The Princess Diaries Series - Book #1

I am currently reading a book called The Princess Diaries. It is part of a series by the same name. It is about a girl in high school named Mia who finds out she is the Princess of Genovia. How could she be a princess? She is an outcast at school, is five foot nine, only has one BFF, flat-chested, is flunking algebra, has no style, and her mom is dating her algebra teacher! So not cool. She is outraged at her parents for not telling her sooner. She is angry at her father the most because she barely sees him, and he never really comes to visit. Now that he is asking her to move to Genovia, it is a total no to her. Mia is reluctant to be a princess though. She is willing to decline her father's offer to become one. My favorite character is Mia because she is very firm about her decisions, and has an intriguing personality. The author of this novel is Meg Cabot. She has written many novels such as, the Allie Finkle Series, Avalon High, the All American Girl series, and Overbite. I love Meg Cabot's books because they are all so well-written, and exciting on every page. There are two movies about this series. After reading the beginning fragment of this novel, this is nothing like the movie. The movie skips some of scenes in the story. The novel however is like a diary, and the movie looks at it in a different aspect. If you are in for a fun, and spunky novel you should definitely read this book!

The Son of Neptune - Characters

I am still reading The Son of Neptune, which is just getting more and more interesting as the story goes on. Because there are many intriguing people in this book, I would like to tell you about a couple of them.

Percy Jackson: Two months ago, he woke up in the Wolf House with no memory. After that, he had a pair of gorgons chasing him, trying to kill him, until he found Roman Camp. He is still learning and making new friends there. Percy thinks he knows Nico d'Angelo, but cannot be quite sure. He is also hearing many campers talk about some sort of problem, but they will not specifically tell him what it is...

Hazel Levesque: Is the Daughter of Pluto, and has one brother named Nico d'Angelo. She is very concerned about her curse. She hopes Percy never finds out about what it is. Her father did tell her though that a Son of Neptune would release her curse. She is wondering if Percy is that person or not. She is also suspicious about his background because the ghosts at the camp are calling him Greek. Hazel is also going through "blackouts" as she calls them. She was born in the 20th century, and died in that time period. She is also alive as the same person in the 21st century. She then feints, and in a way watches some of the moments her past in the 20th century, and wakes up again in the 21st century. She is hoping that these "blackouts" stop soon.

I can not wait to find the adventure that Percy and Hazel embark upon.