The Calico Critic

* The re-telling and re-formulating of classic tales have been a part of literature and entertainment  for many years.  Victor Hugo's L...

* This is my weekly post, listing some of the giveaways I'm entering around the blogosphere.  Also, take note of the new button on the ...

* Well folks, I have the winners of the two book contests!  I was amazed at how many entries came in for Blackout , a total of 77!  So he...

* This is my weekly post, listing some of the giveaways I'm entering around the blogosphere.  Also, take note of the new button on the ...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your c...

I placed a request for an ARC of The Wives of Henry Oades purely based on a brief notice that I read in the Shelf Awareness daily newsle...

In addition to book reviews, I enjoy critiquing movies as well.  Recently my husband and I watched The Maiden Heist .  Although I enjoyed i...

Title: The Gospel According to Lost Author: Chris Seay Publisher: Thomas Nelson ISBN: 978-0-8499-2072-1   When the television show...

* Now that we've all recovered from New Years, there are lots of contests going on that I'm entering.  Here are a bunch to share wi...

Welcome In My Mailbox on The Calico Critic!   This weekly post reports the books and related materials that have found their way into my co...

Last fall I had the exhilaration of discovering the Hunger Games series.  As I awaited Book 3 of that trilogy, I was pleased to stumble upo...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your c...

Welcome to the weekly In My Mailbox report.  This weekly meme is sponsored by The Story Siren and The Printed Page ("In My Mailbox...

Now that the Super Bowl is right around the corner, I thought I'd remind my readers of the book Blackout by Jason Elam (former kicker f...

Happy New Year, all!  It's a busy giveaway time these days in the blogosphere.  Here are the latest giveaways that I've discovered!...

As it's the Christmas season, I've got quite a report for In My Mailbox this week.  This weekly meme is sponsored by The Story Sire...

Every Wednesday I post the latest contests that I'm entering this week. Here are the newest giveaways that I've discovered.  Have fu...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your c...

This is my first week as a participant in Story Siren's and The Printed Page's weekly memes, "In My Mailbox"/"Mailb...

Sent to me as a complimentary copy from Goodreads.com , A Not-So-Silent Night piqued my interest, as it presented some very interesting id...

Here's my weekly post detailing contests I've entered recently.  More contests are also listed in the left hand sidebar below. Rob...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your c...

For our date night, my husband and I decided to go see Disney's A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey.  Now that we're in the full...