Derby Girl (Now called "Whip It"), Shauna Cross
Secrets of My Suburban Life, Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Both unfinished due to profanity and just not being my style of book.

Now, Jo asked a wonderful question when I said that I wouldn't stand for profanity. Her question: Why?

I rate a book kind of like a movie. I don't see R rated movies, ever, so I won't read "R" rated books. My only real problem is with the "F" word, or very heavy usage of unncessary profanity(things that don't add to the story at all). If the story is good, I will tolerate one "F", but if it's not, I'm done. With Skinned I went through 3 before I finally put it down.

And I think maybe I should state that I didn't not finish all of these books just this week. These are books that I haven't finished over the last 18 months. This will probably be my last "Unfinished Friday" for a while, because these are the last of the books I didn't finish. I usually stick with a book. And if I do set it down for reasons other than profanity, I'll probably pick it back up later.

I don't believe that books should be suffered through, or that they should leaving you feeling "dirty." I'd much rather write a "why I didn't finish" post and have someone else read it and love it, than write I "I really wish I hadn't read this" post and write a negative review that makes someone never touch the book.

Plus, there are so many good books out there! I'm not going to suffer by skipping a few. I'm constantly branching out my horizons. But, in doing so, I've found genre's I don't like, just like everyone else. Some people don't like Sci-fi (crazy fools!), I don't like angsty books.

I now follow 310(318 now!) blogs! Put that on your bread and toast it! ;)

If for some insane reason, I missed your blog please let me know!

Thank you for all of your kind words on my new layout. I'm glad y'all like it! If you notice any bugs, feel free to let me know.

It's time to reload my blogroll! I just went through and added a TON of blogs, but I want more more more!! This time, I don't just want you to give me your URL, I'd love it if you gave me the URLs of other cool book blogs. I wanna stay connected!

Thanks mucho!

~Enna Isilee

I don't know if any of you noticed the seizures my blog was going through yesterday, but I was playing with a new HTML code I discovered. After ripping it apart and basically starting all over again, I have ended up with what is now the new and improved Squeaky Books!

Same color scheme, same graphics, just a brand new rocking layout! Though... I know most of you don't actually look at my blog. You just reader-ize it.

Is there anything off? I know that if you resize your window things get alittle crazy, which worries me. Do things look okay to you?

I'm not setting up a poll to see if you guys like it, because it took me hours to set up, and if you don't like it, I will cry.

Seriously.

~Enna Isilee

In My Mailbox was created by The Story Siren

Here's what I've got in my "mailbox:"

Skinned, by Robin Wasserman
Fire, by Kristin Cashore
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer
And Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson

I know some of these books may be considered "Old News" as they've been out for a while, but I just barely heard about them. So I'm really excited to read them. I'm starting with Skinned.