Episode #132 – The Spaghetti Situation, Delete, Delete

On Prophecy Radio episode #132, Karen and Kristen discuss the final two chapters of Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods! They also talk about the brand new Nico di Angelo novel, The Court of the Dead. New episodes of Prophecy Radio will air every other week. All discussions are PG-13.

News and Updates (00:06:47)

• Karen’s officiating a wedding, which means you get this episode early!
• Leah won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth (for Percy Jackson)!
• A Touch of Blood by Sajni Patel is out now.
• The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure releases in the US and the UK on September 25, 2023.
• We go through the synopsis and it sounds fantastic.
• Khadijah Khatib once again did the cover, and we’re obsessed with it!
• We look at the cover pretty closely and see if we can find any clues about the story.
• The Cosmopolitan interview with Rick and Mark about the new book is a lot of fun.
• We love that this was Mark’s idea and that they keep describing the book as “bonkers.”
• Will we see Bob and Small Bob again?
• Could there be a third Nico di Angelo book??
• There IS a new character we can expect in Book 2.
• We also love the three words each of them use to describe this book.
• Check out Rick’s blog for a few more details.
• We go through all the special editions that Read Riordan announced on their Instagram.
• Are you planning on getting any of the special editions? Would you spring for more than one?

Chalice of the Gods discussion (00:33:03)

• We kick off our discussion with Chalice of the Gods chapter 34.
• “Delete, Delete” is the best running joke.
• Did you remember when the spaghetti situation took place?
• Is Paul basically Rick?
• The art of the one-star review is something to be revered.
• Is Sally’s one-star review really a review that Rick got?
• We’re so interested in Sally’s book! What genre is it??
• Callie once again shows up to share her opinions.
• The scene where Percy has to write his letter is SO FANTASTIC.
• We go looking for the recommendation letter we thought we remembered being in one of the special editions and get a surprise.
• As always, we get into our favorite lines and favorite scenes.
• Lastly, we jump into chapter 35, “Pretty Much the Best Good-Night Kiss Ever.”
• Percy gets Annabeth’s special smile!
• Annabeth is very chill about giving out her autograph.
• It’s so interesting that we learned something new about the cap.
• Annabeth is speechless over the fact that Athena has maybe, sort of, kind of accepted Percy as her boyfriend?
• We love visions of Percabeth’s future!
• Easy-queasy has a lot of potential.
• The “I love you” felt significant, but it’s not the first time they said it, right?
• The goodnight kiss through the Iris Message was SO CUTE.
• Favorite lines and favorite scenes!

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Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode 133, where we’ll review what we’ve already discussed in The Red Pyramid before we pick it back up again.

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