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• If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to our interview with Roseanne A. Brown about Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting.
• Roseanne is also doing an educator giveaway of the book, ending 10/28.
• Read Riordan put up another OTP Timelines article—this time about Leo and Calypso.
• This isn’t really news, but we love Angie Thomas and Rick Riordan’s friendship.

• We have a lot of blog posts to talk about this week—and one extra than we expected!
• There’s so much awesome news, so let’s just get into it.
• First up is the October 9 blog post, titled “News from the Riordanverse October 2022.”
• You can still pre-order signed copies of The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro from Barnes & Noble.
• We’re pretty excited that Rick mentions there could be more Will and Nico books in the future.
• We talk about some Trials of Apollo spoilers and how it could affect The Sun and the Star.
• What other characters do you think we’ll get to see in this book?
• Don’t forget about The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes!
• And how could we forget about The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi!?
• It’s so interesting that Filipino mythology is one of the most requested topics for them to explore.
• Rick also gives us a few updates from the set of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
• We learn roughly where we are in the adaptation of The Lightning Thief.
• Rick says more nice things about Walker and Leah, and we love to hear it.
• We guess as to which on-set dog Rick recently met.
• Rick also has some very interesting insight into the production process and how much he’s learned about making a film/television adaptation.
• It’s time to quiz Kristen on more TV/film lingo!
• Next up: The October 13 blog post, “More Casting News for PJOTV.”
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  Jessica Parker Kennedy has been cast as Medusa.
• Kristen has definitely seen her in quite a few different shows.
• She also seems to be a Jon Steinberg darling, and it’s exciting that they’ve worked together so many times!
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  Suzanne Cryer has been cast as Echidna, and she has A LOT of TV credits to her name.
• Like, a lot. You’ve probably seen her in something.
• Her Instagram post about the announcement was so beautiful and heartwarming.
• Lastly, we’ve got Adam Copeland as Ares, and is there a more perfect person to step into this role?
• Maybe this is a good excuse for Karen to finally watch Vikings.
• Lastly, we’ve got the October 18 blog post about Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods.
• Karen reads you the entire blog post so you don’t miss A SINGLE DETAIL.
• Make sure you also read the Publisher’s Weekly article, which offers a few additional details.
• Rick was REALLY trying to get the PJOTV off the ground, and we’re here for it.
• How do we feel about calling Chalice of the Gods Percy Jackson 6?
• When does this book take place?
• Okay, but, like, is this the first in a trilogy…?
• Yeah, we’re gonna buy this no matter what, you don’t have to worry about that.
• We’re PRETTY sure no one is going to die in this book, so don’t panic!
• Rick reminds us just how much of a big deal Percy Jackson and the Olympians really is.

• This week, we’re discussing The Last Olympian chapter 8.
• It feels like it’s been ages, but we’re back!
• That windowless, doorless room is cruel and unusual punishment.
• Why has Percy been dreaming of Rachel throughout this book? Who does that power belong to?
• We liked the countdown with Typhon instead of racing the clock against another solstice.
• This episode proves we need to work on our United States geography.
• Let’s talk about this whole situation between Percy and Nico.
• One thing’s for sure, we’re always going to talk about how much we love Mrs. O’Leary.
• Achilles seems to have learned a lot from his death.
• Okay, we find out the real reason why Luke was able to host Kronos.
• We love Nico so much, but he’s driving us crazy in this book.
• Is it weird that Percy submerges completely in the River Styx?
• We loved the moment when Percy pins Hades, but maybe he should’ve made sure the river thing worked first.
• Rick didn’t have to include that moment with Hades’ cloak, but we’re glad he did.

• Ian wants to remind everyone to go listen to our Daughter of the Deep review if you’ve read the book!
• He also has some clever ideas for the Percy Jackson Monopoly pieces.
• Sword of Avalon also has some great ideas to improve our Demigod Life game. Thanks for the kind words, too!
• Henry wrote us a monster of a letter, and we tackle a couple of the most important sections.
• We really love doing chapters one at a time, even if The Red Pyramid is a bigger book.
• Thanks for correcting a few timeline things for us! We’re old and our memories are bad.
• We want Tom Sturridge as Morpheus in Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 5!
• Henry also gives us a great idea for our 100th episode.
• Is Nico friendly with Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death?
• He also has a tech question for us, and we need your help!