The Red Pyramid

Rick Riordan is an incredible author that does a wonderful job introducing a host of people to ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian gods, goddesses and history. I first learned of him when I read the Percy Jackson (the Lightning Thief for those of you who only watch movies - although what are you even reading this for if you only watch movies?!). Percy Jackson and his friends were the main characters in an awesome series dealing with the old Greek gods, goddesses and heroes. It was interesting reading about them. (In fact, I went out and bought a reference book telling the old stories of those gods and goddesses after finishing the Percy Jackson series.)

A second Greek/Roman series was introduced through the Heroes of Olympus series (only the first book has been published so far - the second one comes out next month). That series has already proven to be just as interesting as the first Percy Jackson series.

Now, though, Riordan has also tackled the old Egyptian gods/goddesses/magicians. I'll admit, for a bit I wasn't interested in getting into this series as well. I had my Greeks and Romans, and was perfectly happy learning about them, and seeing the new adventures of their human heroes. The Egyptians were just too much. However, last weekend they had Book 1, the Red Pyramid, sitting on the shelf at the library, and I figured I'd try it. (It helped that my oldest daughter also really wanted to read it, so we were going to be getting it anyway.) I was pleasantly surprised. I figured it'd be alot of the same sort of Percy Jackson adventures. However, this one is different enough that it's a whole different series. While you can tell it's the same author (his humor comes out often, and is hilarious), the approach to this series seems different - and the "players" in these books have different personalities and powers. So far, I've liked them, so we'll continue with this series (although, I probably won't post about every book in the series...sorry...)