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During the history there have been so many firsts and I thought it would be a fun challenge to look at a few firstsFirsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
COMPLETED!
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover.
Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb 2/25/2025
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina
Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert 2/2/2025
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book that is tagged as history.
Ride South Until the Sawgrass by James Chapin 2/11/2025
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series.
Death Dangles a Participle by E. E. Kennedy 1/20/2025
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book published in July of any year.
An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo 1/27/2025
Pub'd 7/11/2023
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together.
Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett 1/14/2025
MurderinBlacktIe
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
I Invited Her In by Adele Parks 2/14/2025
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character messages someone.
The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley 1/3/2025
Set in Maryland and has a lot of Facetime/ Skype / texting.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book with a character called Charles.
The Last Flight by Julie Clark 2/18/2025
Charlie is a retired accountant.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
Dutch Me Deadly by Maddy Hunter 1/22/2024
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
Opulence and Ashes by Kate Belli 1/3/2025 Set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
Ways to Hide in Winter by Sarah St. Vincent 1/30/2025
Daniil goes to the state park where the book is set.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train.
The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton 1/21/2025
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
The Resort by Sara Ochs 1/8/2025
Thailand
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England.
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 1/17/2025
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
Trust No One by Paul Cleave 1/10/2025
Jerry sees himself on TV as the news anchors report a lost Alzheimers patient.
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email.
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz 1/7/2025
Anthony emails with the literary festival coordinator and reads the details about the other participants.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia 2/26/2025
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
After the Rain by Karen White 3/7/2025
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford 2/5/2025 Europe
13/15Firsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina
Book Lovers by Emily Henry 20 January 2025 ★★★★★
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu 29 March 2025 ★★★★★ EMILE COHL
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Summer Reading #2 Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 25 February 2025 ★★★★
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book published in July of any year
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 8 February 2025 ★★★★★ First published July 9, 2024
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner 29 April 2025 ★★★
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Enchanter Redeemed by Sharon Ashwood 5 January 2025 ★★★★
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas 11 January 2025 ★★★★★
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book set in New York.
Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb 22 January 2025 ★★★★
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train.
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean 18 January 2025★★
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book set in England.
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig 5 January 2025 ★★★★★
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison 16 March 2025 ★★★ - First published September 10, 2024
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz 22 June 2025 ★★★★
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu 12 January 2025 ★★★★★
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
17/16+
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
🏆 MC has a brother, Rob: Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews 1/1/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
🏆 Tagged history: The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts 1/15/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
🏆 Sweets & Treats (Paws & Pastries #2) by Barbara Hinske 1/5/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
🏆 Published 7/13/2017: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce 1/7/25
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
🏆 IBM in title: Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa 1/8/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
🏆 Multiple characters are doctors: Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton 1/3/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
🏆 Judge Simmons: Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake 1/9/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
🏆 Translated into more than 30 languages: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 1/2/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
🏆 MC is African-American: James by Percival Everett 1/4/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
🏆 MC goes to a park: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 1/14/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
🏆 Author's initials are MM: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 1/12/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
🏆 Location is Pinewood: Paws & Pastries by Barbara Hinske 1/4/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
🏆 Set in England: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 1/22/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
🏆 Set in California: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang 1/18/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
🏆 Reads an email: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 1/6/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
🏆 Author's initials LB: Chai Another Day by Leslie Budewitz 1/16/27
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
🏆 Set in December: Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley 1/11/25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
0/16+
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TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year.
Published Dec. 27, 2022 - Vinyl Resting Place - Olivia Blacke - 1/22/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
ST: Sherry Thomas - A Study in Scarlet Women - 1/7/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book published in September of any year.
Published Sept. 24, 2024 - Murder at a Scottish Christmas - Traci Hall - 1/18/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover -
- 5/12. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL - L.A. McBride - Relic Hunter - 12/1
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Mod
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover.
by Keira Andrews 1/2/20252. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book where the MC has a brother.
On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay 6/24/2025
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book that is tagged as history.
Young Pele: Soccer's First Star by Lesa Cline-Ransome 1/13/2025
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series.
Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys by Harper Lin 5/3/2025
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover.
by Lucia Kuhl 4/21/20256. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title.
My Secret Billionaire Neighbor by Sophie Dane 3/28/2025
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub 1/31/2025
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book with a character called Amelia.
Sit for a Spell by Morgana Best 4/25/2025
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1/22/2025
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book set in New York.
French Pressed by Cleo Coyle 3/5/2025
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Mint Chocolate Murder by Meri Allen 4/9/2025
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT. New Mexico
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman 6/7/2025
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover.
by L.A. Witt 2/9/202516. First Television
🥇 Read a book set in California.
Licked by Brooke Blaine 1/31/2025
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
The Boyfriend Kickoff by Lauren Blakely 6/11/2025
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018. First published February 6, 2018
Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 3/24/2025
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
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Completed 1.19.25
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
Isle of Palms. Dorothea Benton Frank. 1.11.25
or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or
where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Lavender Blue Murder. Laura Childs. 1.15.25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Razor Girl. Carl Hiaasen. 1.15.25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or
where a character sends a fax.
The Blue Bistro. Elin Hilderbrand. 1.18.25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or
where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
The Christmas Child: A Story About Finding You Way Home for the Holidays. Max Lucado. 1.7.25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot
The Author's Guide to Murder. Beatriz Williams. 1.12.25
or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or
a book that has been translated into a lot of languages.
The Kiss Quotient. Helen Hoang. 1.4.25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American
Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me. Ace Atkins. 1.4.25
or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park
The Pull of the Moon. Elizabeth Berg. 1.11.25
or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or
where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies. Alexander McCall Smith. 1.13.25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or
where a character listens to the radio
A Hundred Summers. Beatriz Williams. 1.6.25
or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or
set in England
The Christmas Guest. Peter Swanson. 1.19.25
or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or
published in September of any year. (9.5.2004)
Not Till We Are Lost. Dennis E. Taylor. 1.18.25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
The Spy Coast. Tess Gerritsen. 1.9.25
or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something (invitations)
Christmas at the Shelter Inn. RaeAnne Thayne. 1.6.25
or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December
Sleigh Bells Ring. RaeAnne Thayne. 1.2.25
or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series
The Christmas Hope. Donna VanLiere. 1.5.25
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
17/16+ Completed. Finish
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
Shattered Dreams-Natasha Madison 1/19/25
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year.
