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👑Read each task description to see which emblem coordinates with which tasks!
Emblems for Level Completion
Royal Reader Emblem; Transformation Queen or Mirror Emblems
Enchanted Forest Emblem; Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes Emblem; Fairy Godmother Realness Emblem
Fierce & Fearless Emblem; Runway Royalty Emblem; Lip Sync for Your Life Emblem
Anti-Hero Emblem; Love & Scandal Emblem; Happily Ever After? Emblem
Bonus Emblems!
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Completed: 25/25👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
The Beast Within
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
Wild Fae Primrose
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
The Baker and the Wolf
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
Poor Unfortunate Soul
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
The Time Machine
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
Page Fright
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
Gone Rogue
💎The Power of Glamour💎
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
The Golden Gate
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
Wires and Nerve
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
No One Leaves the Castle
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
The Hitchcock Hotel
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
Of Mice and Men
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
Serial Killer Games
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
The Maid's Secret
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
The Dark King and the Eternal Dance
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Night of Secrets
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
The Mechanical Masquerade: A Steampunk Novella
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
Wolf Curse
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
The Mermaid Mystery
HOB - Once Upon a Drag: A Fierce Fairytale Challenge✅ Total: 22/22
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Plot - royal court full of intrigue & drama
8/7 - Arthur, Prince of Wales: Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Gareth Streeter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
At the time of his birth, the MC represented his father’s hopes for a dynasty & England’s greatest chance of peace. As he grew, he witnessed feuds, survived rebellion & became the focal point of an international alliance.
2. Plot - protagonist ascends to power
11/7 - The Nazis and the Supernatural: The Occult Secrets of Hitler's Evil Empire, Michael Fitzgerald - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is Hitler
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
3. Plot - protagonist explores identity
9/7 - Mixed Korean: Our Stories An Anthology, Cerrissa Kim - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Growing up mixed race meant feeling invisible, always having to justify my existence and my identity." p.96
4. Plot - protagonist reinvents themselves
2/7 - Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive, Richard Montanez - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is a janitor, & struggling to put food on the table invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in a secret test kitchen, breaking barriers & becoming the first Latino frontline worker promoted to executive
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
5. Set - mysterious land
3/7 - In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared, Christopher Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
It's about the last unknown inhabited country in the world
6. Plot - fierce battles
12/7 - Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea, Peter Eichstaedt - ⭐️⭐️
Piracy terrorism at sea
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
7. Plot - dragons or mythical beings
9/7 - Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Paul Kidby - ⭐️⭐️
Creating & designing various dragons & mythical beings
8. Plot - adventure
9/7 - The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists, Tracy Walder - ⭐️⭐️
See title
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
9. Plot - mentor guides the protagonist
17/7 - The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program, Brandon Webb - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Bob was one of the best mentors I’d ever had" p.140
10. Chars - eccentric
10/7 - A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World, Susanne Paola Antonetta - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MCs have interesting neurodivergent cocktails
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
11. FMC - powerful & unapologetic
20/7 - Rebel Rising, Rebel Wilson - ⭐️⭐️
She is
12. Char - female ruler
10/7 - Athena by Susan Deacy, Susan Deacy - ⭐️⭐️
MC is a Greek goddess
💎The Power of Glamour💎
13. Plot - fashion or beauty
13/7 - Design Meets Disability, Graham Pullin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. Cover - jewels
8/7 -
, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
15. Plot - protagonist must compete
18/7 - Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, Jake Tapper - ⭐️⭐️
MC runs for president
16. Plot - music
14/7 - Definitely Maybe: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Oasis, Andy Bollen - ⭐️⭐️
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
17. Plot - POV of a villain or anti-hero
10/7 - Hippie Cult Leader: The Last Words of Charles Manson, James Buddy Day - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
POV of Charles Manson
18. Plot - villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc
