Series Crackdown #5 TBR

Today kicks off the fifth round of the Series Crackdown!

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Since I just kicked off the NEWTs Magical Readathon, some of these will be repeats of that TBR, but I want to try to add a few extras if I have the time, so here you are! My overly ambitious Series Crackdown TBR.

Wish me luck!

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Currently: August 2018

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Reading: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. (FINALLY!)

Watching: all the bullet journal videos.

Anticipating: my birthday month! 🎂

Loving: spending some time being homebodies. 

Listening to: the Summer Acoustic playlist on Spotify. 🎵

Drinking: lots and lots of juice, lemonade, and iced tea.

Working on: preparing for the fall quarter.

Organizing: the entire house. It's gonna happen this time, you guys. I'm telling you! 😅

NEWTs Magical Readathon 2018 TBR

It's August--know what that means?!

My birthdaaaaaaay!

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But also, NEWTs! If you're not a Harry Potter fan, NEWTs stands for Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests. You can read all about them here. NEWTs in the wizarding world are preceded by OWLs (Ordinary Wizarding Levels).

For us mere muggles, we have the NEWTs Magical Readathon. And, yes, it has an OWLs counterpart.

I sat my OWLs in June and received passing grades for 

• Ancient Runes
• Arithmancy
• Astronomy
• Divination
• History of Magic
• Muggle Studies
• Transfiguration

This means I can sit my NEWTs for the same subjects. Complete the first challenge, receive an Acceptable. Complete the first and second, receive an Exceeded Expectations. Complete all three challenges, and receive an Outstanding. In order to pass your NEWTs readathon-style, you must receive at least two Acceptables and one Outstanding--so a minimum of 5 books.

Oooooor you could be an overachiever and go for Outstandings in all your subjects, which for me would mean reading 21 books.

When do I think I'm going to find time to read 21 books?

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That's not important! What's important is what I'm reading! So here it is--my TBR for the 2018 NEWTs Readathon.

Ancient Runes

 

A: book set in the past (Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee)

E: one of the most ancient books on your shelves that you haven't read yet (The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien)

O: book translated from another Language (The Complete Essays by Michel du Montaigne)

Arithmancy

A: book of at least 300 pages (The Nordic Theory of Everything by Anu Partanen)

E: book that ends on an even-numbered page (Binti by Nnedi Okorafor)

O: book that's not a first in a series (Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor)

Astronomy

 

A: stars on the cover (A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi)

E: book that has the word "sky" in the title (Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray)

O: story that's set on a different planet/world (Ace of Shades by Amanda Moody)

Divination

A: set in the future (A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray)

E: book under 200 pages (Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor)

O: a mythology book (Circe by Madeline Miller)

History of Magic

A: book that you think would fit right in at the Hogwarts Library (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken)

E: book published at least 5 year ago (The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan)

O: book that's at least 400 pages long (Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco)

Muggle Studies

A: book written by one of your favorite authors (This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab)

E: a biography (Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harmon)

O: a retelling (Sweet Black Waves by Kristina Pérez)

Transfiguration

A: book with a gray cover (The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco)

E: book from an author you haven't read anything of before (Furyborn by Claire Legrand)

O: book that's set in a kingdom/has royals (The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi)