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  The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro is officially out in the world!
• You can read Karen’s The Sun and the Star book review right here on Subjectify.
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  AJ Beckles is the solo narrator for the book.
• Did you know that The Titan’s Curse came out on May 1, 2007?
• Check out this Mary Sue interview, but be warned that it contains spoilers!
• Rick has seen early versions of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians PR material!
• We discuss the updated covers for The Lightning Thief, The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, and Camp Half-Blood Confidential.
• The next book from Rick Riordan Presents will be The Last Canto of Dead by Daniel José Older, out May 16.
• Congratulations to Daniel for being nominated for a Locus Award for Ballad & Dagger.
• Did you see that Velinxi was the surprise artist for the May Rainbow Crate, which features The Sun and the Star?
• Kristen gives us a great breakdown of the WGA on strike and what this means for all of Rick’s adaptation projects.
• Jake Abel also had some thoughts on the subject!
• We’ll keep you up to date on the strike going forward!

• Karen details her night at the Boston tour stop!
• Go follow Liam T. Crowley on Twitter if you haven’t already.
• It was awesome seeing Rick and Mark BUT KAREN GOT TO SEE BECKY.
• We are not going to include the interview in this week’s episode for some very valid reasons, and we promise the wait will be worth it!
• Karen almost walked out on stage on accident! And she almost didn’t get her signed copy!
• Mark and Rick were both fantastic, but tbh Steph Lurie stole the show.
• This show was so amazing, and the energy levels never dropped, from start to finish.
• Why did Rick choose Mark to co-write this book with him?
• Can you guess the title of Mark’s first book, which they wrote when they were nine?
• Mark drew the map that ended up on the endpapers, and the original version is hilarious and amazing.
• They were each asked which part of the book was their favorite.
• Becky came out on stage, and the crowd went wild!
• Karen teases the interview for the first time, but definitely not the last.
• Go read books from Rick Riordan Presents!
• Everyone loves Roshani Chokshi, as they should!!
• Don’t forget that there are still graphic novels of Rick’s books coming out!
• Everyone is super excited for the Kane Chronicles movie, and that made us so happy!
• We discuss the possibility that the Kane Chronicles movie might not get made (but we agree with Rick that we’re guardedly optimistic it will!).
• What about the Daughter of the Deep movie adaptation?
• Unsurprisingly, everyone is super, super excited about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians show on Disney+.
• Rick said his first reaction to seeing the principal photography was relief.
• Rick has learned so much from Mark’s writing!
• Mark also got to talk about all of their books that they’ve published!
• Could you ever write the last line of a book first?
• How long has Rick known that Nico was gay?
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  Prophecy Radio totally got a name drop during the event!
• You’d be surprised which is Mark’s favorite dinosaur.
• Which gods would be their parents?
• Knowing which characters would be a Swiftie is apparently a big deal.
• Karen teases the interview once again, but it’s going to be totally worth it!
• Did you see the selfie from the Boston tour stop?
• Stay tuned for our upcoming giveaway!

• This week, we’re reading The Red Pyramid chapter 9.
• Who could be sabotaging the House and the kids?
• Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a cat network?
• Bast is pretty spectacular, and we can’t wait to see more of her.
• Who are the Carriers, and what is their purpose?
• We learn a little bit more about Bast and how her powers work.
• Does the Mist exist in this world, or is it something else?
• What’s going on with Bast’s role in the Kane siblings’ mother’s death?

• Thank you for listening to the show, Teddy, and Karen is so sorry she couldn’t meet you!
• Hope you had fun at the show, Elizabeth!
• And thank you to everyone else for the kind words about interviewing Rick and Mark!
• LJ wrote in with some wild theories about The Sun and the Star.
• We rectify a major mistake and read out Henry’s The Sun and the Star theory.
• TJ writes in with some kind words about the podcast and asks us a very important question, which is accompanied by a super cute picture.
• Crystal is super excited for The Sun and the Star, and that makes us so happy!