5/7 - Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, Jean-Robert Cadet - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Abusive foster mother
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
19. Plot - romance & scandal
11/7 - Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950, Eli Erlick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
30 remarkable stories from romance to rebellion & mystery to murder
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
20. Plot - modern take on fairy tales
11/7 - The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, Maria Tatar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🪩The Royal Ball🪩
21. Plot - celebration
1/7 - Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Eliot Stein - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The day after the bridge’s completion each year, thousands of people from across the puna gather on Huinchiri’s hillside to dance, socialize, & celebrate the renewal of the Q’eswachaka, and life itself." p.102
🏳️🌈Drag Royalty🏳️🌈
22. MPG - LGBTQ+
5/7 - Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, Sarah Prager - ⭐️⭐️
Mod
📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31
🎯Levels of Fierceness:
📖Level 1: Complete 4 prompts
📜Level 2: Complete 8 prompts
📖Level 3: Complete 1 prompt from each category (11)
📜Level 4: Complete every prompt (22)
📖Bonus Level: Complete any of the bonus prompts
📜Rules: Standard Guidelines
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
Read: 7/26/25
Fits: Julia goes through personal transformations and explores her identity
Rated: ***
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
Read: 7/1/25
Fits: Fierce battles ensue
Rated: *****
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
Read: 7/20/25
Fits: Fantasy aspects, in that MC sees ghosts
Rated: ****
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
Read: 7/9/25
Fits: Dylan is very eccentric
Rated: *****
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
Read: 7/19/25
Fits: Maggie is very unapologetic!
Rated: *****
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
Read: 7/26/25
Fits: MPG Romance
Rated: ****
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Read: 7/9/25
Fits: Features a chaos-loving West African trickster god
Rated: ****
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
July 1-31Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
Closer to Home
Completed 07/1/25
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
Acorna's Search
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
Closer to the Heart
Completed 07/5/25
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
The Fairy Godmother
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric
characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one
prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
Closer to the
Chest
Completed 07/13/25
2. Read a book featuring a
powerful queen or female ruler
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the
Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where
fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of
fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the
protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where
singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-
Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or
anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption
arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
Redoubt
Completed 07/19/25
2. Read a book with the
MPG of romance (scandal not required).
Acorna's Rebels
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one
prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or t
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it ca
n be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
The Gates of Sleep
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read
a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a
book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Magic's Pawn
(bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈.
😊👑📚✨
Once Upon a Drag: A Fierce Fairytale ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025
📖Level 3: Complete 1 prompt from each category (11)
📖Bonus Level: Complete any of the bonus prompts
Completed: 10/12
👑Royal Court Eleganza👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama. Queen Charlotte - Julia Quinn 7/19/25
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞The Power of Transformation🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery. Bell, Book, and Sandals - Melissa L. Webb 7/24/25
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic. Moonshine & Magic - Bella Falls 7/12/25
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters. Fried Chicken & Fangs - Bella Falls 7/24/25
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead. Honour Bound - Helen Harper 7/8/25
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style. Esther: Royal Beauty - Angela Elwell Hunt 7/2/25
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role. Murder in G Major - Alexia Gordon 7/20/25
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc. Murder in Helsinki - John Swallow 7/14/25
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required). Beautifully Broken Redemption - Catherine Cowles 7/7/25
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈 A Darker Mischief - Derek Milman 7/11/25
😊👑📚✨
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
✅Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden | After an assassination attempt on the crown prince's life, he pretends to be dead only to escort his betrothed to marry his brother instead, hijinx ensue... | 7.8-7.9
