NEWTs Magical Read-a-Thon | My TBR to pass all exams required for Auror’s career!

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NEWTs (NASTILY EXHAUSTING WIZARDING TESTS) RULES:

1 – Each subject has three grades: A (Acceptable), E (Exceeded Expectations) and O (Outstanding);
2 – Each A unlocks a possibility to gain an E;
3 – Thus, in order to achieve O (Outstanding) you first must earn an A and an E, in that particular order. 
4 – The cross-over or doubling up on reads is not allowed!

newtS hELPFUL LINKS:

where you may find all the information / career guide / prompts and rules!

1 – Book Roast – NEWTs 2019 Announcement video 
2 – Magical Read-a-Thon Explained 
3 – Wizarding Careers 
4 – NEWTs letter and prompts 2019 
5 – Book Roast – OWLs 2019 Announcement video 
6 – OWLs letter and prompts 2019

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In the beginning of this year, I chose Auror as my magical career, dutifully sat the OWLs exams, and now it’s time for the final exams of this year – Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests!

For the Auror career, I need to pass a total of 5 NEWTs with different grades each, which results in a total of 9 books! At first I thought this would be impossible, as I usually read 6-7 books a month, but in July I managed to read 11 books and now I’m feeling much more confident about the upcoming read-a-thon.

O in Defense Against the Dark Arts

A: Book that’s black under the dust jacket – «The Winter of the Witch» by Katherine Arden
E: Gilderoy’s memory charm – (grab a pen!) first book that you remembered just now from your TBR! – «Siege and Storm» by Leigh Bardugo
O: Cornish pixie! Swait it away with a book written by an English author or set in England – «The Book of Dust» by Philip Pullman (It’s massive!)

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E in Charms

A: Read a book that you think has a gorgeous cover – «Ruin and Rising» by Leigh Bardugo
E: Read a comic/graphic novel/manga (or book under 150 pages) – «Hostage» by Guy Delisle (this is the only graphic novel I own and it’s over 400 pages long! Hopefully I’ll be able to read it anyway…)

A in Herbology

A: Mandrake! Quick, put your headphones on! Listen to an audiobook (if not – green cover) – «Nyxia Uprising» by Scott Reintgen. (I’m not a fan of audiobooks, so green cover it is!)

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E in Potions

A: Pollyjuice potion: read your friend’s favorite book! – «Wundersmith» by Jessica Townsend
E: House ingredient: book with a cover in your Hogwarts house color – «Bursts of Fire» by Susan Forest. (I suddenly have a lot of books with red covers on my TBR!)

A in Transfiguration

A: Read a book with LQBTQA+ representation – «The Rest of Us Just Live Here» by Patrick Ness

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That is a lot of books and some of them are fairly long, but hopefully I’ll be able to read all of them and some more in August!

WHAT BOOKS WILL YOU BE READING DURING NEWTS?

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