
O.W.L.s read-a-thon TBR 2020
Good morning book wizards and witches!
IT’S O.WL.s TIME AGAIN!!!
If you don’t know what O.W.L.s are then… you should read Harry Potter. OR you can watch Gintare’s video on YouTube about it!!
But, very basically, Gintare (@BookRoast) runs a bi-annual read-a-thon based on the fifth and seventh year wizarding tests at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. O.W.L.s (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) are the fifth year tests, and in April we read a bunch of books that correspond to prompts the Gintare changes each year. The aim is to pick subjects that you would need to pass in order to be a specific profession when you grow up (like Auror, Magizoologist or Hogwarts professor).
Career
So, last year I couldn’t make my mind up on what career I wanted to try for, so I went for basically everything… cue stress
This year I’ve gotten it down to THREE professions!!
- Curse Breaker (Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Transfiguration)
- Magizoologist (Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Herbology, Potions)
- Potioneer (Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Herbology, Potions)
So, in order to qualify for these at the N.E.W.T.s level, I will need to complete:
- Ancient Runes
- Arithmancy
- Care of Magical Creatures
- Charms
- Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA)
- Herbology
- Potions
- Transfiguration
Also, Gintare has added some ‘extra’ in the forms of seminars and things, so I’m putting my hand up for Animagus Training, and Dragon Tamer Training!!
O.W.L.s TBR
So, with all of that in mind, these are my prompts and potential books I will read for the OWLs read-a-thon (in the order(ish) that I will try and read them).
Subject |
Prompt |
Book to Read |
Ancient Runes | Heart Rune: Read a book with a heart on the cover | The Long Distance Playlist – Tara Eglington |
Arithmancy | Magical qualities of number 2: balance / opposites – read something outside of your favourite genre | War – Laura Thalassa or Aurora Rising – Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff |
Care of Magical Creatures | Hippogriffs: creature with a beak on the cover | The Girl Who Speaks Bear – Sophie Anderson |
Charms | Lumos Maxima: white cover | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman |
Defence Against the Dark Arts | Grindylows: book set at sea or the coast | The Seafarer’s Kiss – Julia Ember |
Herbology | Mimbulus Mimbletonia: book that starts with M | The Map From Here to There – Emery Lord * |
Potions | Shrinking solution: read a book under 150 pages | ?? *struggling to find one* |
Transfiguration | Animagus lecture: read a book / series that includes shapeshifting | A Vigil in the Mourning – Hailey Turner |
Dragon Training (extra) | Read a book with dragons | Ice Wolves – Amie Kaufman |
So, given we all know how crap I am at sticking to TBRs, some of these may change!! But I will try and stick to the prompts this time!!
- Disclaimer: I have started this, but I’m only 20 pages in, so I’m counting it. It was much harder than I thought to find an ‘M’ book that I WANTED to read this month!!
What books are you reading in April?


13 Comments
evelynreads1
I love this readathon! Choosing a career was so hard! I’m going for Spellmaker this time!
(www.evelynreads.com)
meeghan
Oooh!! I saw that and was so close!! I just don’t know if I can read that many books!! ??
evelynreads1
I know for the OWLs I should manage, but I’m a bit worried about the NEWTs haha!
Clo @ Cuppa Clo
HOLD THE KANGAROOS (lame I know) YOU WENT SELF HOSTED? YOUR NEW BLOG DESIGN IS SO PRETTY WHERE THE FLIPPING HECK HAVE I BEEN OMG *bounces around excited* I’ve never done OWLs but I enjoy seeing everyone take part and their TBRs hehe so sending you all the reading mojo so you can qualify for those NEWTs <3
meeghan
NAWWW!! Thanks Clo!! ? It still needs some work, but I’m trying to fit it in with work and sleep and blog-hopping and “relaxing”. You know how I always take too much on?! ???
Luna
It is always hard to pick a profession so I can’t blame you in the slightest for going for three of them currently. You have a great TBR. Best of luck with the readathon!
meeghan
Thanks Luna!! I tried to pick ones that crossed over subjects!! ?
journeyintobooks
Great post, good luck on the readathon ??
meeghan
Thank you!! x
journeyintobooks
You’re welcome ??
Rukky @ Eternity Books
The absolute beauty that is this blog Meegs ????❤ Obviously I’m horrible at blog hopping since I haven’t noticed the change until now ? This is absolutely beautiful!!
Good luck with OWLs and NEWTs this year!! Being a Potioneer sounds awesome!
meeghan
Hahahaha!! The change only happened in the last week or so – and I’ve been terrible at blogging AND blog-hopping, so no judgment here!!
Also, thank you!! I am in love with it so much!! x
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