OWL's Magical Readathon Wrap Up

From the 2nd to 29th April I took part in the OWL's Magical Readathon.

(video explaining it all here)

The challenges were as follows and I completed the highlighted subjects:

1. Ancient Runes - Read a book with a symbol on the cover
2. Arithmacy - Read a book with a number on the cover or in the title
3. Astronomy - Read a science fiction novel
4. Care of Magical Creatures - Read a book that includes magical creatures or features a magical creature on the cover
5. Charms - Read a fantasy book
6. Defence Against the Dark Arts - Read a book about/featuring secret societies/clubs
7. Divination - Read a book featuring prophecies

8. Herbology - Read a book with a nature related word in the title

9. History of Magic - Read a historical fiction book

10. Muggle Studies - Read a non-fiction book

11. Potions - Read a book about/with Alchemy

12. Transfiguration - Read a book that deals with transfiguration/shapeshifting or a book with a cat on the cover

Review #57 - Girls made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

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Title: Girls made of Snow and Glass

Author: Melissa Bashardoust

Publisher: Flatiron Books

ISBN 13: 978-1250171269

Synopsis:

At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone--has never beat at all, in fact, but she'd always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she'll have to become a stepmother.

Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen's image, at her father's order. But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. Now Mina is starting to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do--and who to be--to win back the only mother she's ever known...or else defeat her once and for all.

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Review #56 - Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess vol 4 - Jeremy Whitley

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Title: Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess vol 4

Author: Jeremy Whitley

Publisher: Action Lab Entertainment

ISBN 13: 978-1632292643

Synopsis:

High adventures on the high sea is back! With her crew restored from their run-in with her treacherous brothers, Raven is ready to reclaim what was stolen from her. 

But when a night of revelry takes a turn and the crew is taken unawares, will they be able to fight off an invasion and keep their ship afloat? And after Raven came to terms with her feelings for one of her crew last adventure, will she be able to confess those feelings to the one person that matters? Or will another romantic mishap throw their relationship off track before it really even starts?

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Review #55 - Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess vol 3 by Jeremy Whitley

Details:

Title: Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess vol 3

Author: Jeremy Whitley

Publisher: Action Lab Entertainment

ISBN 13: 978-1632291400

Synopsis:

After the confrontation at The Island of the Free Woman, Raven's crew is worse for wear and one of their number is on the edge of death. But somewhere nearby is an island where a legendary woman can heal any ills. Can Raven and her crew get there in time and will this woman even help a crew of pirates?

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Review #54 - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

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Title: An Ember in the Ashes

Author: Sabaa Tahir

Publisher: Razorbill

ISBN 13: 978-1595148032

Synopsis:

Laia is a slave.

Elias is a soldier.

Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

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Review #53 - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Details:

Title: Six of Crows

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Orion's Childrens Books

ISBN 13: 978-1780622286

Synopsis:

Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams - but he can't pull it off alone.

A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist.

Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.

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Review #52- Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card vol 3 by CLAMP

Details:

Title: Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card vol 3

Author: CLAMP

Publisher: Kodansha Comics

ISBN 13: 978-1632365392

Synopsis:

Clear Card picks up right where Cardcaptor Sakura left off, with Sakura and Syaoran starting junior high school. With the Final Judgment passed, Sakura thinks school life will be quiet, but then all her cards suddenly turn blank! The mysterious new power she discovers will change how she thinks about her powers...

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