3rd Year - BC Awards for the Best of the Year

Welcome to the BC Awards!!! Blodeuedd and Carole will be presenting awards to their favorites of 2020! 

Best Movie of the Year

Blodeuedd's pick......Ashes in the Snow (2018)

"Movies are so hard to recall this year, I watch and forget. But Ashes in the snow needs to be mentioned because it was a reminder how cruel humanity is."

Carole's pick.......Hamilton (2020)

"Okay - okay....I know this is a 'play' not a movie BUT this version is a movie version because it is on Disney+ SO I am counting it ;) hehehehe plus it is AMAZING. 100% the best of the year. No contest."

Best Show:

Carole's pick.....The Great (Season 1)

"Oooo I had a few goodies this year, but I really LOVED this one. I need season 2 right NOW! lol."

Blodeuedd's pick.....Dash & Lily

"It was just so cute and totally needed this year. Though I have watched a bunch of other good ones too"

Best Book Cover:

Blodeuedd's pick.....

"When I looked at all the covers of books I have read the this one stood out."

Carole's pick......

"This one really stuck with me. So beautiful."

Best Audiobook of the Year:

Carole's Pick......Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

"The narrator is amazing and I loved this story so much. I want moreeeee! Boooo to those crappy humans."

Blodeuedd's pick......Love Hard by Nalini Singh

"Great narration by Justine OKeefe. This book gave me all the feels."

Best Book of the Year:
Blodeuedd's pick...........Divine Heretic by Jaime Lee Moyer

"It was so lightly written, and I could not put it down."

Carole's pick........As The Stars Fall by Steve N. Lee

"It gave me so many feels. All the feels. This was really good and deserves this award for sure."

Best Re-Read of the Year: 

Carole's pick......You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms

"Just like pie....I can't get enough of it. I wanna listen to it again and again."

Blodeuedd's pick........Heartstrikers Series by Rachel Aaron

"Heartstrikers by Rachel Aaron, because I heart that series."

Honorable Mentions: 

Blodeuedd - "Special mention goes to Vivarium. A great way to end 2020. Trapped in hell."

Carole - "It was a huge contender for best of the year. It was so dang good. You have to watch it."

And that is the end of the BC Awards. I am excited to see what 2021 has in store for us!!

Best of January 2020

Happy Feb! 2020 is fastly underway!

Here are our favorites for last month. 

Best Movie of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick...........Ashes in the Snow (2018)

"I have never cried this much in my life. WATCH IT"

Carole: Ugh nothing this month. I didn't really watch any movies. I've been glued to my shows!

Best TV show of the Month:

Carole's pick............The Mandalorian (season 1)

"Such a good show. Love it so much. More please!"

Blodeuedd's pick...............BoJack Horseman

"Weird ass show"

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd's Pick..................Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

"A fantasy tribute to metal music."

Carole's pick............Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

"Nervous at first, but I was pleasantly surprised! Sooooo good!"

Best Cover of the Month:

B's Monday Review: Ashes in the Snow (2018)

1h 38min | Drama, History, Romance

Marius A. Markevicius Writing Credits 
Ben York Jones ... (screenplay by)
Ruta Sepetys ... (based on the novel by)

In 1941, a 16 year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin's brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl's passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history

Stars: Bel Powley, Jonah Hauer-King, Sophie Cookson

Thoughts:
OMG, this movie broke me. Damn it broke me. And if you tell me that you do not watch sad movies then you should!

I remember reading reviews for the book it is based on since I have read it, and people were all oh I did not know this had happened. Omg, how have you not learned about the atrocities committed by Stalin!? He sent millions upon millions to their death. You need to know these things! Soviet was an effing monster. I am bloody glad we managed to not fall behind the Iron Curtain.

The book made me cry, but this movie was actually better. Afterwards my face was burning like it would fall off cos I almost cried through it all. I have never cried this much in my life.

It was grey, solemn and showed the hell it was. And now I want to cry again. It broke me!

I think the reason why the movie was better is cos here the flashbacks of a better time made sense, but in the audio I listened to it was confusing. I think print is better for this one day.

But yes watch it, if you do not know your history then it is bound to repeat itself.

Recommended
Bring tissues!