Coming 12/22/09 from Bloomsbury...

Nimira is a music-hall girl used to dancing for pennies. So when wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to sing accompaniment to a mysterious piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it will be the start of a better life. In Parry's world, long-buried secrets are about to stir. Unsettling rumors begin to swirl about ghosts, a madwoman roaming the halls, and Parry’s involvement in a group of corrupt sorcerers for whom the rules of the living and dead are meant to be broken for greater power. When Nimira discovers the spirit of a dashing fairy gentleman is trapped within the automaton, she is determined to break the curse. But even as the two fall into a love that seems hopeless, breaking the curse becomes a perilous race against time. Because it's not just the future of these star-crossed lovers that's at stake, but the fate of the entire magical world.

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Okay, Squeaky Books needed a layout change. And I'm talking HARDCORE layout change. I am DETERMINED. I am going to find more time to read. I am going to get up more reviews. I am going to have more contests. I am going to do more interviews. I am going to host another reading challenge. And I'm going to make Squeaky Books look AWESOME, gosh darn it!

*pants with excitement*

Okay. With all that said, what do you think of new layout? A simple vote in the sidebar will do. Yes or no. If you have anything more specific to add, feel free to comment.

~Enna Isilee

Okay. No. I'm not totally blowing off all of you that asked for interviews. The dealio is that I'm moving into a new apartment, and so I've been CRAZY busy with stuff, including packing away all my books:

Isn't that depressing? All those books, locked away in boxes. And that's not even all of them! I have another chest full of books.

*sigh* So, naturally, I have a hard time reading books through a box. I think I've read 20 pages in the last month. It's horribly depressing. But, c'est la vie.

Have you noticed that most of my posts lately are apologies for not posting? That's just sad.

Pathetically yours,
Enna Isilee

This is a kind of meme floating around, where bloggers interview each other. I was interviewed by Cate over at Here's my answers!

You’ve gone to see the school talent show. The closing talent called in sick, and your friend (the director) begs you to fill in. What talent do you show off?
Well... I might do a few lame jokes, or I'd recite a monologue, or... something like that.

Okay, here’s a serious one. If you were given the opportunity to redo one day of your life, would you? Or do you think that every mistake made is a lesson learned?
My first instinct is to say that I would want to redo a day. But... looking back, I think it was all meant to be.

Oh no- it seems that you’re the victim of a prank! An obnoxious mustache has been painted on your face, and it’s not coming off. You’ve still got to go to school- what do you do?
Oh! That one's easy! I pretend to be the new French-exchange student! Ah huh huh!

Do you have a ‘bucket list’ of things you want to do before you die? If so, pick one and explain it.
Geez! These are hard questions! I guess the biggest thing on my list is: "Survive to finish list." Does that really need explaining?

Wildfires come dangerously close to your home, and firefighters give you less than two minutes to grab a few items from your room. You pick up a book, something that has a good memory attached, and an electronic device. Tell us the specifics of these items.
I pick up... oh. That's hard too! What book... what book... First instinct is to say my hardback copy of Enna Burning that has my favorite message from Shannon. That's my book and memory I suppose.
And then the electronic device is EASILY my laptop. I LOVE it!

Wow. My interview wasn't nearly as cool as everyone elses. *sigh* But that's still cool.

If you want me to interview you, just post in the comments! I'll make up new questions.

~Enna Isilee

The Bar Code Tattoo

In the world of 2025, everyone is getting a bar code tattoo. This tattoo allows you to be scanned and instantly a person can see your driver's license, bank accounts, and any criminal records. There are some that don't want the tattoo, but soon there may be a world where you either have one, or you can't do anything.



This book had a lot of promise, and I actually really liked it. It's a good mystery/sci-fi thriller. Kayla Reed, the main character, is realistic, and a good main character.



And then it all went wrong.


Meet, The Bar Code Rebellion.

In this sequel, there are magical telepathic powers (woah! Where the carp* did that come from?), clones spliced with bird DNA (once again, what the carp?), and a plot that wraps up in TWO PAGES. Okay. You can't wrap up a series in TWO PAGES. And then we kept meeting new people-- new important people-- and then leaving them behind and never talking about them again. What the carp?

This book once again follows Kayla, but now she's out in the wild resisting the now mandatory bar code tattoo. While in the wild, she goes through all that crazy stuff I listed above.

This book had SO MUCH POTENTIAL! To the point that I actually wished I could rewrite the book for her! But it was so disappointing.

All in all, I wish I could say read the first one and not the second, but the first one ends all cliffhangerish, and it would be really annoying to not know what happens. So I'm going to have to say skip this series. Which is unfortunate, because it had such potential.

~Enna Isilee

*Carp is not a typo. I have a thing against saying "Crap," so I just switched around the letters. Now "carp" has kind of become my word.