Dear Dumb Diary

Hi readers!
A reader sent me a book review about the book series Dear Dumb Diary:

The book series Dear Dumb Diary is about a girl named Jamie Kelly from Mackerel Middle School, who writes things down in her diary. She has a best friend named Isabella, and an enemy named Angeline, who is like a life-sized Barbie doll.
Starting each entry with 'Dear Dumb Diary,' Jamie fills each page of her diary with humor, fun and the entries are so interesting, that you just HAVE to read the pages of this book.
The series has many books, the first one called 'Let's Pretend This Never Happened.' The book has also turned into a new movie, which in my opinion isn't that good, but you should definitely try it out.
Slip inside the world of Jamie Kelly!
-Spurthi, age 11, Telengana
P.S.- The book series is recommended for ages 10 and up.

Thank you for the book review! I've also read Dear Dumb Diary and it's a really amusing series! Why don't you send your own book reviews to be published on this site? To find out how, click on the Reviewed by friends button at the top of the page!
By the way, this is my 100th post!!! I've completed writing 100 posts on this blog!

Agatha Christie: A Murder is Announced

Hello fellow bookworms!
Imagine a murder being announced in the newspaper! That would be something, wouldn't it? But who would advertise a murder? After all, a murderer would want everything to go smoothly...right?
In the small village of Chipping Cleghorn, everyone receives the 'North Benham News and Chipping Cleghorn Gazette,' popularly known as the Gazette. After all, that's the best place to find out what's going on in the area. But what's going on in the area may not be completely legal...
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are wide-eyed with curiosity when one day an announcement of a murder appears in the Personal Column of the Gazette. The murder is scheduled to occur at Little Paddocks, the house owned by Letitia Blacklock, at 6:30 pm that very day! At first, everyone, including the residents of Little Paddocks, thinks that this is just a joke.
But at precisely 6:30 pm at Little Paddocks, the light goes out and three shots are fired. Two of them are directed at Letitia Blacklock and one is towards the murderer himself...
Who is the murderer and what was his or her motive? What is so special about Letitia Blacklock? And why was that puzzling advertisement placed in the newspaper?
This mystery is a Miss Marple mystery, and I think that it is one of the best Agatha Christie books I have read till date. Miss Marple truly is a great detective!
Agatha Christie is a British crime writer. She has written The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, The ABC Murders, etc.
Her other Miss Marple mysteries are The Murder at the Vicarage, 4.50 from Paddington, Nemesis, Sleeping Murder, and many more.
I recommend this book to ages 12 and above as the plot can be slightly complicated.

The Holes at Camp Green Lake

Hi everybody!

Do you ever feel like you're under a curse and nothing goes right? Well, Stanley Yelnats feels like that everyday. And it all started with his great-great-grandfather! Why? Ever since his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather insulted a gypsie, almost nothing has ever gone right for the Yelnats. 

So, of course, when Stanley gets arrested from stealing shoes from his sports hero even though he is innocent, he blames his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. But nobody believes he's innocent, so he gets sent to Camp Green Lake, where there's no lake. There was a long time ago but it soon dried up.

The rule a Camp Green Lake is to dig a hole exactly five feet wide and deep. The shovel is your measure. But soon it's evident that the Warden at Camp Green Lake is not just making bad boys good...she's looking for something. But what could it be?

I really enjoyed the book. The author, Louis Sachar, writes about the past alongside the present, so the reader doesn't read everything from Stanley's point of view. The book has some pretty good jokes and overall I find the book amazing!

Other books that Louis Sachar has written are Wayside School, Wayside School is Falling Down, the Marvin Redpost books, etc.

I really enjoyed Holes and it is a very entertaining, interesting book. I recommend it to ages 9 and above and can't wait to read more Louis Sachar books!

Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Hello readers,
Today I'll be reviewing The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. It is considered one of Christie's classics.
In the village of King's Abbot, news spreads quickly about the death of Mrs. Ferrars, who was a widow rumored to have murdered her husband. Mr. Roger Ackroyd, who was to marry Mrs. Ferrars is depressed and wants to find out why exactly she died, and invites Dr. Sheppard, his close friend to dinner...
However, that very evening, Roger Ackroyd is found dead in his study with a knife in his neck! Luckily, Hercule Poirot, the renowned detective is here to find out who the murderer is... But who could it be?
Could it be Ralph, Ackroyd's stepson, whom all the evidence points to? Could it be Flora Ackroyd, who was last to hear from Ackroyd?
Everybody seems like a suspect here, and everyone seems to have an alibi, too... So who could it be?
I read the book and it was impossible for me to figure out who the murderer was! This was truly an Agatha Christie whodunnit!
Agatha Christie is a famous British crime author. Some of her books are By the Pricking of My Thumbs, And Then There Were None, N or M?, A Murder is Announced, 3.50 From Paddington, etc.
Some other Hercule Poirot books are The ABC Murders, The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Murder on the Orient Express.
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to ages 12 and above because it does have a slightly complex storyline which younger readers may not be able to follow.