Bill Gates

I recently read a book called Bill Gates which is a biography. I am not interested in reading biography books but my goal is to read biography and non fiction books so I decided to read this book to start achieve my goal.

This book is about the richest person on earth called Bill Gates. There is a great story about him. Now let's see what is so great about him and how he became the richest person on earth.
William(Bill) Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. His family was affluent and he learned in an exclusive prep school called Lakeside. He was talented in learning but most of all, he was interested in early computers and as well as his friend called Paul Allen. As they grew older, they became very good at using computers and even once, Computer Center Corporation company asked them to help find and fix their software problems. They began earning money for fixing problems. As Bill worked there, he improved his skills and there were things that made him good at using computers. That were: He was unafraid of failure, worked hard, shared his information with Paul, perfected his skills and devoted his time to succeed.
One day, Altair 8800 was invented by one company. Bill and Paul became very interested in that company and lied to the company that they developed Altair 8800 even though they didn't because they wanted to work there. But in 8 weeks, they actually succeeded. Immediately, the company employed Paul and Gates. They worked there for a while and offered a contracted deal with MITS to buy their software.Then, they formed a new company called Microsoft. That is how Microsoft begin.
While Bill and Paul just formed Microsoft, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was ready to enter the personal computer market but IBM needed a company to work with. IBM chose Microsoft and they worked together. Gates and Paul wanted to get the contract to deliver BASIC for the new IBM PC like they had for Altair and they got it.
One day, a person called Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products wrote Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS) and Paul tried hard to obtain it. Finally, he got it and within months, Microsofy provided IBM with its operationg system renamed PC-DOS. DOS was a great success and so was IBM PC, supported by a massive marketing campaign.
At first, Microsoft followed the right path by focusing on writing operating systems and applications. But gradually, Microsoft focused more on offering new products than on making sure each product worked perfectly and securing systems. Because of this, Microsofy software crashed too often. Later, Apple invented user-friendly graphical user surface-GUI, which is a mouse to click on icons and help complex computing instrucions with a single touch. From then on, it was much easier to use computers and Microsoft copyed the idea of GUI and also created a mouse.
In the late 1990s, Microsoft invented Microsoft 95 software which was a huge success. By selling millions of copies of Microsoft 95, Bill Gates became a millionaire. However, the workers in Microsoft were conceited and became very lazy. As a result, Microsoft was failing but fortunately, Bill Gates had an idea what to do. Microsoft entered the multibillion-dollar computer gaming industry with its personal a success and also entered other game companies such as Sony.
Bill Gates realised that his programs were insecure so he slowly improved Microsoft's products and rewrote the operationg system called Windows XP. It was also a huge success. After he sold millions of copies of Windows XP, Bill Gates became a billionaire.
In 2005, Queen Elizabeth II of England knighted him and he was used to identify as 'Eristalis gatesi'.

In 2006, Bill Gates announced that the would be leaving Microsofy in 2008. Everyone was shocked by Gate's announcement but some helped him. Warren Buffett donated $50 billion of his own money to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a few of his friends helped him as well.

After I read this book, I was pretty surprised by the ending that he would leave Microsoft and help poor children. I should be more patient and more creative like Bill Gates and get a great innovation.

The Falcon's Malteser

I finished reading a book called 'The Falcon's Malteser' by Anthony Horowitz. I decided to read this book because lots of people enjoy reading his books. And indeed, it was a really good mystery story.

This book is about two detectives, Tim Diamond and Nick Diamond. They are not actually detectives but they preferred to be called that way.
One day, a dwarf came into their office and asked them to keep his package and said that he would give 500 dollars for keeping them for a week and he would take it back. He emphasized that they are not to open the package. Tim thought the dwarf was crazy but Nick knew there was something mystery and dangerous about keeping the package. And he was exactly right.
One morning, Nick got a letter from the Fat Man, the biggest crime in England and told them to give the package. They didn't gave it to him and later, they found out that the package contained only a box of Malteser which was just a plain chocolate. But after a few weeks, they also found out that this Malteser box meant 5 million dollars from Falcon, who was the biggest crime on earth, and he wanted to keep his 5 million dollars safely after he was dead and he made a riddle to get 5 million dollars and this Malteser box was a clue. Many great crimes try to get this Malteser box but Nick's witness was good enough to protect the Malteser. After chasing each other for a long time, Nick figured out the answer of the riddle. It was a bar code on the Malteser's box. Nick reflected a sunlight on the bar code to the eagle's eye and there was a beep sound. The eagle monument should be cracked and open but it didn't work. Later, Nick found out that his friend, Lauren, had stole the Malteser box's barcode and replaced the false bar code. But still Lauren gave some money to Nick with a letter and he spent the summer holiday with his money.
My best part of this book is the time when Nick had injured two famous crimes, Hommel and William. Lauren and Nick were both captured by them and they tied their (Lauren and Nick) bodies with some ropes. Hommel and William had gone to the bank where Nick mentioned where he kept the Malteser box which actually was a lie. Lauren had learned how to escape from tying by ropes and escaped. She also helped Nick and Nick planned something brilliant. Even though they escaped from tying by rope, the door was locked. Nick was very sure that the crimes would kill him by telling them a lie. He was locked at the 5th floor of a strange building and there was a big piano at the centre of a room. When Nick watched they parked at a parking lot, he pushed the piano and it crashed on their car. Everyone was astounded and one man had found out Nick and called the key fixer. The key fixer came and unlocked the door. And then Nick and Lauren escaped. Fortunately to Hommel and William, they were not killed and just injured a bit.

