Meet Reyna!!!

Well the second new character art has been released and let me tell you, I LOVE THOSE SHINY GREYHOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She definitely looks like my type of person minus that evil look. Here's what was said on the Heroes of Olympus site...

These dogs are precious in more ways than one. They protect Reyna, a very important demigod who holds a hand in Percy's fate.
What do they do? Aside from sparkle (one is silver, the other gold), these hounds act as Reyna's personal bodyguards.
Noteworthy: These dogs are not just encased in metal on their bodies, they have rubies for eyes. Talk about valuable pets!

And Rick's blog said....

Time for our second character reveal for The Son of Neptune. Meet Reyna, with her automaton hounds Aurum and Argentium. Reyna's godly parent? Hint: it's a god you haven't met yet. Is Reyna powerful? Yes. Are those hounds deadly? Yes. Will she be friend or foe to Percy Jackson? Ah, that's a good question.

I LOVE THOSE DOGS!!!!!! Anyways, those dogs are adorable and I totally want one. The next character reveal is the 6th.

-Meg

The Power of Six, The Maze Runner, and New Movies!

Woo-Hoo! There's a lot of new book movies coming out soon so I thought that I should share them with you guys. First off we have The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins. She's actually wrote most of the script for the movie so I'm expecting it to be good. There's also Hugo which is based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick who's new book comes out September 13th called Wonderstruck. The movie premiers November 23. Anyway moving on to my The Maze Runner by James Dashner review...

The Maze Runner was a great book. It's about a kid named Thomas who wakes up to find himself in a place called 'The Glade,' a small field surround by a giant maze. He has absolutely know recollection of his past or where he came from. He is soon greeted by the other 'Gladers' who also arrived with no memory. A glader arrives every 30 days but the next day a girl shows up, the first one ever to arrive. I don't want to say much more except that I give it 4 stars! Next up is The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore,

This book I can't say much about at all without completely spoiling the other book. But I can say that it's really good!!! If you've read the first book, I Am Number 4, this one is a must! I'm truly sorry that's can't say any more but I really don't want to spoil it. If you're not in the mood to buy hardcover though, I Am Number 4: 6's Legacy sounds like a good read exclusive for the nook! It's 4 bucks and 60 pages but I'm gonna get it anyway! I hope that everyone had a terrific summer,

-Meg

The People of Sparks By Jeanne DuPrau

The People of Sparks is the second book of the Ember Series and was actually quite good. Lina and Doon are back in this new adventure and wind up in the city of Sparks, which is finally beginning to prosper after years of hard work. It takes place after 'The Disaster' were basically everything was destroyed and people had to start from scratch all over again. The only issue is that Lina and Doon's people, the Emberites know absolutely nothing about the world above and have never really worked a day in their life. If it helps they all had know idea what chickens were and find them scary. Anyway, food has been an issue for the people of Sparks and now they are being told they must share some after many years of extremely hard work. I also think I should mention that Sparks only has around 375 people while Ember had 400. Great book but I highly recommend that you read 'The City of Ember' first.
-Meg
Read on my nook

Exciting Events!

Great news everybody! The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies #2) and Darth Paper Strikes Back (The Strange Case of Origami Yoda #2) came out yesterday! Also, Pseudonymous Bosch appeared on the Today Show this morning but I sadly missed in because it was in the first hour. Character art from The Son of Neptune has also been supposedly released as Rick said on his blog but on The Heroes of Olympus website it isn't there. Strange. You can see Frank Zhang above. The other great news is that Barnes and Nobles has given out crucial evidence to what the Roman Camp is called. Now we all know that it's called Camp Jupiter (A.K.A. Camp Zeus for us Greeks.) And if you want to hear the second chapter of The Son of Neptune you can hear it here. It's amazing and you really must listen to it!
-Meg

Spread the Word!

School is back in session! Right now is a great time to please spread the word about Meg's Book Blog! As you're asking people what they were up to this summer tell them that you were checking out MBB!!! Hopefully we will have some new faces around here soon. So please spread the word.
Thanks,
-Meg

Happy Birthday Percy!

