THE SEA OF MONSTERS THE MOVIE!!

As you all know, I am PERCY JACKSONS # 1 fan! Being this, I do my best to keep up with whats going on with the movies. I am (sort of) happy to announce that the Second movie, The Sea of Monsters has a release date! I was disappointed with the first movie because they got some things (like the plot) wrong.  I'm sure though, that the second movie will be more accurate, because the more movies they make the less they can stray away from some of the details (like Thalia's tree) that end up as big parts in the plot later in the series. From what google says, they have been holding auditions for Rachel Elizabet Dare, which leads me to believe they will not stop at the second movie. So far that's all I know, but I will keep updating.
Here is the link for the RELEASE DATE.
Comment on what you thought of the first movie! :)

Which and Wizard

I was looking through my pasts posts and realized that I haven't reviewed one of my favorite series! All of you are aware that the title of my blog is Mystery, Myths, & Magic. The Witch & Wizard series is the reason why I have the "Magic" in the title. I read this book and 6th grade when I saw a commercial for it, and being an 11-year-old girl I thought any book that had a commercial of its own must be a REALLY good book. Luckily I was right! This incredible story by James Patterson has what I thought was the best theme ever:  that adults can be wrong. When I learned more about themes in school, I looked back and realized that this might not be the exact detail that the author meant for the theme. Although this book was a little more dark then most of the stories I read, I loved the plot! In this story Whit and Wisty (brother and sister) are thrown in jail for being a Witch and a Wizard (this is just a guess but I think that is how he got the title). Now, I will say that it isn't about them rotting in prison the entire time, but it was interesting even when they were because...well you will have to read the book to find out. I read this book in 6th grade but I wouldn't suggest anyone lower then 5th grade to read this book. I LOVED the story line of this because you could see it was based onWorld War II. Now, I don't mean that it takes place in the 1940's, or the Nazis or Hitler were in it, but the characters resembled it. For example THE ONE (the guy in charge of the new order) is like Hitler, and THE NEW ORDER is like the Nazis.

James Patterson is an amazing author, but after I finished the first book I had to wait a year to read the next book, witch (bad pun sorry) drove me insane because, I think we can all agree, James Patterson is the king of cliff hangers. The second book, The Gift, was just as amazing the first, if not better. It had even more twists that left me staring at the page in an enjoyable disbelief. I spent hours in my room reading the book because I just couldn't put it down! After finishing The Gift I was once again annoyed with James Patterson, because the ending was both an enormous cliff hanger, and an even bigger twist. The Next book is called The Fire, and it comes out 12/5/11. 
Here is the trailers for the books (and THE GIFT's preview said something about a movie)
Witch &Wizard
The Gift
The books a lot better than the trailers
That's all for now KEEP READING.

Mystery,Myths, and Movies!

I'm sorry to say that tonight, I betrayed all nerd kind. I went to see "The Three Musketeers"  movie and sadly, no, I have not read the book. In my defence me and my friends only went to see LOGAN LERMAM (the actor who played PERCY JACKSON). Now, I don't usually review movies but this time I will make the exception. Looking at one of the first advertisements for it, I thought it looked stupid, purely because The Three Musketeers, weren't in it! But, the movie was full action,adventure,romance, and of course LOGAN LERMAN!!(and other actors like Orlando Bloom but I didn't really notice them) I suggest not seeing it in 3D. That's what I saw it in, and honestly I would have preferred the 2D because it made it VERY obvious that it was a green screen and not the top of a real building. This movie had me so far off the edge of my seat that I was standing and I am counting down the days until the sequel! (if there is one)

Since we are talking about movies, I should make another confession. I have not read the TWILIGHT SAGA, but I am absolutely OBSESSED (not as much as Percy Jackson of course) with the movies!! I , like 99% of the teenage girls around the country, am counting dawn the days to PART ONE of BREAKING DAWN!!!!!!!! I'm team Edward, of course, and to all those on the team with me, YOU ROCK!! But for those of you who are not, I can understand why, I mean it is TAYLOR LAUTNER.

So please post in the comments section  what you thought of the books/movies, or what team you're on.

Pages,Gadgets, and Comments

HI!! Whats up everyone? I just wanted to let everyone know that I added some "gadgets" to my blog!
-First thing is I will have a monthly poll at the very bottom of my blog.
-Second I made a page called MY BOOK LIST which is where I will post books I am, or are planing on reading. This page is located to the right Under "PAGES" (shocker) 

Also I just wanted to say that if you read any books you think are good, tell me  in a comment on anyone of my posts and I will read it and review it. :)

Halloween

On my way to the Halloween dance and the reason I'm telling you this is because I'm dressed as Minerva (roman  version of Athena) and my friend is dressed as Athena. Halloween ROCKS!

The Tell-Tale Heart

Today I'm reviewing something a little different then I do most of the time. First, I did not read this story on my own, because we read it in class. Second, it is a short story; but not just any short story, this story was written by none other then the "Father of horror stories" himself Edgar Allan Poe. Normally I do not enjoy horror stories but The Tell-Tale Heart is the exception. Now although this story gave me chills...for the entire day, it was an interestingly thrilling story. Even though I wouldn't say that this was a happy story, it was oddly intriguing and has a curious way of  implying the theme of guilt. I also watched this video which was creepy and twisted but did give a good picture for the story. I also began to read another one of his writings called The Black Cat and found it interesting that he specifically discussed the same detail that the main character in each story was "Not insane." The characters in his stories are interesting, but the most interesting character would be himself. He had a tragic life which might have inspired his twisted stories. Although he had drinking/drug problems, the most interesting part of this twisted geniuses story is the mysterious visitor with a silver tipped cane he gets once a year to his grave. For "rapping" it all up it was a story that I surprisingly enjoyed but I would not suggest anyone under 8th grade to read this story (or watch the video above) because this story follows his famous 3 themes of (as answers.com said) "untimely death, insanity, and horrific gore."
For now...there's "nothing more." Please Comment!

EDGAR ALLAN POE

The Son Of Neptune

Hello all Demons, demigods, and mortals! I recently read, my new favorite book in the whole world,The Son of Neptune! Now I thought nothing could beat The Lightning Thief, but I was extremely happy to realize I was wrong. This book left me at the edge of my seat with every thrilling word! Rick Riordan made the sequel of The Heroes of Olympus series more amazing than any of his other stories. While a few of his other books ended up being a tiny bit predictable, this one tied in things from the second book of the first series (Percy Jackson and The Olympians) that I, at least, forgot had been left un-answered. Practically half of my school has read, or is going to read this book. Never before I have I seen so many middle school kids spend lunch discussing Roman vs Greek gods! With an extraordinary plot and an ending that left me saying "OH MY GODS!" I  fell in love with this modern day myth and was unable to put it down. I would defiantly recommend this to any child, adult, or god!

Thanks for reading! Please comment and tell me how you liked the book! : )