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
✅A Court of Wings and Ruin By SJM | Feyre publicly claims the throne as High Lady of the Night Court and ostensibly begins executing public functions | 7.6-7.8
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
✅ She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan | Protagonist struggles with assumed identity | 7.16 - 7.18
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
✅ God of War by Rina Kent | FMC gets sober and seeks inpatient mental health treatment | 7.2
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
✅ A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas | Plot takes place in Velaris, City of Starlight, within the Night Court of Prythian | 7.21-7.22
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
✅ The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | Trojan War from perspective of Patroclus | 7.27-7.28
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
✅ Stolen by the Shadows by Sarah Spade | MMC is a Sombra Demon/Shadow Monster Entity | 7.18
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
✅ Cress by Marissa Meyer | Moon Race endowed with mind-control powers | 7.25
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
✅ A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas | Cassian trains the women | 7.22
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
✅ God of Fury by Rina Kent | while at first blush characters don't sound bold (eg Bran wears khakis) literally everything about Niko seems larger than life and the leads are surrounded by eccentric friends, albeit mostly of the [wiseguy- adjacent/ oft diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder/frat-bro] variety not the [flouncy/sashaying/fairy-godmother] variety | 7.1
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
✅ Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee | title is self-explanatory, although many of the women featured could fall into other categories e.g. daring sword fights and/or court intrigue | 7.10
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
✅ Ayanfe by Feyi Aina | though FMC is a princess, she takes interest in affairs of governance | 7.31
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
✅ The Life She Wanted by Anita Abriel | protagonist is an aspiring fashion designer aiming to open a boutique in the Roaring 20s. | 7.29
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
✅ The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi | Protagonist not only designs henna patterns, but is also fixated with keeping up appearances for survival, and is haunted by memories of her mother having sold off jewelry. | 7.16
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
✅ Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 by Jordan Minor| Though the whole thing is about mostly competitive games, specifically the author mentions personally getting very into Starcraft Zerg, ("In high-level play, you’ll perform hundreds of actions per minute. That’s a lot of mouse clicking, but it’s all worth it, because nothing makes you feel more like an absolute genius than successfully executing a plan in StarCraft. You can even get vicarious thrills watching matches from the thriving competitive scene. In South Korea, it was so popular it was esports before we had that word. As a kid, my eyes always turned bloodshot while intensely playing a match.") (p. 140 )| read 7.12
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
✅ My Funny Demon Valentine by Aurora Ascher | Protagonist musicians? fall in love jamming at a jazz club | 7.22-7.23
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
✅ Big Time: A Novel by Ben H. Winters| Not the whole book, but certain chapters are from the POV of the kidnapper | 7.24
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
✅ Princess in Hiding by Melody Tyden | Noone mourns the villain | 7.9
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
✅ Blood and Muscle by Elle Alexanda | After witnessing a murder involving a prominent political candidate, a woman in WitSec falls in love with the Sheriff protecting her. | 7.19-7.20
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
✅ The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert | MPG Romance | 7.20
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
✅ Scarlet by Marissa Meyer | Little Red Riding Hood Twist | 7.24
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales...
✅ Cinder by Marissa Meyer | Steampunk Cyborg Cinderella Story | 7.23-7.24
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
✅ Forget Me Not by Jules Soto| Plot centers around a former situationship working together as the wedding planner and florist to perfect a celebrity wedding | 7.1-7.6
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
✅ The Saltwater Curse By Avina St. Graves | the "dead lands" are cursed to wither, with water quality tanking and vegetation ceasing to grow, until the King Kracken finds his destined bride who willingly accepts him. | 7.11
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈 😊👑📚✨
✅ Dragged to the Wedding: A Heartwarming Gay Wedding Comedy Romance by Andrew Grey| | closeted cop hires drag queen to be his date to a family wedding | 7.29
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
The Joy Luck Club
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
All Quiet on the Western Front
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
A Room of One’s Own 15-July ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 16-July ⭐⭐⭐
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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Once Upon a Drag: A Fierce Fairytale ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
