Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Relectura)

"Tan entretenida como la primera vez"

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Creo que esta es la segunda o tercera vez que leo este libro. Aun que si que es verdad que es la primera vez que lo hago en inglés (aun que tengo un ejemplar desde hace diez años) y que lo hago tan alejada del rango de edad a la que va dirigido el libro (la primera vez lo hice con 11 y la segunda con 14).
Este libro siempre guarda un lugar muy especial en mi mente, aun que si que es verdad que esta segunda vez he visto un par de cosas nuevas.

Percy Jackson es un chico que tiene problemas para encajar. Los líos parecen seguir allí por donde vaya y los estudios no son lo suyo, la dislexia y la hiperactividad no ayudan. Hasta que descubre que todo eso que le viene persiguiendo se debe a que es hijo de un dios, un dios griego nada más y nada menos.
Los dioses están en guerra, el rayo de Zeus a sido robado y Percy se embarcará en su búsqueda con una compañía muy variopinta.

El inicio del libro es algo lento pero Rick Riordan nos da tiempo para conocer a Percy antes de que se inicie todo el entramado a la vez que nos permite conocer más en profundidad todo lo que suponen los dioses griegos (tan distintos y humanos de como es la concepción de ellos hoy en día). Groover también es un de esos personajes que nos presentan desde el primer momento, un poco raro al principio pero que nos va ganando poco a poco. Y por el contrario la rápida resolución me ha parecido casi apresurada aun que eso se explica por el método decidido para viajar.
Riordan consigue una gran cohesión entre nuestra realidad y la existencia de los dioses como entes, haciendo muy plausible su historia. y en ningún momento implica o afirma la existencia o no existencia de otros seres divinos y religiones. Para darnos contexto de este mundo que ha creado nos pone como Mestizos personajes famosos y incluso eventos importantes de la historia racionalizados a través de la nueva lente que nos presenta.

El humor del libro es bastante sarcástico y el autor juega mucho con las frases hechas y las palabras. Algo que encuentro que se pierde un poco en la traducción pero que sin duda he sabido apreciar en la versión original.
Desde la primera páginas podemos ver la trama que guiará los siguientes libros y lo que dará conclusión a la serie, cosa que deja con muy buen sabor de boca.

Un par de apuntes con algo de Spoilers:
Podemos ver perfectamente (como publico adulto, y yo como relectora de la serie) quién es la gran incógnita del padre desde el primer momento, hay varias cosas que lo evidencian. Pero desde una perspectiva más infantil y no tan versada en la mitología este sin duda es una gran revelación.
También me gustaría remarcar la incociencia y perseverancia de todos los humanos corrientes por mantener los hechos a algo que ellos puedan llegar a entender.
La muerte de la madre de Percy parece quedar un poco en segundo plano y siento que no se le da la importancia que merece. Si que es cierto que el no llega a ver su cuerpo sin vida en ningún momento, o el hecho de tener esperanza en recuperarla del infamando pero encuentro que el haberla perdido tendría que tener un impacto mayor en la mente de un niño de doce años.
¿Cuan guay es eso de no poder perder nunca la espada? ¿Podemos hacer que mis llaves reaparezcan siempre en mi bolsillo, por favor?
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The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis, Narnia 1

"As slow as I remember"

Narnia...where the woods are thick and cool, where the Talking Beasts are called to life, a new world where the adventure begins.
Digory and Polly meet and become friends one cold, wet summer in London. Their lives burst into adventure when Digory's Uncle Andrew, who thinks he is a magician, sends them hurtling to...somewhere else. They find their way to Narnia, newborn from the Lion's song, and encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, before they finally return home.

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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2.5⭐️
It was a long time ago when I first read The Magician's Nephew. I was a little girl and I read the book in Spanish. This time I got hold of the English audiobook.
I vaguely remember this story being a little boring, entertaining, but not as much as the others. This is what this second read has been: entertaining for the long working hours but not as good as other audiobooks I've tried.
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We're Going to Need More Wine - Gabrielle Union

"This is what I was looking for"

In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.

One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real."

We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the kind of book I was looking for when I started listening to Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist. This memoir It's funny, explicative, exciting, true and makes you think a little.

Gabrielle talks about her childhood, her failed marriage, his long lost friends, 10 things I hate about you, Prince, girl stuff, sex, parenthood, Heath Ledger, dogs, rape, cancer and all the thing that have affected, touched and passed by in her lifetime.

Just a really good book (or audiobook), I listened while I was working and It's really easy to follow while making other stuff.
All I can add it's that Union's voice it's the sweetest thing while reading.

