Reading Firsts for 2024

This is fun tag that I first saw on Books, Bones & Buffy (thanks Tammy!) and it seemed like a perfect way to recap some of the awesome books I’ve already read this year. The original creator of the tag is girlxoxo.

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First Book Read in 2024

I like to start the year off strong and always spend January 1 reading a good book. This year, I picked up The City of Stardust which was an amazing, magical portal fantasy that I gave 4.5 Stars! You can check out my review HERE.

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First Review of 2024

My first review of 2024 was Mysteries of Thorn Manor, which is a cute novella that follows soon after the events of A Sorcery of Thorns. 

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First Debut Read in 2024

I’m cheating a bit because the first debut I read this year was actually City of Stardust but I didn’t want to feature the same book twice on this list. The Book of Doors was the second debut novel I read this year and it also happened to be an amazing portal fantasy story!

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First New to Me Author of 2024

Morgan Stang is a completely new to me author, though this certainly isn’t Stang’s first book. Murder at Spindle Manor was a murder mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie but with the added bonus of being in a fantasy world.

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First Book of 2024 that Slayed Me

The title for this prompt cracks me up, but it’s fitting for how I felt about House of Flame and Shadow. The hype for this book was unbelievable amongst the fandom and I think for that alone, this deserves it’s place on this list. I haven’t been this excited about a book in years and it had me waking up far too early and staying up too late thanks to the  emotional turmoil it wrought.

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First Book of 2024 that Made Me Wish I Could Get Back the Time Spent Reading It

Unfortunately, there were a few books that would have fit this category, but The Fury was the first book that left me truly disappointed this year. I expected more from it given the popularity of Alex Michaelides but The Fury only left me annoyed with the unreliable narrator of this sordid tale.

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First 5 Star Book of 2024

Ending on a high note, we have my first 5 Star read of the year! The Trials of Empire was a spectacular conclusion to the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, which I would enthusiastically recommend to anyone who loves a good political fantasy with a healthy dash of cosmic horror thrown in for good measure.