by Mary Carver | Oct 29, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Welcome back to The Christmas Couch! In these weekly bonus episodes, a friend and I recap and review the new holiday movies we watched the weekend before. We tell you if we’re giving it a thumbs up or down, how diverse the movie was, what made us groan,...
by Mary Carver | Oct 19, 2020 | The Couch Podcast
Katie Reid—my friend and author—is here this week to talk about her new book, A Very Bavarian Christmas, which is basically a Hallmark Christmas movie waiting to happen. She talks about making the switch from writing non-fiction to fiction and, of course, why it is we...
by Mary Carver | Oct 13, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Today we have a very special episode for you, the long-awaited, much-beloved, annual holiday movie preview episode! My friend (and friend of the Facebook group) Tori Rask is here to help me decide which of the 70—count them, SEVENTY—Hallmark and Lifetime holiday...
by Mary Carver | Dec 9, 2019 | Faith Life
If I’d never worked in advertising (or fundraising or publishing), I might think it was a little unrealistic. All the promotions and projects on the line at the holidays in our favorite Hallmark and Lifetime movies seem like a made-up plot device, don’t they? Who...
by Mary Carver | Dec 5, 2019 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Whew! Have you recovered from Thanksgiving week yet? And I don’t mean all the turkey and potatoes and pies. I mean the dozens and dozens of movies that aired during the week and weekend! I’m still working my way through the list saved on my DVR, but...
