#owls2020

I’m participating in Book Roast’s O.W.L.s readathon for the first time this April. I kind of want to do the wrong thing and try to fulfill all the prompts, but the careers I’m aiming for are Mind Medic or Spell Maker. 

Here’s what I plan to read: 

Ancient Runes: The Realm of Possibility (David Levithan) Arithmancy: Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets: The Four Seasons Astronomy: Edgedancer (Brandon Sanderson) Care of Magical Creatures: The Ravenmaster (Christopher Skaife) Charms: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Jill Bolte Taylor) Defence Against the Dark Arts: The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater) Divination: Leviathan Wakes (James S. A. Corey) Herbology: My Plain Jane (Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton) History of Magic: Mooncakes (Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu) Muggle Studies: Everything leads to you (Nina LaCour) Potions: Book Love (Debbie Tung) Transfiguration: Shadow Scale (Rachel Hartman)

Updated because the font the original prompt list is in is the most awful thing for my eyes that I can hardly read. Don’t get me wrong it’s aesthetically pleasing but it’s too hard on my eye and the letters run together. 

 I’m doing Book Roast’s O.W.L. Readathon for the first time (just found out about it today). I’m aiming for Healer since that’s the closest career to what I’m currently studying. There are 3 electives for this one, but I have 4 listed in my TBR. This is not necessarily the order I will read these in. 

Herbology: Starts with M  -- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 

Charms: White cover -- Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks 

Defense Against the Dark Arts: set at sea/coast -- Sea Witch by Sarah Henning 

Potions: Under 150 pages -- A Floating City by Jules Verne 

Transfiguration: shapeshifting -- Slither by Joseph Delaney 

Elective 1 Arithmancy: read something outside your favorite genre -- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

Elective 2 Astronomy: read a majority when it’s dark outside -- A Curse So Dark and Loney by Brigid Kemmerer 

Elective 3 Divination: random # generator -- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare 

Elective 4 History of Magic: witches  -- Lure of the Dead by Joseph Delaney 

Book #35 of 2020

Slither by Joseph Delaney (The Last Apprentice/Wardstone #11)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thoughts: The story itself is good, I just don’t see the point to this book in the series. Yeah, Grimalkin was there with the head, but still seemed pretty pointless side story. 

2020 O.W.L. Readathon Progress

Career Goal: Healer

Herbology -- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Charms --  The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Defense Against the Dark Arts -- In Progress

Potions -- A Floating City by Jules Verne

Transfiguration -- Slither by Joseph Delaney

Elective: Arithmancy --  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Elective: Astronomy -- A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Book #30 of 2020

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

2020 O.W.L. Readathon Progress Update (April 11)

Herbology: Starts with M -- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Elective -- Astronomy: Read a majority when it’s dark outside -- A Curse So Dark and Loney by Brigid Kemmerer 

Book #29 of 2020

Lure of the Dead by Joseph Delaney (The Last Apprentice #10) 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thoughts: Right now, I’m just mad that Tom didn’t keep the dogs and that they went back to Caster. I know that they’ve been trained to deal with water witches, but come on those are Tom’s dogs now. 

2020 O.W.L. Readathon

Career Goal: Healer

Elective -- History of Magic: Witches

Book #28 of 2020

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thoughts: I need to actually buy this book instead of borrowing it from the library. This is a book that I’m sure I’m going to re-read (debating about already re-reading it since I’m on a 15 week hold list yet for the next book). 

O.W.L. Readathon Progress 

Career Goal: Healer 

History of Magic- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Muggle Studies- Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

Herbology- The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

(I might add another one to my TBR if i can handle it)

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