Fun fact of the day: I got attacked by a flying roof shingle because of the high winds during the tornado watch in Illinois.

What I’m Reading

Within a day of finishing Snakehead, the seventh novel in the Alex Rider series, I also finished Crocodile Tears, the eighth novel.

The fourteen-year-old spy Alex Rider promised at the end of the previous novel that he would never get involved in another mission with MI6 again. Unfortunately, that ended up not becoming the case after a reporter finds out too much about Alex Rider and shows up at his house, prompting Alex to go to MI6 for assistance. In exchange for protection, Alex has to do one small mission for MI6 – to go into a genetic engineering plant during his school trip and seize information from a computer.

Alex was told that this would be a piece of cake, but it ended up becoming complicated, especially after this mission got tied in with a completely different and unexpected criminal. Eventually Alex ends up thousands of miles away from home, and once again, must save the world.

Like any other Alex Rider novel, Alex encounters a series of unbelievably fortunate events that helps him get through this mission. If you’ve been keeping up with the Alex Rider novels, this novel is definitely worth reading.

Picture of the Day

Strawburry Fruit Snacks

Hey look, I’m eating strawburry fruit snacks.

(Taken with an Apple iPod Touch)