reading for 24 hours straight 6am to 6am ⏰📚🤯 [reading vlog where I read soooo many things!!]

[@victoriayork1962]

Just want you to know that I’m a 62-year-old widow with a too-busy life running a nonprofit, and your channel keeps me obsessed with books - which is a very good thing because reading is my escape. Also, I have a ton of friends but am sorely lacking when it comes to family, and your vlogs that include your fam are the BEST. So comforting and fun and cozy. ❤❤❤

[@gabbyreads]

This is so sweet and so kind thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@bevo98506]

I have done a successful 24 hour reading challenge with my daughter. We didn’t do audiobooks and that required us to keep our eyes open - I knew that there was zero chance of you “resting your eyes” and staying awake. I second your tips. We also pre-selected a stack of books to choose from of various genres and lengths. We moved locations every couple of hours, going from the couch, to recliner, to kitchen table. We prepped meals the day before. We kept breaks to a minimum - bathroom, check ins, selecting the next book from the stack. We were highly motivated to complete the challenge and kept each other going. We did this 3 years ago and we want to do it again. It’s amazing how much you can read if you sit down and do it and not “reward” yourself by checking social media every few minutes.

[@gabbyreads]

Wow that sounds incredible! I love the idea of doing it with your daughter! How fun 🤩

[@queenkim8631]

Omg you were so close to 24 hours!! You still read a lot in one day though! Congrats 🎉🎉🎉

[@gabbyreads]

Ahhh thanks 🤩

[@Bookbonkers8439]

Lucky Charms is an excellent midnight snack!!

[@ishmelo8811]

When you started turning off your lights, I knew it was over! Hahahaha I still think that 12 hours and 12 hours is more doable and won’t get you on a reading slump. How about a video reading 12 hours a day for a week? 😁

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yes, I have had very long all-nighters, which - thankfully - have become the stuff of legend. Surely to do one now would be totally impossible. Thx Gabby it was fun!

[@myhappyplacewithkime1430]

Great video Gabby! There's absolutely no way I'd be able to read for 24 hours, and to stay awake! As for my Kindle, ive had it for years and i just can't bond with it. It will never replace the feel, touch and smell of an acrual book. Reading on a screen will never compare to reading an actual book for me. 😂

[@JanAgaton]

THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN ILYSM AND YOU KILLED ITTT. I can't wait to try again very soooon!😍 we got it next time lol

[@gabbyreads]

Ahhhh thanks Jan!!!! Love you too ❤❤❤❤ we definitely got this next time!!! 😍

[@thegreatbookworm9802]

GABBY 24 HR READATHON LETS GOOOO

[@gabbyreads]

🥳🥳🥳

[@GavinReadsItAll]

So glad you enjoyed Dangerous Convenience Store so much!! I gotta continue the series

[@gabbyreads]

Ahhh yes it was so cute and so fun! Thanks for the rec 🥰

[@laurahawkenson]

I thought this was very successful! You got to so many books! Would love to see you attempt this again in the spring or summer.

[@priyadarshinimukherjee697]

Good going Gabby! I would have never survived after 12.30 am....so proud of you that you could 😁

[@just_swiftly_shake_it_off_1989]

Funny Story: I actually stumbled over cobblestones and fell upon your videos a while ago (like years ago) and I recently have been watching your newest videos, but hadn't realized you were the same person who reviewed "The Heart's Invisible Furies" haha - it's fun to be back!

[@gabbyreads]

That’s amazing!!! Haha 😂😍

[@NovelsWithNicole]

if possible, plan it during the summer solstice for max daylight hours. - Save your most highly rated or exciting books for the final stretch to keep energy up. Like a closer in a relay race. - When fatigue hits, try an immersive read while walking (audiobook + movement of turning pages / walkingr). - For quick energy boosts: espresso chocolate &/ nuts, fruits , cold plunge or ice packs on your face. Water! Rotate reading spots frequently to stay fresh. Go outside and stand when possible. - don’t forget eye drops for tired eyes plus vitamins and ibuprofen for headaches 🙃

[@vlcice5]

Somebody perfected this to a professional level. 😂😂

[@gabbyreads]

Thanks for all the tips!! 🥳🤩

[@teresarollen7425]

I think you did great! I find it a little easier to start in the evening and read until the next evening. Take a nap during the day before you start. Like maybe from 6pm to 6pm.

