I just finished my old favorite book The Lightning Theif by Rick Riordan. Honestly it is as good as I remeber. So much better than his new series that he has been writing. I kind of forgot about how he actually writes. I'm so used to his newer books and how he plays off the characters there that I forgot how attached I used to be to his characters. Its true that they aren't the most well writen books ever and they definitely aren't advanced enough for a 9th grader but for me that really doesn't matter. Sure I like to challenge myself with what I read but sometimes you need a break from the big words and confusing storylines. Sometimes you just need to find your Lightning Thief. If you haven't read the Percy Jackson books then shame on you and your a disgrace to your whole family. I'm kidding of course but these books have been out since I was in 5th grade maybe even earlier I can't really remember. You could probably afford to pick it up and go through it in a week tops. Its truly not a hard book to read, its very fun, warm and all around energetic. The characters are all well defined and relatable and theres no dumb needless dialogue. I guess you could say this is like my "guilty pleasure" series but I am not ashamed of it. Rather I'm actually pretty proud of my situation with this series.