Read All The Books

Round 2 of the O.W.L.'s Magical Readathon is starting again in April, hosted by the wonderful BookRoast over on Youtube. This year's readathon is slightly different from last year's as you can pick a magical career that you can aim for.  This video  has all the rules as well as the links to the Career Guidebook. After much consideration I have decided to try for Curse Breaker this year which has a total of 6 O.W.L.'s you need to achieve. Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions and Transfiguration. However as I usually read more than 6 books in a month I have decided to read books for all 12 O.W.L.'s Here is my TBR: Ancient Runes - retellling A Whole New World - Liz Braswell Arithmancy - work written by more than one author If I'm Being Honest - Emily Wibberley, Austin Sigemund Broka Astronomy - 'star in the title' Stardust - Neil Gaiman Care of Magical Creatures - land animal on the cover A Grimm Warn...

I have seen this tag going around and of course I have to do all the Harry Potter tags that I can find. I'm not sure who originally created this but if I find out I will leave a link. Flagrate - writing charm Book you found interesting but would rewrite. Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe - Melissa De La Cruz - I loved that this was a gender swap retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the holidays but it was just an average read for me. Alohomora - unlocking charm A first book in a series that got you hooked. Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas - this book hooked me in the first few pages. The story, the writing - I loved it all! Accio - summoning spell A book that you wish you had right now. Finale - Stephanie Garber - I need this book like yesterday. June can't come fast enough! Avada Kedavra - killing curse A killer book. Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas - the main characters is literally an assassin, nothing else to be said! Confundo - confusion charm A book ...

In Heir of Fire we learn a lot more about Celaena and her heritage and we meet an array of new characters. While this series is quickly becoming one of my favourites, I have to admit I did not love this book as much as I liked the other two and that was mainly because of the addition of Manon and the other witches. I found the scenes with them tedious and it made me want to put the book down.  I did love the other new characters that were included especially Rowan and this book had some beautiful quotes in it. 'I claim you to whatever end,' 'She would bow to no one' and 'and then I am going to rattle the stars.'  I feel as the series goes on more and more trouble is around the corner. Like you think OK they just need to solve this crises and then everything will be OK but then something worse happens and then something even worse. If you think you know where Sarah J Maas is going with the story then you are wrong, there are twists and turns around ...

Here is a list of the books I read in February: These are the books I will be reading in March. I completed all the books on my February TBR and a few extra so I hope this trend continues this month.