into them."
- Ah, the "Seaweed Brain" rule. Otherwise known as "pulling pigtails."
(2) Hearth: "A magic sword stays with you. You claimed it."
- Ah, the Riptide rule. Nice that weapons magic is consistent.
(3) Well, now we know where Annabeth was during "The Trials of Apollo."
Jayson
is 19% done
Notes:
(1) "I had to learn the power structure, the pecking order, the no-nos that would get me stabbed or rolled. I had to survive… even if I was already dead."
- So, Valhalla is Oz (the prison, not the fantasyland)?
(2) "The mead didn't make me giddy, dopey or nauseous ... It woke me up, filling me with a warm sense of confidence, but with no edginess or racing heartbeat."
- Good, no more need of coffee or cocaine.
— Sep 29, 2023 12:40AM
(1) "I had to learn the power structure, the pecking order, the no-nos that would get me stabbed or rolled. I had to survive… even if I was already dead."
- So, Valhalla is Oz (the prison, not the fantasyland)?
(2) "The mead didn't make me giddy, dopey or nauseous ... It woke me up, filling me with a warm sense of confidence, but with no edginess or racing heartbeat."
- Good, no more need of coffee or cocaine.
Jayson
is 9% done
Notes:
(1) This narrator, Christopher Guetig, sucks.
- Not only is his performance amateur, but he just sounds like a total goof! Like the worst Canadian accent parody.
(2) "That’s my Uncle Randolph. The dude gunned his BMW 528i (of course it had to be a BMW)."
- I don't know, in these books, most of the time it's a Mercedes.
(3) Mahogany must be the only wood Riordan knows.
- In his world, all furniture is mahogany.
— Sep 28, 2023 02:45AM
(1) This narrator, Christopher Guetig, sucks.
- Not only is his performance amateur, but he just sounds like a total goof! Like the worst Canadian accent parody.
(2) "That’s my Uncle Randolph. The dude gunned his BMW 528i (of course it had to be a BMW)."
- I don't know, in these books, most of the time it's a Mercedes.
(3) Mahogany must be the only wood Riordan knows.
- In his world, all furniture is mahogany.
Jayson
is starting
Notes:
(1) With this series I'll have done audiobook re-reads of every Riordanverse book I've already read.
- Which is all of them (not counting collaborations) except for "The Trials of Apollo," which I only just finished last week.
(2) I don't remember much about this, mostly that I liked it much better than "The Kane Chronicles."
(3) Buddy-read with Jenny.
— Sep 27, 2023 02:30AM
(1) With this series I'll have done audiobook re-reads of every Riordanverse book I've already read.
- Which is all of them (not counting collaborations) except for "The Trials of Apollo," which I only just finished last week.
(2) I don't remember much about this, mostly that I liked it much better than "The Kane Chronicles."
(3) Buddy-read with Jenny.
