Hey all! Happy New Year! If you are wondering where the First Book post is… here it is 😀 I have had a quiet morning of reflection and COFFEE… gone are the days of my staying up past midnight to have this post in your in boxes by 6 am…
I’m as devoted as ever… just not as insane about it lol.
I usually make you search for my book choice within the pics… oh I am in there, but I thought this year starting this post off with not only my book choice – but also my word of the year choice : JOY
Again – I hope to review more… get back into a rhythm here which also means writing more…. and learning how to find that balance.
With no further ado… below you will find the First Books of 2025. What a fun selection! Among these book selections, you will also find some authors – keep your eyes out for:
Cary Griffith
Kaira Rouda
Joshilyn Jackson
Heather Gudenkauf
Lorna Landvik
Fun Facts – very few duplications this year! That actually excites me! While in the past years there may have a been a hot tile that several selected – I love the diversity of what you will see below. I love that first book, as well as all books you choose, are a personal preference. Books/genres speak differently to us at different times in our lives. We have everything here from some heavy hitters, comfort reads, education, historical, non fiction, memoirs, fun, heart-wrenching, a little spooky, a little romantic and MORE! We played participants!
AND – below the pics the book titles (if I was able to read them :D) and links to the books so you too can learn about them and maybe select them for future reads this year.
If I missed anyone please let me know and I will post an update tomorrow. There is usually an add-on after I post and with all the ways the pics are sent between texts, emails, and Facebook messages… it is quite possible I missed something.
You Will Be Peter by Jerry Lathan
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Tranquility by Tuesday by Laura Vanderkam
The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
The Day The World Came To Town: 911 in Gander, Newfoundland
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Brothers Karanazav by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Olive, Mabel, and Me: Life Adventures With Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew Cotter
The Secret History of Audrey James
Who Will Carry The Fire? Darrell J Pedersen
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
Breath: The New Science Of A Lost Art by James Nestor
A Place In The Woods by Helen Hoover
Trust Issues by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands
Family Doctor by J M Dalgliesh
The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore
A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Wintering – The Power of Rest and Retreat by Katherine May
When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner
CHER The Memoir Part 1 by Cher
Horseman: A Tale Of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry
The French Winemaker’s Daughter by Loretta Ellsworth
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Tell Me Something Good by Court Stevens
How To Be Online and Also Be Happy by Issy Beach
Dog Songs: Poems by Mary Oliver
The Love Of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
Lula Dean’s Little Libray of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore ( second time selected AND the first repeat title!)
The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden
Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
The Brothers of Karamazov by Fyoder Dostoevsky (second time selected!)
Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune
All The Colors Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker
James by Percival Everett (send time selected!)
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (second time selected!)
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneL
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin
The Second Mrs Astor by Shana Abe
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Every year there are a few people that are head slapping right now going “DOH! I totally forgot to send mine in!” No worries – other years there have been a few that come in later and I add them and repost tomorrow so feel free to send 🙂
Thanks all – this is a project that helps me through the New Year and brings a smile to my face as I see the selections and learn about books that were not on my list to read but now are. (I added quite a few to my TBR this year by putting together this post.
Happiest of New Year and Happy Reading!
Sheila
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