tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896911960035171090.post960772224528916380..comments2024-03-25T02:15:50.088-07:00Comments on Legends of Medieval France and Italy: My Love for Percy Jackson and the OlympiansLinda C. McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554730334838454885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896911960035171090.post-52562796629781934432010-02-05T20:15:55.590-08:002010-02-05T20:15:55.590-08:00Karen,
It's great to "hear" from you...Karen,<br />It's great to "hear" from you. I love your screen name. A few weeks ago I was in a coffee shop here and saw a man wearing a jacket with the logo "Up North Michigan." I had to talk with him. He was from Marquette. We had a nice chat while waiting for the barista to make our drinks.<br /><br />I agree with you on your assessment of being disgusted at leaving out the significance of the Narcissus flowers. Do they not understand the full meaning of the story?<br /><br />Duh.<br /><br />That's like the eyes on the peacock for Hera. (I love D'Aulaire's version of that story. My favorite bit was Hermes asking if it was a crime to bore someone to death.)<br /><br />BTW, Riordan's take on Hermes is pretty much dead on for what I expected him to be like. Except for a passage or two in the fifth book, but overall I love Riordan's Hermes. <br /><br />You should pick up the books. They are filled with humor and a love for Greek myths. <br /><br />In honor of my son's love for the series I even had a bakery make a blue birthday cake for him with a trident on it. He loved it.<br /><br />Let me know what you think of the books as well as the movie!<br /><br />Delta love,<br /><br />Linda CarolLinda C. McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554730334838454885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896911960035171090.post-17626055389104337642010-02-05T08:05:29.940-08:002010-02-05T08:05:29.940-08:00Linda, I knew we were sisters in more than Tri Del...Linda, I knew we were sisters in more than Tri Delta! You are hitting the nail on the head, although I admit with shame that I haven't read the books yet. My son Max, however, has educated me quite well about them and I feel as though I have. I want to read them before seeing the movie.<br /><br />I LOVE Greek mythology, as well as other mythos. I feel like they are a secret world, yet one that we have the clues from our own lives to unravel their mysteries.<br /><br />I thought I was alone in trying to read Edith Hamilton, then giving up because I couldn't get into her. I also have the D'Aulaire's book and both Max and my daughter Ari have loved it.<br /><br />Working at Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, MI, has given me a lot of exposure to new myth books coming in for kids, and I must say that some are pretty but lacking in content. I read a brief retelling of Echo and Narcissus, and they left out the part about how that is how the narcissus flowers came to grow at the water's edge! Come on! That is a major part of the story, part of the resolution!<br /><br />Anyway, I am subscribing to your blog now and look forward to reading more. You are an accomplished writer and an inspiration to those of us who always thought it would be cool to write about mythology, but never did.<br /><br />Love and hugs,<br />Karen Anderson DubrinskyUp North Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213475559080389390noreply@blogger.com