 Hello everyone! Hello, I'm still half asleep. I think you can tell by my face that I'm extremely tired today. As you can probably tell by the title, I'm going to be doing a 24-hour reading thon reader reading. I'm reading for 24 hours kind of. I haven't had a chance to read a lot this week because I've been sorting something really big out that I'll tell you more about that later in the video. Oh my god this feels so weird. This was like I'm about to go on holiday like you know when you wake up pretty early to get to the airport this is what this feels like. I have gotten to five books behind schedule for my reading god reading 100 books this year. Five. I hate her. I tell you now. So we're going to try and correct that today. I don't think I'm going to quite read five books. I mean I can try. I just don't feel like that's realistic. It's just not realistic. But we're going to try and I'm just going to read all day. I saw Simone from Chasing Pages do this video a while back. You should definitely go check out her channel if you're not subscribed. I just decided to do the same thing so I am so excited to just read today. It is summer obviously but it is so dark and rainy outside that it feels like winter and I feel like that's kind of the perfect vibe for a read-a-thon. Yeah this is called a 24-hour read-a-thon but like I did tell a bit of a lie there. But I did tell a bit of a lie there. I wish I wish I wish I could be the girl who reads from midnight to midnight. I wish. I wish but I'm not. I'm not. That's not me. I got up at six today. It's currently 7.52 because I had to wait for my boyfriend to get up. I was like sitting there like I haven't got a TBR plan for this video. I'm going to mood read shock horror I know. I never mood read. I do know the first book I want to read. I want to read The Baby is Mine by Oyun Ken Braithway because it's tiny and it's got massive massive font. So this is probably only going to take me like 40 minutes at maximum to read. It's not going to take me long at all. I want to try and focus on new releases today like 2021 new releases and this came out in May. This is by the author of My Sister the Serial Killer which you've probably heard of. That was a massive book. This is about a guy whose girlfriend throws him out during the pandemic so he goes to live at his uncle's house and he arrives there and he finds two women. His aunt another woman sitting there and a baby fast asleep and both women claim that the baby is theirs and I think it's like a thriller. I'm just going to go ahead and read this. I feel like it's super short, super easy and I need something to ease me in today because I am tired. Finished The Baby is Mine. I forgot to say by the way this was sent to me by the publisher and if I speak I am in in big trouble in big trouble. It was fine. It was it was okay. The guy is chucked out of his girlfriend's house for cheating. Stupid. By the way I've gotten I've gotten changed into much more comfortable clothes because I was wearing jeans. Who wears jeans to do a 24 hour readathon? I that's hot. I woke up and I transformed it. Anyway, so he turns up and he goes to his uncle's house but his uncle had died recently from COVID. I think this is like set near the start of that first wave of COVID and his uncle has just passed away and there's two women there. His aunt and his uncle's mistress and they're both claiming that the baby is theirs and it was interesting but it was so short that I never really felt like we got into the book at all. I mean it was good for what it was but I just wanted a bit more and I think I felt like that with my sister the serial killer as well that was like 200 and something pages 250 pages maybe even shorter. I felt like I just wanted more. The writing is still really good like the writing is still really engaging and I really enjoyed the tension that was built up but I was kind of like push me up against the wall give me a kiss then I might get excited. So it wasn't bad so I'm tempted like it's either a three star no you know what I'm gonna be honest it was a 2.5 it was a 2.5 because 2.5 is middle I need to accept that I need to come to terms that 2.5 is middle is like the exact middle. It was very predictable as well I knew what was gonna happen from the get-go like I could see through it I knew what was happening I knew what the truth was we all I think we all know so like I'm then I'm like why am I here why am I here at least my sister the serial killer had a surprising ending but this didn't I mean it was fine it got us off to a good start I didn't take a break for breakfast um but it is about 8 9.40 now we've read a book we've read a book everyone I am so proud of her I could cry I don't think I'd recommend this over my sister the serial killer I think if you want to read from this author go for that before I choose what book to read next I thought we could unbox my fairy loot which I haven't unboxed this is the May box if you don't know fairy loot is like this fantasy book subscription box where you get a new release book and you get some really cool bookish items along with it and I just thought let's just unbox my May one now okay hold up what is what is this oh cute so we have got a plastic tumbler inspired by the throne of glass series which I haven't read by Sarah James and it says from now until the darkness claims us it's cute we have got a oh this is nice oh lovely oh wow okay we've got a serpent and dove coaster set I haven't read serpent and dove but these I assume are the characters from serpent and dove these are like good