#Themarkofathena

[pagesofgirlhood]

He was cute in a sort of oversized-cuddly-panda-bear way.

- the mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

#percyjackson #annabethchase #reyna #theheroesofolympus #themarkofathena #rickriordan #demigods #fantasy #quotes #literature #greekmythology

[bluedoodles0]

I will pay a million dollars to find out what the hell happened in Albania.

[ahecktonoffandomsinoneblog]

[pastelwitchling]

Bonjour tout le monde. J’espère que vous avez bien 🍞🍵💗
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#percyjackson #pjo #heroesofolympus #themarkofathena #annabethchase #leovaldez #jasongrace #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #book #books #bookworm #booklife
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[allysedits]

Annabeth Chase: Hero of Olympus

[ajtorres0]

QotD: Do you like book boxes? If yes, do you have any? Haha! So I completely forgot to take a pic of The Mark of Athena. I've gone and finished this read 2 months ago and have just now moved on to House of Hades, and I figured, you know what, I've already shown you what book 1 is about, so I'll just show off the box set. I think it looks amazing, and then I realized I haven't done this for series one, so I'll make sure to do that soon. For now, here's Heroes of Olympus. Also, unfortunately the whole fam, myself included, have caught c@v*d, and I'm pretty annoyed that we did, but at least none of us have had severe symptoms. My son's fever has finally broken, my husband's throat is irritated and his nose stuffy, and I just started, but right now my body aches and my throat feels a little tight. Just remember all, this v*rus is still around, so please be safe when you're going out, ok? Anyway, I hope you all have a good week, I'm hoping I'm good to go for my birthday at the end of the month lol. #Bookstagram #Books #YoungAdult #YA #YAFantasy #YABooks #TheHeroesOfOlympus #TheMarkOfAthena #THoO #TMoA #Riordanverse #RickRiordan #GreekMythology #GreekGods #RomanMythology #RomanGods #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #UrbanFantasy #BooksAreMagic #BooksAreMagical #BooksOfIg #BooksOfInstagram #ReadersOfIg #ReadersOfInstagram #Bibliophile #BookCommunity #BoxSet https://www.instagram.com/p/CgucjKvr1ju/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mybookishlife2]

🌺My New Obsession🌺 QOTD: What’s a book/series that you have recently become obsessed with? Let's just take a moment appreciate the gorgeous spines in the Heroes of Olympus Series. It is just GORGEOUS. I am currently on The Last Olympian in the Percy Jackson & the Olympian series. I go through these books so quickly and it feels great. I didn't listen to my sister or friends that told me when they said I needed to read it. Now that I have, I am so glad but they're also now almost in the Apollo series so I am seriously behind. 😅 Also, finding these books in either the Little Free Library and the Bargain Section, it definitely was incredible and one of the best finds this year. Also, I've found 2 (TWO) illustrated books of The Lightning Thief!! That is just wild to me. 🌺 |Tags| #PercyJacksonSeries #PercyJacksonandtheOlympians #HeroesofOlympus #TheTrialsofApollo #TheMarkofAthena #TheHouseofHades #TheBloodofOlympus #TheTyrantsTomb #TheLastOlympian #TheSonofNeptune #fantasyseries #mythology #middlegradebooks #yaadventure #urbanfantasy #GreekMyth #RickRiordan #bookstack #bookishstack #mgbooks #yabooks #bookhoarder #readerforlife #booksharks #readaholic #reader #booknerdigans https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeIbzArJxW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[emmatje20]

I just now realized they put a Dam joke in the mark of Athena. 😂 #percyjackson #dam #damjokes #heroesofolympus #markofathena #themarkofathena https://www.instagram.com/p/CN2UMGwpkp0/?igshid=1cuptdpvllyfp

[tothepointtales]

Top 10 Teen Reads

Top 10 Teen Reads

It’s the time of year when libraries tally their top ten check-outs of 2020. I thought it might be interesting to compare teen readers in the north to those in the south, so I called librarians in two states. They emailed me their young adult fiction lists THE SAME DAY. Gotta love librarians. Following are the chart-toppers from New York and Georgia. Hall County, GA, Public LibraryNew York City…

