The Percy Jackson books are short and an easy read, so I enjoyed them as quick, before bed reads. They were fun and creative books. Not awe inspiring (necessarily) but worth a read. Some of the twists on Greek mythology were cool, and the characters were pretty well described. It's a shame they had to ruin everything in the movie.... And now they're gonna ruin them even more in the second movie. Alas, the problems of being a book nerd/perfectionist....