[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]

now i know why the actor playing percy jackson is soooo thrilled. this will likely be the new harry potter - each book getting a movie - so he's in for fame, money, stardom, more money, women, and more money still.

actually, i really enjoyed the book as i was clipping along. i can see the appeal to young readers, and i turned my son on to the book by telling him the first few chapter titles (I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher...Three old ladies knit the socks of death), and then reading the first few papragraphs aloud. for awhile we were tag-team reading. when i wasn't using it, he was reading it and - hey - if it gets boys to read - all the more power to it.

the problem came when i put it down for a day or two. it lost momentum for me. i guess i can't re-enter fantasy after i've been away from it, but i don't think that will be a problem for boys.

btw - i read this for book club. i wouldn't have read it otherwise, and that's what's good about someone else choosing your book - you get a broader view than you would on your own. so now fierce has found a whole new series