quality coasters oh okay cute so we've got a wooden phone stand so it like stands up like that that says behold what has what behold what has arrived I could not read for a second I was like I'm ready to go home babs I'm knackered this is actually something that's very useful because I always propping my phone up on stupid chair and they're like probably about to break it so um yeah this is inspired by Ray Bearer which is a book I'm really interested in so if you have read Ray Bearer let me know what you thought of it this is fun part of me was about to say I could use this in this video but I'm not that chaotic so this is a tbr game where on this sheet of paper there's one to 20 and you write down all the books that you're interested in reading and then they've given you a 20 sided dice as well that you can roll and it picks what book you read I was about to like do that in this video but this is a relaxation video I'm relaxing let's see what the book is because I have no idea what's coming wait what so this is witches steeped in gold but they have done like they've only got the name on the spine and the front is like this redesign with this foil that's really pretty I was like so confused because I was like am I got the wrong side of the book because it doesn't have the name and on the other side of the cover but I do like that I am a bit of a hoe for like just ornate covers but not necessarily have names on them I'm really excited to read this this is on my list of 2021 new releases that I want to read it's gorgeous I mean look at those stenciled edges it is so pretty I'll leave a link to fairy league down below thank you to fairy league for sending this to me to show you guys I think what I want to read next is the islanders by SV leonard this has been one of my most anticipated books for the longest time loads of you have read this already but I haven't yet this is basically inspired by the show love island if you watch that it's like a dating show in the UK our main character goes on this show called love wrecked it's like the opening night everyone's getting to know each other and then one of the contestants is found dead in an announcement comes one of the islanders is a murderer and our protagonist who is an ex-police officer must work out who for every hour it takes her one more person will die so I love the game element of this and it's only about 320 pages so I don't think it will take me that long to read so I'm gonna go start this I'm so excited to read this and for like it's gonna be the perfect murder mystery to read right now we were all so happy that day it's it's actually hard to even imagine how terrible things would soon become 100 105 pages into the islanders and here's the thing I'm loving the story it's basically what I told you our main character has been randomly selected I feel like the people there have been chosen because of secrets they have five of them and three cast members have made it to the island but a storm prevented the other half like the rest of the islanders from making it there and one of the cast members has been killed and it's pretty clear that it's been a murderer a judge has appeared like on the screen in the villa telling kimberley the police officer that it's her job to figure out who it is because only a very small percentage of crimes get solved and so this time we can't let that happen which I was like okay okay okay I'm loving the plot I'm loving like the mix of characters we've got the pace of it it's going to be absolutely bonkers I can tell we're about to like pop off but it's written in like first person present and I think that I might struggle with that perspective like with that pov I don't think I like reading first person perspective it's really taking me out of it it's making some of what said feel a bit like I don't know if clunky is the right word but it's just not leaving me like comfortable with the writing the fact that it's in first person perspective is really taking me out of it I think I maybe enjoy like contemporaries and stuff in that but I think I struggle with mysteries especially when when elements of it we've had like flash forwards I guess to the future so when we know this is in the past for them to be like first person present my brain just like doesn't compute like it doesn't things like no Megan we're not no no no too much drama for me but I'm enjoying everything else of it but like the writing is the first barrier right so like if I'm not enjoying the way that the sentences are formed that's a very personal thing so this isn't me saying like oh no one is gonna like this I think it's a personal problem that I have or preference that I have but it's preventing me from liking it as much as I would like to so that's where we're at it's about half 12 now so I'm gonna go make some lunch and then I'll read some more I think I'm gonna have like a pitta for lunch so let's go make that now my best friend firstly I want to say I know the author of this has watched some of my videos before I think and I just want to say to you now if you're watching please don't watch oh hello no stay me go please me go I never want to hurt any author's feelings when I speak like when I chat about books but I'm also very aware that I need to be honest for you guys like I don't want to like bullshit about what I think of a book like it's the whole point of this channel do you know what I mean so I'm not loving it but I never smile ever why because I'm not a happy person I've got that disease where you can't be happy but I think a lot about what I'm not loving