Magical Readathon 2019 - O.W.Ls Book List (TBR)

Magical Readathon 2019 - O.W.Ls Book List (TBR)

• 31 Mar 2019

The Magical Readathon has a number of events throughout the year, and involve a reading challenge. I've been in a bad place with reading this year, and just can't seem to concentrate, so I thought that I would take up the challenge and sit my OWL examinations. If you are not aware of what the OWLs are, they are the examinations which take place in the fifth year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. and all students must complete the exams. These are followed by the NEWTs in the seventh year, and are much harder. Following the first Magical Readathon of 2019, which takes place for the duration of April, I will then hopefully pass and be able to sit my NEWT exams later in the year.

MORE ABOUT THE OWL EXAMS

There are a number of exams that need to be sat in order to complete the OWL exams (Ordinary Wizarding Level) and receive the grades needed to go on and complete the NEWT exams. This year, we even have some Career options to follow, so I have decided to become a Ministry Worker within the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. This means that I need to pass 5 exams in order to be able to continue on in the hopes of becoming a Ministry Worker.

The readathon, is hosted and created by Book Roast on Youtube, and you can learn more about the readathon by watching her video below.

As this is a reading challenge, each exam has a prompt which I have outlined below, along with the book I have chosen to read.

The exams that I need to take, and pass are:

Charms

Age-line - Read an Adult Work

Book Chosen: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge

Pages: 238

Genre: Non-Fiction

Defence Against the Dark Arts 

Reducto - Title Starts with an "R"

Book Chosen: Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig

Pages: 254

Genre: Non-Fiction

History of Magic 

Published at least 10 years ago

Book Chosen: Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

Pages: 425

Genre: Science Fiction

Potions 

Next Ingredient: Sequel

Book Chosen: Pretties - Scott Westerfeld

Pages: 370

Genre: Science Fiction

Transfiguration

Sprayed Edges or Red Cover

Book Chosen: Nevermoor, The Trials of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend

Pages: 374

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

GRADES AND EXTRA READING

I hope to receive the grade of Exceeded Expectations though, so need to pass 6 exams. If I find that I am going to be able to read more after completing these six books, I will push to pass 9 exams to get the grade of Outstanding. The other subject areas for exams are:

Ancient Runes

Retelling

Book Chosen: Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah

Pages: 227

Genre: Non-Fiction

Arithmancy 

Work written by more than one author

Book Chosen: Spill Zone #1 - Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puviland

Pages: 235

Genre: (Graphic Novel) Science Fiction

Astronomy 

"Star" in the title

Book Chosen: Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli

Pages: 260

Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary

Care of Magical Creatures 

Land animal on cover

Book Chosen: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

Pages: 268

Genre: Adult Fiction (Mystery)

Divination 

Set in the future

Book Chosen: Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

Pages: 372

Genre: Science Fiction

Herbology 

Plant on the cover

Book Chosen: The Moon Dwellers - David Estes

Pages: 366

Genre: Science Fiction

Muggle Studies

Contemporary

Book Chosen: Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Katherine Webber

Pages: 385

Genre: Contemporary

These are all the books that I plan to read for the readathon, which lasts the whole of April. I really hope that I can read at least 6 books during the month, and I have some of my favourite books on the list to re-read, as well as some new ones, and one that I didn't enjoy very much but would like to give it another try. 

Are you taking part in the Magical Readathon? If you are, I would love to see your book list, so please leave a link to your video or blog post below. If you want to keep up to date with how I am getting on, remember to follow me on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow the readathon hashtag on Twitter, which is #MagicalReadathon2019 and the offical Twitter account.

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