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It's an amazing book. I think it's the best one in the seris :D

Heyy- If u were a half-blood, whose kid do u think u'd be?

I used to think Athena, but now I have to say, after reading The Last Olympian, Apollo.
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ya

that book was AMAZING

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Okay, i just finished the soldiers of halla (it took a while to get my hands on it) and i have a question:

On page 184:

"'Want to see a new territory?' I asked. 'Been a long time since we rode together, mate' Spader said...The second step was on the territory of Zadaa."

On page 190:

"...Spader had never seen the city of Xhaxhu, so I didn't think it would affect him one way or another..."

In The Lost City of Faar, Pendragon clearly took Spader to Zadaa to get Loor to help him explain to Spader his duty as a Traveler. How come it's now a new territory for Spader?

Otherwise, it was a pretty awesome book...im glas i finally finished the series. phew. :)

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genes_girl wrote:Wow, too many. I personally LOVE fantasy, and some scifi, but it is something I have always loved. Let's see how many of my favorite authors I can remember ( not in any order):

Tamora Pierce ( by far #1)
Garth Nix
Clare B. Dunkle
Diana Wynn Jones
Marianne Curley
JK Rowling
Diane Duane

I am sure there are more, I just can't think of them off the top of my head.
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I love Pierce too.
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Helix_Nebula_Freak wrote:It's an amazing book. I think it's the best one in the seris :D

Heyy- If u were a half-blood, whose kid do u think u'd be?

I used to think Athena, but now I have to say, after reading The Last Olympian, Apollo.
I'd say Poseidon.

Only thing that annoyed me about the book was Demeter's role. She's only mentioned in the last book, and she doesnt even do anything, except suggest that everyone should eat some cereal.

Cmon, make some plants grow and kill people or something.
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Not in any particular order (my tastes lean towards fantasy and sci-fi):

Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter- JK Rowling
Pendragon series- DJ MacHale
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
Percy Jackson and the Olympians- Rick Riordan
Valhalla Rising- Clive Cussler
Inheritance series- Christopher Paolini
Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card
Nation- Terry Prachett
His Dark Materials trilogy- Philip Pullman
Digital Fortress- Dan Brown
Next- Michael Crichton
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gneissisnice wrote:
Helix_Nebula_Freak wrote:It's an amazing book. I think it's the best one in the seris :D

Heyy- If u were a half-blood, whose kid do u think u'd be?

I used to think Athena, but now I have to say, after reading The Last Olympian, Apollo.
I'd say Poseidon.

Only thing that annoyed me about the book was Demeter's role. She's only mentioned in the last book, and she doesnt even do anything, except suggest that everyone should eat some cereal.

Cmon, make some plants grow and kill people or something.
Yeah, I totally agree... They made Demeter seem like such a sap (Sap, get it? :lol:)
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awesomelynessfully coolio
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cypressfalls_Robert wrote:awesomelynessfully coolio
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That is hilarious, but I disagree... I think the more made-up words a book has, the more of a probability it has of being good...
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AlphaTauri wrote:Not in any particular order (my tastes lean towards fantasy and sci-fi):

Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter- JK Rowling
Pendragon series- DJ MacHale
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
Percy Jackson and the Olympians- Rick Riordan
Valhalla Rising- Clive Cussler
Inheritance series- Christopher Paolini
Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card
Nation- Terry Prachett
His Dark Materials trilogy- Philip Pullman
Digital Fortress- Dan Brown
Next- Michael Crichton
I like Dan Brown, but i thought that Digital Fortress was full of holes. How are major government cryptologists unable to see that NDAKOTA is an anagram of TANKADO?

I liked it anyway, but I see a pattern of Dan Brown books:

There is a Nerdy guy, a hot genius woman, a conspiracy, an assassin, and some great higher truth that is only uncovered by the hot woman and the nerd.
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