✅1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris Read 12/07/2025 Features an alternate history of Russian royal family/court2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
✅1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
Oracle by Andrew Pyper Read 13/07/2025How it fits: Nick Russo explores identity and why chosen by bone man
✅2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
Impostor by L.J. Ross Read 15/07/2025 Alexander Gregory reinvents himself after horrendous childhood✅🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
✅1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
Stone Cold Dead by Alex Smith Read 02/07/2025How it fits: Set in forest with stones with are supposed to have legendary powers
✅2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
Dying Breath by J.A. Konrath Read 20/07/2025 5 stars How it fits: Fierce battle with killers at the end🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
✅1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Read 07/07/2025 5 starsHow it fits: Dragons and Unicorns in book
✅2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly Read 06/07/2025How it fit: MPG Adventure
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
✅1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield Read 11/07/2025 5 starsHow it fits: Bony uses the help of an Aboriginal healer
✅2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
The Dentist by Tim Sullivan Read: 01/07/2025How it fits: DS Cross is an eccentric character
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
✅1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
15th Affair by James Patterson Read 13/07/2025 Lindsay Boxer is a strong female lead character2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
✅1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
Lyrebird by Jane Caro Date read: 04/07/2025 5 starsHow it fits: Features successful beautiful businesswomen with descriptions of their style and beauty
✅2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts Read 14/07/2025 5 stars Diamond on cover✅🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
✅1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
The Ophelia Murders by J.M. Simpson Read 21/07/2025 How it fits: Detective Hansen must prove he is capable ✅2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
Every Mother's Son by Alex Smith Read 17/07/2025 How it fits: The commune church choir plays a major role✅😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
✅1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Read: 16/07/2025 5 stars Parts told by villain✅2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths Read 05/07/2025 4 starsHow it fits: Villain is killed
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
✅1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
You Called an Ambulance for What? by Tim Booth read 12/07/2025 4 starsHow it fits: Plenty of high stakes drama
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
✅• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
Magic Lessons by Alice HoffmanDate read: 10/07/2025
How it fits: Maria Owens places a curse on lovers of Owens witches
✅• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!)
The Kidnapped Bride by Steve Higgs Read 10/07/2025 Boswell and Ramone are a gay couple🏳️🌈
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Once Upon a Drag: A Fierce Fairytale ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
The Forgetting Moon | Gul Kana's court is full of intrigue | read 7.16.25
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
Polostan | Dawn reinvents herself a few times in the book | 7.26.25
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
There Are Rivers in the Sky | has several larger than life characters | 7.31.25
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
The Sword of Kaigen | some characters possess elemental magic | read 7.23.25
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man | Vera and others are bold AND eccentric | read 7.20.25
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
The Man Who Died Twice | Elizabeth is powerful and unapologetic | read 7.4.25
💎The Power of Glamour💎
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
The Golden Gate | Isabella is quite glamourous and Iris' necklace plays a role in the plot | read 7.12.25
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
Zoli | Zoli comes to her poetry through singing Romani songs | read 7.7.25
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
The Fall of Gondolin | no redeeming Morgoth | read 7.5.25
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
The Tenth Gift | Cat's embroidery in Cornwall and Morocco is pivotal to plot | read 7.11.25
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want.
My Friends | Protector knights, fairy godmothers, ugly ducklings to swans - all there :) | 7.14.25
The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy | Arthur is cursed as childslayer | read 7.29.25
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration.
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
Level is TBD. I'm just going with the flow on this one.👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
Austen at Sea 7-11-25
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
The Golden Gate 7-12-25
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
American Sky 7-23-25
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
A Long Petal of the Sea 7-18-25
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
Tiny Precious Secrets 7-1-25
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!)
