The book is finished

Qwilleran moves in with an art critic who works for the paper. The man has a cat with a very large name which Qwilleran shortens to Koko. Koko likes to read the newspaper the man sets on the floor for him backwards (the name for the book). Qwilleran's interest in his subject deepens further when a art shop owner is killed.
After some dead ends Qwilleran is asked to watch the art critic's cat while he is away. Qwilleran accepts and is surprised to see how smart Koko is. Soon after the art critic comes back Qwilleran comes back to find Koko wanting him to go into the man's apartment. It turns out the art critic has been murdered! With the art critic gone Koko moves in with Qwilleran and shows how smart he really is by showing Qwilleran to some very important clues. One turns out to be a valuable painting and the other a secret room. Upon coming back to it Qwilleran meets up with the murderer and all the clues fall into place.
I finished the book it was very good and I would recommend it to those who a little higher up in vocabulary or those who can infere a lot about words from their surrounds for this is an adult mystery book.

The cat who could read backwards

This is a book borrowed from my Grandma. It is a murder mystery and don't worry they never describe the murder scenes in these books so I have nothing to worry about. It is only an adult mystery because of it's wide vocabulary. I have found many of our vocabulary words in these books as well as many words that aren't in our vocabulary at school that I don't know.
This main character of this book is a man named Qwilleran. He lives alone and is a newspaper reporter. This is the first book of the series and hopefully will be good. It starts out about him applying for a job at the 'Daily Fluxion.' He is disappointed to here that he will be writing about art when he is in fact a well known police reporter and crime writer. But as he is badly in need of a job he takes it. He is suppose to write an article about Cal Halapay, a famous artist. His friend Arch Riker is also there and he tells Qwilleran the memo system for news.
Blue means for you information.
Yellow means casual sujestion.
Pink means jump, man, jump.
Just Qwillerans luck to get a pink memo isn't it? Not much has happened but the mystery will start a bit later.

New book

I have decided to stop the diary of Anne Frank. I already know whats going to happen as I learned about it from friends who already told me the ending it has little intrest for me any more. I have decided to start another book that hopefully be much more interesting. It is a mystery, as I love mysteries.
I decided to stop Anne Frank because her story ending is very tragic and I like happy endings. I have also decided to stop because Anne Frank is a library book and I don't want to have to keep checking it out. These next ones shall be borrowed from my grandma or I will own them so I may write about them freely and not have to worry about a fine.

Prospectus and guide to the "secret annex."

Anne wrote a charming piece about the "secret annex" which I will put here.
"Prospectus and guide to the "secret annex."
Social institution as temporary residence for Jews and suchlike.
Open all year round. Beautiful, quiet, free from woodland surroundings, in the heart of Amsterdam. Can be reached by trams 13 and 17, also by car or bicycle. In special cases also on foot, if the Germans are prevent use of transport.
Board and lodging: Free
Special fat free diet.
Running water in the bathroom (alas, no bath) and down various inside and outside walls.
Ample storage room for all types of goods.
Own radio center, direct communication with London, New York, Tel Aviv, and numerous other stations. This appliance is only for residents' use after 6:00 in the evening. No stations are forbidden, on the understanding that German stations are only listened to in special cases, such as classical music and the like.
Rest hours: 10:00 in the evening until 7:30 in the morning. 10:15 on Sundays. Residents may rest during the day, conditions permitting as the directors indicate. For reasons of public security rest hours must be strictly observed!!
Holidays (outside home): Postponed indefinitely.
Use of Language: Speak softly at all times, by order! All civilized languages are permitted, therefore no German!
Lessons: One written shorthand per week. English, French, Mathematics, and History at all times.
Small Pets- Special department (permit is necessary):Good treatment available (vermin excepted).
Mealtimes: Breakfast, every day except Sundays and Bank Holidays, 9 A.M. Sundays and Banks Holidays, 11:30 A.M. approximately.
Lunch (not very big): 1:15 P.M. to 1:45 P.M.
Dinner: cold and/or hot: no fixed time (depending on the news broadcast).
Duties: Residents must always be ready to help with the office work.
Baths: The washtub is available for all residents from 9 A.M. on Sunday.
Alcoholic Beverages: only with doctor's prescription."
Anne writes. It's strange what they had to live through just to survive!

Mr. Dussell comes

In the next chunk I read Anne talks about Mr. Dussell. Mr. Dussell is a dentist who's wife happens to be out of country. She describes him as surprised that they are still in the country having given everyone the idea that they had gone out of the country. He shares a room with Anne who though is a bit reluctant agrees to it. She finds the time Mr. Dussell gets up as way too early and is Annoyed at him for waking her up with all his racket.
The next bit Anne talks about feeling guilty and her relationships with the people there. She feels guilty about having a place where she is safe while all the other Jews are marched away. She also finds the way the radio talks about Jews annoying. She says that it sounds as if they were talking about cockroaches and not Jews. Her relationship with her family and the Van Daans to be shaky. As both Peter and Margot are quiet she is the main target for the grown ups harsh words. She says she can't bear the way they talk about her being childish in everything she does.

Anne Frank

Anne has just started to write about the "secret annex". She writes that Margot tells her that a letter to be deported has come for her. Anne is shocked that they would deport a girl as young as Margot. She writes about Miep and her husband Hank taking hastily prepared items to the "secret annex". Then she writes about having to put on many layers of clothing on a very hot day. She writes that Margot left with Miep earlier on a bicycle.
Anne then writes a very detailed description of the "secret annex". All of her entries are now addressed "Dear Kitty". I believe this is because she misses her cat. She writes about not liking Peter for he is shy and lazy. She writes about Mr. and Mrs. Van Daans fights. She also writes about how Mrs. Van Daan flirts with her father. She also writes about her and Peter getting along and bit better.
She had a bit of trouble with her mother and Margot and only understanding her father but it has smoothed over now. She sounds bored in most of her entries though I can't blame her for being quiet and never coming out isn't very exciting. I'll keep you posted.

My book

The book I shall be reading is called "The Diary of Anne Frank". Anne Franks diary was first published in 1947 by the request of her Dad, Otto Frank. Anne's diary was originally in German but it has been translated into more than 30 different languages! Anne Frank is 13 in her first entry. She has one pet, a cat name Moortje. She has a Mom, a Dad and a 16 year old sister.

Her first entry is on her birthday. She writes that she got up at 6:00 but couldn't wake anyone up until a quarter to 7. She writes about the gifts she recieved, including the book that she is using for a diary. She writes about her many friends and the many boys she likes. She also writes of a boy who walks her to school.

Thats about all I've read so far but she seems to be very happy.