[wild-awake]

Good evening, bookstagram! 🌝 Had a really good Saturday, I rarely get Saturdays off work so I spent the entire afternoon lounging under our mango tree and reading 😌 ⁣ #QOTD How do you usually spend your Saturdays? ⁣ July 18 📚 Challenges: • #myfandomobsessionsjuly20 - Bookish Religion/Deity (Greek/Roman Mythology in Percy Jackson series and Heroes of Olympus) ⁣ • #marvelinjuly2020 - There will be no challenge today: Cliffganger Ending (It’s been years but I’m still mad at this book’s ending, Uncle Rick 😡) ⁣ • #RFABJuly20 - Supernatural Creatures ⁣ • #ampersandjuly20 - #StackSaturday #TheMarkofAthena #CruelPrince #TheDragonRepublic #LadyMidnight #ThroneofGlass (at Under The Mango Tree) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyTKJkABFS/?igshid=1n6rskat0pfn0

[pagesofgirlhood]

She felt that if she got any closer to him all the molecules in her body might combust.

- the mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

#percyjackson #annabethchase #reyna #theheroesofolympus #themarkofathena #rickriordan #demigods #fantasy #quotes #literature #greekmythology

[just-another--ghoul]

Finally got these babies 😍😍

[shetellsastory]

☕️☀️📖// That's how I'm spending this week; by the beach, binging @rickriordan 's #HeroesofOlympus and relaxing. . Couldn't get any better ! __ #TheLostHero #thesonofneptune #themarkofathena #thehouseofhades

[thelonelyrdr-blog]

Thoughts on the Heroes of Olympus series (Part 1)

