I'm Finally Taking My O.W.L.'s!

The lovely G, from the YouTube channel Book Roast, has been hosting this grand readathon for the last couple years and I have decided to join the party this year! It's a two part readathon, the O.W.L.'s take place in April and the N.E.W.T.'s usually happen some time in the summer.

She has so many resources and links to the prompts and career opportunities. Here's her 2020 O.W.L.s announcement video for all the prompts and information. She has paid so much attention to the details and I absolutely love it! She created a career Guidebook and it's seriously amazing. Go check it out!

I have chosen the career path to become an Auror: I don't know that I'd be suited to this job in real life, but I've always wanted to be one! I'm taking the opportunity for the potential to become one. There are five classes, which means I'll be attempting to read five books. I am really hoping to complete all the classes so I can move forward in the N.E.W.T.'s in August. Here are the classes and books I plan to read:

Charms: Lumos Maxima - a book with a white cover
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - I'm not really sure what this is about but Taylor and Kathryn gave this to me for my birthday and she's been raving about it, so I really want to read it! I'm grateful that it's got white on the cover and I can fit it into one of these prompts.

Defense Against the Dark Arts: Grindylows - a book set at sea/coast
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo - Okay so I'm not entirely sure if the True Sea and the Fold count as coastal, but I'm going with it because I really want to continue this series!

Herbology: Mimbulus Mimbletonia - a book that starts with M
My Unscripted Life by Lauren Morrill - This feels like it'll be a wonderful lighthearted contemporary and it's perfect for a challenge this big.

Potions: Shrinking Solution - a book under 150 pages
Paper Girls Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan - It's time to pick this series back up; there's only two volumes left so I'm going to go with this one for the prompt.

Transfiguration: Animagus Lecture - a book/series that includes shapeshifting
Runaways Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday by Rainbow Rowell - Okay hear me out: in the original series, there was a shapeshifter character named Xavin. I have no idea of she will show up in this run of Runaways or even in this volume, but I'm still going to count it!

This isn't part of the requirements for Auror but, I really like random number generator prompts, so I'm adding Divination to my list of O.W.L.s.

Divination: Third Eye - random number generator
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger - I've this described as Indiana Jones meets X-files and I've never wanted to read something more.

Also, somewhere this month I have to read The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell for book club  and I'm super excited to read it, so maybe I'll try and swap it out for one of the courses, but I don't think it fits any of them, so this will just be extra!