(12/12/24)
Secret Love-Willow Aster 3/22/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Lauren Landish-I Do with You 1/07/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series.
(Detective Kate Rosetti)
Riddle Me This-Gina LaManna 1/04/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book published in July of any year
(07/03/2015)
Easy Charm-Kristen Proby 1/02/25
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together
Chaos in Mudbug-Jana Deleon 1/20/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Mary Stone-Shadow's Deadline 1/01/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland
The Reluctant Detective-Tom Fowler 3/11/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Carolyn Arnold-Missing Before Daylight 1/26/25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
Story of My Life-Lucy Score 4/02/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American
Beautiful Broken Love-Shanora Williams 1/04/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan
Small Town Swoon-Melanie Harlow 2/24/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Traci Andrighetti-Prosecco Pink 1/07/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
(Eugene, OR)
Myla: The Hawthornes-Nicole Jacquelyn 1/13/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover
No Cap-Lani Lynn Vale 3/03/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book set in California.
Gated Prey-Lee Goldberg 1/17/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book published in 2018
Brooklyn Blood-M.Z. Kelly 1/20/25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
Progress: 16/16
1. 🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
👩🏻❤️👨🏽2. Read a book where the MC has a brother.
The Golden Voice: The Ballad of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen by Gregory Cahill - Jan. 17
🪖3. Read a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL. Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colón - Jan. 5
🎮4. Read a book where a character plays a video game. Alterations by Ray Xu - Jan. 16
🌚5. Read a book with a moon on the cover. Pearl by Sherri L. Smith - Jan. 18
🕵🏽♀️6. Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together. Detective Beans: The Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen - Jan. 30
🅰️Ⓜ️7. Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Resort to Murder by Annie McEwen - Jan. 12
8. 🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
🐟9. Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen - Jan. 15
🚲10. Read a book with a bicycle on the cover. The Giver: Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell - Jan. 2
🙋🏿♀️11. Read a book with a character who is African-American. Go with the Flow by Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann - Jan. 1
🏞️12. Read a book where a character goes to a park. Needle and Thread by David Pinckney - Jan. 22
🚅13. Read a book where a character rides a train. Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes by Christine Mari Inzer - Jan. 20
🤖14. Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT. Brightly Woven: The Graphic Novel adapted by Leigh Dragoon - location is Palmarta - Jan. 7
🏰15. Read a book set in England. Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes - Feb. 7
📺16. Read a book where a character watches television. Soft Serve Sleighing by Lena Gregory - Jan. 9
📩17. Read a book where a character reads or sends an email. Fresh Start: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan - Feb. 1
18. 🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. 🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
🕰️20. Read a book with a clock on the cover. Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel adapted by Stephanie Kate Strohm - Jan. 11
FINISHED!!! FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025 (02/01/25)
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS 20/16+
☑️ 1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
X 🥇 Read a book with water on the cover (show cover)
Winter Solstice (Winter 4) Elin Hilderbrand
01/06/25or where a character goes sailing
or set in Spain.
☑️ 2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina
or where the MC has a brother
More Than a Blind Date (Cowboys of Stargazer Springs Ranch 8) Remi Carrington (Rose’s brother is Sage) 01/07/25
or a book published in December of any year.
☑️ 3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France
or a book that is tagged as history
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing 11/05/25
or where the author’s initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
☑️ 4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game
X or that is a second in a series
Holiday Wedding (Holiday Romance 2) Melissa Dymond (KU) 01/01/25
or where a town relies on visitors.
☑️ 5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover)
or published in July of any year
X or a character called Neil.
Just for the Summer (Part of Your World 3) Abby Jimenez 02/01/25
☑️ 6. The First Smartphone
X🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together
The Witch Tree Symbol (Nancy Drew Mysteries 33) Carolyn Keene 01/11/25
or a book published in 1992 or 1994
or where a character sends a fax.
☑️ 7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James
X or with a character who is a doctor
Paging Dr. Hart Melissa Dymond 01/03/25
or where the author’s initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
☑️ 8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland
or where a character is a judge
X or where a character messages someone.
The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins (Becker messages Grace) 01/16/25
☑️ 9. First transatlantic flight
X🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot
Here One Moment Liane Moriarty (Allegra is dating a pilot and is training to become one) 01/05/25
or with a character called Charles
or Amelia or where the author’s initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
☑️ 10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany
or with a bicycle on the cover
X or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini 01/11/25
☑️ 11. First professional African-American baseball player
X🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American
The Trees Percival Everett 01/06/25
or a book about baseball
or set in New York.
☑️ 12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan
X or where a character goes to a park
Needled to Death (A Helping Hands Mystery 1) (Hildy takes Roscoe to the dog park) Annelise Ryan 01/03/25
or with a car on the cover.
☑️ 13. 1st Steam Engine
X 🥇Read a book where a character rides a train
Sandwich Catherine Newman (p. 170) 01/04/25
or a character called Thomas or Alexandria
or where the author’s initials can be found in STEAM.
☑️ 14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist
or where a character listens to the radio
X or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
The Weight of It All (The Weight of it All 1) N.R. Walker (Australia) 01/04/245
☑️ 15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover
X or set in England
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs 1) Lisa Jewell (London) 01/08/25
or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
☑️ 16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television
X or set in California
Lunar Love Lauren Kung Jessen (LA) 01/16/25
or published in September of any year.
☑️ 17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
or a book that was published in the 1970s
or where the author’s first or last name begins with Q.
The Sound and the Furry (Chet & Bernie 6) Spencer Quinn 01/01/25
☑️ 18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks 01/06/25
or where a character prints something
or where the author’s initials can be found in BIBLE.
