The Lightning Thief - Book to Movie Almost Here! Book Added to Giveaway Pile (Giveaway Points Post)

The Percy Jackson series has become one of my favorite. Once I found The Lightning Thief I flew through the rest of the books.

The movie version comes out tomorrow (midnight showing tonight) and while I'm worried about it living up to the book, I'm excited to see it.


From the trailers it's clear that they've made some changes, the most obvious being how much older Percy is but that doesn't have to be a bad thing and I'm hopeful for a great movie. (And Kirthi from Pages and Dreamer reminded me that Annabeth is supposed to be blonde. I know, I know, it's a little thing, but seriously, how hard is it to dye the girl's hair!)


Here's my review of The Lightning Thief and I'll let you know what I think of the film! (Please feel free to link your own review at the bottom of this post.)

Percy Jackson is about to get kicked out of boarding school . . . . again. And that is the least of his problems.

He ends up at a half-blood camp for demi gods where he discovers that he has some family ties to Mount Olympus and is the prime suspect in the theft of Zeus's master lightning bolt.

On his journey to find the bolt and clear his name as well as save his father's reputation, he has to come to terms with dad's abandonment, and his mother's death - something he blames himself for.

Challenges on his quest include trying to decipher the oracle's cryptic advice and staying alive while underworld gods and beasts are attacking, and trying to save what really matters most - friends and family.

With his magic sword, Riptide, Percy takes on gods, does their dirty work, and oh, by the way, has to save the world!

I flew through this book in two days. It's action-packed from the first pages and takes you on a wild ride. Weaving familiar mythology and gods like, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares and Athena along with creatures like Medusa and the Chimera into the plot adds fun and interest.

I highly recommend this thrill ride! This is the first in a must read series. I loved them all!

The movie stars Logan Lerman as Percy with the big names being Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman.

I found this Germany movie poster which I think is much better looking than the US one.

I'll see it this weekend... Fingers crossed!


NOTE: Be sure to check out the post below. The 3rd Hunger Games cover and title is finally revealed!

Since it is one of my favorites, we're going to add The Lightning Thief into our MegaBook Giveaway so be sure to enter!

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