How Do I Read Event Log Entries

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I have a server client program in c# and i need to access the event logs of the client for control. I will search for a specific id, 1149 and report every instance to server side. Also, on a different note, i will need overload this function to pull up the last shutdown and bootup events so if you know their proper id's I would appreciate it. Here is my code.

private string Eventlog()
    {
        string query = "*[System/EventID=1149]";
        string x = "";
        EventLogQuery eventquery = new EventLogQuery("Application", PathType.LogName, query);
        try
        {
            EventLogReader logReader = new EventLogReader(eventquery);
            for(EventRecord eventDetail = logReader.ReadEvent();eventDetail!=null;eventDetail=logReader.ReadEvent())
            {
                x += eventDetail.TimeCreated.ToString();
            }
        }
        catch(EventLogNotFoundException e)
        {
            RichTextBoxConsole.AppendText("Error while reading event logs" + ServerURI + Environment.NewLine);
        }
        return x;
    }

The problem is that the for loop does not execute, because the eventDetail is null in the for loop. Can anybody assist? The code executes at client side btw.