April’s Magical Readathon ended yesterday (29th). The event was hosted by the Youtuber G at Book Roast. I did 8 1/2 half O.W.L.s & staying on brand did not really stick to my stated TBR so book/ OWL wrap up to follow…
I read Circe for my Charms Owl (Fantasy) & absolutely loved it 100% recommend.
Same with The Humans
Though I used that one about aliens and a secret assassin as Defense against the Dark Arts.
The Tommyknockers covered Astronomy (Sci-Fi) it could have worked for Defense against the Dark Arts- alien invasion. But after nearly a thousand pages I knew I wasn’t going to fit in another sci-fi in the time period.
After not having a clue what to pick up with a Prophecy for Divination (without reading a HP book again) I found Heart of Darkness by Ashley Poston actually did have a prophecy!
It’s loosely based on the Anastasia Romanov/ Anna Anderson story set in space. It was a fun book and I liked it a little better than Geekerella. It worked well because I wound up substituting my original pick for History of Magic and reading…
It was a very Anastasia kind of month I suppose.
Took the place of my original Muggle Studies pick Slice Harvester which is about pizza and I swear I’m going to read it one day- it’s just I can’t have pizza right now so I didn’t want to make myself miserable! Yeah, that’s my excuse.
I really liked this book and finally reading Roxane Gay did make me do a list of all those authors I’ve been meaning to read for ages so it was a Muggle Studies bonus!
Care of Magical Creatures went to Elsewhere Vol. 1
Because if it’s not in my actual dimension it counts as a magical creature. Again enjoyed this one and would highly recommend.
Lastly after way overthinking needing to find a book with symbols on the cover all the while staring at this one…
Hey, the moon, the star a bird. All symbols! I’m counting it. This one is about three sisters drowned as witches who come back from the sea every summer to drown some boys in return and I… I had some issues with this one. I don’t know if I can write a review because it mainly involves spoilers. But I might. Well, written but parts of it really bugged.
My pick for Transfiguration was…
I am about halfway through this one about a “cursed” girl who gets chosen to go off to a magical school provided she can pass the tests- really like it so far but I can’t believe I let this go last. A talking cat! Transfiguration- my favorite class! Things definitely got away from me near the end of the readathon.
I did not get a chance to read for Arithmancy or Herbology and I never could come up with a book for Potions- but otherwise I’m happy with my amount of O.W.L.S mostly enjoyed and would recommend the books and would totally participate in this readathon again!
I’m adding stuff to my reading pile!
🙂 Circe and The Humans were definitely top of the new finds for me! But I hope you like whatever you read!
The wicked deep sounds interesting. I would be interested in a review if you can figure out how to make one not too spoliery as with your feelings I would like to know if its worth it or not.
Honestly, I think it’s a worthy read for the writing. I was actually impressed with some of the execution in some places especially. It was just after I started thinking about some of the implications that bugged. But really hard to go into it without spoilers… But if you’re interested I’d say check it out!
Thank you for the clarification! I will keep it on my radar. 🙂
Great post! I still need to read Circe! ❤️
Oh you should! It’s a really good read for summer though 🙂
I’ve seen a few good reviews for Circe now… somehow that one slipped under my radar but now I’m thinking I need to add it.
Circe lived up to the hype for me. Now I want to try Song of Achilles from the same author!
Great post! I really gotta get me some books! 🙂
Thanks!
So glad you loved Circe!!
Thanks! Now I really want a film adaptation! Or a show… oh HBO is going to need something after Thrones!