We head into Perenelle’s book with her facing off against all manner of attacks on Alcatraz, and Nicholas leading the twins around London. With both twins awakened and powerful, their behavior has changed, and arguably, not for the better. We meet some more immortals, both good and bad, and our first Archon. Also we continue to talk about the divide between Dee and Machiavelli, and the importance of this growing rift. We end on a cliffhanger on both plot lines, not knowing what will happen with any of our characters. Oh, and Scatty is still in the river.
Next week we will be reading chapters 36-70 of book 3 in the series, The Sorceress.
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This week we have the attack of the Disir and Nidhogg attacks our crew and rampages through Paris. Josh gets brave and gets awakened, but still no love from us, and he needs his sister to come save him from his own stupidity. We discuss Dee and Machiavelli’s motives and approaches to Josh, and we start to see Josh’s skepticism rubbing off on Sophie. Ultimately though, we end book 2 in a relatively good place. Nicholas is safe with both twins awakened, Perenelle rules Alcatraz, but Scatty is still underwater.
Next week we will be reading chapters 1-35 of book 3 in the series, The Sorceress. 
This week we dive into our second book of our second series, The Magician. Transported to Paris, our crew is looking for allies, while their enemies seem to only be growing in number. Josh is also really really trying to get on our bad side and join the enemy cause. We meet a bunch more immortal humans; Josh gets a sword, and Sophie learns fire magic. Perenelle is still alone in SF, but she seems to be doing just fine on her own, though it looks like that might change soon.
Next week we will be reading chapters 28-55 of book 2 in the series, The Magician. 
We wrap up our first book of our second series, The Alchemyst. This section includes a lot of magic, Perenelle awesomeness, and Dee evil. We meet Endor, the coolest grandma and get some more answers to Asia’s questions. We also have an iconic and dramatic fall from grace for Josh, and Charles really let’s Asia lay into Josh’s emotional immaturity. This is a really fun episode in which you can get a lot more of our individual personalities shining through.
Next week we will be reading chapters 1-27 of book 2 in the series, The Magician. 
This week we break into series number two, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel! We read the first half of The Alchemyst, and we start our new world building, learning all about auras, magic, and Elders. This week we have a really great time swapping the roles. Charles finally gets to fill in plot questions for Asia since she was always answering his questions during Percy Jackson. As always, we have fun with pronunciation and we discuss each other’s aura scents, so that alone is worth listening to.
Next week we will be reading chapters 22-41 of book 1 in the series, The Alchemyst. 
In this super exciting episode, we wrap up our first series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In the second half of The Last Olympian we have the battle for Olympus, the fight with Kronos, the spies, the rewards, and our official Percy and Annabeth relationship. We discover that the Great Prophecy is only triggered by Percy turning 16, but that the hero is Luke in his redemption and ultimate betrayal of Kronos. We get epic battles, tender moments, and a nice ending to our first series.
Next week we will be reading chapters 1-21 of book 1 in our new series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, The Alchemyst. 
We jump into the final book of our first series! This book is completely different as we basically start with all of our characters in teenager mode and already at warfare. We get some harsh calculations and sacrifices, the progress of the war between the Gods and the Titans and the full contents of the Great Prophecy are revealed. We discuss Achilles, Luke, and Percy, and lots of conversation about spies.
Next week we will be reading chapters 13-23 of book 5 in the series, The Last Olympian. 
In this episode we finish The Battle of the Labyrinth and get a lot of our longer running questions answered. We have the return of Rachel, the discovery of Daedalus, and most importantly, the resurrection of Kronos in Luke’s body. This episode really flies by with lots of important plot points for the full arc like Percy and Annabeth fighting and the anticlimactic death of Pan. We discuss that you can definitely feel the tension growing towards the end of the series.
Next week we will be reading chapters 1-12 of book 5 in the series, The Last Olympian. 
We dive right into The Battle of the Labyrinth, in which our characters start getting older and having to deal with more adult emotions. We get some more answers on Rachel Dare and Clarisse, but we also get more questions around some mysterious characters. As Percy and Co. dive into Daedalus’ Labyrinth, Percy starts to receive visions of Greek history, and confrontations with Nico and Luke seem inevitable. For some levity, Charles and Asia also spend an inordinate amount of time discussing pronunciation, so if you want to hear us embarrass ourselves, we cover that as well.
Next week we will be reading chapters 11-20 of book 4 in the series, The Battle of the Labyrinth. 
We wrap up The Titan’s Curse, getting all five lines of the dark prophecy fulfilled, and some dramatic twists. Our crew meets more gods, titans, and learns even more about the big prophecy of the series. We get lots of explanation around our new characters and a dramatic way to kick Thalia out of the rest of the story. Charles and Asia have fun talking about fatal flaws again and leave off on another cliffhanger as we enter the second half of the series.
Next week we will be reading chapters 1-10 of book 4 in the series, The Battle of the Labyrinth. |
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