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
Shattered Bonds
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
Super Powereds: Year 2
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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Completed: 11/25👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
✔️1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery. The Shadow Sister - Star goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
✔️1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land. Chesapeake - the eastern Shore of Maryland is an enchanted natural land
✔️2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters. The Bullet Swallower - Antonio Sonoro is larger than life and continually battles death
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
✔️2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic. - The Beekeeper of Aleppo - features the enchantment and magic of bees
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
✔️1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist. The Bird Hotel - Leila is a mentor for Irene
✔️2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters. - Don't Make a Sound the members of The Crew are fierce, their motto is "one douchebag at a Time"
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
✔️1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead. The Testaments - Aunt Lydia is the head of the "Aunts"
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
✔️2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover. - Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era - abut glamorous women and there are diamonds on the cover
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
✔️2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc. - The Quiet Game - no redemptive arc for Leo Payton - he goes from being an honored judge to charged with murder
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
✔️1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama. - Broadway Butterfly - high-stakes drama from start to finish; The investigation entangles a politically connected Philadelphia socialite, an Atlantic City bootlegger, a gigolo lover, and even a cabinet official from President Harding’s administration
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required). - Onyx Storm
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
✔️• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️- Murder at the National Gallery - a curse on a painting is believed to cause the death of many people
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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0/4 books read📖Level 1: The Glitter Initiate: Complete 4 prompts
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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Level 3: 2/11👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
Susan, You're The Chosen One | 238 pages | 7/3 | 5 stars
Susan ascends to her power as the chosen one and learns her magic.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
Double Booked | 2/6/2025 / 3.5 stars / 234 pages
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery - The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert - major survival and coming of age story - 7/9
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters -
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic - Empire of Shadows - all of the above- 7/7
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters - The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years - Male MC very eccentric and build a giant house and keeps a lion - 7/14
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead - River Sing Me Home - MC Rachael - 7/15
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role - An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us - entire chapter on hearing and song (including whales) - 7/7
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale -Book of a Thousand Days-7/10-retelling of a fairy tale
Optional Bonus Prompts (pick one):
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) - Girl, Woman, Other - many of the POV chars - 7/26
Fun challenge! Sorry, what does MPG mean? (Sorry, I tried googling but kept getting Miles Per Gallon) ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "👑Once Upon a Drag: A Fairy Tale Reading Challenge👑
✨Inspired by the fabulous world of drag queens—combining magic, glamour, and fierce storytelling!
📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31
🎯Levels of Fier..."
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📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
✓ 2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne. - Captive of the Pirate King, 5-Jul, MC becomes the Pirate Queen
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
✓ 2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves. - A Thousand Splendid Suns, 9-Jul, Mariam transforms from a shame-ridden, isolated “harami” into a woman who claims agency and makes a heroic sacrifice. Laila reinvents herself multiple times: as a mother, survivor, and eventual escapee from an abusive marriage.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
✓ 1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land. - Fable for the End of the World, 1-Jul, Book almost entirely set in a mysterious forest full of awful creatures
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
✓ 1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings. - Bride, 12-Jul, Vampires and Werewolves, oh my!
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
✓ 1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist. - The Berry Pickers, 2-Jul, MCs "aunt" helps her understand what happened to her and find her missing family
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero. - Apprentice to the Villain, CR, The "Villain" is the MC.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
✓ 2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required). - Great Big Beautiful Life, 16-Jul, MPG Romance
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
✓ 1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale. - The Crane Husband, 8-Jul, Directly inspired by the Japanese folk tale "The Crane Wife", reimagines and explores the emotional and supernatural elements of that story in a fresh, literary way.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
😊👑📚✨
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Main Page Genre -- this refers to the genres listed on the Goodreads Book page :)
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Main Page Genre -- this refers to the genres listed on the Goodreads Book page :)"
Thanks, Ashley! I meant to clarify that when I set up the challenge, but alas... I forgot.
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Once Upon a Drag: A Fierce Fairytale Challenge
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2025
COMPLETED: 17 of 25
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama. ~
✓ 2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne. ~ The Sword of Kaigen ~ 7/19
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
✓ 2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves. ~ The Florist ~ 7/4
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
✓ 1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land. ~ The Sword of Kaigen ~ 7/19
✓ 2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters. ~ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ~ 7/27
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
✓ 1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings. ~ Claimed ~ 7/30
✓ 2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic. ~ Magic Bites ~ 7/28
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
✓ 1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist. ~ Spellbreaker ~ 7/9
✓ 2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters. ~ Just A Couple Of Days ~ 7/13
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
✓ 1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead. ~ You Can Hide ~ 7/6
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
✓ 2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover. ~ Nothing Breaks Like a Heart ~ 7/4
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
✓ 2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role. ~ End of Watch ~ 7/10
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
✓ 1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero. ~ The Kite Runner ~ 7/7
✓ 2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc. ~ The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ~ 7/16
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
✓ 1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama. ~ Lover Reborn ~ 7/20
✓ 2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required). ~ As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow ~ 7/6
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
✓ 1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale. ~ Arabian Nights and Days ~ 7/25
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩~
✓ • The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️~ Summer Sons ~ 7/18
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
😊👑📚✨
Sorry, Quick Question: Should we be providing justifications for why we think our answers fit the described category? Would the answer change depending on whether the fit is obvious or a little bit attenuated?