[@sheyannestewart]

This was very fun!! It sounds like we need to plan a group 24 hour readathon in the summer 💙

[@gabbyreads]

Ahhh that would be so fun! 😍

[@mickeyhank]

Heckuv an effort Gabby! You succeeded in my book. I loved how you kept trying even when you were exhausted. As you said, the poor night's sleep the night before hurt you as did not finding a lot of excellent books. Still, a very fun video that I enjoyed. I'm happy you found a couple good reads. The Grady Hendrix story is something I will seek out.

[@gabbyreads]

Thanks so much!! I’m glad you enjoyed it! ❤

[@SorryBookedSolid]

This was SUCH a fun video to watch!! This would be a fun challenge to try in-person with a group of friends on a reading retreat or something! I do not think I’d be able to complete it otherwise 🤣🤣

[@zgeorgie]

I’ve stayed up reading almost 24 hours, not intentionally but just nights that I can’t get to sleep. But it always happens what happened to you, I fall asleep about 2-3 hours short of 24! But I still like all the reading I get done.

[@pomsandbooks]

I watched your Christmas book reading vlog right before this video and it’s so weird bc literally two minutes before you said in that video that you were thinking about eating Burger King for dinner, I was looking up their menu and I never eat there! I think I’ve had BK twice in my life. And now that you mentioned it again in this video it’s making me want to get it even more lol.

[@gabbyreads]

Haha oh my gosh that’s amazing 😂 I’ve been on such a Burger King kick recently 😂🤭 I hope you enjoy it!

[@kezhicks7902]

Where are u from out of curiosity. I'm looking for some friends who love reading or listening as much as I do I'm from the UK

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

Girl you are amazing! As much as I LOVE to read, I have never stayed awake for 24 hours! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😂

[@gabbyreads]

Thank you 🥹🥰

[@case4147]

Congratulations to making it as far as you did and reading so many books! I definitely couldn’t do this in the winter, it’s hard enough as it is to wake up before the sun is out!

[@bookinhand_]

great music selections in this one gabby!!!

[@gabbyreads]

Thanks so much!!

[@17caria]

This video was great-this was a personal quest that you were on. 🙂

[@depressionhurtsreadinghelps]

If you like Ankle Snatcher, you should read the The Pram! Also, can you link your sun lamp?

[@gabbyreads]

Yes!! This is the one I got: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079YBGPM5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[@queenkim8631]

I'm so early wooo!!! Time to sit back and relax😁 I'm so excited to see you do this challenge!

[@pomsandbooks]

I love that you’re loving your kindle!! I read Ankle Snatcher shortly after it was released and I’ll say that I did sleep with my feet tucked into the covers that night 😂😂

[@gabbyreads]

Hahaha yesss it was so good and so creepy!! 🤯😍

[@KellieValentine]

I just finished reading Rest Stop and I COMPLETELY agree with you! The first half was strong, the tension-building was great and it felt mysterious and creepy (I loved the notes under the door and the lightswitch part). Then that trope that you hate in horror (also agree btw!) came in and it felt so out of left field and had me rolling my eyes so bad 😂 Super weak ending to what could have been a fantastic book!

[@frodossweetie]

Gabby I have gurd too and discovered that I have a onion allergy! I can eat shallots but not onions. I stopped eating them as part of the fodmap diet to see if any foods triggered my gurd and when I reintroduced the onion I had a bad reaction. So I stopped eating them and my gurd has almost gone completely! Sometimes if I eat out it will be triggered but not often. Check out the FOD Map diet and maybe try it or a modified version it might help! ❤❤

[@TashaxMack]

I would love to try this one day but I know I will fail miserably lol. It was fun watching you try it out!

