N.E.W.Ts Readathon 2018 | Sign Up and TBR

Good evening witches, wizards, and muggles, and welcome to the NEWTs readathon sign up post. Gintare of Bookroast hosted the first magical readathon in April when I first sat my OWLs, but a reading slump and poor performance meant I jumped at the chance to resit in July. A last minute reading push has meant that I completed my Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, History of Magic, and Muggle Studies, and now as August has rolled round, it’s time to sit the dreaded NEWTs during the Magical Readathon happening for the whole of the month of August. For more readathon information, check out Gintare’s announcement video, or head over to the readathon hashtag on Twitter.

Now, how do you choose your NEWTs subjects? Well, that’s entirely dependant on which OWLs you passed during the last readathon (hence my July resit) and this time round it works on a level up system. Each Acceptable, Exceeds Expectations, and Outstanding challenge requires an individual book and to progress from Acceptable to Exceeds Expectations to Outstanding you must finish the challenge before first. Yep, I suddenly see why these are nastily exhausting! I’m aiming to try and get at least Acceptable in every subject I’m sitting, and at least 3 Outstandings, so let’s see what I’m going to be reading:

Ancient Runes

A – Set in the past

The Horse and His Boy C S Lewis

E – One of the most ancient books on your shelves you haven’t yet read

Animal Farm George Orwell

O – Translated from another language

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas

Arithmancy

A – At least 300 pages long

In Cold Blood Truman Capote

E – Ends on an even page

Saga Vol. 4 Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

O – Not the first in a series

Saga Vol. 7 Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Astronomy

A – Stars on the cover

Theatrical Maggie Harcourt

E – The word ‘sky’ in the title

O – Set on a different planet/world

Care of Magical Creatures

A – Has an animal on the cover

Saga Vol. 5 Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

E – Book with less than 160 pages

Saga Vol. 6 Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

O – Includes dragons in some way

Once Upon a Time Liz Braswell

Charms

A – Has magic in it

Shadowblack Sebastian de Castell

E – A cover that charmed you

Guilt Amanda Robson

O – You think it will leave a mark

Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit Dr. Robert Vanderplank

Defence Against the Dark Arts

A – Last in a series

Hell and Back Frank Millar

E – Foiled Book

Boneless Mercies April Genevieve Tucholke

O – Has ‘dark’ in the title

Our Dark Duet V E Schwab

Herbology

A – Green cover PASSED ✔

Fangirl Rainbow Rowell

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E – Has illustrations

Saga Vol. 3 Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

O – Title with light, sun, air, or water

When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi

History of Magic

A – Would fit in at Hogwarts Library

Origin Dan Brown

E – Published at least 5 years ago

Danny, the Champion of the World Roald Dahl

O – At least 400 pages long

Watchmen Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Muggle Studies

A – Book from a favourite Author

This Savage Song V E Schwab

E – Biography

Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig

O – Retelling

As Old as Time Liz Braswell

That’s a lot of books to read in just a month, but I’m determined to do well this exam season readathon! Ideally, I’ll read everything but I know realistically I won’t have time to read everything even with Bout of Books. I’m going to be tracking and updating my progress through this Twitter thread.

Are you taking part in the NEWTs Readathon?

What will you be reading?