I agree, and I wouldn’t judge anyone for reading Riordan. The issue would be giving his books a 5 Star rating, putting it on level with the greatest works in the language. Riordan’s written something like 30 books since 2005; I think it’s fair to say he’s on the casual/pulp side.

Anything by Cassandra Clare, Eoin Colfer, Rick Riordan, Nicholas Sparks, E.L. James, Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer… I’m looking for folks who didn’t stop reading at age 19.