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Did I Pass My Classes? The Magical Readathon: Orilium Autumn Equinox 2022 Wrap-Up!

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Hello, friends! It’s time to wrap up my first year at Orilium and I gotta tell you, I’m shook that I was able to end my semester on a high note because I was for sure certain I’d failed. Thankfully, failure was not the case and not only did I manage to complete my classes, but I was also able to complete more quests. Again, no one is more surprised than I am that this happened but I guess life do be like that? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Check out my Spring Equinox Wrap-Up!

✨ Massive shout-out to G @ Book Roast who did an incredible job preparing everything for us. I’m still in awe of all the effort that she’s put into this and I can’t wait to return next year! ✨

CHARACTER BACKGROUND

  • Name: Meeska Sholara
  • Guild: House of the Arcane
  • Calling: Illusionist Rogue
  • Background: Urban
  • Province: Kerador
  • Heritage: Earthling (Fire)
  • Conduit: Staff
  • Legacy: Pocket Dimension

Orilium Autumn Equinox Class Reading Results

As an Illusionist Rogue, I had to read a total of 5 books to achieve the following grades:

  • O in Shapeshifting
  • D in Art of Illusion
  • O in Psionics & Divination

I was honestly unsure whether I could finish all my classes on time and I’m pretty sure I was *this close* to needing an extension or failing the semester but thankfully, things worked out in the end. Woo!

‘O’ in Shapeshifting

‘O’ — Formation: Wings on the cover

The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Rating: ★★★½

MY REVIEW

‘D’ in Art of Illusion

‘O’ — Blur Face: A book you don’t know much about

A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
Genre: Historical (Regency) Romance
Rating: ★★★★½

MY REVIEW

‘Q’ — Minor Illusions: Book under 300 pages

Not Betting On Forever by Natasha Moore
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: ★★☆☆☆

MY REVIEW

‘D’ — Cast Dejavu: Pick a prompt from last semester (Alchemy—Potion of Infatuation: book featuring romance)

Seven Days In June by Tia Williams
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: ★★★★½

‘O’ in Psionics & Divination

‘O’ — Time Theory I: Time travel

Signal Moon by Kate Quinn
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: ★★★★☆

MY REVIEW

Additional Quests

I somehow managed to read books that fit quite a few of the additional quests, even though I doubled up two of the books I read for my classes for two quests. I don’t think that’s against the readathon rules but if someone knows (cos I can’t remember) please let me know! 😂

Read a book over 5 days

Read a book featuring/ mentioning a game

Buddy read a book

Read the most recent book you’ve gotten or added to TBR

More than one animal on the cover or title

Book with potions/poison

Read a historical fiction book

Tier Update: From Assistant to Revered

I started the Autumn Equinox as an Assistant with 110 guild reputation points and by the end of this semester, I earned an additional 50pts for a successful term and an additional 70pts in total for all the quests I completed. That leaves me with a total of 230pts bringing me up from Assistant to Revered! 🥳

That’s it from me, folks! Did you join The Magical Readathon too? If you did, how was your first year at Orilium? Was this semester all you wanted or did you wish you had more time? I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to come back next year! 😍

18 thoughts on “Did I Pass My Classes? The Magical Readathon: Orilium Autumn Equinox 2022 Wrap-Up!”

  1. This sounds very complicated every time I read about it lol but also so fun and engaging. I love the continued character that you have with it to make it more connecting, if that makes sense? Congrats on leveling up, you rogue 😁

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    • I have to admit that it took me a couple years of seeing people do this before I finally got it and decided to join myself. Once it clicks it defo becomes less complicated and it’s a lot of fun! 😃 The character creation is fun and I love building upon the character as well! I think some people even go further and create stories for their characters but I’m happy like this, haha!

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    • I’m in awe of how much detail G puts into the Magical Readathon! Congrats on passing your classes as well! I can’t wait to come back next year 😍 I hope you enjoy The Dragon’s Promise whenever you get to it (there were a lot of books that I had “planned” for the readathon and everything ended up completely different when it came down to it, lol. I’m such a mood reader)! 😂

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    • I don’t do a lot of readathons cos I’m generally too *messy* and struggle to finish things (lol) but this readathon is so much fun and it’s defo a fave for me too. I can’t wait for next year 😍

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    • I don’t do them often either because I’m terrible at them but this is my second time doing this Magical Readathon and even though it’s complicated, it’s lots of fun! Well worth doing, even if it’s the only readathon a join 😃

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