The Firsts of 2024 – book tag

This is a book tag I did last year that I put on my calendar to do again this year. I don’t do a lot of book tags, but this one is an easier one for me to do. It also helped me to find the hole in my reading. I can’t believe I haven’t read a debut author yet this year! I’ll have to work on making sure I seek out debut authors in the future.

(Clicking on the title will take you to my review.)

First Book Read This Year

Defending Allye

This one didn’t even make it onto my blog. While there are books I have loved by this author, there are also a lot that haven’t worked for me at all. This is one of the latter. I did review it on Goodreads if you’re interested in why it didn’t work for me.

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First Book Reviewed This Year

Frostbitten

I love starting the new year with a book by a favorite author. Especially when the book lives up to my expectations.

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First Book By a Debut Author

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

I’m changing this one up a bit. I’m shocked, but I don’t see that I read a debut author yet this year. But I have read some established author’s debut books. I’m even kind of cheating on that though. I know this book isn’t technically Sarah MacLean’s debut since, from what I hear, she had written a YA before delving into adult romance. But this author is known for her historical romance, and this was her debut in that genre.

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First Book By a New-to-Me Author

The Wrong Bridesmaid

I keep changing things up with this book tag. The thing is, the Sarah MacLean book was the book that fit the bill for this one. Instead of using that one twice in a row, this is the second book I read by a new-to-me author.

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First Book That Slayed Me

Boone

Having married a guy who played hockey as a kid and later in adult leagues, I’ve been reading hockey romance since before its fans became toxic. Sawyer Bennett has been my go-to for swoony hockey heroes since the beginning. This story not only has a swoony hero, it’s also heartwrenching.

(I know there are some problematic reasons this genre of romance is so popular and I acknowledge that. I’m hoping since the racism that helped propel this genre is finally being talked about there will be more diverse authors welcomed into the hockey romance world.)

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First Book That I Wished I Could Get Back My Time Reading It

Defending Allye

And we circle back around to the beginning of this list.

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I should note that I first came across this tag on Dini’s blog, DiniPandaReads. She often participates in great tags on her blog. I wish my mind would go blank when I try to do these things so I could participate more.