A big thank-you to Squawkfox for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction. The pictures and words of the beginning of summer are a nice addition to the Carnival!

Her three favorites this week:

• TooSmart recounts a payday loan horror story.
• Uncommon Cents offers up the basics of debt reduction.
• Persistent Illusion suggests ten ways to save your money as one ingredient to a successful debt reduction plan.

Please check out the rest of the Carnival and visit some of the other great posts!

• Blogging Away Debt has posted Carnival #116 A big thank-you to Tricia from Blogging Away Debt (who is now halfway toward her debt payoff goal!) for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction. Her five favorites from this week's submissions: Cooking Money posted on the side effects of being in debt I've Paid for this Twice Already......
• Flashback: Motivate yourself to reduce your debt Free Money Finance hosted the third edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction. Of the seven posts in this carnival, one that caught my eye was this one by Chief Family Officer: 5 ways to motivate yourself to get out of debt Accomplishing anything worthwhile, whether it's saving money, learning......

• Best of Money Carnival #6 A few weeks ago a new carnival launched with the idea of bringing a few of the best articles written in the personal finance blogosphere to the forefront every week. That carnival is the Best of Money Carnival, brought to us by freemoneyfinance.com. I love the idea of a......
• Money carnivals for this week Here are some money carnivals for your weekend reading pleasure:Carnival of Personal Finance, superheroes edition.  Well done.Carnival of Debt Reduction from Money Matters for Life.Carnival of Taxes over at Don't Mess with Taxes.Festival of Frugality, Ten Commandments edition.  Also well done!Carnival of Investing at the Binary Dollar.  Nice commentary.Carnival of......