I'm a huge fan of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & The Olympians series. It's kind of sad cause it's not even in the teen section of Barnes & Noble, you actually have to go the the children's section with all the stuffed animals and rocking chairs but I digress. To be quite frank, the series is excellent. It's like a smaller version of Harry Potter. Just substitute magic and Hogwarts for Greek Mythology and Camp Half-Blood. You see, in this universe, our protagonists are the offspring of one of the Greek Gods and a human. As anyone who's familiar at all with Greek Mythology would know, those gods were known from straying out of Olympus for a little lovin' touchin' and squeezin' if you know what I'm sayin'.
Our hero is Percy Jackson, son of...well you'll see. There's five books chronicling Percy's original adventures and then a new series called The Heroes of Olympus that is a sort of spin-off of Percy Jackson with some new characters and some old friends. The first book in the series, The Lost Hero refers to Percy who has gone missing. It's a really fun read that's actually kind of mysterious.
Anyway, to the point, the second book entitled The Son of Neptune came out this month and I REALLY REALLY WANT TO READ IT. I'm 97% certain that my little sister bought it for my birthday though, so I'll have to wait until I see her next weekend. Alas, I shall have to devote myself to re-reading the first book this week to stave off my anticipation.
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