It’s Happening! I am excited to announce that this is the 11th Year of The First Book Event! If you put “First Book” in the search on this page you can bring up the years and years of fun posts and pictures of people all over the world with their first book of the year that they are planning to read or are reading into the New Year! It’s a great way to get ideas on what is being read and what to add to your own To Be Read list!
So what is First Book? First Book is the first book you plan on reading in the New Year. It can be a long-coveted read you have not had time for, a guilty pleasure read like a re-read of a favorite… really it can be anything – it is…after all…YOUR First Book.
Make it AWESOME.
Once you have picked what it will be -email/ Facebook message/ text me a picture of you with the book (send it to sdechantal@gmail.com). This adds to the excitement of the First Book. You have between now and December 31st to send in your choice. On January 1st I will post all the pics in a collage format of all of you around the world that are doing First Book. I do hope you will join me – friends, family, fellow book lovers, a friend of a friend of a friend… you there in the corner looking at this crazy site for the first time – you as well. I enjoy putting this together every year and seeing all the great books and pics come in really makes my heart smile.
Here are just a few of the over 100 books that came in last year:
It’s fun. It’s easy to do. And honestly… gets me through the New Year.
1. Take a photo of you with the first book you plan to read for 2024
2. send it to me – sdechantal@gmail.com – or if you have my number text it to me or send it on messenger through Facebook.
Have FUN!!!! Happy Christmas!!!
~Sheila
Book Journey 
So excited, Sheila.
Love this annual event.
THANK YOU!!
Thank you 🙂
Sheila, firstly happy holidays and secondly thank you for doing this once again. Have I known you for 11 years? Where has the time gone. I will be sending a photo shortly.
Thank you for hosting again! Emailing my entry to you now.
Will be supporting this although won’t send a photo as the NetGalley book has no cover! Imagine you’ve been doing it now for 11 years. Where does the time go.
I just rejoined the land of blogging this week after a short hiatus away at another platform that didn’t work for me. I had been thinking about my first book and today, I think I decided on it. I will send the photo later today – after I’ve shaved. 🙂
Right? A book with no cover…. interesting 😉
Hi Bryan – excellent – I look for ward to it every year 🙂
Oops. I will send here in a couple of hours. Have to shave again. Sigh. Sorry about that.
Enjoy your first books!
Thank you 🙂 Happy New Year!
Here’s mine:<a href=http://laurelrainsnow.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/first-book-of-the-year-no-11// “WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN NOW?”
“WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN NOW?”
Sorry I am late to the party – I didn’t see this email. My first book of the year is Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister. Regards Jo Burton Scotland