Showing posts with label rick riordan. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Book Bucket List | The Latest in your Favorite Series...

One of the many wonderful aspects about working at a library is getting to see all the new releases as they come in.  And boy, have they come in this past October! New books are always great, but when the latest books in a series come in, it's especially exciting. It's even more so when it's a long awaited sequel in a popular series.

The latest in Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series, The House of Hades, was just released.  Percy and Annabeth are trying to escape the underworld while the other young demigods are trying to seal the "Doors of Death".  Yikes.  Seems like things have progressed far beyond training at Camp Half-Blood.  Also, don't forget to checkout the new graphic novel version of The Sea of Monsters!
The final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent series was released a couple of weeks ago as well.  Allegiant is the third book in the trilogy.  It picks up right where Insurgent ended, so the action doesn't stop.  For the first time, readers get to see the perspectives of Tris and Four, so now we can finally see what's been going on inside of his head.  Fans of the trilogy will be not let down with the end of this book.
  
P.C. Cast has just released the latest in her popular vampire series, the House of Night.  In Revealed, Zoey ponders her fate and questions if she is the one who is really powerful enough to bring down the legendary Neferet.  Neferet, who is definitely not dead has been changed in terrible ways since her fall.  She is unleashing her wrath upon humanity, but is Zoey strong enough to fight it?  

So those are three latest in series that I'm pretty excited about. Just more to add on to my ever growing list...

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Books On Film | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

The film adaptation of The Sea of Monsters was released into theaters nationwide this past Wednesday. The Sea of Monsters is the second book in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series

The first book, The Lightning Thief, was adapted into a film in 2010. The book follows Percy as he comes into his powers after discovering he is a demi-god, son of the Greek god Poseidon. The film was directed by Chis Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films. The film departs from the book in several ways, but it was still a fun romp for kids.
 
The second book and film, follow Percy on his quest to rescue his friend Grover and save the young demi-god camp from an attack by a Titan!

The books are great fun for kids who like adventure, mystery, and fantasy.  There are five books in the series, as well as a companion book and graphic novels. Plus, a sequel series of books, The Heroes of Olympus.

Movie Percy, played by actor Logan Lerman (3:10 to Yuma, The Perks of Being  A Wallflower), is older than book Percy, who starts the series as a twelve year old and the same is true for the other main characters, Annabell and Grover. However, the movies are definitely fun for tweens. You can check out the books and the first movie from the library before heading out to the movies!

Covers courtesy of LibraryThing


   Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013):