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Well, That Escalated Quickly - Franchesca Ramsey

"Not exactly what I was expecting"

Franchesca Ramsey didn't set out to be an activist. Or a comedian. Or a commentator on identity, race, and culture, really. But then her YouTube video "What White Girls Say . . . to Black Girls" went viral. Twelve million views viral. Faced with an avalanche of media requests, fan letters, and hate mail, she had two choices: Jump in and make her voice heard or step back and let others frame the conversation. After a crash course in social justice and more than a few foot-in-mouth moments, she realized she had a unique talent and passion for breaking down injustice in America in ways that could make people listen and engage. 
In her first book, Ramsey uses her own experiences as an accidental activist to explore the many ways we communicate with each other--from the highs of bridging gaps and making connections to the many pitfalls that accompany talking about race, power, sexuality, and gender in an unpredictable public space...the internet. 

Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist by Franchesca Ramsey
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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I wasn't expecting this kind of memoir. I was looking for another kind of The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, and while I have to admit that some anecdotes are funny the general spirit of the book is more to teach about racism and what to expect from internet attacks than the fun of it all.

Amusing but not really my cup of tea.
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QUOTE 380

"We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter's the One,
And Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun."

 Peeves the Poltergeist,  en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 379

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 378

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love."

  Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 377

" 'Expecto patronum!' 
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: she landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
'After all this time?'
'Always' "

Snape and Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 376

" 'You kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?' 'Don't be shocked, Severus. How many man and women have you watched die?'
'Lately, only those I could not save,' said Soane. He stood up. 'You have used me.'
'Meaning?'
'I have spied for you, and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter's son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter -' "

Snape & Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 375

"Just as Voldemort had not been able to possess Harry while Harry was consumed with grief for Sirius, so his thoughts could not penetrate Harry now, while he mourned Dobby. Grief, it seemed, drove Voldemort out, though Dumbledore, of course, would have said it was love..."

  en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 374

" 'And what would you say, Royal, to those listeners who reply that in these dangerous times, it should be "wizards first"?' asked Lee.
'I'd say that it's one short step from "wizards first" to "pure-bloods first", and then to "Death Eaters",' replied Kingsley. 'We're all humans, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.' "

Lee Jordan and Kingsley, en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 373

"Never once has he imagined Dumbledore's childhood or youth; it was as though he has sprung into being as Harry had known him, venerable and silver-haired and old. The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt."

  en Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter 7

"English"

Harry Potter is leaving Privet Drive for the last time. But as he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters will not be far behind.
The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. But the Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything he loves. And he knows he can’t keep hiding.
To stop Voldemort, Harry knows he must find the remaining Horcruxes and destroy them.
He will have to face his enemy in one final battle.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(HP 7) 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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There are so many things that I love about this book.
The book series it's like a thousand miles better than the movies, of course, Peeves it's only in one of them. Neville, Luna, And Ginny are far more important in the books, and, I mean, who does not love them? That's why I like to make a reread every now and then. It's really easy to see again the movies in one sitting, but the books usually take me more time (even more if you count that they're rereads and I can space them through time without missing anything).

I have to say my favorite moment by far it's when Neville gets out of the sorting hat Gryffindor's sword. Can't miss that part!

I have to admit, I cried, again, like a baby, all the way through the end of the book. Through the battle of Hogwarts, though death and memories.

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QUOTE 346

"'Dumbledore would have been happier than enybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.'"

 Minerva McGonagall, en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 345

"'I am not worried, Harry, I am with you.'"

 Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 344

"'Well, it was a bad night for romance all round. Ginny and Dean split up too, Harry.'
Harry thought there was a rather knowing look in her eye as she told him that, but she could not possibly know that his insides were suddenly dancing the conga."

 Hermione, en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 343

"You heard him, Harry: "Wouldn't it be better, make you stronger, to have your soul in more pices... isn't it seven the most powerfully magical number...""

 Dumbledore, en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 342

"Harry suddenly noticed that ever single one of the old headmasters and headmistresses in the portraits around the walls was awake and listening in on their conversation. A corpulent, red-nosed wizard had actually taken out an ear-trumpet."

  en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 341

"Meanwhile, the Hogwards library had failed Hermione for the first time in living memory. She was so shocked, she even forgot that she was annoyed at Harry for his trick with the bezoar."

 en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

QUOTE 340

"'Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?'
'Yes,' said Harry Stiffly.
'Yes sir.'
'There's no need to call me "sir", Professor'"

 Snape and Harry, en Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling