Happy Holiday Weekend! Let's have a contest!

All right! Here we are, approaching the 4th of July weekend! What better way to celebrate then with a free book?!

Many of you have heard of Lisa Mantchev's upcoming book Eyes Like Stars(here's a link to my review). Well, would you like a copy? I'll be giving away a copy in celebration of our Freedom day. All you have to do is post a comment here. If you post about this contest on your blog and post a link here, I'll give you an extra entry.

Easy. Straight forward. And fun! Entries will end on Midnight (Mountain time) on Wednesday the 15th. I'll announce the winner one week from today and I will mail out the book as soon as I get the winner's address. No international entries. I'm sorry, but I can't afford that.

Okay, in summary:

A contest to give away Lisa Mantchev's Eyes Like Stars

Just comment to be entered

Post a link to a blog post advertising the contest for another entry

No international entries

No entries after midnight on Wednesday the 15th

Winner announced Thursday the 16th

All right! Let's go!

~Enna Isilee

**Hunger-- Michael Grant

Here's the link to my review of the first book in this series.

This book is just as wild as the first. More sci-fi, though. I'm gonna keep it short and sweet: this series rocks. They're both about 600 pages long, but I'm enthralled throughout the entire books. This is good sci-fi stuff. But if you don't like sci-fi, you won't like this.

:) Happy days. I'm excited there are more of these books coming.

~Enna Isilee

Wings-- Aprilynne Pike

Aprilynne Pike's WINGS is the first of four books about an ordinary girl named Laurel who discovers she is a faerie sent among humans to guard the gateway to Avalon. When Laurel is thrust into the midst of a centuries-old battle between faeries and trolls, she's torn between a human and a faerie love, as well as her loyalties to both worlds.

Good things about this book:

Light, easy story

Fun concept

New views

However, all of these things have a flipside:

Not-so-good things about this book:

The author tries to COMPLETELY re-write faerie lore. It would be okay if she tried to create a new species of faerie, but not completely recreate faeries.

The love interests were… confusing. You weren’t sure who you were rooting for, or who the main character was rooting for.

It’s a bit juvenile. So… don’t go looking for anything too deep.



I’ll keep an eye out for the sequels, but I probably won’t buy them.

~Enna Isilee

Dos bientôt!

I'm leaving for a bit, my mom surprised me with a little trip. She's taking me on a cruise! Wahoo! It was supposed to be a cruise to Mexico, but because of swine flu, it's now a cruise to nowhere. That's fine with me. Plenty of time to read. :)

See you in a week!

~Enna Isilee

**Forest Born-- Shannon Hale

If you love the world of Bayern, then you’ll happily sink into this latest installment.

This book rings the Books of Bayern pure and true. There’s action, adventure, romance, growth. Everything you could want, there is. I realize this is a horribly pathetic review when compared to my review of The Actor and the Housewife, but this book is FULL of spoilers (honestly, there will probably times when you’re reading this that you will gasp aloud) and I don’t want to give anything away. I stayed up until nearly 1 in the morning reading this. Definitely a Squeaky Book

If there’s something you want to know that’s non-spoiler related, feel free to ask in the comments.

~Enna Isilee

Have I died? Just about

All right, so I should probably update my blog, eh? Psh. It's only been three weeks. No big deal.

Well, May is a BUSY month! I had a cast party to plan, family gatherings to go to, and now I'm working two jobs! And... sadly... I'm not reading very much. I've got my huge slush pile, and I'm makin' my way through it. I've read Forest Born(review soon!) and I'm just about done with Wings, after that I'm gonna read some Maria V. Snyder and then Jessica Day George. All while earning enough money to pay my rent. *sigh* Ah the life of an independent young woman.

Hope you haven't all disappeared along with me! I'd miss you!

~Enna Isilee

What books do YOU want to know about?

Well, the play is long over, and it's left a big gaping whole in my life (but it left behind a lot of great new friends) and I'm thinking I'll fill that whole a bit with some reading. Sound like a plan?

Here's the dealio:

I've got a TON of books to read! So many! I don't know which to read first! So, of course, I'll ask my bookie friends. Then again... I haven't been getting very good results from those bets (sorry, lame joke).

Anyway. Here are some of the titles I've got waiting on my shelf. Which should I read? Vote in the sidebar and comment here if you want.

Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox, Eoin Colfer
Boyology, Sarah O'Leary Burningham
Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
Princess of the Midnight Ball, Jessica Day George
Dragon Spear, Jessica Day George
How to Buy a Love of Reading, Tanya Egan Gibson
The Princess and the Hound/Bear, Mette Ivie Harrison
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, Trenton Lee Steward
Bloodhound, Tamora Peirce
Just One Wish, Janette Rallison
Wings, Aprilynne Pike
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

*whistle* Wow. All great books. I'm torn! Cast your votes! Please! And if you know of any more, let me know!

~Enna Isilee