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If you feel like the book fits the prompt, that's all that matters to me. I mean, you can list "how it fits" if you'd like, but I certainly do not intend to police this thread to make sure everyone lists how a book fits.
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "K. wrote: "Sorry, Quick Question: Should we be providing justifications for why we think our answers fit the described category? Would the answer change depending on whether the fit is obvious or a..."Thank you, just checking!
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No problem! :)
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
by Vasilisa Drake2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
by Matt Haig2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
by Hayley Gelfuso2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
by Maria Reva🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
by Kelley Armstrong2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
by Emily Henry2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
by Kelley Armstrong2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
by Alexandra Romanoff😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
by Jessa Hastings2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
by Sarah Sundin💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
✨Inspired by the fabulous world of drag queens—combining magic, glamour, and fierce storytelling!
📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31
🎯Levels of Fierceness:
📖Level 1: The Glitter Initiate: Complete 4 prompts
📜Level 2: Glamazon in Training: Complete 8 prompts
📖Level 3: Fable Queen Supreme: Complete 1 prompt from each category (11)
📜Level 4: The Once Upon a Legend: Complete every prompt (22)
📖Bonus Level: Drag Royalty: Complete any of the bonus prompts
📜Rules: Standard Guidelines
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
😊👑📚✨
📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31📖Level 1: The Glitter Initiate: Complete 4 prompts
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👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup 06/07/25
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel by Kiran Desai 25/07
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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Finished✅ Total: 22/22
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Plot - royal court full of intrigue & drama
8/7 - Arthur, Prince of Wales: Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Gareth Streeter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
At the time of his birth, the MC represented his father’s hopes for a dynasty & England’s greatest chance of peace. As he grew, he witnessed feuds, survived rebellion & became the focal point of an international alliance.
2. Plot - protagonist ascends to power
11/7 - The Nazis and the Supernatural: The Occult Secrets of Hitler's Evil Empire, Michael Fitzgerald - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is Hitler
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
3. Plot - protagonist explores identity
9/7 - Mixed Korean: Our Stories An Anthology, Cerrissa Kim - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Growing up mixed race meant feeling invisible, always having to justify my existence and my identity." p.96
4. Plot - protagonist reinvents themselves
2/7 - Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive, Richard Montanez - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is a janitor, & struggling to put food on the table invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in a secret test kitchen, breaking barriers & becoming the first Latino frontline worker promoted to executive
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
5. Set - mysterious land
3/7 - In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared, Christopher Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
It's about the last unknown inhabited country in the world
6. Plot - fierce battles
12/7 - Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea, Peter Eichstaedt - ⭐️⭐️
Piracy terrorism at sea
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
7. Plot - dragons or mythical beings
9/7 - Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Paul Kidby - ⭐️⭐️
Creating & designing various dragons & mythical beings
8. Plot - adventure
9/7 - The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists, Tracy Walder - ⭐️⭐️
See title
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
9. Plot - mentor guides the protagonist
17/7 - The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program, Brandon Webb - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Bob was one of the best mentors I’d ever had" p.140
10. Chars - eccentric
10/7 - A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World, Susanne Paola Antonetta - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MCs have interesting neurodivergent cocktails
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
11. FMC - powerful & unapologetic
20/7 - Rebel Rising, Rebel Wilson - ⭐️⭐️
She is
12. Char - female ruler
10/7 - Athena by Susan Deacy, Susan Deacy - ⭐️⭐️
MC is a Greek goddess
