After all the hullabaloo about the movie, I decided to read the book. Despite the fact that it is written for people much, much younger than I am, I enjoyed it thoroughly and thought it was action-packed and funny.
Here is one of my favorite bits:
"Grover was sitting cross-legged on a blanket with something fuzzy in his lap, a dirty, unnaturally pink stuffed animal.
No. It wasn't a stuffed animal. It was a pink poodle.
The poodle yapped at me suspiciously. Grover said, 'No, he's not.'
I blinked. 'Are you . . . talking to that thing?'
The poodle growled.
'This thing,' Grover warned, 'is our ticket west. Be nice to him.'
'You can talk to animals?'
Grover ignored the question. 'Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy.'
I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious.
'I'm not saying hello to a pink poodle,' I said. 'Forget it.'
'Percy,' Annabeth said. 'I said hello to the poodle. You say hello to the poodle.'
The poodle growled.
I said hello to the poodle.
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