I was in this book and didn't know that the time had passed. I would really like to try one of his books maybe the continue book after this book. I would seriously like to recommend this book to everyone.

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

By Paula Danziger
★★★★★

Now, it's a break time but I didn't have any special events to do so I read a lot of books. I read 2 Korean books and 2 English books and right now, I am reading my fifth book called "The invention of the Hugo Cabret". Above all these five books, I would like to write about a book called "My Cat Ate My Gymsuit" by Paula Danziger.

This story is about the main character named Marcy Lewis who was a high schooler. She was fat and thought she was a blimp. She was shy, didn't speak very much, and wasn't brave enough. She hated her father because he always opposed with her ideas. She also hated a school because her teacher was stupid. Marcy always thought that everything was boring and she was a blimp. But then a new English teacher called Ms. Finney came soon and changed Marcy's whole life. Ms. Finney was willing to try anything in the classroom and she treated the kids like human beings unlike most other teachers. Marcy was very liked her but one day, Ms. Finney got suspended because she didn't say the Pledge of Allegiance, dressed strangely, and her teaching was not traditional. While Marcy was trying to help her, she got courage, made lots of friends, speaked her opinions clearly even to the principal and because of that, she got suspended.

My best part of this book was: After Marcy and her boyfriend called Joel went to one of her friends party called Nancy, they walked together to Marcy's house. While they were walking, she asked Joel if he liked to drink beer and he said yes. Then he asked her if she liked beer. She said no so he asked why she drank beer at the party. She replied it was because everyone was drinking it so she didn't want to be different. Then Joel said that Ms. Finney was different and she was very special. So Marcy realized that she was wrong.
From what Joel had said, I got an important lesson. It was that people can be different and still be happy and special. Some day, if I became different, I won't try to do the same things like other people do because it can be right what I'm doing.

I enjoyed reading this book because this book encouraged me.

Olive's Ocean

I read a book called "Olive's Ocean" by Kevin Henkes. I read this book because the author won the Newbery Honor. The books which got Newbery Honor, are very meaningful so I enjoy reading them.

The main character Martha, got a letter from Olive's mother. It made her very surprised because Olive was dead. She had been hit by a car on Monroe Street while she was riding a bicycle. The letter made her feel eerie because the letter was written that Martha was the best student in Olive's class. Martha didn't do something special thing for her nor did she spoke something nice to her.

At a summer vacation, she went to her grandmother's house. Near her (grandmother's) house, there were Manning boys. Martha liked one of the Manning boys called Jimmy. Martha and Jimmy went together and traveled together. But one day, Jimmy ruined her life. He kissed her and he was recording it with his video camera. This didn't made her feel very angry but when Jimmy said he did it for a bet, she became very angry. From then on, Martha became miserable and seldomly went outside.

One day, when she was strolling around with her little sister, she filled a bottle with Pacific ocean for Olive. At the letter, it said her best place was Pacific ocean. She decided to give it to Olive's mother. What she found out next was that there was Jimmy at the opposite side with another girl. To aviod his vision, she went near the sea but unfortunately, she was sweeped by a sudden, strong wave. She almost drowned but fortunately she could live by swimming for her life. From this disaster, she learned that she was worrying too much about video that she acted as if this was a big problem like this big disaster. So, she started not to worry it. Amazingly, before she went back to her house again, one of Manning boys called Tate, stole the video record from Jimmy and gave it to her.

At her home, she decided that she had to do something with the video record and went to Olive's mother's house. But unluckily, a person said that she moved to another city. So, she wrote Olive's name on the top of the step where Olive usually sat, with a brush. She kept on writing it until there was no water left.

I think this is a very meaningful book. I wish I can write a story very well like him. To achieve my goal, I should read a lot and practice to write very descriptive like him.

P.S I will give 10 stars out of 10 stars. I really like to recommend everyone to read it.

The Call of the Wild

This is a book called "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. I chose this book because I heard this book is a famous story. I enjoy reading high level books such as the books that won Newbery Medals and famous stories.

This is a story about a dog called "Buck". The news of a gold rush in Alaska in the 1890s changed his life.

In 1890s, the new of a gold rush in Alaska caused a sensation. People from all over the world set forth for Alaska with a burning desire to find gold and become rich. They needed strong dogs to pull sleds over the snow and ice. So, the sudden demand for strong and large dogs with long fur changed the fate of many dogs. And Buck was one of the dogs.

