BookRoast‘s OWLS and NEWTS Readathons might be my favourites each year? I’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for prompts and was really excited to see all the changes/ additions she’s made this year (new careers!!).
Last year I got:
6 NEWTS – 3 Outstandings, 2 Exceeds Expectations and an Acceptable.
And a career as a Broom Maker.
This year, I picked my career goals purely based on what job sounded fun and went for Spell Maker (I absolutely DID NOT release how many NEWTs it requires, so I might reassess my life goals and switch to Graphic Designer, depending on how busy my August is). Apparently Hogwarts!Me is ambitious this year.
I also really want to try and get these 3 ‘extra’ qualifications, but we’ll see.
Animagus Training
OWLs – Arithmancy, Potions, Tranfiguration
NEWTs – A in Arithmancy, E in Potions, O in Tranfiguration
Merpeople Linguistics
OWLs – Herbology
NEWTs – E in Herbology
Legal Defence of Fantastic Beasts Seminar
OWLS – History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures
NEWTS – E in History of Magic, E in Care of Magical Creatures.
There are 12 OWL subjects and that’s usually doable for my in a month so, for now, I’m going to just pick something for every prompt and see how I get on. Then, I can look again at my options when we do the NEWTs Readathon.
Ancient Runes.
Heart rune R: heart on the cover or in the title.
The Lightning-Struck Heart (Tales From Verania #1) by T.J. Klune
Arithmancy.
Magical qualities of number 2: balance/opposites – read something outside your favourite genre.
A Convenient Fiction (Parish Orphans of Devon #3) by Mimi Matthews
Astronomy.
Night classes: read majority of this book when it’s dark outside.
Olive by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Care of Magical Creatures.
Hippogriffs: creature with a beak on the cover.
Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #5) by Marie Brennan
Charms.
Lumos Maxima: white cover.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Grindylows: book set at the sea/coast.
The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Divination.
Third eye: assign numbers to your TBR and use a random number generator to pick your read.
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller
Herbology.
Mimulus mimbletonia: title starts with an M.
Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
History of Magic.
Witch hunts: book featuring witches/wizards.
A Spell for Trouble (An Enchanted Bay Mystery #1) by Esme Addison
Muggle Studies.
Book from a perspective of a muggle (contemporary).
To Kill a Mocking Girl (Bookbinding Mystery #1) by Harper Kincaid
Potions.
Shrinking Solution: book under 150 pages.
Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger is just under at 147 pages.
Transfiguration.
Animagus lecture: book/series that includes shapeshifting.
Reticence (The Custard Protocol #4) by Gail Carriger
This sounds like so much fun!
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I’ve loved both the previous years. It feels almost like a game!
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I don’t know that I can participate this year, but I will thoroughly enjoy next year!
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This always looks like a ton of fun, but I’m worried that I’ll lose track of all the pieces of such a big, exciting readathon! Good luck with your “classes”! 🙃
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Thank you! If you ever decide to give it a go, feel free to send over any questions and I’ll do my very best to help out.
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Fun list! I’m going for Librarian for this (my first) year of the OWL/NEWT readathons. Though, I didn’t think about a back-up plan. I think my back-up plan will be to sit for as many OWLs as I can, so that I have more options (if needed) in August. Some of them that aren’t on my OWL radar because they’re not needed for my career choice should be easy enough for me to do — Potions, for example.
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That’s my strategy too. With the way things are I think I should manage all 12 subjects so it’ll leave some wiggle room for if life’s got a lot busier in August. Good luck! Librarian soulds like a great choice for a readathon job goal!
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Thanks! Since so many careers sounded fun, I ended up going with Librarian because it was closest to the path my actual life took. (I’m not a librarian, but I considered it, and I did work in a library for a while.) Good luck to you too!
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Great TBR list! This is my first year joining in and I am having fun seeing how everybody puts together their readathon plans!
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I really hope you enjoy your first time! It’s a really fun readathon 😊
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