#book nerd stuff

[noahhawthorneauthor]

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[agentem]

Percy Jackson

I reread The Lightening Thief a few weeks ago because I knew the show was coming out.

I've very interested in book-to-film adaptations, as you might have noticed from my fandoms all being books or comic books that were adapted to TV or film.

What I noticed about the book is that it felt a little bit dated already. I had read them--not right when they came out--but maybe around the time The Last Olympian came out. In Percy's voice, maybe. Not just the techology already being outdated. He has that millenial-era snarky vibe.

And though voice-over narration is something I consider to be a bit of a cop out in terms of adapting a film to a movie, I think it works here. He seems more contemporary. The gods seem cooler.

The show is fun and captures the spirit of the series without everything being "exact." Percy Jackson is about that feeling you have that adults are lying to you about something (it's not just Santa Claus. It's a lot about history and religion). That's why Greek gods and superheroes and stories about girls who start revolutions and the men who incite them (recent THG microobsession) are exciting. That you could be a Hero with a capital H.

I recommend.

tl;dr under the cut

I decided not to get it for my nephew for Christmas. He is 8 but reads at a middle school level, which I am told is a great problem to have since many kids are behind in reading thanks to the pandemic. But he likes reading books with lots of pictures still so I mostly give him comics and graphic novels. But his Mom got him Harry Potter and I'm against giving You-Know-Who more money. I gave her enough when I was in that fandom and I can't unbuy the books or the merch I still have.

And he likes them. He is on book four and I am worried about that, not just because of my personal issues with JKR, but because it's getting to the point where people die and I don't think he's ready for it. Also because I didn't want my sister giving more money to You-Know-Who but it was her decision about her kid.

Anyway, I got my nephew the illustrated edition of One and Only Ivan (ironically, another Disney+ adaptation) instead of Percy Jackson because I wasn't sure if he knew Greek gods yet.

But it turns out he already read it. I thought I was so smart because he likes animals and zoology a lot. He cried at the zoo when the Red Panda wasn't available and for about a week after we were asked to not mention pandas arount him because it made him sad. But One and Only Ivan was the school-wide read-along.

So I did get him Percy Jackson when I had to return Ivan.

I'm interested to see what he knows about Greek gods. I would be thrilled if this new edition of the books is able to turn him into a Percy Jackson-kid instead of an HP kid. Because when I was a kid, I read Edith Hamilton's edition of Mythology over and over like there was going to be a quiz. (Never has been. Very upset.)

But if Nephew likes them then we could bond and I could be the "cool" aunt. Like my aunt who read "Lord of the Rings" was.

[noahhawthorneauthor]

The feral queers are only causing a little trouble. 🏳️‍⚧️🐾⚔️

[noahhawthorneauthor]

I just finished Witchmark yesterday, and now I'm 2/3 of the way through Crier's War.

It was one of the books I set aside when my slump hit last year, and I'm on a mission to get some of my half-read books finished.

What are you reading?

[mysticcollectionbee]

Episode 13 by Craig DiLouie. My immediate reaction

[I drew this THE EXACT MOMENT I finished reading and processing the book so they are very messy doodles but you get my genuine thoughts lol]

And yes, it took me months to finish the book despite it being really easy to read. I read it in my free time and very often forgot about it do to other things taking my attention. However... I love this book and can see myself easily binge reading it again if I'm on a plane or a hotel stay.

I will spoil nothing. It's really good. I thought it was gonna be bad or too stereotypical but nope. It knew how to use its premise and your expectations to its advantage.

And to the writer: Amazing work, will check out your other stuff, but also how dare you.

[morgsonline]

I keep getting these netgalley ARC ebooks which are amazing and so cool but they're supposed to be downloading ojn my kindle which thEY ARE not so I'm reading inthe Netgalley app with tiny fonts which is bad for my eyes :(

[allthehighladies]

[happy-killer-ninja-panda]

I only write in the margins of books I find stupid.