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Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

February 3, 2022 by Amalthea 2 Comments

This is my first review and I am excited that it is for a Rick Riordan book (because it’s the book I happened to be reading this week). I first read a Percy Jackson book because my 9-year-old son wanted me to read it, so we could talk about it together. After reading the first chapter, I found myself compelled to read the next and the next, needing to know what happens to Percy. And then I read through the rest of the series, then […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #youngadult, Rick Riordan

Amalthea's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #youngadult, Rick Riordan ·
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Will I quit you, Riordan? I still don’t know. This review is barely about the book, which was good!

The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5) by Rick Riordan

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I did end up liking this series ender. As up and down as I’ve been with this series, it could have gone either way for me. This book definitely got the closest to my preferred version of the series, which had Apollo actually realizing the consequences of his actions and not just joking his way through some pretty serious stuff. Although, it still never gelled for me that Apollo the God and Lester the Teenager were the same character. There was some moves towards that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, greek mythology, middle grade, middle grade fantasy, narfna, Rick Riordan, the tower of nero, the trials of apollo

narfna's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, greek mythology, middle grade, middle grade fantasy, narfna, Rick Riordan, the tower of nero, the trials of apollo ·
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Dude, where is my lightning bolt?

Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel by Robert Venditti

February 16, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The graphic novel adaptations of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel seems to rely on you having read the full novels. In fact, most of the graphic novel adaptations feel this way. However, you can still follow the action, but sometimes things fell assumed or feel missing. They are good books, but not great in my opinion. I will still read him, as I like the comfort of the reading level and the story itself, but I will […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Attila Fuaki, greek mythology, Jose Villarrubia, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:86 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Attila Fuaki, greek mythology, Jose Villarrubia, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti ·
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Lester Papadopoulos closes it out

The Trials of Apollo : The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

January 12, 2021 by Manimama Leave a Comment

We’re big fans of Rick Riordan in my house- my son has been re-reading various of his book series for the last four years pretty much non-stop. His latest book, The Tower of Nero, completes the five-book Trials of Apollo series and wraps up the Greek and Roman mythologies he began in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In this series, the god Apollo is punished by Zeus by being cast down to Earth in the form of a pimply, flabby teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. Apollo has lost his powers […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, trials of apollo

Manimama's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, trials of apollo ·
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Hopefully It’s Almost Over

The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan

June 7, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Start with a zombie attack while transporting a fallen comrade home, using tattoos to decipher bits of prophecy, metal greyhounds (robot dogs seem a little out of place but it does kind of work), a bookstore cat, trying to figure out how to counter a massive attack/invasion on Camp Jupiter, and facing off against formerly dead (?) emperor of Rome (the nastier ones), and conclude with some of Lester’s godliness starting to come back in time for what hopefully is the final face off against […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: greek mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman mythology, the tyrant's tomb, Trials of Apollo 4, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: greek mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman mythology, the tyrant's tomb, Trials of Apollo 4, YA ·
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Gods, Goddesses, Mortals, Action!

The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles by Orpheus Collar

May 28, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Rick Riordan is a popular author. I have not had the pleasure of reading his novels, but I have meet him once and have read two of his books adapted for the graphic novel format. The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles was adapted by Orpheus Collar. And while it is a good story (we are following Egyptian mythology this time), it is also a slow story in places. It took me several days to finish it, as I was only able to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adventures, Brothers and sisters, egypt, Egyptian gods & goddesses, Fables, family, family secrets, fathers, legends, magic, myths, Orpheus Collar, Rick Riordan, secret societies, uncles

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:183 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adventures, Brothers and sisters, egypt, Egyptian gods & goddesses, Fables, family, family secrets, fathers, legends, magic, myths, Orpheus Collar, Rick Riordan, secret societies, uncles ·
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