Shirley Hershey Showalter

Farmer's daughter, turned college professor, then college president, now foundation officer. Publications include The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Christian Century. Writing a memoir about growing up Mennonite in America, 1948-1966. Seeking others who read, write, and teach nonfiction/memoir. Goal: read and review 100 memoirs! Read More

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Britt Bravo’s Links: Contests, Reading Challenges, Carnivals

Britt Bravo is a little more than half as old as I am and twice as smart. So she’s perfect as a consultant. You can find her online in many places, but here is her website.

Britt Bravo

When we spent an hour together on the phone recently, she sent me a list of links, many of which I had never heard of before.

Have you ever entered a reading challenge or carnival? See the links below.

http://myreadingchallanges.blogspot.com/
http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/2009-100-reading-challenge.html

The Book Review Blog Carnival: http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_5161.html
Book blogger appreciation week: http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com/

memoir blogs:
Memoir Mentor Blog: http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog.htm
Memories and Memoirs “blog”: http://memoriesandmemoirs.net/category/blog/
Twitter Search for #memoir: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23memoir

In the interest of spreading the love, I offer these links to you and ask that you add your favorites in the comments section. Tell us your experiences with any of them. Bloggers, send me your own links, and I will add them.

Posted: August 21st, 2009 under My Reviews.

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  • Hello there,

    A new challenge to be posted:
    The Fall/Winter Mystery Reading Challenge runs October 1 - February 28

    http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/2009/09/fal...

    Only 7 books in 5 months to assist everybody in enjoying the seasons. Prizes will be awarded too!!! Join the fun.

    AF Heart
    http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/
  • brittbravo
    Have you decided what carnival or reading challenge you are going to join?
  • @Sonia. So glad to share the wealth from Britt.

    @Britt. No! I am up to my eyeballs in extra writing assignments right now and can barely keep up with 2 posts/week and commenting on other blogs as much as possible. Tonight I am working on a poem for my friend's college president inauguration. Tomorrow I have to finish a strategic plan at work, and we are doing a toast poem for Anthony and Chelsea's wedding. Carnivals sound great, but they will have to wait.
  • P. S. to Britt. One reason I decided to share these links, however, is that the blog is actually one of my better organizing strategies. By using tags and categories, I can always come find the carnival references when I am able to explore them.
  • Gutsywriter
    Thank you, thank you and thank you. I am grateful for all this helpful information and shall mention your post on my blog tomorrow, together with my vacation plans. I've been thinking about a blog carnival for a while and am still figuring out the Twitter# groups, so you gave me some useful new blogs to visit. You are helping all of us and I thank you for that.
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