Happy Birthday Percy Jackson! Rick says he's still 16 but I believe he would be 18. In honor of him you can find a party pack on his home website and the Olympian Week winners have been announced on Rick's Blog. Also, Rick said to keep an eye out on the heroes of olympus website for new character art and such. Right now the only thing new is the Son of Neptune video which is a must see because it show all of the character art but dosen't tell you who it is. Anyways, happy birthday PJ!
-Meg
PS: You can leave happy birthday notes for him on the comments.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda By Tom Angleberger and Other Things

Great book but very quick. It was only about 140 pages so I finished it in less than 24 hours. But all in all it was a great book. It's the story of a origami yoda finger puppet that gives out the best advice and can practically predict the future but the kid who has the puppet on is completely crazy, so to speak. Yoda will tell anybody what they need to know unless they're rude. This is a collection of files to help figure out if origami yoda is real or not. Also, Darth Paper Strikes Back comes out August 23 along with The Power of Six (Sequel to I am Number 4) The next important release date after these two is You Have To Stop This (Last book in the Secret Series) which come out October 1st. I also think that I should address the sad news about Borders. Please leave a departing message for them in the comments. Alas, they are out of business and now I must drive a half-hour at least to get to the nearest bookstore. All of us people who won't use a electronic reader now must hope that Barnes and Nobles don't leave like Borders. I pretty sure that they can't get rid of bookstores completely because most of the time kids can't bring electronic readers to school. We have to get the good old paper versions. I had a nook and wouldn't use it because a) I can't read to books at once b) I can't bring it to school and c) There were to many extras like Internet, sudoku, and chess. (I seriously need to learn how to play that game) Now you can even buy stuff like Angry Birds for them! Anyway I hope you get my point now because I'm beginning to ramble.
-Meg

The Potter Blog



Hello! Sorry I haven't been posting for a while, but there's been nothing much to post about because I've been so busy I haven't finished many books except for the PJO series again. And I really don't want to post about it because it ruins the greatness of the books. (I don't feel that way about all books, it's really just PJO) I also didn't want to spend all of my time posting about Harry Potter but that's really the only thing going on because of Pottermore and such. So I am now doing The Potter Blog with the one and only... MaggieMoo! (AKA: Maggie) It's going to have everything a Potter fan could want. I would like to call it MuggleNet without all of the viruses that shut down my computer. There's going to be tons of revealing secrets about the magical world of HP. Like for example, did you know that at one point Harry, Hermione, and Ron were featured on Chocolate Frog Cards? I think not. You can find it at http://www.the-potter-blog.blogspot.com/ I also am glad to announce my new blog that I will be doing solo, Snickerdoodles!!! It will feature random facts every week about a random topic like Jelly Beans! You can find it at http://www.insanesnickerdoodles.blogspot.com/ ! Thanks every body and I hope to see you soon!

-Meg



Contest Winner!!!!

Congratulations Anja!!! For being the only one who entered and having a fantastic Hobbit review. I almost read that book but couldn't even finish the chapter because I thought it was a bit boring like Anja says in her review. Now I would like to know if you guys want more contests. Simply comment (Commenting works with pop-ups enabled) on what a good contest would be because you guys clearly didn't care for this one.

Title: The Hobbit
Author: J. R. R. Tolken
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Year of Publication: 1937
Reader's Rating: 3


In a Nutshell: Bilbo Baggins is a well-to-do hobbit who is respected by many and never dreamed of doing anything adventurous or unexpected. However, his perfect life is suddenly disrupted as Gandalf the wizard thrusts him into the wilderness with thirteen dwarves to find a vast treasure and slay the dragon guarding it. With a surprising amount of luck, Bilbo survives trolls, giant wolves, mysterious elves, and a strange ring, before finally arriving with his companions at the evil mountain wherein lies the treasure, and the dragon! The company awakens the dragon, who flies about the land, and soon elves, men and dwarves are all after the treasure! Will Bilbo's company be able to save the treasure from greedy hands, or be killed in the resulting Battle of Five Armies?

(SUMMARY NOT BY ME.)

The Fantastical Stuff: Bilbo always wants to do the right thing, even though it's hard. He helps out the dwarves a lot and even though they didn't like him at first, he gained their respect by his actions. The scene with Gollum is my favorite. It's quite funny. ;)

The Not-so-fantastical Stuff: There's not really a whole lot of bad stuff. I guess Gollum was a little too... ummm... let's say... overly obsessed with his ring. But what I didn't like so much is that this book did not keep my attention very well. It's a good story but how the story is told knocks it lower on my charts. Having both a good story and an amazing writer are two very important things. His ideas were definitely worth reading about but he should have worked a little more on his "exceedingly dry" way of telling a tale.

Wrap Up: This book definitely has a cool storyline. The ideas and imagination are intriguing. But, as I already mentioned, the writing is quite dull. It would have helped if Tolken added more things that "spiced up" the slightly boring edge to his composition.