The Battle of the Labyrinth

I was a huge Percy Jackson fan after reading the first book. I talked so much about Percy that Rick Riordan’s wife stopped by my old Books in Bed blog to leave a comment. I really enjoyed the second book, too. And then there was the third book which I liked but… something happened and I was less enthusiastic about Percy. I don’t know if it was anything Percy did (or Riordan) or if it was just that I was in children/YA fiction madness and I just couldn’t manage to read one more piece of children’s literature – no matter how much I might want to.

Whatever it was, I never read book four – until Liz started reading the series and became fixated on it. When I told her I hadn’t finished the series, she told me that I HAD TO… so I reserved Battle of the Labyrinth and it took me forever to finish it. It wasn’t Percy’s fault (or Luke’s either) and it wasn’t Riordan’s fault. It’s me, I’m just not finding enough time to read. I enjoyed the book well enough but like KitCat, I found the Labyrinth a lot less scary than I expected to. The Labyrinth should have been really really frightening – and it just seemed like a normal day in the life of a Half-Blood Hero.

I think Book Five is upstairs on Liz’s bedroom floor. I’m trying to decide if I just want to go ahead and read it or if I want to head back to my TBR list or some general library reading. Will I enjoy book five more if I read it right after book four? Or should I hold off and think about it for awhile? Decisions, decisions.

Oh, I almost forgot… while I was reading The Battle of the Labyrinth, I asked TW what color ink her “pen” would write…If she had one like Riptide…. She said hers would be purple, which isn’t much of a surprise. Mine would be blue – or red – I can’t decide. What color “pen” would you have?

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