☑️ 19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
X🥇Read a book set in December
Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist Codi Hall 01/02/25
or published in 2018
or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
☑️ 20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover
X or set in Europe
Aunt Bessie Likes (Isle of Man 12) Diana Xarissa 01/05/25
or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
19/20
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms - Katherine Garbera (HRS #2281 - June 2024) (water) - Jan 10
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Duke’s Man-At-Arms - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Dec 2024) (brother) - Jan 2
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
The Lyon and the Lass - Callie Hutton (Dragonblade - Jan 2025) (author initials) - Jan 13
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Christmas Bodyguard - Katherine Garbera (HRS #2297 - Oct 2024) (video game) - Jan 17
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
Better Than Friends - Jill Shalvis (HarperCollins - Jan 2025) (Neil) - Jan 23
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
Hawaiian Nights with the Best Man - Cara Colter (HR #4877- Nov 2023) (IBM) - Feb 17
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the author's initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Hunted on the Bay - Amber Leigh Williams (HRS #2230 - May 2023) (James) - Jan 11
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Love Letters from Her Cowboy - Sasha Summers (HSE #3075 - Jan 2025) (message/text) - Jan 5
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Colton's K-9 Rescue - Colleen Thompson (HRS #2307 - Jan 2025) (author's initials) - Jan 2
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
1011. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
A Gilded Age Christmas - Amanda McCabe, Lauri Robinson (HH #1757 - Nov 2023) (New York) - Feb 2
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
The Imperfect Lyon - Aviva Orr (Dragonblade - Jan 2025) (park) - Jan 7
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The Major and the Scandalous Widow - Sarah Mallory (HH #1651- Oct 2023) (author initials) - Jan 12
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
River Wild - B.J. Daniels (HQN - Jan 2025) (radio) - Jan 6
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
The Duke's Guide to Fake Courtship - Jade Lee (HH #1841 - Feb 2025) (England) - Jan 21
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
Murder at the Alaskan Lodge - Karen Whiddon (HRS #2280 -June 2024) (television) - Jan 8
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the author's first or last name begins with Q.
Big Sky Bachelor - Joanna Sims (HSE #3077 - Feb 2025) (email) - Jan 16
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the author's initials can be found in BIBLE.
Hunting the Amish Witness - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1190 - Aug 2025) (religion) - June 16
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Wyoming Christmas Conspiracy - Juno Rushdan (HI #2260 - Jan 2025) (December) - Jan 25
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
21 Days with the Lyon - Shana Galen (Dragonblade - Feb 2025) (Europe/England) - Feb 8
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
16
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover -
Bella Andre - 2/5/252. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book where the MC has a brother - Zach is Beck's brother - The Confession Shayla Black - 1/4/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series - Whiskey Reveals Carrie Ann Ryan - 1/26/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together - Far from Bliss Sophie Oak - 1/2/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character who is a doctor - Fourth a Lie Pepper Winters - 2/20/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book where a character messages someone. - MCs text each other - Same Time Next Year Tessa Bailey - 1/5/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list). - Big Bad Boss: Moon Mad Renee Rose - 2/6/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book where a character goes to a park - Alpha Bully Renee Rose - 1/10/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM. - Leo Mia Sheridan - 2/15/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT. - England-Wicked Truths Jodi Ellen Malpas - 2/1/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover -
Jodi Ellen Malpas - 1/13/2516. First Television
🥇 Read a book published in September of any year. - Pub 9/15/22 - When Gracie Met the Grump Mariana Zapata - 1/22/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email - Sincerely, Carter Whitney G. - 2/14/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book where a character prints something - Nick - State of Bliss Marie Force - 2/22/25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE. - Cowboy Crushin' Em Petrova - 1/23/25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book set in Europe - London - One Night before Christmas Serenity Woods - 2/19/25
My spot:TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🔹🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Bibliolepsy Gina Apostol 1 Mar
MC's parents die while sailing
2. Man’s First Flight
🔹🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
MC has a brother, Max
3. The First Animation Film
🔹🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 11 Apr
4. The First Video Game
🔹🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Out of My Mind. Sharon M. Draper. 25 Jan
5. The First Step on the Moon
🔹🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers Samuel Burr 14 Mar "NEIL"
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
🔹🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar MESSAGE
9. First transatlantic flight
🔹🥇Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Table for Two Amor Towles 16 Feb Character called Charles AND initials AT
10. The first bicycle
🔹🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. William Shakespeare. 24 Jan
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🔹🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🔹🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
Tim O'Brien 8 Mar13. 1st Steam Engine
🔹🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The Nakano Thrift Shop. Hiromi Kawakami. 26 Jan
14 First Radio
🔹🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan PORTLAND, Maine
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🔹🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
book:The Picture of Dorian Gray|220188217]. Oscar Wilde 21 Feb
16. First Television
🔹🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar TV
17. First Email
🔹🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
Still Alice Lisa Genova 8 Jan
daughter emails MC every day
18. 1st Printing Press
🔹🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Horse Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb
Character prints his magazine article to submit in person
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🔹🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Milkman Anna Burns 8 Feb
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20. First Clock
🔹🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig 29 Mar set in England and Spain
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
19/16+
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Sarah Fox 1/5/252. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
12/25/24 Shocked in Chicago Patti Benning 1/6/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Shades of Earl Grey Laura Childs 2/7/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
#2 Amanda Warren Mysteries Monterey Bay Murder Seren Star Goode 1/1/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
pub 7/10/24 Raspberry Tart Murder R.S. Brown 1/9/25
Moon on cover
Cindy Stark 1/22/256. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime Vicki Delany 1/14/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Initials MA A Corgi Conundrum M.Alfano 1/7/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Messages Tea'd Off Patti Benning 1/4/25
Judge Gab Hemmer Snowcaps, Skiing & Sabotage Tonya Kappes 1/11/25
Set in Maryland Ghouls and Paws Penny Brooke 1/16/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Amelia After Park Patti Benning 1/4/25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
Kelvin Star-Crossed Egg Tarts Jennifer Chow 1/21/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
Date Bite Patti Benning 1/11/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime Vicki Delany 1/14/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Fictional Normal (KY) Snowcaps, Skiing & Sabotage Tonya Kappes 1/11/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or
with an author called Penny or Victoria.
Victoria Schooled in Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/2/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
Death Among the Stitches Betty Hechtman1/7/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
An Oven Beyond Victoria Kazarian 1/8/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Flyers Magpie Maggie Hits the Jackpot Katherine H. Brown 1/8/25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
During the history there have been so many firsts and I thought it would be a fun challenge to look at a few firstsFirsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
✅1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Read 1/21/25✅2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom. Read 1/1/25 Nico has a brother Sebastain
✅3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Discovering the Cure for the Common Life (Excerpt): Living in Your Sweet Spot by Max Lucado Read 1/11/25 L amd M
✅4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
New Beginnings in the Little Irish Village by Michelle Vernal Read 1/5/25
The Little Irish Village #2
✅5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George Read 1/14/25 Published July 25,2023
✅6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.Man of the Year by Caroline Louise Walker Read 2/14/25💝. Simone, the doctor's office manager sends a fax.
