Best of the Year

Welcome to the BC Awards!!! We will be showcasing our favorites from the year!

Best Movie:

Blodeuedd's pick......Dune (2024)

"Epic!"

Carole's pick.......1917 (2019)

"Awe-inspiring!"

Top 3 Binged TV Shows (no order):

Carole's pick............Fallout, Tacoma FD, & The Rookie

"Fallout! So good. You can't stop. Tacoma FD was a hoot. Ooooo The Rookie is so bingeful!"

Blodeuedd's pick............Monk, Our Flag Means Death, & Love is Blind

"I think tv series of the year goes to Monk cos we binged it all. I binged both seasons of Our flag means Death and way too many LiB seasons

Best Book Cover:

Blodeuedd's pick.....
"Best cover because it is really simple and it still makes you look."

Carole's pick......

"There is something mystical and beautiful about this one. You can't look away."

Best Audiobook:

Blodeuedd's pick...........Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis

"Best audio was hard too chose. But it goes to Dreadful."

Carole's pick.......Never Been Witched by Molly Harper

"Best audio? TOUGH competition this year. It all came down to the narrators for me to make this decision. These two worked some serious magic and came out ahead." 

Best Physical Book (ebook, paperback, hardcover): 

Carole's pick.....Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

"Another tough pick....but this was so epic so it won."

Blodeuedd's pick........The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet

"It was amazing."

Notable Mentions: 

Carole's pick......

"This nearly won best book. It was captivating and a must-read."

Blodeuedd's pick......

"I got hooked on Kelley Armstrong's books."

And that is the end of the BC Awards. We are pumped to see what 2025 has in store for us!!

Best of August

Here are our bests from August!!!! 

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd -  Daughters of Olympus by Hannah Lynn

"Best cover and it can get best book too!"

Carole -  Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

"This was just too good to NOT give it best book."

Best Movie of the Month:

Carole - Nadda this month. Nothing stood out over 3 stars. 

Blodeuedd - No movie stood out. 

Best TV show of the Month:

Blodeuedd - Solar Opposites, Geek Girl, Monk, Love is Blind UK, & Umbrella Academy

"I watched a lot of tv in August. Solar Opposites because fun. Geek Girl because it was new. Finally finished Monk. Love is blind uk for drama and the final season of Umbrella Academy."

Carole - Schitt's Creek

"Hubby wanted to watch so I'm re-watching! SOOO good."

Best Cover of the Month:

B's favorite

C's favorite

Book Review: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

Author: Ilona Andrews

Title: Magic Triumphs

Series: Kate Daniels #10

Genre: Fantasy, UF, Paranormal Romance

Format: ebook

Pages: 335

Published: August 28, 2018

Where I Got It: My shelf (Amazon)

Summary: 

Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She’s made friends and enemies. She’s found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.

Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate’s doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows their time is up.

Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try.

For her child.

For Atlanta.

For the world

Review:

Is this the last of the Kate Daniels series???? I see there are a couple of post novellas/shorts after this, some short stories I haven't read earlier in the series, and a Julie book (which oooo)! Lots to feed me enough of the world and get to see Kate again. But man everything is coming to a head here. 

Kate has even more on her plate. Atlanta is in danger, the world is threatened, her child needs her, and Curran...is up to something. She will need to team up with former enemies in order to stop this prophecy from coming true. However, not everyone will survive this. 

This baddie was B.A.D. Yes Roland was bad, Hugh was bad, and others were bad, however, this one is scary bad. Even Roland was worried about this guy. I won't spoil it but it was nice to see this baddie's form. So cool. 

I was so scared for everyone even characters I have been meh about. Heck....I worried for Roland and Hugh. How wild!!!!!!

At the end did I have some tears and had to re-read the "epilogue" about who made it and who didn't. So sad!!!

What a conclusion!! I'm curious to see if certain people will make an appearance in the post short stories or Julie's book. I am super curious to read those. I might even back track and read some of the shorts just to fill the void. 

I ended up doing the the ebook since the audio was not available but it worked out A-Ok. I still enjoyed it even though I did miss our narrator. She is just so good. 

All-in-all, I really liked this and I stayed up WAY too late reading. I had to know!!!!!!! War! Death! And a smidge of hope. Such an epic conclusion. 5 stars from me.  

ONE WORD SUMMARY: Epic