A Giveaway Winner and a Book Review Carnival You Don’t Want to Miss
Thank you everybody for your great ideas on literary Christmas traditions in your own home and for your kind comments on our cute little Christmas Mouse. You have given me some fantastic ideas on some new traditions. I, for one, am going out to buy a cute Christmas basket to put Christmas themed books under the tree. I love the idea of pairing a book with a themed pajama, as well as unwrapping a book (can be books you already own) and reading a book for the 12 days of Christmas. Seriously, if you didn’t read all the ideas I highly suggest you browse through the comments on the Christmas Mouse post.
So how about a little Christmas cheer?! I promised a $10 Amazon gift certificate to one lucky winner:
Sandy at You’ve GOTTA Read This!
Congrats Sandy! I’m sure you can find yourself a little something for your stocking this year. Merry Christmas!
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I’m hosting my very first carnival! The Book Review Blog Carnival will be hosted HERE this coming Sunday! Have a favorite post from 2008? A favorite Christmas book perhaps? Fiction, non-fiction, how-to, memoirs, young adult, middle readers, picture books. Anything! This is the time to strut your stuff! So decide on a post and take a second to send it off to me.
It’s going to be worth your time! I haven’t decided on the details but there will be some type of random giveaway for both those who submit a book review as well as those who visit the carnival participants. I want it to be fun and merry just in time for Christmas! But if I don’t get your reviews I’ll be in a bah humbug mood for the holidays. And that wouldn’t be very fun would it, especially since it’s my first carnival. By submitting your post through the Book Review Blog Carnival site, it makes some nice little code for me. Click on the little orange box in the upper right hand corner at this link to submit your post. So what are you waiting for? I’d love for those reviews to come pouring in!
I’m waiting . . .
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Der…I totally missed the official form to fill out for submissions. Sorry I took up your time and sent you the link directly! It’s my first time around – I’ll probably get it right next time.
(and just so I’m clear, do you need me to go back and do that form, or am I good?)
on December 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pmThank you for the clear directions about how to sign up for the carnival … the mere mention has been confusing me for months!
on December 17th, 2008 at 5:31 pmI just wanted to let you know that I loved your story and your Christmas mouse. What a great idea!! I think we are going to have to give that a try so thanks for sharing!
on December 17th, 2008 at 6:50 pmJust sent you a review via the carnival form. I’ve never done this before, so hopefully it worked … if you can use the review, great! If not, no big deal. Looking forward to seeing the other submissions.
on December 17th, 2008 at 8:42 pmHey Natasha, I just submitted a review of one of my favorite memoirs of the year, Dream Homes by Joyce Zonana…I don’t read non-fic often, but this one was fantastic! Yippee! This is only my second carnival that I’ve participated in!
on December 17th, 2008 at 11:27 pmI sure hope one from 2007 will be okay. I won’t get around to reviewing the Christmas books I read this year until next June probably.
on December 18th, 2008 at 1:32 amMine’s a little old, too – but I love the story so much -
on December 18th, 2008 at 8:06 amCongrats to Sandy!
on December 18th, 2008 at 8:09 amI just submitted a review – hope I did it right!
on December 18th, 2008 at 9:05 amJust submitted mine! Is this carnival the same that Dewey started? I thought it was called Bookworms carnival.
on December 18th, 2008 at 12:27 pmStacy – You’re fine. Don’t worry about it.
Word Lily – You’re welcome! I’m sure it’s intimidating.
Samantha – Ah, thanks!
Betty & Boo’s Mommy – Of course it will work!
Chris – Well, this is only my first carnival to host, so I hope it goes well.
Ladytink_534 – Time doesn’t matter. It’s fine!
S. Krishna – Got it!
Valentina – This is not the same Carnival that Dewey hosted. This book review carnival was created by Clark at I’ll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book. You can see the carnival homepage here: http://bookcarnival.wordpress.com/
on December 19th, 2008 at 12:50 am