User blog comment:Annabeth and Percy/How we became apart of this./@comment-38112203-20190127200116

I suppose I should start by saying I'm homeschooled. So when my mother is teaching us (my siblings and I) a unit, she gets lots of books from the library. And then we have to read them all. In this case it was Ancient Greeks. And as you know, their Mythology is a big part. So we had lots of books about their culture, mythology, blah blah blah. But my mother also got The Lightning Thief from the library for my sister to read. But, we are Christian so my mother had to read it before we did, to “preview it”. Anyway, my sister read it and then I did. I loved it. I’m also a fast reader so my mother got two versions of The Sea of Monsters, and me and my sister read it at the same time, my mother reading it right before us. Then my mother found out our friends owned the books, so we started borrowing the rest of the books from them. Since their was only one copy though, my sister got to go first. I loved all of them. I got to the last book and would not let go of it. I just kept rereading it, over and over again. It is still my favorite. Eventually my mother said I had to give it back and read other books. But when we borrowed the first series from our friends, they gave us the first three of The Hero’s of Olympus books. I wasn’t allowed to read them, so I would sneak The Lost Hero into the bathroom and read it. I only got to the part where Annabeth arrives at the Wilderness School before I had to give the book back. About a year later I decided to read the second series for good. I borrowed the first three from our friends, and the last two from the library. I love the books so much! My favorite is House of Hades, and them maybe Son of Neptune or Mark of Athena. (I know I’m leaving out the “the”s at the beginning but it’s more work). Ok, here is the embarrassing part. I got so emotionally attached to House of Hades and Blood of Olympus, I didn’t want to return them. I had them for about four weeks. I just kept asking my mother to renew the book. Finally she said that I had to return them soon, but I could have them for a couple more days. But then, *gasp* the next morning she found out she had to return in that day. I had about two more hours with my precious books before they would be gone forever. (Ok, ok, maybe not forever, but it felt like that). So guess what I did? (You: You gave the book to your mother and reminded yourself you could get it again? Me: No. You: What?) *sigh* Ok fine, I’ll tell you. I cried. I guess that’s kinda obvious. I ran out to the car with the books and wrote down so important things. Since then I have read the Magnus Chase Trilogy, Demigod Files, Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes, and Demigods and Magicians. I plan on reading the Kane Chronicles soon. Yep, Life Is Good. (To some extent)😊

Wow, that was REALLY long. Sorry, I need to cut down on what I say. (Congratulations If you have read this far!) Uncle Rick’s books have made me a better and happier person. They have given me joy, and helped me when I am angry, sad, or lonely. I am internally grateful for what Uncle Rick has done. Many thanks to him. Peace out! Sam