Read All The Books

Since this will be the last N.E.W.T.S for the magical readathon, I just had to do it. I'm a little late posting this TBR as it is already the 2nd of August and I have already finished one book but I decided it was better late than never. So for my O.W.L.S I completed Astronomer and Animagus Training so I have decided to complete all the prompts for both for the N.E.W.T.S. For Astronomer I need to  get an O in Arthimancy, O in Astronomy and an A in History of Magic. For Animagus Training I need to get an A in Arithmancy, E in Potions and O in Transfiguration. That is a total of 13 books! Not sure if I can complete all prompts but I will try and mainly focus on completing the Astronomer ones. Here are the prompts for Astronomer and what I have chosen to read: Read a non-fiction:  The Secret - Rhonda Byrne Read a book that ends on an uneven number: Romanov - Nadine Brandes Read a book that's between 260 and 299 pages: Liar Liar - LA Cotton Read a book with a star on the ...

I have decided to participate in the reading rush challenge this year. You can sign up and find all the information on the challenges, rules and hosts here . It runs from the 22nd of July to the 28th July. There are 7 challenges to complete. Here is my tentative TBR: 1. Read a book with purple on the cover: Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel - arc from NetGalley 2. Read a book in the same spot: Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel - arc from NetGalley 3. Read a book you meant to read last year: More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera 4. Read an author's first book: More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera 5. Read a book with a non-human main character: Fallen - Lauren Kate 6. Pick a book that has five or more words in the title: The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin - Daouglas Preston & Lincoln Child 7. Read and watch a book to movie adaptation. Fallen - Lauren Kate As you can see I have doubled up on a lot of the challenges. There is also the option of reading 7 books bu...

Wow what a month it has been! I have never participated in a readathon before so I wasn't sure what to expect but man was this readathon intense! Not sure if all readathons are like this or if it was just that my TBR for it was so BIG!!! 36 books in total! I definitely didn't get to all of them but I did manage to read 30 books!!! I managed to finish with 7 outstandings, 4 exceeds expectations and 1 acceptable. Now I'll break it down so you can see which books I finished for which class, my scores for each class and my star rating for the books: Ancient Runes - OUTSTANDING Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro **** All the little Pieces - Jilliane Hoffman **** Against Nature - Joris Karl Huysmans *** Arithmancy - OUTSTANDING   Top 10 - Katie Cotugno *** Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - Ally Carter **** Fractured Jewell - Brenda Hiatt **** Astronomy - EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS Starbound - Brenda Hiatt **** The Sky is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson *** Car...

So I have decided to take part in the O.W.L.S and N.E.W.T.S magical readathon hosted by Book Roast on Youtube. The readathons were inspired by the Harry Potter exams. You can watch her videos explaining both readathons here: O.W.L.S.  N.E.W.T.S  as she does a much better job then I ever could.  I completed all my O.W.L.S in July so here is my wrap-up: Ancient Runes - The Pharoah Key - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (read a book with a symbol on the cover) Arithmancy - The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (number of cover on the title) Astronomy - Starcrossed - Brenda Hiatt (read a sci-fi) Care of Magical Creatures - The Wishing Spell - Chris Colfer (book with a magical creature) Charms - My Plain Jane - Cynthia Hand, Jodie Meadows and Brodi Ashton (read a fantasy) Defence Against the Dark Arts - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read  a book with a secret society) Divination - A World without Princ...