The Magical Readathon: Orilium Spring Equinox 2026

Hello, friends. 2026 has been such a year already that I’ve forgotten the fact that it’s time to head back to the Orilium Academy for ✨The Magical Readathon: Orilium Spring Equinox 2026!✨ We’re well into April already, but we’re going to roll with it.

If this is your first time hearing about the readathon, you can find out more via resources linked below, and you can watch G’s video below for the Spring 2026 announcement. Happy reading!

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, our lovely host G @Book Roast created this Beginners Guide to the Magical Readathon, just in case you’re interested in starting your own journey to Orilium!

CHARACTER BACKGROUND

I’ve pretty much stopped tracking my guild points… I have no idea how many I have left!

Name: Meeska Shonara
Guild: House of the Arcane
Calling: Illusionist Rogue (Apprentice) / Mage Hunter (Novice)
Status: Adept
Background: Urban
Province: Kerador
Heritage: Earthling (Fire)
Conduit: Staff
Legacy: Pocket Dimension

Last year, Meeska continued their pursuit of becoming a Mage Hunter to complement their Illusionist Rogue abilities, and after years of failing classes (lol), they finally completed the novice track! 🎉 After all of that though, they’ve decided to continue their journey in mastering the Illusionist Rogue calling. That means if they successfully complete this year, they will achieve the Adept certification.

Orilium Spring Equinox 2026 Prompts + Possibility Pile

Since Meeska’s back to pursuing the Illusionist Rogue calling, they’re back to taking the following classes: Shapeshifting, Art of Illusion, and Psionics & Divination. With how poorly reading has been going lately, it’s good that there are only three classes to tackle this semester! But, as always, being an epic mood reader means possibility piles are the way to go for maximum flexibility. Let’s get to it! ✨

Shapeshifting: Volume Modification

Flip a coin: Heads — Under 400 pages; Tails — Over 400 pages

I SADLY FLIPPED TAILS. 🥲 But it’s fine… I’m already reading the first two books, one of which is a buddy read, so I totally got this!

^{Voidwalker by S. A. Maclean, The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow, The Library of Amorlin by Kalyn Josephson, The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson, The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia}

Spells & Incantations: In-fashion Spells & Incantations

Currently on a best seller list

Well, I had absolutely no idea about this. I went to look at the best sellers lists for Waterstones, Barnes & Nobles, and the New York Times, but I tried to find titles that were already on my TBR (or weren’t too expensive if I needed to purchase them). I have the most options to choose from the Waterstones list so we’re going for it:

*^{The Names by Florence Knapp, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, The Wedding People by Alison Espach, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura}*

Psionics & Divination: Reading Past & Future

Word ‘time’ in the title

I thought I’d have a lot more titles to choose from, but these are the most appealing options to me. Maybe this time I’ll finally read Time War? 😅

^{I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone}

And that’s it for the Orilium Spring Equinox this 2026! I’m excited for Meeska to continue pursuing their OG Illusionist Rogue calling. 😍 Is anyone else joining the Magical Readathon this year? Is your character changing callings or are they pursuing ‘Master’ status?