Sunday, December 30

1st Ever BC Awards for 2018 with Bloduedd and Carole



Welcome to the BC Awards!!! Carole and I will be sharing some of our favorites of the year! We decided to shake it up a bit with some extra categories! 


(edit: Yes I wanted to mention a few books so I had to create some categories for them ;) These are my 10 best of the year + a special mention. Hearstrikers count as one cos I just can not choose which was best..perhaps book 3?)

First, Blodeuedd will give my bests of the year!




To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)




When Dimple Met Rishi




Summers at Castle Auburn


Horror: The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich


The Dead House




Kin (Helga Finnsdottir #1)


Contemporary romance: Runaway Groom by Lauren Layne 


Runaway Groom (I Do, I Don't, #2)




A Wolf Apart (The Legend of All Wolves, #2)




Through the Fire (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit, #4)

Shout out to Paranormal romance: Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston (I never thought that would work for me again and it did!)
Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles, #1)


And Last The Best Book of the year Award! I could not choose so I am doing a best Audio and best Print


Best Audio of the year  Heartstrikers series 2-5

One Good Dragon Deserves Another (Heartstrikers, #2)  No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished (Heartstrikers, #3) A Dragon of a Different Color (Heartstrikers, #4) Last Dragon Standing (Heartstrikers, #5)


Best Print of the year and Fantasy: Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne #1)


Now, me!





 When Dimple Met Rishi



Dragon Mage (Tarragon, #2)



Dagon




The Romanov Empress

Contemporary romance: Cowboy Bold by Carolyn Brown

Cowboy Bold (Longhorn Canyon #1)




Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2)


Historical Romance : The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan  

(This was a tough one...there were SOOOO many good ones this year. But the cover made this a touch better hehe)


The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister, #4)




The English Wife


Best cover: Mistress Firebrand by Donna Thorland

(This cover was just so pretty. I had to give a BC award to this one)


Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)


Best Movie: Bohemian Rhapsody  (2018)

(Soooo good. No movie was even close to as good as this year)

Bohemian Rhapsody Poster




The Tercentennial Baron


Best Print/ebook of the year: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles



And that is the end of the BC Awards. I am excited to see what 2019 has in store for us!!




4 comments:

Sophia Rose said...

Love seeing your lists, ladies!

I enjoyed the Ilona Andrews and Carolyn Brown on your list, Carole. I bought the first two Heartstrikers, Blodeuedd. Looks like I need When Dimple Met Rishi since it made both your lists.

Have a happy 2019 full of great new books, Carole!

Blodeuedd said...

Obvi DImple was a hit ;) I am SOOOO GLAD I made us listen

Carole Rae said...

Thank you so much Sophia. So many good books

Happy 2019

Carole Rae said...

Me too !!