(Warning: The below review is brimming with spoilers.) Before I begin my review of the Heroes of Olympus series, I feel the urge to wax poetic about how gorgeous the covers of Percy Jackson books always are. I’m not an artist, so I can’t get too specific with my reasoning, but the colors and amount of detail in the book jackets above create an outstanding effect. (The artistry doesn’t surprise me, considering that the series is published by Disney Hyperion.)  As for the series itself, I’ve forgotten more thoughts and feelings about it than I’ve had about other books. Therefore, in an attempt at cohesion, I’m going to review the series first by book and then as a whole.  The Lost Hero The Lost Hero serves its purpose of establishing the villain and principal heroes of the series, but it didn’t grip me. I had to force myself to continue reading at some points, which I never had to do with the original series.  However, the book still contains Riordan’s trademark humor, which I always enjoy(ed), as well as a novel approach to a frustratingly overused trope. In any other book, children’s or adult, when Piper revealed to Jason and Leo that she had been grappling with whether or not to betray them to save her father, they would’ve responded to her confession with anger and distrust. Here, though, they’re...sympathetic? An idealistic reaction, maybe, but also less cliché than the alternative, and what’s so wrong with idealism, anyway, particularly in a children’s adventure story? Their show of support to Piper, their friend, fellow hero, and companion on their quest, is, aside from being damn refreshing, consistent with the emphasis placed on friendship both in this book and throughout the series.  The Son of Neptune I have the least to comment on in The Son of Neptune. Of the five books in the series, it is the least memorable to me, perhaps because it is, admittedly by necessity, a rehash of The Lost Hero, but with Percy in the role of amnesiac instead of Jason. It introduces Camp Jupiter and two more POV characters, Frank and Hazel, but that’s about all that’s significant about it. The Mark of Athena I’ve always appreciated Annabeth’s character for the fact that she’s neither the archetypal intelligent female nor the archetypal female hero. Not only do her interests lie in architecture rather than in the humanities, but her physical strength also certainly does not equal her cerebral strength: although she fights with her dagger occasionally, her wits are her primary weapon, and in The Mark of Athena, perhaps to an even greater extent than in the original series, they prove as effective as, if not more effective than, the other heroes’ more traditional methods of defeating villains. Then, of course, there’s her physical appearance. Annabeth is not a mousy brunette insecure about her looks, like most brainy female characters: she is, in fact, blonde and pretty, which, in addition to challenging the typical media depiction of teenage blondes as vapid, allows her to use it to her advantage in a squeal-inducing scene with Octavian by the dock in South Carolina. I’m sorry, but, spoiler or no, I have to share it: Very slowly, using only two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water. Octavian made a squeaking sound. "What was that for? I didn't say toss it! That could've been evidence. Or spoils of war!" Annabeth tried for a dumb-blonde smile, like: Oh, silly me. Nobody who knew her would have been fooled. But Octavian seemed to buy it. He huffed in exasperation. "You other two..." He pointed his blade at Hazel and Piper. "Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus--" All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor. Percy stood on the dock, holding Annabeth's dagger. "You dropped this," he said, totally poker-faced.  Annabeth threw her arms around him. “I love you!”  Earlier, we get an equally amazing interpretation of her character, this time from Leo’s POV:  He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter, when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous.   All I can say is, YES! FINALLY. I literally grinned when I read the above two passages, which is worth mentioning because normally I - like most people who read on their commute, I’d wager - have no visible reaction to what I’m reading. It may have taken until 2012 for someone to challenge the “dumb blonde” stereotype in a meaningful way in children’s literature, but at least it’s been done at last.  The Charleston scene also constitutes one of my favorite interactions between Percy and Annabeth, because it showcases how well they’ve learned to read each other and work as a team, and hints at the reasons why they’re well-matched as a couple. There is some discussion, in this series, of how Percy needs Annabeth to keep him balanced: without her influence, the other characters argue, Percy’s raw, awesome power and tendency toward impulsiveness would become dangerous both to him and to others. I never perceived Percy as needing to be reigned in before, perhaps because the original series was written entirely from his perspective, but this view of his character and his relationship with Annabeth makes sense, given how powerful he really is: remember, Percy is a son of one of the Big Three, who so impressed the gods in The Last Olympian that they offered him a place among them. (Aside from being logical and adding depth to his character and his relationship with Annabeth, the other characters’ concerns about Percy also serve to lightly foreshadow a rather dark scene in The House of Hades. More on that scene later.)  The last comment I have about this book is: oh man, that cliffhanger! It takes a lot for a book, movie, or TV show to surprise me - ask my ex-boyfriend: I predicted most of the plot twists in Gravity Falls with only minor hints and without even actively trying - but this one surprised me for some reason. I’m not sure why, what with Percy and Annabeth constantly vowing not to be separated again and Percy’s “fatal flaw” (which never ends up being fatal, either to a hero or a quest, but I digress) of being unwilling to abandon his friends even when it would be the more practical choice, but I just never would’ve expected Percy and Annabeth to fall into Tartatus together. I expected Annabeth to succeed in convincing Percy to let her fall, which would lead to him spending the next book annoying the rest of the group with his determination to rescue her even in instances where his goal conflicted with the main quest. Though, in retrospect, the above outcome is inconsistent with his character, it would have happened that way in most other stories. I liked the alternative much, much better. Reading over what I’ve written, it occurs to me that this review is already my longest yet and it’s only half-finished. With that in mind, I’m going to stop here and resume with The House of Hades in my next blog post.  Stay tuned! 

[idrisinstitute]

Red is easily one of my favourite colours, and that probably has something to do with why a lot of these are some of my favourite covers. The Scorpio Races just gets me every time! . My boyfriend and I are ordering pizza for supper tonight and we haven’t done that in a while so you could say I’m a little excited 😍🍕 . Qotd: What’s your favourite food? . Aotd: I like anything with chocolate, as well as pizza, tacos, and soup the best! . . . . . . . {#redbooks #bookrainbow #thescorpioraces #aceofshades #acourtofthornsandroses #mebeforeyou #simonvsthehomosapiensagenda #interviewwiththevampire #themarkofathena #yalit #yafantasy #booktags #bookstagram #books #bookstagrammer #reading #bibliophile #ireadya} https://www.instagram.com/p/BtO4NEsHH_j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3qgsc4qoyj7o

[sarahmouse123]

Good way to spend the day. In my pjs with a cup of tea from Davids Tea and The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan. This is what I love to do. #bookworm #cozy #pjs #acupoftea #davidstea #themarkofathena #rickriordan