✅7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
book:Evil Twins: Chilling True Stories of Twins, Killing and Insanity|1067782] by John Glatt. 1/26/25.
Twin doctors Cyril and Stewart Marcus
✅8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary by Shaun Bythell Read 1/22/25. Shaun used texts through the book as a way of keeping in touch with people
✅9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
On the Ledge: A Memoir by Amy Turner Read 1/7/25
✅10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
Read 1/8/25bicycle on cover
✅11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
. The Address by Fiona Davis Read 1/10/25. Set in New York City
✅12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover. William and Colin visit a park: Botanic Garden
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. Read 1/27/25
✅13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The Woman Inside by E.G. Scott. Read 2/3/25 Author's initials E and S
✅14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh. Read 1/16/25. Adam listen to the radio for updates on the plane situation
✅15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan Read 1/24/25. Set in England
✅16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay. Read 2/8/25. Claire's husband is watching a baseball game on tv when she asks him about being a partner in the bookshop.
✅17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
The Secret of Everything by Barbara O'Neal Read 1/19/25. Tessa sends an email to her boss Mick Harrison
✅18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Book: The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay
Read 2/8/25
Madeline prints new business cards
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
✅20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Read 1/17/25
*FINISHED*Firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book set in Spain.
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho 11/01/2025
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book where the MC has a brother.
Dawa: The Story of a Stray Dog in Bhutan by Kunzang Choden 13/01/2025
Dawa had some brothers and sisters
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway 01/02/2025
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover.
Moonlight Shadow, by Banana Yoshimoto 08/01/20256. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together.
Un buon posto in cui fermarsi, by Matteo Bussola 05/02/2025
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello 17/01/2025
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book where a character messages someone.
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw 13/01/2025
The messages are in chapter 25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke 19/01/2025
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
Libreria Hyunam-dong. Rimedi per l'anima by Hwang Bo-Reum 08/02/2025
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book where a character goes to a park.
Il caffè delle donne by Widad Tamimi 27/01/2025
The main character goes at least once in Sempione Park in Milan
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train.
Piero fa la Merica by Paolo Malaguti 16/01/2025
The main character and his family are on a train on pages 50-59
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama set in Tokyo 03/02/2025
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 02/02/2025
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book published in September of any year.
Apeirogon by Colum McCann 04/01/2025
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email.
Scenes from the Heart by Malena Ernman, 02/01/2025
Malena reads and replies to mails from school.
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read where a character prints something
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 20/01/2025
Mikage prints out business cards with her new address on them.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
La crepa e la luce by Gemma Calabresi Milite 05/01/2025
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book set in Europe.
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder 22/01/2025
Set in Norway
*dates are written in dd/mm/yyyy format
My spot9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC
Christine Aster
Finished 4/1
FIRSTS, 1/1 – 6/3020/16+ COMPLETE
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
through window : Of Spice and Men (Pancake House #3), by Sarah Fox, finished 1/20/25 ★★★.5
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year
publ 12-26-17 : Crust No One (Bread Shop #2), by Winnie Archer, finished 1/11/25 ★★★.5
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France
Paris : A Fashionably French Murder (An American in Paris #3), by Colleen Cambridge, finished 2/10/25 ★★★★
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Hard Time (Time Police #2), by Jodi Taylor, finished 1/5/25 ★★★★.5
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book published in July of any year
publ 7-17-12 : Last Diner Standing (Rose Strickland #2), by Terri L. Austin, finished 1/12/25 ★★★.5
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title (they don't have to be together)
Never Murder a Birder (Leigh Koslow #11), by Edie Claire, finished 2/16/25 ★★★★
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in SMALLPOX
author Patrick F. McManus – Circles in the Snow (Sheriff Bo Tully #6), by Patrick F. McManus, finished 1/2/25 ★★★★
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book where a character is a judge
Deborah : Uncommon Clay (Deborah Knott #8), by Margaret Maron, finished 2/20/25 ★★★★
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book with a character called Charles
A Death in the Small Hours (Charles Lenox #6), by Charles Finch, finished 3/6/25 ★★★★
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
Foul Play at Seal Bay (Morwenna Mutton #1), by Judy Leigh, finished 1/15/25 ★★★.5
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book about baseball
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America, by Joe Posnanski, finished 1/8/25 ★★★★
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan
A Midsummer Night's Fudge (Candy-Coated #10), by Nancy Coco, finished 2/24/25 ★★★★
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in STEAM
author Ellie Alexander – A Victim at Valentine’s (Secret Bookcase #5), by Ellie Alexander, finished 1/12/25 ★★★★
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT
New York City : The Red Box (Nero Wolfe #4), by Rex Stout, finished 1/3/25 ★★★.5
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England
The Queens of Crime, by Marie Benedict, finished 1/16/25 ★★★★
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book published in September of any year
publ 9-29-20 : For Letter or Worse (Stationery Shop #2), by Vivian Conroy, finished 1/6/25 ★★★.5
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where the author’s first or last name begins with Q
author Emily Queen – The Case at Barton Manor (Mrs. Lillywhite Investigates #1), finished 2/10/25 ★★★.5
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in BIBLE
author Laurien Berenson – Once Bitten (Melanie Travis #8), by Laurien Berenson, finished 3/29/25 ★★★★
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
The Linking Rings (Eli Marks #4), by John Gaspard, finished 2/17/25 ★★★★
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book set in Europe
England : What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr #1), by C.S. Harris, finished 1/17/25 ★★★★
FirstsDuration: January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
Completed: 18/16 or more
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
A Week at the Shore - Barbara Delinsky 2/27/252. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year. Alex - Sawyer Bennett 3/1/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL. The Paris Daughter - Kristin Harmel 1/16/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors. If Only I Had Told Her - Laura Nowlin 2/22/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman 3/12/25 (published July 9, 2019)
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax. If He Had Been With Me - Laura Nowlin 1/9/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX. The Promise of Dawn - Lauraine Snelling 1/18/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC. The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates 2/1/25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list). Book Lovers - Emily Henry 3/11/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York. One Summer in Savannah - Terah Shelton Harris 3/9/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM. The Book of Candlelight - Ellery Adams 3/5/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT. Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak 1/16/25 (New Jersey)
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria. Emma - Jane Austen 1/7/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year. Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr 1/28/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q. The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick 1/11/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE. On Chill With A Billionaire - Black Lavish 2/9/25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE. Wolf's Calling - M.H. Soars 2/6/25 (published November 1, 2018)
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series. Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich 1/2/25
Finished: 2025/06/29Duration: January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Progress: 19
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
✓
Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen by Chise Ogawa (25/01/14)2. Man’s First Flight
✓
3. The First Animation Film
✓
4. The First Video Game
✓
5. The First Step on the Moon
✓
6. The First Smartphone
✓
7. First Vaccine
✓
8. 1st Telegraph message
✓
9. First transatlantic flight
✓
10. The first bicycle
✓
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
✓
13. 1st Steam Engine
✓
14. First Radio
✓
15. First Stamp
✓
16. First Television
✓
17. First Email
✓
18. 1st Printing Press
✓
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
✓
20. First Clock
✓
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Read: 17
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
by David Eddings 30/1 4★2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year
Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton 5/1 3.5★
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France
The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George 26/1 2★
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a town relies on visitors - Murk relies on visitors off the ships
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 27/1 4★
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book published in July of any year
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks 24/1 2★
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book published in 1992 - 1/10/92
The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer 3/1 4★
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons 16/1 4★
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland
Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts 6/1 2★
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 19/1 3★
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book set in New York.
