The 2020 Magical Readathon is here! This April is the O.W.L.S! I wanted to participate in this last year but I didn’t discover it until the N.E.W.T.S and I’m too anal-retentive to not have done the O.W.L.S when they were happening. So, here we are! Finally participating in it – and what better time than when I have rejoined the blogging/online book community.
What is the O.W.L.S you ask? It’s a readathon inspired by the test of the same name in the Harry Potter books. Basically, you pick a career path then complete the required “classes” to pass – really, they’re just prompts for the books you need to read. It’s super simple but G from Book Roast made it so much cooler with her guides and community!
My Career: The Magizoologist!
My prompts & book choices
» Care of Magical Creatures (a creature with a beak on the cover): The Merciful Crow (I really had to stretch this one 😆 )
» Charms (white cover): The Bone Houses (it is more white in person, I have the Owlcrate edition)
» Herbology (title starts with an M): My Lady Jane
» Potions (under 150 pages): Low Lives
Bonus courses, seminars, & trainings
These are simply extra book prompts you can read if you so wish. I honestly don’t think I’ll get to them, but I feel like being ambitious and including the following:
» Animagus Training
» Dragon Tamer Training
» Legal Defence of Fantastic Beasts Seminar
» Merpeople Linguistics
However, since I really don’t think I’ll get to these, I haven’t chosen a TBR for the prompts. If I happen to make it to any of these, then I’ll make one. Oops.
Are you participating? What career did you choose?
What books are you going to read?
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I’m participating in this too. I’m doing Trader of Magical Tomes with a seminar in Magical Shop Management. I might do some of the other things if I get through these first though. I still need to post my tbr on IG cause I had no internet when this started.
I honestly don’t think I’ll finish but here’s to trying! Good luck with yours 🙂
Best of luck with the readathon! 😀
THank you!
This is so cool! My reading is really off that I’m not able to take on a prompted readathon right now but this art and background is beautiful!
Honestly, same lol I’ve only finished 2 books this year and they were both under 200 pages soo….we’ll see how this goes! haha
The Merciful Crow is a great read. This readathon like so much fun!
I’ve been wanting to read it for so long so I hope to get to it! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