He lived with Judge Miller and his family in the Southland. They treated him like a king but his happiness didn't last though. One of the judge's servant stole Buck and sold him to a stranger. Buck was again sold to new owners, Perrault and Francois. Buck had been taken suddenly from the heart of cilvilization and thrown into a wild palce in the far north.. He had to learn many new things quickly to survive. As the day passed, he became stronger and larger. In his mind, a jealous and envy about a leader dog called "Spitz" grow stronger and stronger. Finally, Buck killed Spitz and became the leader dog by himself. About few months later, Buck was sold to a new owner. The owner didn't know how to work with dogs but they knew how to beat them. When Buck was absolutely exhausted, the owner decided to kill him but a man called "John Thornton" saved his life. Buck was faithful to John and eventually, they reached the place and John collected all golds. Every night, Buck heard a call from the wild and he found his brothers were calling him. He wanted to follow them but he couldn't betray his owner so he didn't know what to do. But when John was killed by the Indians, Buck was ready to leave the world of mankind and return to his brothers.

I really enjoyed The Call of the Wild and I even think this book is one of my best books. There are some difficult words and sometimes I found the words I didn't know in a dictionary or I just skipped them because I could understand the words meaning by looking at sentences.

P.S I will give 10 stars out of 10 stars and I truly recommend everyone to read this book.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid

I read a book called "Diary of A Wimpy Kid". This book is on the list of 'Books which every student must read". This is a small reason why I chose this book. Another reason, which is a big reason, is that this book is really funny (which I heard this from my friends).

The main character, Greg Heffley, wrote special events that happened in one year. So this book has many short stories. My best story in this book occured at the last day of summer. Greg's brother, Rodrick, woke him up in the middle of the night. Rodrick told him that Greg was late. Greg worried that he might sleep too much and late for the first day at school. Greg didn't notice it was the middle of the night because Rodrick drew a curtain and set off the alarm at that time. Plus, he was dressed up in his school clothes. Greg hurridly went downstairs and made a breakfast and was eating. By then, the father came and shouted at him what the heck he is doing. A few seconds later, Greg understood what was going on and he told that Rodrick tricked him. So, father went upstairs to scold Rodrick but he covered up his tracks pretty good. He pretended he was sleeping. Anyway, because of Rodrick, he wasn't late for school and Greg thanked him.

As you can see, Rodrick played lots of tricks to Greg so Greg didn't like him very much. But Greg learned one thing from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.

I think Jeff Kinney is a good writer. I want to read his 3 series books. The book was funny but not as good as 'Just' series. 'Just' series are kind of wacky so I prefer them better. Maybe after I finish 3 books, I can try 'Just' series.

P.S. I will give 9 stars out of 10 stars.

The Indian in the Cupboard

This is a book called, "The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynne Reid Banks. The genre of this book is fantasy. It is on the list of 'A book which every student must read' so that's a reason why I read it.

The main character Omri, got a plastic Indian toy from his best friend Patrick for a birthday present. From his brother, he got a cupboard. There wasn't a key eventhough there was a lockerhole. Omri wanted a key and eventually, he found one from his mother's key collection. He put the plastic Indian toy in the cupboard and locked it. To his surprise, the Indian became alive!
The next day, he figured out that if he puts plastic objects in the cupboard and locks it, they will become alive. But if he does that one more time, they will become plastic again.
At first, Indian thought Omri would kill him so he stabbed him with his small knife. It made Omri bleeding a little bit. As I read this part, I thought Indian must had been very brave.
As the day passed by, they became more friendly and had lots of adventures. One day, Patrick came to Omri's house and made a real cowboy by also putting him in the cupboard. The Indian tried to kill him but Omri didn't allow him to do that. Like Omri, they became friends as the day passed by but the only difference was that it took longer time to be friends each other.
In the end, the Indian got a bride and they wanted to have marriage at their real home so they decided to go back to their home. The story ends little bit sad.

When I finished this book, I was surprised that it only took 3 days to finish this book! I was in this book when I was reading so I didn't know that the time was passing. There are 3 series and I think they are going to be fun like this book. So I will read them if I find them.

P.S. I will give 5 stars out of 5 stars and I recommend anyone to read this book.

Because of Winn Dixie

I am currently reading a book called 'Because of Winn Dixie'. I chose this book because the author won the Newbery Honor Book. It wasn't that good as I expected but I learned some lessons I should know.
The main character, Opal, accidently met a wandering dog in a supermarket. The dog was running all around the supermarket and messed up everything. The owner and sellers tried to catch him but they couldn't. Opal lied to the owner that the dog belonged to her. To her surprise, the dog followed her very well. And that was the first time they met each other and I think the author showed the main characters in a really fun way unlike the most authors.
Opal named her new dog 'Winn Dixie'. After they met each other, they had lots of fun at that summer. Almost everything in that summer happened because of Winn Dixie. And I think that is the reason why a title of this book is 'Because of Winn Dixie'.

I quite enjoyed this book even though this wasn't that good as my expectation. But I learned some important lessons such as 'Don't give up', 'Be brave' and else.


P.S I will give 3 stars out of 5 stars and the author of this book is Kate DiCamillo