I'm participating in Armchair BEA. The awesomeness that is ABEA would take too long for me to explain, so you should click here to find out all there is to know.

Now! On to day one: Introductions! Here are my answers to the five (actually, I chose six) questions:

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?

• I'm Enna Isilee, which is not my real name but I think I've actually reached a point where I have more friends that call me Enna than that call me my real name. I've been blogging for almost 5 years (blogoversary next month!) and I started blogging to get free books (BAD ENNA!) but I kept blogging to keep a record of what I read and to connect with other book-lovers.

Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.

• I have two jobs: one in a library, and one as a snake/reptile handler. No joke.

• I really like my IMM vlogs. I know many people don't like them, but they're one of the few times I get to share some of my favorite songs as well as books. They make me happy.

Where do you see your blog in five years?

• Hopefully going just as strong as it is now. I don't plan for a whole lot of growth because I'm happy with what my blog has become, and the next five years are going to be a time of much changes in my personal life. If I can just keep squeaking, I'll be happy.

What literary location would you most like to visit? Why?

• For the last year I've been dying to go to Prague because of The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. It just sounded so magical!

What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?

• I just love interacting with other book lovers. Really. I wasn't kidding when I said I have more friends that call me Enna (AKA I first met online) than I do that call my by my real name, in real life. I owe blogging for most of my real social life, not just my online one. I do hope we'll somehow reach a point where blogger envy will die away. But seeing as that's more of a human issue, not a blogging one, I'm not sure it will happen. A girl can dream!

Each and every month on Squeaky Books I feature 5-8 upcoming releases. You vote for the ones you are excited about in the poll at the bottom of the post. I’ll be including the winner in a big giveaway soon! Fun times, eh? You can vote for the July books from June 4th – June 30th at 7:59pm MST.  At the beginning of July I'll announce the book with the most votes!

Feel free to ask questions in the comments or e-mail me. Now go forth and vote!



Release Date: June 19, 2012Summary:

What's worse than being blackmailed to attend a hidden school where you're treated like a second-class citizen? How about nearly getting eaten by a monster when you arrive? Or learning that your soulmate was killed in a centuries-old secret war? And then there's the evil king who's determined to rule the world unless you can stop him...

Meet Kaya, a young woman with the power to heal and the determination to fight. But struggle as she will, she remains tied to three very different men: a hero who has forsaken glory, a tyrannical ruler who wants to use Kaya, and a warrior who's stolen her heart. Kaya learns the hard way that some ties can't be broken...and blood is the strongest bond of all.

UK Release Date: July 5, 2012Summary:

Frost is cursed - possessed by a wolf demon that brings death everywhere she goes. Desperate to find a cure, she flees her home, only to be captured by the Ruan Hill Guard. Trapped until she can prove she is not an enemy, Frost grows increasingly close to the Guard’s charismatic leader Luca and his second in command, the tortured Arian. Torn between two very different men, Frost fears that she may not be able to protect either of them ... from herself.

Release Date: July 10, 2012Summary:

More than anything, Tom Raines wants to be important, though his shadowy life is anything but that. For years, Tom’s drifted from casino to casino with his unlucky gambler of a dad, gaming for their survival. Keeping a roof over their heads depends on a careful combination of skill, luck, con artistry, and staying invisible.

Then one day, Tom stops being invisible. Someone’s been watching his virtual-reality prowess, and he’s offered the incredible—a place at the Pentagonal Spire, an elite military academy. There, Tom’s instincts for combat will be put to the test, and if he passes, he’ll become a member of the Intrasolar Forces, helping to lead his country to victory in World War Three. Finally, he’ll be someone important: a superhuman war machine with the tech skills that every virtual-reality warrior dreams of. Life at the Spire holds everything that Tom’s always wanted—friends, the possibility of a girlfriend, and a life where his every action matters—but what will it cost him?

Release Date: July 10, 2012Summary:

Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.

Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.

Release Date: July 10, 2012Summary:

As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.

The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.

Nominated by: Kayla B.
Release Date: July 24, 2012Summary:

The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia…

Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper—

The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.

And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor…from her brother.

Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she’ll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance.

The winner of May's Upcoming Release Giveaway is...

!June's New Release Winner!

For Darknesss Shows the Stars

by Diana Peterfreund

Now, I have some sad news: due to some monetary... limitations, there will not be a new release giveaway this month. HOWEVER, I do promise to giveaway this book sometime soon. Just... not this month. Okey dokey?

Don't forget to vote on this month's books!



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Did you know that June is audiobook month?! Really, it is. I didn't make this up! I lurve audiobooks. I'm lucky enough to have a job that allows me to listen to audiobooks while I'm working. That's a guaranteed 14 hours of audio-book listening a month! Hurrah! I would literally be in a madhouse right now if it weren't for audiobooks.

But what does audiobook month mean for you? It means TONS of audiobook reviews (I've been saving them up! I'll do at least three every week!), audiobook giveaways, and free audiobook downloads!

Give me the weekend to get things sorted all out. I'm still gathering everything I need to make JIAM awesome. And I promise, it will be awesome.

Who's excited?!

A while ago I asked for adult fiction and non-fiction recs. There were far too many adult fiction recommendations for me to organize into any kind of list. But, I was able to take the non-fiction books and gather the top 14. Here they are:

Any of these that you think are one of those "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS RIGHT NOW!" kind of books? Any I should avoid? For instance, I love Tina Fey (well... I love Liz Lemon) and I'm worried that Bossypants might be crass (by which I suppose I mean swearing for no reason or distasteful) or something and make me stop liking her... thoughts?

Anyway, to make it easy I made this poll. Vote for any and all books you think I should read. Yup. Thank you!