Welcome to 2016! What's your first book of the year?

[K.M.]

Happy New Year, everyone! And welcome to the official first day of our 100 Books in 2016 challenge. Your enthusiasm has already been killer! So let's get this rolling.

What will be the first book you'll mark off your list this year?

For me, it's looking like it will probably be Kristen Heitzman's hilarious brand new release Told You So:

[Abigail]

The Odyssey by Homer, or Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke. Depends which one holds my attention better. :)

[Heather]

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Conner or a baby sign language book.

[Rob]

"The Dragon Factory" by Jonathan Maberry.

[Lindsay]

Here by Richard McGuire. Only takes about an hour to read through it, as it's mostly illustrations, but FANTASTIC!

[Lucy]

The Tears of Dark Water by Corban Addison!

[Ruth]

Studs, Tools & Fools by Kathleen Hering. Third in a trilogy and a total whodunnit hoot. Not to be taken too seriously, but definitely to be thoroughly enjoyed.

[Ien]

Happy 2016, Everyone!

I'm currently reading 3 books: Katie's Storming (my wife and I take turns reading that one to each other at night), David J. Peterson's The Art of Language Invention, and Carole Jelen and Michael McCallister's Build Your Author Platform.

I'll be checking in with the rest of you for recommendations along the way, so I hope you'll post a quick review here and there.

[Wombat]

Just finished Traitors' Gate

Absolutely adored the characters and plot in this book - an epic fantasy based on mongol/chinese cultures.

Pity about the incongruous word selections that kept dragging me out of the story, or could have been a 5 star read.

[Maggie]

First book was Ivanhoe, Second book was Robinson Crusoe, and third book The Secret Soldier. I've read three books to day. 97 books to go.

[Melanie]

I am going to finish up Douglas Adam's "The Meaning of Liff" and then it is on to the much anticipated "Tainted Angels" by Ien Nivens :)

[Quinn]

I read A Matter of Time by Margaret Locke today. It was not as good as her previous novel. I need a really great one next.

[Benjamin]

Beginning the new year with KM Weiland's new book Storming. Just finished the first chapter!

[Bo]

Well, I'm finishing C.S. Lewis's Miracles, but the first "new" book I'm starting is K.M. Weiland's Outlining Your Novel.

[Jessica]

I really enjoyed Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success. I have her other book on writing Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story on my TBR for this year.

[Benjamin]

Bo wrote: "Well, I'm finishing C.S. Lewis's Miracles, but the first "new" book I'm starting is K.M. Weiland's Outlining Your Novel."

I'm doubling up and digesting that one too. Enjoy! May we be outlining ninjas by the time we're done.

[Michael]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

[Faith]

A Texan's Honor by Shelley Gray

[MariLynn]

the magic strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

[Bo]

Benjamin wrote: "Bo wrote: "Well, I'm finishing C.S. Lewis's Miracles, but the first "new" book I'm starting is K.M. Weiland's Outlining Your Novel."

I'm doubling up and digesting that one too. Enjoy! May we be ou..."

Absolutely to that outlining-ninja-ing! All of Katie's works are treasures.

[Tricia]

Started "Storming" today. Plan to read chapter three before going to bed.

[Alex]

The Fringe Hours. Finished 3 chapters today. Yay!

[Adam]

Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 2

[Ty]

Started and finished "Of Mice and Magic" byDavid Farland today. It was alright. I want to have Ben-Hur done before the movie comes out in April(?), but I'm not sure if that will happen.

[Ty]

Started and finished "Of Mice and Magic" byDavid Farland today. It was alright. I want to have Ben-Hur done before the movie comes out in April(?), but I'm not sure if that will happen.

[Ty]

Bah, stupid sketchy signal making me double post.

[Siv]

Started "Magikerna" by Lev Crossman.
(That's '"The Magician's #1" for you English-reading people...)

[Hannah]

Finished my first today:

Five stars!

[LittleBookDruid]

Five languages of love. Since I am interested in psychology without jargon. ;)

[Helen]

Eased myself in gently by reading Fantastic Mr Fox, as this year celebrates 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl.
I'm a slow reader with very little spare time, so this really is going to be a challenge for me.

[Ruth]

Started reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows on New Year's Day and finsihed it this morning. This is the second time of reading and it was just as enjoyable as the first. A brilliant book which works on many levels.

[Sanya]

Started the year off with Anne Tyler's 'A Spool Of Blue Thread'. Surprisingly not as slow-paced as I'd expected it to be!

[Kelsey]

I will be starting off with The Goldfinch - hoping to read a few chapters today.

[Emma]

My first was "The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamilo. And I'm currently reading "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey

[Mary]

Outcast by Rosemary Sutcliff.

[Elisabeth]

I'm going to start with Glass Roses: A Victorian Fairytale by Britain Kalai Soderquist. I stumbled across it quite by chance browsing the Kindle Store and enjoyed the sample, and decided to go for it.

[Wombat]

Siv - read "the magicians" a while back, awesome series!

[Joy]

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

[Susie]

Right now I think it's a toss-up between Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card and The Greatest Knight (can't remember who it's by), which is about William Marshal, who served 5 medieval English kings without losing his head.

Also working on a few others right now. :)

[Timewarp]

K.M. wrote: "Happy New Year, everyone! And welcome to the official first day of our 100 Books in 2016 challenge. Your enthusiasm has already been killer! So let's get this rolling.

What will be the first book ..."
I am new to posting etc this ones a test to see where it goes.
cheers
Timewarp

[Stephan]

I'm reading "Thread Sliver" by Leeland Artra. It started off with good character development, but I'm having a hard time staying with it after the half way mark. I don't think I'm going to continue the trilogy after this one.

Next book will be "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.

[Timewarp]

Happy New Year to All. I am looking forward to this challenge. I had a few books on the go but the first book of the year is The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. I had taken out a couple of Literature courses from Library and was looking at a number of different genres but now I will try to get through some of them. :)

[Jessica]

My first book of the year turned out to be Mrs. Zant and the Ghost by Wilkie Collins. Not too bad. I gave it three stars only because it wasn't really what I expected. If it had I probably would have given it four stars. I don't seem to have too much luck with books that have the word "Ghost" in the title.

[Melinda]

Just finished my first, Behold the Dawn!

[Megan]

I'm already starting my fourth book. finished girl on a train yesterday. And I read More Happy Than Not that same day. It's the only benefit of strep throat; I have plenty of time to read.

[Timewarp]

Megan wrote: "I'm already starting my fourth book. finished girl on a train yesterday. And I read More Happy Than Not that same day. It's the only benefit of strep throat; I have plenty of time to read."

Congratz Megan on getting those books read. I'm a slow reader to begin with but since I got sick I am very slow having to close my eyes a lot because of the meds I take. You are an inspiration for me to keep going.

Keep up the Good Work
Timewarp

[Patti]

Just finished my first, A Thousand Tombs by Molly Greene. I hadn't read this author before and I seemed to have jumped into the middle of a series, but the book stood by itself. Enjoyable detective genre.

[C.B.]

My first book is A Time to Die... SO GOOD.

[Priscila]

I finished "The Secret Garden" . First book of the year.

[Shantelle]

I started The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes at the end of 2015 ... and finished it in 2016, marking it as my first book read this year!

Then I read The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson yesterday! It was amazing! ^_^