Small Steps- by Louis Sachar

Louis Sacher is one of my mom and I's favorite author, after we shared reading Holes! I got the recommendation from lots of people who read the book.

At first, the book didn't seem that appealing, but the more I read, the more I got into the book! It was really amazing, It was after I read most of the book that I understood what Small Steps really meant, and how smart Louis Sachar is! The moral is that, life is like walking upstream in a rushing river. The secret is to take small steps and just keep moving forward. If you try to take too big a step, the current would know you off your feet and carry him back downstream.

That fits with a Chinese saying, that life is like rowing a boat up river, if you don't keep moving forward, you get pushed back. So if you don't improve, you will get set back and lag behind.

I think the author does a very good job in characterization, for example , with Kaira DeLeon; At first, the author makes us think that she is cold hearted, and arrogant, and only cares about money, but later in the book, we realize she's actually really lonely, and is nicer than we think "I have no friends. But then finally, finally I find someone I can talk to, someone I like. And so of course El Genius has to fire him. I swear that's the reason he was fired. Not because we did that song. Because he was someone I could talk to"

In all, this is an amazing book and very worth reading!

The Sea of Monster - Rick Riordan

Another five star book! I really like Rick Riordan's writing style, funny, but also exciting! I wonder how many Percy Jackson books there are... I definitely recommend reading it; I just found out, that one of my other favorites, "The Shadow Thief" was also by the same author! At that time, I was also relating to "The Lightning Thief" that I heard about from friends, I never knew it was by the same author :p ! The Sea of Monsters, is the sequel to Lightning Thief, I like it even more 'cause, it doesn't take that long to build up, while as the first book, it took a long time to get to the exciting bit. This book is mostly about saving Camp Halfblood, Thalia's Tree is dying, and Percy and Annabeth have to try everything to save the camp and their friends, even if it means sailing across the Bermuda triangle to face a deadly cyclops... Along the way, Percy meets a close friend, that's closer that he would expect...

Anthony Horowitz- The Switch

The Switch is a very interesting book, it was only after I did research for Anthony Horowitz that I realized how similar his life was to the book! The Switch is about a boy, who's father is rich, Rich and RICH! So rich that the boy, Tad Spencer, basically has everything! From Books, to Jacuzzis, to Private jets! But the only thing he lacked, was freedom. One day, Tad finds himself in the body of the son of a man that's poor, Poor and more POOR! He finds out that he has to adapt to the changes and slowly he turns into someone else, although he was not rich, he was happy, he was enjoying himself! but with his new identity, he had new problem, doing what he was supposed to do was not easy, especially when you're going against... your own dad! And for that, he discovers some things that he doesn't want to know...

Anthony Horowitz- South by South East

South by South East is another one of the "Diamond Brothers" mysteries;

One day, a mysterious person, as secret agent, enters the "office" of the bankrupt Diamond brothers, then mysteriously leaving after simply asking to exchange coats for a small amount of money. Nothing so inordinate, but things start getting weird, when they find the agent murdered in a telephone booth, his last words, "South by South East"; when the brothers contact the police, with this unbelievable story, the police follow them to the appointed destination; but, the body, gone, along with the telephone booth! They soon find out that the person they met, was actually sent by a secret agency to protect a millionaire, from a dangerous assassin. they were actually used as "bait" to lure the murderer to the police, when the murderer finds out about them, working with the secret agent. No matter what, they were now involved with a serious case, with almost the certainty of death. Tim and Nick are just about to be hurled into another thrilling, dangerous adventure, where anything can happen...

My Fav Author- Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is a very successful author, with a very interesting life, as people would describe, "Anthony Horowitz's life might have been copied from the pages of Charles Dickens or the Brothers Grimm!"

he was born in 1956 in Stanmore to a very rich family, Anthony was raised by nannies, surrounded by servants and chauffeurs, like the boy in his story, The Switch. Despite that Anthony Horowitz was a miserably unhappy and overweight child, he had nowhere to turn for comfort."Family meals," as he remembers, "had calories running into the thousands…. I was an astoundingly large, round child…."

As a young child he was sent to boarding school, but that was not any better, with a mean and uncaring headmaster· Anthony recalls, "Once the headmaster told me to stand up in assembly and in front of the whole school said, 'This boy is so stupid he will not be coming to Christmas games tomorrow.' I have never totally recovered." Although his childhood damaged him permanently, it also gave him a gift — it provided him with rich source material for his writing career.

Anthony Horowitz is maybe one of the busiest writer in England. He has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. He writes in a comfortable shed in his garden for up to ten hours every day!

Anthonny Horowitz has written a ton of books including the very successful Alex Rider Series, The Diamond Brothers Series, The Power of Five Series, and many other fun and interesting books! He's definately one of my favorite authors!

Anthony Horowitz- Public Enemy Number 2

Anthony Horowitz is one of my favorite authors, I've enjoyed reading pretty much every book I've read! Public Enemy Number 2 is one of the books from the Diamond brothers series, it's about Tim Diamond and his Brother Nick Diamond; Nick is asked by the Chief Inspector Snape to assist him in catching a criminal- Fence, to do so he has to go to jail and try to be friends with one of the most dangerous criminals in England known as Public Enemy Number 1, you could imagine being trapped in the same cell with a murderer. But, it wasn't his choice, when he refused framed him and sent to jail unwillingly. Nick and the criminal actually became "friends", what will the mad killer do when he finds out Nick was working with the police all along?