More of Best of 2025 and Stats

 

I already did a best of with Carole, but I am going to shine the spotlight on even more books :)

I read 107 books this year. 58 audiobooks and 49 print books. I read a lot of print this year compared to other years.

Book 1 was best book in 2024 and in 2025 book 2 takes the prize! A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennet was just amazing!

If anyone missed it, I re-read The Others by Anne Bishop and you all known those books rock! 

The cat who saved books by Sosuke Natsukawa was just such a pleasant read

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden had the best twists and turns

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong, best thriller. I loved this series

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig really had me invested this year. Good fantasy

Black woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey is best weird book of the year. I like it weird

The king´s jewel by Elizabeth Chadwick was best historical fiction. Quite the history

Sleep no more by Seanan McGuire was binge read of the year!! It was interesting since Toby was not Toby

Emily Wilde´s encyclopaedia of faeries by Heather Fawcett was the best cozy read of the year. So fun

A rip through time by Kelley Armstrong was best historical mystery and I am so glad I gave it a go

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews gets best historical romance. It was different

The Maid by Nita Prose just gets a best of cos I wanna mention it too! Twists!

Look at me, thriller made top 3!!! That has never happened before, but I have really gotten into thrillers and mystery lately :)

Here is to more awesome books in 2026!!!

Best of 2025

 

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

Best Movie:

Blodeuedd's pick......KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Carole's pick.......Nuremberg (2025)

Top 3 Binged TV Shows (no order):

Carole's pick............The Daily Show, Ghosts, & Downton Abbey

Blodeuedd's pick............The Lady's Companion, Ghosts, & High Potential

Best Book Re-Read:

Blodeuedd's pick.....Written in Red, Murder of Crows, & Vision in Silver

Carole's pick......Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Best Book Cover:

Carole's pick......

Blodeuedd's pick.....

Best Audiobook:

Blodeuedd's pick...........A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

Carole's pick.......Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Best Physical Book (ebook, paperback, hardcover): 

Carole's pick.....Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh

Blodeuedd's pick........A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Notable Mentions: 

Blodeuedd's pick......Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, One Dark Window, & The Housemaid

Carole's pick......A Rip Through Time & The Collected Regrets of Clover

And that is the end of the BC Awards. We are pumped to see what 2026 has in store for us!!

2025 Audiobook Challenge and Bingo Challenge

 This is my mid year post 1-27

28. Do not  disturb by Freida McFadden

29. Call me maybe by Cara Bastone

30. A kiss for Lady Mary by Ella Quinn

31.What happens in the highlands by Anna Bradley

32. Seatmate by Cara Bastone

33. Atonement sky by Nalini Singh

34. Accomplice to the Villain by HLM

35. Consorts dragon by Eve Langlais

36. Wearing the lion by John Wishwell

37. Honky Tonk Christmas by Carolyn Brown

38. The witch roads by Kate Elliott

39. To Kill a badger by Shelley Laurenston

40. The wind that sweeps the stars by Greg Keyes

41. Knock knock open wide by Neil Sharpson

42. Four days at Netherfield by Jan Rowland

43. The lady in glass by Anne Bishop

44. A rip through time by Kelley Armstrong

45. And the trees stare back by Gigi Griffis

46. The butcher of the forest by Premee Mohamed

47. Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop

48. All the Christmas vibes by Melissa Baldwin

49. Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

50. Wild country by Anne Bishop

51. A theory of dreaming by  Ava Reid

52. A list of suspicious things by Jennie Godfrey

53. Midlife Christmas vigilante by Eve langlais

54. Roots of my fears by Gemma Amor

55. His captive lady by Anne Gracie

56. Off the record by Portia Mcintosh

57. Crownbones by Anne Bishop

58. To be loved by you by Debbie Burns

I made it past 50 so I did it :D

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Bingo Challenge

5 I did not make :/ But at least I got Bingo!!

TMST: Favs of 2025

 

 

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12/30/2025 What are your favorite books/audiobooks that you read in 2025? 

I am just gonna make it really easy for myself and share my Goodreads pic I got. It was an intense xmas and I had a fever for 7 days so easy it is.

Drop of corruption!!!! Also all the Bishop books, I think 2 are missing

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