[@beaubooks7287]

I’ve tried to stay up 24 hours to read, but got to the ‘reading but not registering’ phase pretty quickly 😂 Maybe you could move the start of your challenge to 9 or 10 am? That way you can wake up more naturally. Also: please give yourself a day off after this! 🤗

[@gabbyreads]

Thank you!! And that’s true haha maybe I could try to do 9am to 9am instead next time 😂🤭 I definitely had to take a day off after this one ahah

[@ediegar]

36:51 l feel your pain gabby! I have been in the situation where I’m trying so hard to stay awake but it just feels impossible! Haha reading especially makes me super sleepy at night so I try to read while it’s still early. Good job on the challenge btw! Idk that I would’ve been able to do it 😅

[@graciepeanutpi7537]

I had to dnf Dearest as well when I realised I’d listen to 45 mins of the audiobook and it was almost entirely about her trouble with breastfeeding and I just didn’t care, honestly.

[@beachygirl75-t9t]

Another awesome video by our queen ❤ I could never stay up 24 hours I'm the nap queen 😂

[@gabbyreads]

❤❤❤

[@samantharose1001]

I def relate to iced coffee drinks all year round 😆💛 it’s j how it has to be

[@taraselby6040]

I felt EXACTLY the same with Rest Stop. The ending ruined it for me. Which sucks because I’ve loved everything else by Nat Cassidy!

[@melanieh1615]

Hi Gabby! Are you going to do a video about your most anticipated books coming out in 2025?

[@gabbyreads]

Yes I plan to make one in January! 😍

[@esliet]

Good job 🎉I need to try this. Btw I loved Ankle Snatcher

[@sheyannestewart]

I just knew it was going to be rough to finish once those reading sprints ended. 😂😂

[@gabbyreads]

😂😂😂

[@ablevins6829]

Turning the lights off was not the best choice. But I'm sure you did much better than I would. 😃

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

How do you make overnight oats? The idea is interesting to me but I didn't like it when I tried it once.

[@gabbyreads]

I just used cinnamon, water, and this cream for the overnight part! Then I topped it with apples that got cooked with cinnamon, and almonds that got cooked with butter and coconut ☺️ it was really good! And there’s all kinds of different overnight oat recipes you can try!

[@sharath_95]

I felt the same way about the rest stop gabby, it was a 2.5 ⭐

[@karenreads7430]

Good job Gabby! You almost made it. I would not have made it. 😅

[@jenniferkruger759]

It might be a good idea to get a couple to a few books started and get them to a spot where you’re invested and then leave off and save those books for later on in the night when you’re sleepy and you need something that’s gonna be exciting to read.

[@tomikodickinson2803]

I hear ya I’m definitely not a morning person I there Oh No! Never no mam Pam! 😊

[@AshtheViking]

The way you described the beginning of Pictures of You made it seem identical to the movie The Vow. Not my type of book so no idea how it compares.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I want to read pictures of you sooooo badly

[@spookygeek9459]

Them stuff are brilliant the kind I used to have one I missed it because I used to get it to read the book 📕 👍👍

[@Bookishandcaffeinated]

This part of Washington been frozen fog and rain and snow yesterday. No way I'm sitting outside lol.

[@sheyannestewart]

Rest stop lost the plot so badly I couldn’t believe it!!

[@gabbyreads]

Same wtf 😭😭😭

[@kaesinfinitelibrary]

You are stronger than me for staying up 24 hours lol

[@giantjungle]

Have you watched the Three Women tv adaptation?

[@gabbyreads]

No I haven’t! 👀

[@rebeccamarsden2128]

💗💗💗

[@nicolecaron1892]

I stayed up for 24+ hours in high school and I got physically sick so 😅

[@ChristopherM500]

❤❤

[@kezhicks7902]

Anyone up for doing a listenathothn

[@SuperStrangSshadow]

I can easily stay awayke for 24 hours since I don't sleep much.😔

[@Charlottemodel2]

I don’t get how people crave iced coffee in cold weather lol