The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry 2/1 3★
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book with a car on the cover.
by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train
A Secret Garden in Paris by Sophie Beaumont 29/1 4★
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT - New York
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England
Miss Silver Intervenes by Patricia Wentworth 13/1 4★
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television
Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde 29/1 4★
17. First Email
🥇Read a book published in the 1970s - 1978
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser 14/1 4★
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December
Take Two by Danielle Hawkins 23/1 4★
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series
Level 3: completed 20
1. The First Circumnavigation of the GlobeThe first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
Falling for the Boss, Jean Oram | 1/31
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book where the MC has a brother - Matt
Jingle Bell Beard, Julie Kriss | 1/2
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book that is tagged as history - x3
The Memory Weaver, Jane Kirkpatrick | 1/6
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Undead and Unemployed, MaryJanice Davidson | 1/22
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book published in July of any year - 2024
The Wedding People, Alison Espach | 1/28
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title
The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta | 1/11
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character who is a doctor
An Ordinary Girl: A Hearfelt Romance, Betty Neels | 1/5
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book where a character messages someone.
First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston | 2/2
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot
Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis | 1/20
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany
The Door-to-Door Bookstore, Carsten Henn | 1/14
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book set in New York
A Bloom in Winter, J.R. Ward | 1/18
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book where a character goes to a park
A Christmas Wish, Betty Neels | 1/26
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, Janet Skeslien Charles | 1/16
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT - North Woods
Pixie's Almost Perfect Christmas, Susan M. Baganz | 1/26
15. First StampThe world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover / set in England
The Chocolate Box, Agatha Christie | 1/30
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book set in California
Informed Risk, Robyn Carr | 1/9
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
Making Her His, Lucy Leroux | 2/6
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book where a character prints something - scribes print a book for riders
Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros | 2/4
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December
Caroline's Waterloo, Betty Neels | 1/25
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover - watch
Next Door Billionaire's Surprise Baby, Ivy Karr | 1/21
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FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
13/15
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 :Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaafar 17/042. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami 10/01/25
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Abroad in Japan: Ten Years in the Land of the Rising Sun by Chris Broad 04/06
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 05/04/256. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 11/02
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Private Rites by Julia Armfield 10/01/25
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
Frankie by Graham Norton 17/03/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis 22/04
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Our Game by John Le Carré 07/03
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Homecoming by Kate Morton 20/01/25 - Tambilla
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
Happiness by Aminatta Forna 04/06
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 27/04
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 24/01
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 25/03/25
Firsts Duration: January 1 - June 30, 2024
Level 3: 16 or more firsts
READ: 43/16+
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
✔ 🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
Where the Drowned Girls Go - Seanan McGuire 3/7
✔ 🥇 where a character goes sailing
Hidden Dragon - Genevieve Jack (MCs sail to a Greek island) 1/17
2. Man’s First Flight
✔ 🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina
Come Shell or High Water - Molly MacRae 2/26
✔ 🥇where the MC has a brother
Kiss Hard - Nalini Singh (hero has 3 brothers) 1/7
✔ 🥇 a book published in December of any year.
The House on Blackstone Moor - Carole Gill (pub Dec 17, 2010) 4/11
3. The First Animation Film
✔ 🥇where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Be Still My Heart - Emily McIntire & Sav R. Miller 2/26
4. The First Video Game
✔ 🥇that is a second in a series 2
Blood & Fury - Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland 3/3
✔ 🥇where a town relies on visitors.
Catch Me If You Candy - Ellie Alexander 2/15
5. The First Step on the Moon
✔ 🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover
As Dead As A Vampire - April Fernsby 4/26
✔ 🥇published in July of any year
The Icehouse - J.J. Richards (pub July 8, 2023) 4/30
✔ 🥇a character called Neil.
The Tees Valley Killings - C.J. Grayson (Neil McMahon) 1/30
6. The First Smartphone
✔ 🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together
Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bakeoff - Darci Hannah 3/14
7. First Vaccine
✔ 🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James
Flipped for Murder - Maddie Day (James Shermer) 6/21
✔ 🥇 with a character who is a doctor
Windy City Dragon - Genevieve Jack (hero) 1/2
✔ 🥇 where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Aftermarket Afterlife - Seanan McGuire 2/18
8. 1st Telegraph message
✔ 🥇 where a character messages someone.
Manhattan Dragon - Genevieve Jack (hero texts heroine) 1/11
9. First transatlantic flight
✔ 🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot
The Tiger’s Heart - Marissa Dobson (Adam) 3/30
✔ 🥇 where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Curse the Day - Annabel Chase 4/6
10. The first bicycle
✔ 🥇 with a bicycle on the cover
Murder at a Cape Bookstore - Maddie Day 3/4
11. First professional African-American baseball player
✔ 🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American
Candy Slain Murder - Maddie Day (Dana) 1/30
✔ 🥇set in New York.
