Little Blue Truck's Springtime - Alice S...

Little Blue Truck drives through his country neighborhood checking out the barn areas to see who is there. There are goats, pigs, cows, ducks, chickens, and sheep. He meets them and finds out what is new with them.

This is an adorable books for infants and toddlers. There is rhyming and counting as well as learning how the animals look. I liked the pull open tabs to see the babies and count them. I also liked that this is a board book and the pages are thick so as a child pulls the doors open on each page it will be hard for them to rip the pages or book. Perfect for those little ones who like trucks and animals. Teaches without being preachy.

Book: I chose Love's Unfading Light (Eagle Harbor #1) by Naomi Rawlings (Nook edition). I will update when finished reading.

Task #1: This picture was taken November 4, 2018 at the Tower of London; 10,000 candles were lit in the dry moat surrounding the tower in honor of the 100th signing of the Armistice/WWI remembrance.

Task #4: See books attached to the post.

May went by so fast! But the big project, reading the 800+ page book for the Pop Sugar challenge, was a success and now I can easily finish the challenge in the second half of the year.

I took a day to read some really short freebies from my NOOK, none of which worked for me. Hurtling through space and time in a tin can for two days provided a lot of time for me to read. My BL-opoly bank balance is sitting at $68.00.

Highlights/Lowlights:

Best Books: London, Forbidden, Vision volumes 1 and 2

Worst Books: Shimmy for Me, Summer Flings series

Disappointing book: A Charming Cure - I had big expectations for this series and I hope the second book can live up to those expectations

Challenge Progress

Pop Sugar: 4; 33/52 for the year

Library Love: 4; 32/36 for the year

BL/GR: 77/150

BL-opoly: 10

1. Deep Deception by Cathy Pegau (BL-opoly) - 3.5 stars

2. Forbidden (Old West #1) by Beverly Jenkins (BL-opoly) - 4.5 stars

3. Killer in High Heels (High Heels #2) by Gemma Halliday (BL-opoly) - 2.5 stars

4. A Charming Crime (Magical Cures #1) by Tonya Kappes (BL-opoly) - 2 stars

5. A Wedding in Springtime (Marriage Mart #1) by Amanda Forester (Pop Sugar prompt - 1 of 4 seasons in title) (BL-opoly) - 3.5 stars

6. The Dateless Wonder by Anjali Mya Chadha - 3 stars

7. Shimmy for Me: A California Belly Dance Novella by DeAnna Cameron - 1.5 stars

8. Learning to Swim (Troy Chance #1) by Sara L. Henry (BL-opoly) - 2 stars

9. Selkie Heart by Sam Asher - 1 star

10. Trouble in Tinseltown (Summer Flings #1) and Misbehaving in Miami (Summer Flings #2) by Aimee Duffy - 1 star

11. London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (Library Love challenge) (Pop Sugar prompt - book with 800+ pages) - 5 stars

12. Nothing But Trouble (PJ Sugar #1) by Susan May Warren (Library Love challenge) - 3.5 stars

13. A Christmas Hope (Of Love and War #1.5) by Stacy Henrie (BL-opoly) - 4 stars

14. After the Storm (Kate Burkholder #7) by Linda Castillo (BL-opoly) - 3.5 stars

15. Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder #5) by Linda Castillo (BL-opoly) - 3 stars

16. Vision Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man by Tom King (Pop Sugar prompt - Re-read a shelf keeper) - 4 stars

17. Vision Volume 2: Little Better Than a Beast by Tom King (BL-opoly) (Pop Sugar prompt - non human perspective) - 4 stars

Genie screws up her debut in front of the Queen and is branded an outcast. Genie blames Will Grant for screwing up her big moment. Really, it was Lord Chamberlin's gut distress that is to blame - yep, this Regency romance starts with a prologue dedicated to a fart joke.

Her aunt and mentor decides she needs to marry and quickly. Grant is too much of a rake, so poor Genie has to impress a bunch of dull suitors when she wants adventure with Grant. Grant and his crew (a duke and an earl, aka the heroes in the other two books in the series) are also trying to figure out who is the mole in the British intelligence agency that is feeding Napoleon information regarding the British navy activities. There is matchmaking dowager, a secret marriage, a second chance for a group of London orphans, lots of fun twists and a satisfying HEA for Grant and Genie. And thankfully, there was only two balls in the entire book.

I definitely want to read the other two books in the series.

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Read for Booklikes-opoly

Pages: 309 Bank: $4.00

Monday, May 8th

Daily Challenge: Skipped

Reading Progress: Read A Wedding in Springtime (Marriage Mart #1) by Amanda Forester for Booklikes-opoly

Tuesday, May 9th

Daily Challenge: Skipped

Reading Progress: Read A Dateless Wonder by Anjali Mya Chadha; started Shimmy for Me: A California Belly Dance Novella by DeAnna Cameron

Wednesday, May 10th

Daily Challenge: Skipped

Reading Progress: started London by Edward Rutherfurd - I got as far as the introduction and 10 pages of the first chapter before the jet lag set in and I fell asleep

Thursday's goals:

Read chapters 1 and 2 from London; try to get to the 30% mark in Forbidden (Old West #1) by Beverly Jenkins for Booklikes-opoly; get to the 25% mark in Shimmy for Me