The Half-Blood Report

Topher Bradfield, founder of Camp Half-Blood Austin Branch, comes onto the podcast to give us an update on all the fun happening there.

You can learn more about CHBA and sign up for the summer at https://camphalfbloodaustin.org

You can follow CHBA @CHBAustin and follow Topher @BradfieldTopher

Our website is https://www.thehalfbloodreport.com/ and our patreon is https://www.patreon.com/join/thehalfbloodreport

This week we review The Tower Of Nero.

Make sure to order the book if you haven't already:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781484746455 

Demigod News Links:

Aru Shah Short Story: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/10/22/all-by-mah-selllf-an-aru-shah-halloween-special/ 

We Got Mentioned on Readriordan.com: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/10/28/the-half-blood-report-interviews-rick-and-kwame/ 

Goodreads choice awards: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/10/29/3-reasons-to-follow-the-goodreads-choice-awards/ 

Our website is https://www.thehalfbloodreport.com/ and our patreon is https://www.patreon.com/join/thehalfbloodreport

We talk with Kwame Mbalia, author of the Tristan Strong series from Rick Riordan Presents.

Make sure to order Tristan Strong Destroys the World:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781368042383 

Kwame Mbalia's website is https://kwamembalia.com/, his twitter is @KSekouM and his Instagram is @mbalia1

Our website is https://www.thehalfbloodreport.com/ and our patreon is https://www.patreon.com/join/thehalfbloodreport 

We got to sit down with Rick Riordan to talk about The Tower of Nero and his 15+ book journey to get there!

If you haven't already make sure to order The Tower of Nero:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781484746455 

Uncle Rick's website is https://rickriordan.com/  and his twitter and instagram are @rickriordan

Our website is https://www.thehalfbloodreport.com/ , our twitter is @halfreport and our instagram is @thehalfbloodreport . Our patreon is https://www.patreon.com/join/thehalfbloodreport 

This week on the podcast we talk about the new Rick Riordan Presents book announced on Rick's tour and do our seasonal mailbag.

If you want to message us for the mailbag you can email us at [email protected] or through our website thehalfbloodreport.com

Demigod News Links:

Rick and Becky have created a new production company called Mythomagic Inc: https://rickriordan.com/mythomagic/

Cover Reveals for The Last Fallen Star and Paola Santiago 2:

https://www.readriordan.com/2020/10/08/rick-riordan-presents-cover-reveals-the-last-fallen-star-and-more-paola/ 

In our final episode in the lead up to The Tower of Nero, we make our final predictions on the end of The Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, as well as Tristan Strong Destroys the World.

Order The Tower of Nero from our online bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781484746455 

Order Tristan Strong Destroys the World from our online bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781368042383 

Demigod News Links:

Our Demigod Map video w/ Rick Riordan: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/09/29/video-mapping-out-the-tower-of-nero/ 

Our Haiku video w/ Rick Riordan: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/10/02/video-haiku-hints-for-nero/ 

Tristan Strong Destroys the World Sneak Peak: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/09/23/tristan-strong-destroys-the-world-sneak-peek/ 

In this  (highly delayed) episode we review The Shadow Crosser, the conclusion to the Storm Runner trilogy by J.C. Cervantes.

Make sure to order the Shadow Crosser from our online bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781368052771 

Demigod News Link:

Timeline of trials of Apollo based on food: https://twitter.com/readriordan/status/1306280458565701633 

Arrow of Dodona Quotes:

https://www.readriordan.com/2020/09/16/all-caps-with-the-arrow-of-dodona/ 

This week on the podcast we talk about how THE KANE CHRONICLES ARE BEING ADAPTED FOR A MOVIE SERIES!!!

If you are able please consider donating to helping Tehlor Kay Mejia's father rebuild after the Almeda Fire:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-our-dad-rebuild-after-almeda-fire?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 

Demigod News Links:

Rick Riordan's Tour Dates: https://www.readriordan.com/2020/09/04/rick-set-for-virtual-nero-tour/ 

Kane Chronicles TV Show: https://rickriordan.com/2020/09/news-from-rick-for-sept-12/ 

The conclusion to the Storm Runner series by J.C. Cervantes just came out, so we invited Jen on the podcast to talk about it and the series as a whole!

Make sure to order The Shadow Crosser from our online bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/444/9781368052771 

You can follow Jen on Twitter @jencerv and on Instagram @authorjcervantes

Her website is https://www.jennifercervantes.com/ 

This week on the podcast we celebrate our 50th episode and bring on some special guests to compete against Diego in PJO Trivia!

Make sure to check out all the guests and their respective projects!

You can email the show at [email protected], and please leave an apple review!