Murder Marks the Page - Karen Rose Smith 3/8
12. First moving automobile assembly line
✔ 🥇Read a book set in Michigan
Inspection - Josh Malerman 4/1
✔ 🥇 where a character goes to a park
A Very Bad Thing - J.T. Ellison (Devon) 2/14
13. 1st Steam Engine
✔ 🥇Read a book where a character rides a train
The House on Blackstone Moor - Carole Gill (Rose) 4/11
✔ 🥇 a character called Thomas or Alexandria
Charmed Bones - Carolyn Haines )Thomas Erkwell) 5/15
✔ 🥇where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Deadly Animals - Marie Tierney 2/14
14 First Radio
✔ 🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist
The Last Outpost - Hannah Ross (MC, environmental scientist) 1/6
✔ 🥇where a character listens to the radio
Already Gone - Diane Benefiel (heroine) 1/18
✔ 🥇where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Autopsy of a Fairytale - Nicole Scarano 2/1
15. First Stamp
✔ 🥇Read a book with a black cover
I'll Be Waiting - Kelley Armstrong 3/9
✔ 🥇set in England
The Dragon of Cecil Court - Genevieve Jack 1/16
✔ 🥇 with an author called Penny or Victoria.
Chapter and Curse - Elizabeth Penney 6/20
16. First Television
✔ 🥇 Read a book where a character watches television
Blood Orchids - Toby Neal 1/4
(he went in and hit the remote for the TV), p78
✔ 🥇 set in California
The Paper Caper - Kate Carlisle 3/12
✔ 🥇 published in September of any year.
Brimstone Bound - Helen Harper (pub Sept 3, 2020) 2/2
17. First Email
✔ 🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
Promise Not to Tell - Jayne Ann Krentz (Anson) 1/26
✔ 🥇where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
Mischief in New Orleans - Lucy Quinn 4/23
18. 1st Printing Press
✔ 🥇where a character prints something
Improbably Yours - Kerry Anne King (MC prints her boarding pass) 5/7
✔ 🥇 where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Heavenly Bodies - Imani Erriu 6/13
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
✔ 🥇Read a book set in December
The Crash - Freida McFadden 3/11
✔ 🥇a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear - Seanan McGuire 5/9
20. First Clock
✔ 🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover
A Midnight Puzzle - Gigi Pandian 6/15
✔ 🥇set in Europe
Kilt Trip - Alexandra Kiley (Scotland) 2/14
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
5/20 CompletedDuring the history there have been so many firsts and I thought it would be a fun challenge to look at a few firsts
Firsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
It is the 2nd book in the Christmas Series. 5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
by Jeremy Bates completed 1/16/2025 - Published July 7, 20196. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
by Mandy Robotham completed 1/13/2025 - Takes place in Germany. 11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The author's initials are found in STEAM. Michael Scott. 14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
by Shanna Swendson Completed 1/26/2025 - Character reads an email. "Well, he also sent me an e-mail today offering me a job." pg 34. 18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
Mod
Firsts - January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Progress:
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
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Mod
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Read: 20
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book where a character goes sailing.
The Mirror Nora Roberts 1/31/25
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year.
published December 1, 2020 A Hero's Christmas Hope Vivian Arend 1/4/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Cross Her Heart Melinda Leigh 1/9/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇 Read a book that is a second in a series.
Once Removed Margaret Watson 1/6/25 (Blackhawk Security #2)
Read a book where a town relies on visitors.
Christmas in Silver Bell Falls Samantha Chase 1/22/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇 Read a book published in July of any year.
July 2024 The Second Chance Sophie Kenna 1/26/25
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title.
The Broken Promise Sophie Kenna 1/24/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
See Her Die Melinda Leigh 1/11/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇 Read a book where a character is a judge.
Friction Sandra Brown 2/17/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot.
The Lightkeeper's Ball Colleen Coble 1/16/25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages.
Stargirl Jerry Spinelli 1/21/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇 Read a book set in New York.
Right Behind Her Melinda Leigh 2/18/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan.
Because of You Olivia Miles 1/20/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
14. First Radio
🥇Read a book where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Afghanistan With One Breath Margaret Watson 1/5/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England.
When You’re Safe Blake Pierce 2/11/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television.
Eggs Jerry Spinelli 1/15/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email.
The Grump Who Stole Christmas S. Doyle 1/12/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇 Read a book tagged Religion.
Sandcastle Inn Irene Hannon 2/3/25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book published in 2018.
published June 21, 2018 Rock Paper Scissors Devon Monk 1/7/24
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book set in Europe.
Stuart Woods' Golden Hour Brett Battles 1/13/25
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
19/16+ Tasks Completed
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Silent Mermaid by Brittany Fichter (2/3/25)
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
Absolutely Not in Love by Jenny Proctor (1/16/25)
North Carolina
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Good Bad Witch by Isa Medina (1/19/25)
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea (1/4/25) - Hall of Blood and Mercy #2
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea (1/7/25)
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
Stolen Midsummer Bride by Tara Grayce (1/9/25)
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Enemies in Paradise by Brittany Larsen (1/20/25)
doctor
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair (1/15/25)
messages someone
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Hunted by K.M. Shea (1/12/25) - Amelia
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (1/2/25)
lots of languages
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
Fated by K.M. Shea (1/13/25)
African-American
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
United by K.M. Shea (1/12/25)
park
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
An Agent for Opal by P. Creeden (1/21/25)
rides a train
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (1/3/25) - Panem
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (1/1/25)
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
A Groom of One's Own by Emma St. Clair (1/17/25)
television
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
One Last First Date by Kate O'Keeffe (1/6/25)
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
The Captive Throne by Kenley Davidson (1/23/25)
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
The Vicomte's Masquerade by Sofi Laporte (1/20/25)
set in Europe
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
18 of 16+ Complete
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
🔹️2. Man’s First Flight
Read a book set in North Carolina.
Alex - Sawyer Bennett - 3 Stars - 2/2/25
🔹️3. The First Animation Film
Read a book set in France.
One by One - Ruth Ware - 4 Stars - 2/7/25
🔹️4. The First Video Game
Read a book that is a second in a series.
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese - A.L. Herbert - 3.5 Stars - 2/16/25 - #2 Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery
🔹️5. The First Step on the Moon
Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
Twice in a Blue Moon - Christina Lauren - 3 Stars - 3/20/25
🔹️6. The First Smartphone
Read a book published in 1992 or 1994.
