Announcement: New website

A few months ago I decided to create my own website and it is now up and running. I have transferred all of the content from this blog onto my new site and will continue to post my book reviews and creative writing pieces there.

Thank you to all for your support and visits to my little blog. I would like to invite you to check out my new website elliotscribbles.com and to continue following me there.

 Faithfully, your book reviewer,

 Elliot

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Announcement: Blog Tour for Amanda Hocking's "Between the Blade and the Heart

I will be participating in the blog tour. Stay tuned for my review, coming later today.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, everyone! It has been a long time since my last post and a lot happened since then. I can't really talk about it, but you might be able to figure it out, if you read certain posts on this blog. With the new year still so fresh and one's motivation still high, and one's optimism even greater (hopefully), I thought might as well post some of my old writings to dip to proverbial toe into the waters that is the adventure and excitement of writing and publishing blog posts. I hope everyone has a wonderful, healthy and successful year and may the bad stay in the past :)

NetGalley Membership

Just updated my NetGalley profile, adding a new and exciting layer to my never-ending enthusiasm of books and reading.

100th Book Review!

Hi everyone, according to my Goodreads book reviews count, I surpassed the 100 mark 10 days ago. This calls for celebration! I started reviewing books on Goodreads in late December 2013 and I cannot believe how much fun it has been thus far. Unfortunately, I have been quite behind in writing and posting my book reviews regularly, but I will follow up this post by publishing six new reviews and I am in the middle of locating a piece of fiction I wrote a few years ago that I would love to share. A heartfelt thank you for taking the time to read my reviews and my little creations.

Merry Christmas Season

Hello again! I haven't quite decided how often I will post works to the Creative Corner, since it depends how dedicated I can be during the holiday season. The book reviews do not pose this dilemma, because it is a bit easier to give one's two cents worth to something someone else has written than to actually sit down and come up with a piece of fiction one feels worthy of posting. Speaking of the holiday season, I have been tempted for the past two weeks to update my Facebook status to read "It's the Christmas shopping season, so let's all act like dicks". Even for a perpetual Christmas elf like myself, the inconsiderate crowds in the shopping malls mixed with the blaring music that has anyone scream for mercy (even if it is Christmas music) and the thermostat set so high that after 5 minutes in any one store we start to feel like beef jerky, it was just a bit too much. Yes, they are those people that push and shove and even drive into one (and crush one's purchases) with their foot as they treat a potential customer like an unwanted stray dog. This happened to me not a week ago at a Christmas market. I was angry, I felt humiliated and mistreated as a man twice my size used his leg to exert force instead of just using his words. At the end he forbid me entrance into the store at all after I told him clearly not to push me. From what I can only assume, this man was an employee of a store that had too many customers in the store already, so in order to reduce the chance of theft he decided to play bouncer for this particular store. However, this could easily have been achieved in a civilized manner as I was able to witness at the store next door, which actually had a security guard employed to monitor the entrance and who was capable of letting customers know when they were allowed to enter. It took a good hour until I was able to leave this incidence behind me and enjoy the rest of the evening. The next morning I woke up and of course the memory of this unpleasant situation crept into my mind again, but instead feeling my blood boil at the though of it, I had to smile, even chuckle as I realized that a man twice my size felt the need to ban a tiny woman like myself from a home decor store, because I told him he acted out of line. Having shared this experience, I hope it helps bring my point across that no matter how many people act like grinches, let it go; leave it behind. Don't let someone's unhappiness spoil your day or the holiday season. Be good to yourself. Treat yourself. Sit on the couch in your "jammies", sip hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies, if that feels good. And have yourself a wonderful Christmas season. P.S. I posted two new book reviews ("Gathering Blue" and "The Pierced Heart") as well as a short monologue I wrote ca. six years ago that was inspired by the movie "Miss Potter" (2006).

Welcome and Finally

Welcome to my blog. This has been in the making for over a year and I finally feel confident enough to post and publish reviews and creative pieces. Currently I have three sections on this blog: Home, for any announcements and updates I would like to share; Book Reviews, a collection of all the book reviews I wrote in the past year; Creative Corner, a place where I have been encouraged to share my writings.

The book reviews are taken from my Goodreads account. I have been participating in the 2014 Goodreads Reading Challenge and decided to share my opinions and general thoughts after finishing each book. 

The Creative Corner represents a different challenge for me. As I try to write on a regular basis again, I also made it my goal to share these pieces of creative writing in this blog. With each written piece my intention is to express creativity, reflect life and at times even question reality. Above all, I mean no harm.

With that said, welcome once more and enjoy.

Welcome

A work in progress