OWLs 2020 Readathon Wrap Up

In April, I took part in the Magical Readathon that is OWLs! This is a month-long readathon that was created by BookRoast and is Harry Potter themed. It is so well thought out & detailed and I absolutely love it. It is followed by NEWTs (in August) and you choose a career to work towards. I chose to work towards a career as an Alchemist because it involves the most reading!

My OWLs 2020

As I chose the Alchemist career, I had to complete all 12 prompts (12 books) to get 12 OWLs to be eligible.

• Ancient Runes: Heart on the Cover or Title
  • Dr Who: Wooden Heart – Martin Day
• Arithmancy: Outside Favourite Genre
  • Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope & Joy by 15 Muslim Voices – Edited by S. K. Ali, Aisha Saeed
• Astronomy: Read When Dark Outside
  • Three Hours in Paris – Cara Black
• Care of Magical Creatures: Creature with a Beak on the Cover
  • A Tale of Shadow & Shroud: Dynasty of the Phoenix – B. A. Ellison
• Charms: White Cover
  • No One is Too Small to Make a Difference – Greta Thunberg
• Defence Against the Dark Arts: Set at Sea/Coastal
  • Nobody’s Slave – Tim Vicary
• Divination: Assign Numbers to TBR & Use Random Number Generator
  • A Kind of Spark – Elle McNicoll
• Herbology: Title Starts With an M
  • Measly Middle Ages – Terry Deary
• History of Magic: Features Witches/Wizards
  • Wicked – Gregory Maguire
• Muggle Studies: Contemporary
  • Postscript – Cecelia Ahern
• Potions: Under 150 Pages
  • Awful Egyptians – Terry Deary
• Transfiguration: Book/Series includes Shapeshifters
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas

My OWLs Recommendations

Out of the 12 books I read for OWLs, my top 2 recommendations are Once Upon An Eid and A Kind of Spark.

Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories all set during Eid. I don’t usually get sucked into short stories as I like something meatier but because of this book, I extended my TBR with new authors that I hadn’t heard of before.

A Kind of Spark is an absolutely beautiful middle grade book which deserves it’s own whole review on its own (which is to come). It is an own voices book about Addie, an autistic girl who is on a mission to make her town understand why it is important to memorialise the victims of the witch trials in her town. This is such an important book that stole a piece of my heart. It is equally, educating, entertaining & moving and I recommend it for all ages, of all neurotypes. Absolute perfection!

I’m looking forward to the next round, NEWTs 2020!

Bex

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