Two books to talk about

Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while; I've been so busy with school, I've hardly had time to even think about my blog!

While I was gone though, I finished two awesome books. One (the first one that I finished), was My Diary from the Edge of the World, by Jodi Lynn Anderson. It's about a girl with a fiery spirit... one whose mother got her a diary to write in. The whole book is her diary, but it still sounds like a normal book. Her name is Gracie, and she lives in a world where there are Sasquatches, dragons, mermaids, Dark Clouds, and more. She had a little brother named Sam, and an older sister named Millie. Gracie is around twelve years old. She's living a normal life (well, it's normal in her world)... until a Dark Cloud is found drifting their neighborhood. Dark Clouds are odd; they don't act like normal clouds. They take certain people away, almost like they're taking the spirit of a dead person. It's like dying in our world. The result of a cloud not being there when someone dies, is a ghost. Gracie's family is worried; is The Cloud coming for someone in their family?

The other book that I finished, was Pillage, by Obert Skye. It's about a teenage boy (named Beck), whose mother dies. He goes to live with his Uncle in a humongous mansion in Kingsplot, but is only greeted by the small staff, which consists of only four people. Strange things began happening, and Beck doesn't know what to do. As he investigates, he uncovers more and more, learning more about his genealogy. His uncle is a secret himself; he confined himself to a small portion of the mansion, closest to the roof as he can get. Beck's uncle has been living up in the highest floor of the mansion for a long time, never leaving. What secrets will Beck uncover? Is there a basement? If so, where is it? What's in the backyard behind the bushes?
I read this book in one day (if you can't tell, I thought it was a really good book; it was exciting, mysterious, and... I don't have the right word right now), and was sad when it ended.
Pillage is part of a trilogy, called Pillagy. The next book is called Choke. I can't wait to get it from the library!

Luckily for you, I have five different books that I have waiting for me to read. I'm reading Capture the Flag right now, and I have The Keeper of the Lost Cities, Heroes of the Dustbin (Janitors book 5), and Shadow of the Dragon. I'm still trying to get through Slathbog's Gold. I wonder if it will get better soon. Anyways, I have lots to read.

I hope to be able to write soon! Happy reading (to you and me)!

- Maria