Sheila over at Book Journey has hosted The First Book Event for the last 13 years. Go over and check out the full line up of readers and authors with their intended first book of the year. You’ll find me here with our newish kitten Pepper. He totally lives up to the black cat rep and we are dealing with some bad behavior so positive thoughts appreciated. Anyway, I chose my friend’s first novel, The Onion Came First by Elinor Wilder. I’ve started it and I’m really liking it. It’s got great reviews on Goodreads too. She calls it STEM meets Supernatural.
As happens with many bookworms, sometimes another new shiny book crosses our path and we must take a minute to check it out. As was the case with this graphic novel that I found while sorting library donations. So I took 40 minutes and read through the fun truths of readers and writers everywhere.
I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider is a few years old, but timeless in the understanding of his target audience. I chuckled. I smiled. I nodded my head in agreement. This was fun and a perfect way to start my reading year. And a perfect gift for any bookworm!
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Thanks for sharing your first books with us, Stacy, both planned and unplanned. I’ve seen that ‘I Will Judge You…’ at the library. May need to pick it up. Your friend’s book sounds interesting. Not exactly what I usually read, but maybe – ha! My first book was The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths.
How fun to see some familiar faces on Sheila’s post! I always forget to send a photo. Maybe next year. My first book of 2026 was When the Cranes Fly South.