Currently reading: Babyji by Abha Dawesar.

And how is it? SO UNCOMFORTABLE. I was so on board for this character at first and now I’m totally backpedalling. She compared herself to Humbert Humbert??

Pages read this hour: 45

Pages read in total: 675 & 1 graphic novel

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages), Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi, Aya of Yop City, Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson

Food eaten: None.

Interruptions: Not much.

Anything else? I’m calling it a night. That was fun, but I’ll be happier if I draw the line here. Happy readathon!

Currently reading: Babyji by Abha Dawesar.

And how is it? I like it, but I don’t know how to feel? It’s about a sixteen-year-old sleeping with older women, and I honestly don’t know how the power dynamics work. One is her servant and one is a woman she hardly knows who she actively pursued. The other woman should have turned her down, of course. I feel uncomfortable about… how… it doesn’t make me feel uncomfortable? Well, the power she has over the servant makes me more uncomfortable. I’m conflicted.

Pages read this hour: 57 & 49

Pages read in total: 630 & 1 graphic novel

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages), Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi, Aya of Yop City, Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson

Food eaten: None, and I brushed my teeth, so that’s my snackathon done.

Interruptions: Not much.

Anything else? I am really getting tired. It’ll be a push to get get through one more hour. Though we’ll see if I get too invested in Babyji to put it down.

Currently reading: I went with Babyji!

And how is it? It is great. I didn’t realize that the main character would be so… there’s no female equivalent for a “player”. She’s really good with the ladies for being 16 is what I’m saying. Also this is all going to go terribly wrong. It’s juicy.

Pages read this hour: 16 & 64

Pages read in total: 524 & 1 graphic novel

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages), Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi, Aya of Yop City, Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson

Food eaten: More chips and hummus

Interruptions: I got distracted by social media in hour 15.

Anything else? I’m not going to stay up all 24 hours. Maybe until hour 20: 1 am?

Currently reading: Currently between books! Just finished Autobiography of a Family Photo

And how is it? It was good! Almost like poetry. I feel like I didn’t full appreciate it reading it so quickly. It wasn’t the quick read I was expecting in that sense.

Pages read this hour: 10 & 54

Pages read in total: 444 & 1 graphic novel

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages), Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi, Aya of Yop City, Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson

Food eaten: None? Some more Dr Pepper. I overdid it with all my delicious snack options and now have to take a break.

Interruptions: I cheered all hour 13!

Anything else? Yes, that is my pillowcase. Now trying to decide what to pick up next… Babyji or The Deep… If I do Babyji that’s going to be most of the readathon, but if I finish The Deep in a couple hours I may be too tired to pick up Babyji. Hmm.

Currently reading: Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oueberie

And how is it? I’m only a little bit into it, but I’m liking it!

Pages read this hour: 37 & 27 text and 27 graphic novel

Pages read in total: 334 & 27 graphic novel pages

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages), Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

Food eaten: A vegan chocolate bar and an ice cream float. I’m not aiming for healthy this readathon.

Interruptions: My roommate’s cat being too distractingly adorable.

Anything else? I think I’m going to read a couple of short things next to get some more books under my belt. Close to the half way mark already!

Currently reading: Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

And how is it? Pretty sure I’m going to be raving about this book for a while unless it ends terribly. This is the queer and diverse sci fi story you’ve all been waiting for! It has normalized queer representation! It has a PoC main character! It has a protagonist with a chronic illness! It has a rag-tag team of outlaws on a spaceship!

Pages read this hour: 31 & 41

Pages read in total: 296

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages)

Food eaten: Hint of lime tortilla chips with carmelized onion hummus, which is the snack I was most looking forward and it delivered! Also, Dr Pepper. Getting into the caffeine.

Interruptions: Feeling not great, took some painkillers, but still trucking along!

Anything else? I’m loving Ascension, but I’m reading to be finishing up and tackling something new. It’s already a third through the readathon!

Currently reading: Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

And how is it? Still really enjoying it!

Pages read this hour: 8 (I took a break to cheer) & 45

Pages read in total: 224

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages)

Food eaten: Peanut butter popcorn treats

Interruptions: Spent hour 5 cheering, chatted with my roommate some.

Anything else? It’s a shame so many tumblr people signed up for the readathon, but only about half are actually participating? Bit of a pain to go to cheer people on and they’re not actually doing it. Oh well!

Currently reading: Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

And how is it? Loving it so far! The world already feels so rich, and being able to read a kick-ass sci fi story about a queer, black, chronically ill protagonist makes me happy.

Pages read this hour: 32 & 45

Pages read in total: 171

Books finished: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin (the last 100 pages)

Food eaten: Veggie samosas

Interruptions: Hour 3 my ereader glitched and had to be reset, and I was distracted by trying to download twitter onto my ipod (I was unsuccessful).

Anything else? The sun has come out and it finally feels like the day has started. I think I’ll cheer for a little bit this hour!

Currently reading: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin

And how is it? Only about a dozen pages from the end! I like it, but I’ll be happy to move on to my readathon picks.

Pages read this hour: 44

Pages read in total: 94

Books finished: None so far

Food eaten: None

Interruptions: None.

Anything Else? I’m going to start updating every other hour from here on, though I’ll be tweeting my progress @DanikaEllis!

Currently reading: Searching for Whitopia by Rich Benjamin

And how is it? I like it, but it feels padded to me, like it could be a lot shorter.

Pages read this hour: 50

Pages read in total: 50

Books finished: None so far

Food eaten: Coconut yoghurt with granola

Interruptions: None except making breakfast.

Anything Else? Starting to wake up now that I have food in my belly.