The Firsts of 2024 Book Tag

I did this tag last year and I thought it was really fun so I figured I would do it again! It's always fun to look back at the books I read early on in the year. The idea for this post originated at girlxoxo.

First Book Read This Year

I started the year right with this one 😌 This is book 3 I think? Book 4 just came out last month, so we got two books in the Galactic Bonds series this year, which I was very happy about! Lol.

First 5-Star Rating

And obviously it was a 5-star read 😆

First Book Reviewed

However, the first book I reviewed this year was this horror comic! It's a good one! It's very Friday the 13th-inspired, which I like.

First 2024 Release

This book came out in February but I got an ARC of it towards the end of last year I think, but I had saved it to read it in the new year. Best decision of my life 😆

First Book That Slayed Me – Dead!

Omg the ending of this book... I still have not forgiven Leigh Bardugo for this one 😭 But it was such a good duology!

First Book Hangover

I don't get book hangovers often. I read Crooked Kingdom back in January, but as much as I loved it, it didn't really give me a book hangover. The one that did that I was extremely surprised by was Nothing Like the Movies. I don't know what it was about this book but it was so cute and heartbreaking and I just could not stop thinking about it 😭 And I read this one in September, so we were well into 2024. And it is for this exact reason that I like doing this post more toward the end of the year. Lol. Because I just never know when I'll read a book that will fit into one of these categories.

First Reading Slump and Book That Pulled Me Out

At the end of June/beginning of July, I fell into this sort of weird reading slump where I just could not focus on full-length novels. The only thing that saved me from a full-blown slump were manga. And it wasn't till September when I did a readathon and read Nothing Like the Movies that I was finally able to defeat that slump! So in a way, I have both of these books to thank for that 😌

First DNF

My first and only DNF of the year. It was very boring and went off on irrelevant tangents and I just could not be bothered to keep on reading it.

First Book By an Author I’ve Read Before

This book just fits a lot of these categories, okay? 😅

First Book By a Debut Author

Not a 2024 debut author, but a debut author nonetheless. I really liked this book! It was so heartbreaking! But I appreciated her sharing her story.

First Book By a New-To-Me Author

Believe it or not, I had never read a Leigh Bardugo book before this year 😬🙈 I know! But I am so glad I read her books because the Six of Crows duology quickly became a favorite!

First Book That I Wish I Could Get Back the Time I Spent Reading It

There's actually not a lot of books I regret reading, but this one... 😠 Just looking at it makes me mad. I honestly should've DNFd it but I'm stubborn. Lol.

First Novella

This is another one I didn't read till September. Like I said, Nothing Like the Movies gave me a book hangover so I just NEEDED to read all the short stories! Lol.

First Graphic Novel, Comic, or Manga

This book about books was so freaking cute! And very relatable. Lol.

First Re-Read

And this year I re-read the Heroes of Olympus series and I had so much fun revisiting it! I love this series!

I am not tagging anyone in particular, but feel free to do it yourself if you'd like! I'd love to see your answers! 😁