about it is personal preference so many of you have been reading this and really enjoying it like really really enjoying it so I think a lot of it is me and so maybe the rest of you should listen to literally I've never heard any of you comment it'd be like I didn't like it I've had some of you comment it'd be like I read it and I really enjoyed it and I could still really enjoy it but what I'm saying is I seem to be an outlier so like maybe don't completely listen to me there's a few things the writing style is still bothering me I think that's very much personal preference I feel like a lot of what's happening is convenient or unrealistic like we've got a romance going on amongst amongst all this murder and I just don't get it like I don't like when stuff like that happens it's also basically based off and then there were none by Agatha Christie it's like literally the same premise and I really didn't like and then there were none so that's another big like this might just be me thing because everyone else loves and then there were none like it's one of Agatha Christie's most well-loved books and I hated it I hate it more than this like I really hate it and then there were none so I think maybe this premise of characters getting killed off one after the other with not much I feel like we don't get enough progression in between in between the murders I feel like it's just a me thing that I don't enjoy that I'm like one of the guys and this is the camera guy and he is still filming everything like everyone's getting killed they've got this sister judge person like talking to them about how they're gonna get killed everyone's secrets are getting revealed and he's like still there with his camera just filming them all and I'm like what I didn't get the sense that it's a live camera in the way that the surveillance cameras are so like there's something broadcast this shit isn't going to be edited later for people to view so like why do you think you need to film this and he's talking about like how oh there's a camera man it's ingrained in me I have to film everything even if my subjects are crying screaming at me I have to film it and I'm like girl make an exception you know what I mean like come on I do like some elements of it how the traditional format of love island the show is reused in this exciting way so like the games that they play we've had a few games that are really fucked up and I've really enjoyed that element of it the judge this person who is basically like the mastermind it seems behind all these murders has shown tweets on the public but they've been very slanted like almost in the judge's favor and that's something that happens on love island like tweets are shown and they give the islanders like a very limited view of what the outside public think it's just what the producers want them to believe so that is really my favorite element of it how key elements of the show have been reused I think we're gonna go get the thing that I hinted at earlier in a second I could not believe it me and my boyfriend have just bought our very first car together it's an old car that I love it already I keep looking at the window at it like I can't really believe I've bought a car it's by far the biggest purchase I've ever made in my life it's crazy it feels like I'm starting to become an adult and that's a bit scary but I have a car I have a car we have a car and I just want to say a massive thank you to all of you because I have bought that car with my youtube earnings I have saved up pretty much all the money I've ever made from youtube and it's gone into that car so this is like our car because yeah pretty much all of my youtube earnings ever have gone into that I just want to say a massive thank you to all of you anyone who's ever watched one of my videos who has um I don't know watched a live stream shared my videos sponsored me on ko-fi you know anything like that has gone into that and I'm just so so thankful that you guys have basically made that possible for me in sad news I'm gonna give this two stars I'm so sorry I'm just gonna stand in the middle of the road and if a car comes I ain't gonna move like I I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I this was on so many anticipated lists for me this was a five star prediction back in that video I was talking so much crud about how I was good at predicting five stars and look at me now I don't think I have much more to say the the main problem for me was the writing the way that characters would act the way that yeah they thought the characters thought I guess was my biggest problem but I recognize a lot of this is a me problem and I think the kind of similarness to and then there were none was me because I didn't like it and then there were none I think I like a more traditional mystery format I think I like really simple mysteries if what honest I like some I like things that take the structure of simple mystery and twist it I just don't like this format for some reason where people are continuously getting killed off but I did love the idea of love island as a murder mystery like I still think that's a great idea but it just wasn't for me but again I would say everyone else who reads this from my channel you guys seem to really like it so don't if you've been interested in this don't necessarily be put off by me not liking it because if you look in the comments other videos everyone's saying how much they've enjoyed it this has been a bad video I've run a 2.5 and a 2 I'm so sorry so it's currently about 10 to 8 I've been thinking about