It Had to Be You - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 4 Stars - 2/17/25 - First published January 1, 1994
🔹️7. First Vaccine
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Queen of the North - Anne O'Brien - 4 Stars - 3/5/25 - AO
🔹️8. 1st Telegraph message
Read a book set in Maryland.
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce - A.L. Herbert - 3 Stars - 2/24/25
🔹️9. First transatlantic flight
Read a book where a character is a pilot.
Missing in Flight - Audrey J. Cole - 4 Stars -3/19/25 - one of the three main characters, Anna, is a pilot
🔹️10. The first bicycle
Read a book set in Germany.
The Plum Tree - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 4 Stars - 2/14/25
🔹️11. First professional African-American baseball player
Read a book set in New York.
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 3/2/25
🔹️12. First moving automobile assembly line
Read a book with a car on the cover.
Vistas, Vices, & Valentines - Tonya Kappes - 3 Stars - 2/22/25
🔹️13. 1st Steam Engine
Read a book wwhere the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Kopp Sisters on the March - Amy Stewart - 3.5 Stars - 3/15/25 - AS
🔹️14 First Radio
Read a book where a character is a scientist.
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood - 4 Stars - 2/8/25 - 🟢
🔹️15. First Stamp
Read a book set in England.
Sovereign - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 2/18/25
🔹️16. First Television
Read a book published in September of any year.
The Sound and the Furry- Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 2/4/25 - first pub Sep 10, 2013
🔹️17. First Email
Read a book where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
🔹️19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Terror in Topaz - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 3/14/25 - TIT
🔹️20. First Clock
Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe.
Blue Murder - Emma Jameson - 3.5 Stars - 3/17/25 - alo set in England
Firsts
January - June 2025
My Firsts Challenge (msg 41)
Books Read ❱❱ 20
☑️1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🔺Read a book where a character goes sailing
🔺Undone ❱❱ 01.21 ★★★★
☑️2. Man’s First Flight
🔺Read a book where the MC has a brother
🔺Songs for Perri ❱❱ 01.04 ★★★
☑️3. The First Animation Film
🔺Read a book set in France
🔺Dark Angel ❱❱ 01.19 ★★★
☑️4. The First Video Game
🔺Read a book that is a second in a series
🔺Scrimmage Gone South ❱❱ 01.11 ★★★★
☑️5. The First Step on the Moon
🔺Read a book with a moon on the cover
🔺The Crawling Darkness ❱❱ 01.13 ★★★
☑️6. The First Smartphone
🔺Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title
🔺The Pucking Wrong Number ❱❱ 03.30 ★★★★
☑️7. First Vaccine
🔺Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX
🔺Undercover Love ❱❱ 02.20 ★★★★
☑️8. 1st Telegraph message
🔺Read a book where a character messages someone
🔺Avenged ❱❱ 01.23 ★★★★
☑️9. First transatlantic flight
🔺Read a book where a character is a pilot
🔺The Simple Wild ❱❱ 05.06 ★★★★
☑️10. The first bicycle
🔺Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages
🔺The True Love Experiment ❱❱ 01.10 ★★★★★
☑️11. First professional African-American baseball player
🔺Read a book set in New York
🔺Grind ❱❱ 01.02 ★★★★
☑️12. First moving automobile assembly line
🔺Read a book where a character goes to a park
🔺Can't Buy Me Love ❱❱ 01.05 ★★★★
☑️13. 1st Steam Engine
🔺Read a book where a character rides a train
🔺Yield ❱❱ 01.15 ★★★★
☑️14 First Radio
🔺Read a book where a character is a scientist
🔺What Lies Behind ❱❱ 03.27 ★★★★
☑️15. First Stamp
🔺Read a book with an author called Penny or Victoria
🔺Bananapants ❱❱ 02.18 ★★★★
☑️16. First Television
🔺Read a book set in California
🔺My Liege of Dark Haven ❱❱ 01.18 ★★★★
☑️17. First Email
🔺Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
🔺Adverse Possession ❱❱ 04.09 ★★★★
☑️18. 1st Printing Press
🔺Read a book where a character prints something
🔺You Can Kill ❱❱ 01.18 ★★★★
☑️19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🔺Read a book set in December
🔺Christmas in Destiny ❱❱ 01.07 ★★★★
☑️20. First Clock
🔺Read a book set in Europe
🔺Say Yes to the Marquess ❱❱ 03.15 ★★★★
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
17
Completed 1.19.25
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
Isle of Palms. Dorothea Benton Frank. 1.11.25
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Lavender Blue Murder. Laura Childs. 1.15.25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Razor Girl. Carl Hiaasen. 1.15.25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where a character sends a fax.
The Blue Bistro. Elin Hilderbrand. 1.18.25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
The Christmas Child: A Story About Finding You Way Home for the Holidays. Max Lucado. 1.7.25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot
The Author's Guide to Murder. Beatriz Williams. 1.12.25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages.
The Kiss Quotient. Helen Hoang. 1.4.25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American
Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me. Ace Atkins. 1.4.25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book where a character goes to a park
The Pull of the Moon. Elizabeth Berg. 1.11.25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies. Alexander McCall Smith. 1.13.25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character listens to the radio
A Hundred Summers. Beatriz Williams. 1.6.25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England
The Christmas Guest. Peter Swanson. 1.19.25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book published in September of any year. (9.5.2004)
Not Till We Are Lost. Dennis E. Taylor. 1.18.25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
The Spy Coast. Tess Gerritsen. 1.9.25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book where a character prints something (invitations)
Christmas at the Shelter Inn. RaeAnne Thayne. 1.6.25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December
Sleigh Bells Ring. RaeAnne Thayne. 1.2.25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover
The Christmas Hope. Donna VanLiere. 1.5.25
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
18/16+
TASKS
*1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Maggie Sefton 01.08.25 3 stars*2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Book Charmer Karen Hawkins 01.29.25 3.5 stars Dove Pond, NC
*3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Four Charming Spells Lynn Cahoon 01.03.25 4 stars
*4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Dim Sum of All Fears Vivien Chien 02.15.25 4 stars Book #2 in the Noodle House Mystery series
*5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
X Sue Grafton 05.24.25 4 stars Neil Hess
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
*7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
The Seven Year Slip Ashley Poston 01.08.25 5 stars James Iwan Ashton
*8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
First-Time Caller B.K. Borison 05.05.25 5 stars Baltimore, MD
*9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Egg Drop Dead Laura Childs 02.19.25 3.5 stars LC
*10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 02.09.25 5 stars Tranlated into 30+ languages
*11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
The Opposite of Everything David Kalish 01.06.25 3 stars Brooklyn
*12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
Crime and Cherry Pits Amanda Flower 04.26.25 4 stars Cherry Glen and Traverse City Michigan
*13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Emma Scott Bring Down the Stars 05.12.25 3 stars
*14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
The Obituary Society Jessica L. Randall 01.01.25 3.5 stars Auburn, Nebraska
*15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
Coached to Death Victoria Laurie 01.11.25 4.5 stars Victoria
*16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
True Dead Faith Hunter 01.25.25 5 stars Published 09.14.21
*17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
Lemon Yellow Lies Emily Oberton 05.14.25 3 stars Hadley p 59 If you look through the online portfolio I emailed you...
