NEWTS Reading List (August TBR)

Hello! Hello! Happy August! If you know anything, you know that this read-a-thon, is a massive one. I am excited to see how G changes the read-a-thon next year. (She’s making her own magical world/school). I will go into the details of the read-a-thon, if you want to join.

For those of you wondering just what NEWTs are. NEWTs are a 7th year test that Hogwarts (Harry Potter) students take to be able to get into chosen careers. I’m not going to go too deep into this because, reasons. Here for information on this year. Here on the prompt list. And here for the career books.

Essentially how this works, is you pick a career you want, and you look at the requirement classes/exams for that career. You then look at the prompt list and match up those classes/exams to reading prompts. For each career there are requirements in order to get that career (A, E, O). On the prompt list you will have to read the books associated with that score. You will have to score a letter on the category to have “passed.” You score by reading a book that matches the prompt for the letter, and the letters stack: A –> E–>O. So if I need to get an O in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Then I need to read the O prompt. HOWEVER, you can not read just the O to get an O. You must read the two lower as well. (Aka, to get an O, you have to read E and A. For E you must also read A. It’s a staircase and you can’t miss steps).

This year my goals are going to be Potioneer and Spell Maker. The requirement for classes are Ancient Runes (SM), Arithmancy (P, SM), Astronomy (SM), Care of Magical Creatures (P), Charms (P, SM), Divination (SM), Herbology (P), History of Magic (SM), Potions (P), Transfiguration (SM). Please note that this is 10 out of the 11 prompts that are required. I’m might die. Because that’s 30 books to read in one month.

Thus I will split it. Potioneer comes first. It requires 5 classes, 15 books. If I can finish it, then I will go on to Spellmaker. But listen, if I’m going to read 10 of the prompts… I might as well go for Alchemist and do all 12. My goodness. So chances of it happening are slim. However, since there is no real, “next” year, I’m going to try to do all the prompts not just these ones. All twelve prompts. That’s 36 books in one month.

Total Count: 15 (Potion) + 3 (DADA) +15 (Spellmaker) +3 (Alchemist)

The +3 is for D.A.D.A. that I’m doing regardless if its a req or not. And then last +3 is for the last three I was missing.

I will aim to get the prompts done in the order seen below! Lets do this thing!

Enough talk! Time for the Book List!

POTIONEER

Arithmancy

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Book thats between 260-299 pages	Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers
E	Book that ends on an odd number	A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
A	Read a non-fiction	Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Care of Magical Creatures

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Start a Book with a Snack	Asunder by Jodi Meadows
E	Read Something Short	The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
A	Fire on Cover/in Title	Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Charms

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read a manga	Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki (reread but its fun)
E	Read a book set in winter	Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano (Book Club)
A	read a humorous book	Crownbreaker by Sebastien De Castell

Defense Against the Dark Arts

I’m technically not required to do this subject for my goals, however I love this subject along with Potions, so I will always do it.

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read an Epic Fantasy	The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Book Club)
E	Book with demons or water theme	These Divided Shores by Sara Raash
A	Read a horror/thriller	Dead of the Night by Jonathan Maberry

Herbology

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Book Longer than your previous read	The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix
E	Book that Might be Impactful	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A	Flowers on Cover	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Potions

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Book over 450 pages	Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard
E	Author name starts with letter D	Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
A	Book with word “sky” in title or on cover	Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

SPELL MAKER

Ancient Runes

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read a Romance	Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead (Read a long)
E	Read a Classic	100 years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Not Shown and Book Club)
A	Author name starts with a B	Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Astronomy

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read one of the biggest books on TBR	Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
E	Read a Sci-Fi	The Life Below by Alexandra Monir
A	Star on cover/In Title	Constellation of Roses by Miranda Asebedo

Divination

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Start a book with Tea	Infinite by Jodi Meadows
E	First Unread book you look at	Slay by Brittney Morris (Book Club)
A	Book with Red on the Cover	Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova

History of Magic

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Recommended by Someone Older than You	Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin (Not shown)
E	Mainly Black on the Cover	Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
A	Historical Fiction	The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Transfiguration

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read a Hardcover (or a book you thought would be hard to read)	The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Book Club)
E	Book with Dragons or fire on cover (cover or title)	Shadow & Flame by Mindee Arnett
A	Animal on cover/title	Sisters of Sword & Song by Rebecca Ross

Muggle Studies

Grade	Requirement	Book Chosen for the Exam
O	Read a Contemporary	Wave by Sonali Deraniuagala
E	Read a book written by an author of a different race than yourself (so not Black or white)	Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan
A	Read a Comic	Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

So many books? Not enough time? I’m not sure, actually. With how many books that I read last month, I actually think I might be able to pull this off. (But that’s 36 books! One a day at least). Yeah, not all of the books are going to take me one day to read, but some probably will take me multiple days, maybe. So I’m going to have to start early for those books, and then get through as many of the shorter ones as possible to begin with, then start completing prompts.

I think that’s what I’m going to end up doing. Reading short books first, then completing the prompts from the bottom down. I’m also going to probably get as many of my book club books out of the way also, because of when they are happening in the month. I suppose, it’s alright because I’m going to be at work all the more, and I read a lot at work.

Either way! This is my TBR for the month. Wish me luck Void Friends!

Until Next Time,

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NEWTS Reading List (August TBR)