I have been Healed.

I feel like crying. No joke. I just can’t wait for my books.  Now you have to understand, it’s SAMMY KEYES AND THE POWER OF JUSTICE JACK I am obsessed with reading right now.

My obsessions change over the year. When one of my books is coming out in a month or two, or I get news on it, I flip out. I’ve been waiting for the next Sammy Keyes and Heroes of Olympus books to come out since October. I was obsessed! I couldn’t focus; it consumed my mind. Then, the Hunger Games movie was coming up soon (which held off all my other obsessions for the entire month of March.)

Now, when I have an obsession, I usually read fanfiction or reread the books again. And I have something to admit. Lately I’ve been more obsessed with Heroes of Olympus than Sammy Keyes. I mean, HoO CONSUMES MY MIND EVERY SINGLE MOMENT!!!! I mean seriously. During geometry (during a test mind you), science, in Health, on the bus, on my way home, when I got home, Heroes of Olympus has been on my mind. Mostly, the Percabeth reunion. (What? I’m only a human. Scratch that, I’m only a fan-girl.) I haven’t been thinking about Sammy as much. And I feel guilty, because I LOVE Sammy Keyes. And I don’t know my obsession with Sammy hasn’t been as frequent. Maybe it’s because The Mark of Athena will answer A LOT of questions I have and has been a lot of talk on the internet? I don’t know.

But I was worried. Very worried. Why, you might ask? Well I’ll tell you why: I was afraid I was growing out of Sammy. Which is weird, because I’m not old (I’m a freshmen, and there’s Steph and Sammy4ever who are older than me and still Sammy crazy) and it’s out of character for me to do that. It’s never happened to me before.

But guess what?

I’m not crazy!

I just needed a reminder of how much I love Sammy.

A few days ago, Steph and Kylie (at least, that’s her name on Blogger, her FF.net name is different) said they got it (JJ) and Steph talked about JJ (not a lot, but she talked about it) And guess what? I freaked out.

I need this book.  July! I need July to come! And I envy you Steph and Kylie. I do. And I know you can’t give any spoilers. At all. And I know that must be hard (because if it were me I would die), but REALLY!!!??? I might die. Steph already said that JJ was maybe 20-ish? And that it takes place in early December, maybe. And that has satisfied some of my hunger (weird questions/facts I wanted answered, but hey, I needed to know and it’s been bothering me)

And I know Wedgewood is part of the crime (courtesy of WVD’s blog) and that Sammy isn’t really a big fan of JJ, but her friends are, and that the Elvis Impersonator is back. But I need to know those Cammy moments!!! (Which I know you can’t tell me, of course), but are they sweet!? AWWW!!!!  Man, I need me some Cammy. And I can’t wait to see Sammy having a fan. It’ll be sweet. (How was having her have a fan?)

I need this book.

I came down downstairs this afternoon and I told my sister and mom that I was about to cry. They asked why. I told them that I couldn’t wait for my books. Then, I went in a detailed description of when all my books were coming out (All the HoO books and the rest of the SK series). Then I died.

Just joking. Only part of me died.

Anyways.

So, since “The Showdown in Sin City”’s prologue is out and it says that Sammy barely knows her father, most of our ‘Sammy’s dad’ predictions are dead. No Officer Borsch. Not Andre. Probably not that one guy from Art of Deception. And it might be a guy we’ve never met before. Hmmm.

Which sucks for us.

And you know what else?

I still wanna know who goes on the Cruise. Will it just be Sammy and her dad? Cause if it is, well, there’s no Billy and Casey.  *Insert depressed face*.

Steph said she felt that JJ was “Billy’s” book. Then SSC (Showdown in Sin City) is Heather’s book. Then Killer Cruise is Sammy and her Dad’s “book.”

I have a question for ya’ll. Did WVD say that the last book is probably going to be other people’s POV? If it is, I will scream. I need a Casey/Billy POV. Maybe Dorito’s POV!!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!

But anyways….again.

I would like to say that my Sammy obsession has returned! I just needed a kick in the butt and a wakeup call. (Which was the realization that JJ is 3 MONTHS AWAY! And Steph’s post on JJ and Kylie just being cool like that.)

So thank you.

Now, on a completely unrelated note.

I know it super late, but the Hunger Games was amazing. If you STILL haven’t seen it, I feel sorry for you. I loved it. Apparently Gary Ross isn’t returning (sad day).

And I haven’t been updated on the Sea of Monsters movie (I haven’t checked in 2 months or so) and found out they have some of the characters! This is from IMBd.com (which is pretty reliable) and some other websites. These are the main castings:

This is Clarisse: Leven Rambin. Now, she played in the Hunger Games (Glimmer) and although she doesn’t have stringy brown hair or look strong and, well, like an Ares child, I think she could do well. Leven has bigger bones and looks strong (in a girlish way). You can be pretty but fierce.

                

                                                                                    (She’s the one on the WAY right)

        This is Tyson: Douglas Smith. I’ve heard he’s actually big (Maybe 6 ft?) and he’s playing a 7^th grader, so he’s big enough and I feel that no one I knew (actor wise) could be a better pick.

                                                        

                                        

This is Thalia. She is played by Paloma Kwiatkowski.I think it  was a good pick (Thalia’s what? 14/15 in SoM? Plus, by the end of the series, she can’t look super old)

Chiron is being replaced by Anthony Head:

 And Hermes is being played by Nathan Fillion:

If you want to see the Gray sisters or whatever, here’s the website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854564/

Anyways. Last weekend I had a lot planned. I was going to work on my school projects, write, update MLWN and maybe some PJO stories….but I didn’t. You know why? I stalked the Hunger Games cast all weekend. I watched LOTS of interviews and such. I love Clove and Foxface. I have to say. I love district 2 (in the 1^st book). I love District 4 in the 2^nd book. I also love District 12 (or course).

I love you all. I hope you all had an awesome weekend. I hope you have an awesome week. But most of all, I hope something beautifully Sammy Keyes happen to you (that didn’t make sense, did it? Oh well, I have no idea what I meant anyway. Well I did, but…never mind.)

I love you.

-Mrs. Leo Valdez