*18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
No Good Tea Goes Unpunished Bree Baker 04.25.25 4 stars Bree Baker
*19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Cookies and Clairvoyance Bailey Cates 01.02.24 4 stars CAC
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16+
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
An Appetite for Murder Lucy Burdette 4/15/25
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book published in December of any year.
A Villa in Sicily: Figs and a Cadaver Fiona Grace 3/12/25 pub 12/21/20
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Six Stunning Sirens Lynn Cahoon 4/24/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
Inherit the Word Daryl Wood Gerber 3/3/25 Cookbook Nook Mystery #2
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book published in July of any year
A Hex for Danger Esme Addison 2/8/25 published 7/13/21
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title
The Bibliomancer's Daughter Melissa Bourbon 1/29/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
Mother's Day Murder Leslie Meier 5/10/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book where a character messages someone.
Scene of the Grind Tonya Kappes 1/25/25 p 69 I quickly texted her to let her know that Spencer was probably on his way
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Shots in the Dark Allyson K. Abbott 2/21/25
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book that has been translated into a lot of languages.
The A.B.C. Murders Agatha Christie 3/2/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book set in New York.
Hark the Herald Angels Slay Vicki Delany 3/25/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan
Meows, Magic & Murder Madison Johns 5/30/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
The Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 2/6/252/6/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character listens to the radio
Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 3/24/25 I reached up to a shelf behind the register and turned the radio on. p 11
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book set in England
Coffee, Tea, or Murder? Jessica Fletcher 1/23/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book set in California
A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 3/28/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email
Mocha and Murder Tonya Kappes 1/27/25 Roxy reads Fred Hill's emails related to the rare chicken and her eggs
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Body In The Bookstore Emma Lee 3/9/25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 3/14/25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book set in Europe
Cruel Winter Sheila Connolly 4/5/25 set in Ireland
Mod
FINISHEDFirsts
January 1, 2025-June 30, 2025
17/16+
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
🏆 MC has a brother, Rob: Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews 1/1/25
3. The First Animation Film
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
🏆 Tagged history: The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts 1/15/25
4. The First Video Game
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
🏆 Sweets & Treats (Paws & Pastries #2) by Barbara Hinske 1/5/25
5. The First Step on the Moon
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
🏆 Published 7/13/2017: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce 1/7/25
6. The First Smartphone
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
🏆 IBM in title: Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa 1/8/25
7. First Vaccine
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
🏆 Multiple characters are doctors: Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton 1/3/25
8. 1st Telegraph message
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
🏆 Judge Simmons: Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake 1/9/25
9. First transatlantic flight
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
🏆 Translated into more than 30 languages: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 1/2/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
🏆 MC is African-American: James by Percival Everett 1/4/25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
🏆 MC goes to a park: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 1/14/25
13. 1st Steam Engine
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
🏆 Author's initials are MM: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 1/12/25
14 First Radio
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
🏆 Location is Pinewood: Paws & Pastries by Barbara Hinske 1/4/25
15. First Stamp
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
🏆 Set in England: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 1/22/25
16. First Television
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
🏆 Set in California: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang 1/18/25
17. First Email
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
🏆 Reads an email: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 1/6/25
18. 1st Printing Press
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
🏆 Author's initials LB: Chai Another Day by Leslie Budewitz 1/16/27
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
🏆 Set in December: Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley 1/11/25
20. First Clock
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
FirstsJanuary 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave 02.24.252. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book where the MC has a brother
Death of a Country Fried Redneck by Lee Hollis 02.14.25 (MC's brother is Randy)
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 01.09.25
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book that is a second in a series
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose 02.03.25
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover
Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette 04.18.256. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig 03.24.25
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
The Burning Pages by Paige Shelton 01.23.25
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent 03.26.25
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
A Bicycle Built for Murder by Kate Kingsbury 01.24.2511. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book set in New York.
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks 03.05.25
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 03.15.25
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood 02.17.25
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover
The Rescuer: One Firefighter's Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him by Jason Sautel 02.23.25
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book set in California
This Pen for Hire by Laura Levine 03.04.25
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 01.23.25
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans 01.02.25
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
American Royals by Katharine McGee 01.29.25
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book set in Europe
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods 01.06.25 (set in Ireland)
10/10 ReadFirsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
by Andrew M. Greeley - 2/27Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
Turbulent by T.L. Payne (MC has a brother) 1/30
Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron 2/11
4. The First Video Game
Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
When the Wind Blows by James Patterson (Moon on cover) - 2/206. The First Smartphone
Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Tranlations) - 7/25
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
The Liar by Nora Roberts (Character goes to Park) 5/3
13. 1st Steam Engine
Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
Lisey's Story LARGE PRINT by Stephen King (Character listens to radio) 2/7
Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
The Hostage Bride by Jane Feather (Set in England) 2/14
16. First Television
Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
Irish Eyes by Andrew M. Greeley (title found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE) 1/27
Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
The Forgotten Orphan by Glynis Peters (Set in Europe) 2/9
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When the Wind Blows (other topics)
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During the history there have been so many firsts and I thought it would be a fun challenge to look at a few firsts
Firsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 1: 5- 10 firsts
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the authors initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the authors initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the authors initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
10. The first bicycle
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
11. First professional African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
12. First moving automobile assembly line
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the authors initials can be found in STEAM.
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
15. First Stamp
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
16. First Television
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the authors first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the authors initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
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