Short Stories

The first short story I read was "Two-Timer" by Bali Rai. It is a part of the Barrington Stoke series. It was about a boy named Harj who was watching all of his friends getting girlfriends, while he was left wondering if he would ever be able to get one. To Harj's surprise one day at school he was asked out by one of the most beautiful girl's in his school. As if this wasn't enough, only few days later, Harj was asked out by another beautiful girl from another school. He could not resist and took on the challenge of becoming a "Two-Timer." At first Harj found this to be easy and even liked to think of it as a game. As lies compounded however, he found that he was getting closer and closer to getting caught. Will Harj continue as a successful two-timer or will he be caught out red-handed? You will have to read yourself to find out!

The second book I read was called "Twist Cottage" by Anthony Horowitz. It is a part of the After Dark series and has two short stories. The first story is about a young boy who loves living alone with Dad in a modest house. One day his Dad re-marries with a lady who ends up ruining their lifes. She spends all their money and tries to change everything. One day they move to a cottage which has had a history of all the female owner's dying in horrible accidents. The second story is about a young, spoilt girl who thinks she deserves everything. One day her father decides to sell her to a cannibal restaurant, which his brother owns. Will she be on the menu?

The thing I liked about the first book was how it had a guy in it who was about the same age as me. I liked how it featured parties and girl's. In the second book i liked the first story about the boy because I never knew what was going to happen next and it excited me.

I did have any dislikes in the first book but I did in the second. The story about the girl was just too stupid because I could not see how a father could sell his daughter to a canniball restaurant, no matter how annoying she was. This story was just too unreal and had not many successful features.

I enjoyed reading short stories because you can finish these books in a short time and move onto different books. This was good because I am not the fastest reader and it helped me to not get bored with the story-line. I think that I will choose more books from this section again because they are easier to read than large novels.