Words of Wisdom

I’ve always been a fan of Rick Riordan’s chapter titles.
Here are the ones from The Lightning Thief

I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher
Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death
Grover Unexpectedly Loses his Pants
My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting
I Play Pinochle with a Horse
I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom
My Dinner Goes Up in Smoke
We Capture a Flag
I Am Offered a Quest
I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus
We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium
We Get Advice from a Poodle
I Plunge to My Death
I Become a Known Fugitive
A God Buys us Cheeseburgers
We Take a Zebra to Vegas
We Shop for Water Beds
Annabeth Does Obedience School
We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of
I Battle My Jerk Relative
I Settle My Tab
The Prophecy Comes True

Anthony Horowitz really knows how to start a book.
At the beginning of Ark Angel, the opening sentence is: “The bomb had been timed to go off at exactly half past three.”

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