MoA Countdown Day Fourteen

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

14)Hazel and Piper teaming up

I feel like Annabeth might be a little busy in MoA with her super secret mission and Reyna has to do her praetor duties - so I didn't add them here, though they might team up! And that would be awesome. (Just thought of this, what'll Annabeth's reaction to Reyna's history with them be?) 

But basically, I'd like the girls to team up and save the boys. The boys are awesome, but some things just need a feminine touch. Maybe they'll fool a monster in to taking one of Hazel's precious stones or something? 

These two are kick-ass and if they teamed up they just might save the world all by themselves. Looking forward to that! 

MoA Countdown Day Thirteen

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

13) Frank being badass

Frank is adorable and awesome and I can’t wait for him to wow some people with his powers. 

He's been practically bullied by others for so long and then it's revealed that he's actually the baddest badass! I mean, not only can he apparently master any skill he wants to, he can change his form in to any animal? And then he's also a really smart guy, a good tactic and a sweet guy? This guy is perfection right here. 

Right, he pays for it, but I just adore him a lot. He's so down to earth compared to the others and I can't wait for him to kick ass in any way!  I totally cheered when he turned in to a weasel to scare the basilisks in the last book and I’m hoping for something similar. 

He deserves his own spotlight and here's hoping that he gets it. 

Day Twelve (MoA Countdown)

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

12)Basically the Lost Hero -trio meeting the Son of Neptune -trio

It could be awkward but it could be awesome. And I can’t wait! 

Just imagine them comparing notes about who did what. 

“Yeah, so we had a giant almost destroy the camp.”

“Yeah, we fought two of those too - Jason fought one hand to hand.”

“Wow. Well, we released Death. He totally looks like Cupid.”

“Oh really? Well we saved Hera from being force-married to a giant.”

“That’s pretty awesome.”

“Mm-mm.”

“Just a normal quest for a demigod.”

“Tell me about it.”

It’s going to be awesome. 

There're just so different personalities that are going to be interesting to see. And, what with both trios knowing of them being a part of the Great Prophecy, it's going to be interesting to see them meeting the other half. 

AND, they've gotten used to working with each other, so I'm looking forward to seeing them mixed up.

Day Eleven (MoA Countdown)

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

11) Battle plans

Oh, just imagine the Greeks joining a senate meeting? They have a lot of planning to and it probably won't go smoothly - I just want all the great minds working together and hey, the witty dialogue would overflow! And you bet Octavian will be annoying, trying to show his superiority. 

There are lot of things to do and you can just tell how there are going to be different opinions about how to do things and who will to them. Are there going to be several quests leading up to the big one in Greece? Who will lead? So many unanswered questions! 

And then, the details: Leo being funny, Percy being sarcastic, Reyna and Annabeth trying to be calm and all wisdom-full-y and Jason’s probably going to end up as the mediator. Hee. 

MoA Countdown Day Ten! Whoop Whoop!

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

10) NICO!

He’s one of my favorites, so tragic and so alone. The guy's had shitty luck so far and he just deserves something happy and for something to go his way. I seriously hope this series ends with Nico happy, with a home and having befriended trustworthy people (read: Hazel). 

I have a (bad) feeling that he could be an important pawn in the game but that his disappearance might get sidelined. There's so much going on, it's hard to tell what Riordan is planning (as usual). 

I just want all the heroes from the two previous books jumping on Argo II and charging to save him. 

To be continued...

So I talked about posting a review (or something) about Wolfsbane this week. Well, that's not obviously happening - for a good reason! I've lost my notes that happen to be in a notebook and not on computer. So the notebook is lost somewhere... I'll try to find it soon but if I can't find it, I'll write a post without it.

The point of this is to say that I am going to post about Wolfsbane soon. I haven't forgotten or given up. It's only momentarily delayed. Bloodrose came in the mail on Thursday, so I'm anxious to read it.

MoA Countdown Day Nine

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

One of my favorites today! 

9) Hazel meeting Leo

In my opinion, this is going to be awkward. I mean, we saw how big her reaction was to just seeing him in the message. And that's only minutes, maybe hours earlier than actually seeing him in the ship. And then there's the fact that she and Frank have only just realized how much they like each other - we don't know if they're officially together yet. 

But I really want to know about the connections between Sammy and Leo and basically, what is going there.

Yet another small detail in the big picture that, knowing Riordan, could be awesome. 

MoA Countdown Day Eight! (It IS the eigth!)

Through September I'll post all the things that I’m looking forward to in Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan and sort of hoping/thinking that could happen. A post every day! If I can stay in schedule, it's surely a miracle. 

Of course I hope I'm amusing someone else besides myself and I’d love to hear what you think, if you agree or disagree or if I missed something. Obviously not every thing is going to make the list, since I have exactly 32 things to post. The last one will go up on October 2nd. And if you're wondering, these are not in any special order. 

8) Percy and Annabeth's reunion

This might just be the most coveted thing in the upcoming book. Almost all the talk about this book concentrates on these two. And I think it just might be for a good reason..

But really, this reunion just might be painful - I don't think Annabeth knows how much Percy remembers (since he had the advantage of Gorgon blood and Jason didn't and he doesn't remember everything) and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it in the middle of possible foes. It’s been eight months since they last saw, so I am hoping for a hug, maybe some slow motion running towards each other? 

But it’s at least going to be awkward since all the Romans are ready to attack. 

And I bet that Octavian’s going to start shouting something about Percy being a spy the moment he realizes Annabeth is his girlfriend. And that's the part I might be looking forward to a lot?