what I wanted to read and I think like a graphic novel won't take me long a hundred page book won't take me long and I think I've stumbled across the best option and I'm gonna read The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta now you may be thinking Megan that's long it's like 350 pages but it is told in verse so I don't think it will take me that long to read at all I think it'll be a really quick read I don't know much about this I think it's about a boy who is a drag queen or like a drag artist when he's grown up it's about his story growing up as black and queer basically told through verse and I'm just so excited I've been wanting to read this for a really long time and I'm really excited I get to read it now so I'm gonna start it but the football is about to start England versus Scotland so I'm very excited I'm gonna go watch that and try to read this as much as I can whilst I'm watching it oh my god you guys England was shit but I am loving this book so much I am like you guys this is absolutely amazing success so basically we are following Michael and we follow him from like birth basically or the first main passage is from his sixth birthday and it's about him growing up black and gay and how you know his family deal with that how his how that affects his friendships how that affects him at school all these different ways and it is just beautifully written I love books written in verse but this is by far away one of my favorites that I've read I actually find this a bit hard to speak about because it's just so wonderful and I'm just like go read it I don't think I have anything articulate to say when a book is written as beautifully as this I just feel so articulate staring it in the face at the point I'm up to now we are just about to go to university so we followed him throughout so much of his life and him embracing being gay and I think what is so beautiful about this book is how early in his life those around him try to help him embrace his sexuality and support him there are I would say trigger warnings in this for homophobia he does get bullied um occasionally for it but on the whole it is a joyful book are you guys I just love it I just love it it's joyful it's beautiful it's fun but it's also dealing with those heavier topics and I'm rooting for a certain relationship in it but I don't know if it's gonna happen like I want him to end up with this guy but I don't know if it's gonna happen it's now what time is it like 11 oh no it's 25 past 10 you can tell him a grandma I'm gonna say it up I'm gonna finish this tonight but I want to take my makeup off because it is I mean this has been on since 6 30 this morning it is crusty central ladies and gentlemen crusty central look at it actually don't wow I could still use lori on your face so I want to take my makeup off and sit in the dark and not film anymore and finish this and then I will check in with you in the morning when I um when I have and tell you my final thoughts on it but this weighs out the disappointments of the last two and I feel like we need to speak again about how sad I am about the islanders this was like my top five star prediction one of my most excited books to read and then I didn't like it good morning morning everyone I finished the black flamingo last night and I'm going to give this five stars is today a good day today's a great day I loved it I think it's absolutely beautiful it is basically like the origin story of a drag queen almost it's the story of my call like I said from a child up until when he's at university the whole second half really is at uni discovering himself and particularly how a uni he is able to have the freedom by living alone to like explore his sexuality more and he um joins like the drag society and stuff at uni and it kind of goes from there I don't think any of this is a spoiler because the plot for this isn't really the spoiler it is the feelings and emotions so many complex feelings and emotions and experiences are articulated in this and I'm like looking at my Elizabeth Acevedo books told in verse and I'm like is this my favorite and I think it is I think this is my favorite book I've ever read told in verse I was reading it thinking like fuck me wouldn't I love to have the way with words that Dean Atta has some of the best writing I've ever read and best like lyricism with word it was absolutely gorgeous I really want to check out I think this is Dean Atta's debut book I think he's written in like poetry anthologies and he's written poetry collections before yeah but I think this is their debut novel and I just I just would recommend this to everyone I think it's amazing one of my favorite like YA contemporaries I've ever read it was absolutely magical I would just recommend this to all of you even if you don't read a ton of contemporary or you've never read a book in verse I think this would be a great place to start with a book in verse thank you for joining me to read for 24 hours I thought it was a pretty successful read 24 hours I didn't quite catch up on my Goodreads reading goal I mean I could have I could have read like 300 page books instead of the islanders I kind of wanted to read what I wanted to read if that makes sense I'm sorry that the first two weren't successful and you've heard me speak about them for ages and the one I gave five stars I'm like there's no words but there's always the way isn't it so yeah I hope you enjoyed the video if you've gone to the end comment a flamingo emoji for the black flamingo and I'll see you very soon another one bye I ate myself