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!!

Time for TV Tuesday: The Great (Season 1)

Recently Finished:

The Great (season 1)

Through: Hulu

"A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor." - IMDb

The summary really does nothing to describe this show. We follow the story of Catherine the Great in her early years and when she first arrives to Russia to marry Peter. She is young and naïve but she realizes that Peter is useless as an Emperor soooooo she should take the crown herself and lead this nation. 

This had humor and had drama. And as they proclaim this is occasionally true and accurate. They don't try to hide that they had some fun with the story and characters sometimes. Which worked for the story. 

Oooooooooo this was funny and sad all at the same time. 

I had a hard time hating Peter all the time. He's just a dumb, spoiled dude. The actor is adorable too so it makes it hard fully hating him all the time. But then there were times I wanted to stab him myself and be done with it. Loved the actor for this role. 

Poor Catherine. I was a little worried about who they casted to play her, but it worked well and she did excellent. 

I just loved the overall cast. It was fun. 

BF even started watching with me when he realized how fun this was. 

Yes, be prepared for some historical inaccuracies, but it was overall enjoyable and I want to rewatch it. I hope they do a season 2 soon. This ended a little open-ended. If you don't know the real history you wouldn't know. And I was a sobbing mess!!! SOBS! SEASON 2 PLEASE!!!

5 stars of course ;) 

Best of September

Happy October!!!! 

Here are our best of September

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick..........Ruth Galloway Series

"Best book has to go to the entire Ruth Galloway series,I binged 7 of the in September"

Carole's pick.......The Worst Dogs by Matthew De Lacey Davidson

"A really good mystery! I could not put it down. I highly recommend it."

Best Movie of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick.......Enola Holmes (2020)

"I watched Enola Holmes and enjoyed it 🙂 I actually thought it was a tv series first, lol"

Carole has no pick for this month. 

Best TV show of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick...........Modern Family 

   

"Tv series I binged was Modern Family. I have never followed the series, but I have always watched it. Which means like some older eps I have watched several times, but never entirely. And some eps have gone me by. I do wish netflix had the last season though. But then I am sure a re-run will be shown soon"

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

"I am really enjoying this show so far. It's so funny and sad and I love this cast. "



Best Cover of the Month:

Bloduedd's pick - The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths

"Best cover can go to a Elly Griffiths book too"

Carole's pick - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

"It seems simple...but it is so detailed and cool."