💎The Power of Glamour💎
13. Plot - fashion or beauty
13/7 - Design Meets Disability, Graham Pullin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. Cover - jewels
8/7 -
, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
15. Plot - protagonist must compete
18/7 - Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, Jake Tapper - ⭐️⭐️
MC runs for president
16. Plot - music
14/7 - Definitely Maybe: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Oasis, Andy Bollen - ⭐️⭐️
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
17. Plot - POV of a villain or anti-hero
10/7 - Hippie Cult Leader: The Last Words of Charles Manson, James Buddy Day - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
POV of Charles Manson
18. Plot - villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc
5/7 - Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, Jean-Robert Cadet - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Abusive foster mother
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
19. Plot - romance & scandal
11/7 - Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950, Eli Erlick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
30 remarkable stories from romance to rebellion & mystery to murder
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
20. Plot - modern take on fairy tales
11/7 - The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, Maria Tatar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🪩The Royal Ball🪩
21. Plot - celebration
1/7 - Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Eliot Stein - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The day after the bridge’s completion each year, thousands of people from across the puna gather on Huinchiri’s hillside to dance, socialize, & celebrate the renewal of the Q’eswachaka, and life itself." p.102
🏳️🌈Drag Royalty🏳️🌈
22. MPG - LGBTQ+
5/7 - Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, Sarah Prager - ⭐️⭐️
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Duration: July 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
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Teddie, I love how you used My Friends for the Happily Ever After prompt! Creative!
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✨Inspired by the fabulous world of drag queens—combining magic, glamour, and fierce storytelling!
📅 Duration: July 1 - July 31
🎯Levels of Fierceness:
📖Level 1: The Glitter Initiate: Complete 4 prompts
📜Level 2: Glamazon in Training: Complete 8 prompts
📖Level 3: Fable Queen Supreme: Complete 1 prompt from each category (11)
📜Level 4: The Once Upon a Legend: Complete every prompt (22)
📖Bonus Level: Drag Royalty: Complete any of the bonus prompts
📜Rules: Standard Guidelines
👑 Royal Court Eleganza 👑
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Royal Reader badge
1. Read a book featuring a royal court full of intrigue and drama.
2. Read a book where the protagonist ascends to power or takes the throne.
🪞 The Power of Transformation 🪞
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Transformation Queen or Magic Mirror badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist undergoes a magical or personal transformation or explores identity/self-discovery.
2. Read a book where the protagonist transforms or reinvents themselves.
🌲 Mystical Forests & Hidden Magic 🌲
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Enchanted Forest Eleganza badge
1. Read a book set in a magical or mysterious forest or enchanted land.
2. Read a book with fierce battles or larger-than-life characters.
🦄 Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes🐉
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Magical Creatures & Fantasy Escapes badge
1. Read a book featuring dragons, unicorns, or mythical beings.
2. Read a book featuring fantasy, adventure, enchantment and/or magic.
🧚♀️Fairy Godmother Realness🧚♀️
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fairy Godmother Realness badge
1. Read a book where a mentor or magical helper guides the protagonist.
2. Read a book with bold, dramatic, or eccentric characters.
🔥 Fierce & Fearless Queens🔥
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Fierce & Fearless badge
1. Read a book featuring a powerful, unapologetic female lead.
2. Read a book featuring a powerful queen or female ruler.
💎The Power of Glamour💎
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Runway Royalty badge
1. Read a book where fashion or beauty play a major role, or with stunning descriptions of fashion or style.
2. Read a book where jewels and/or glamour play a major role or feature on the cover.
🎤Lip Sync for Your Life🎤
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Lip Sync for Your Life badge
1. Read a book where the protagonist must prove themselves or compete.
2. Read a book where singing or music play a major role.
😈Wickedly Fierce Villains😈
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Anti-Hero badge
1. Read a book from the perspective of a villain or anti-hero.
2. Read a book where the villain or anti-hero does NOT have a redemption arc.
💋 Love, Scandal & Drama💋
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Love & Scandal badge
1. Read a book filled with romance and scandal or high-stakes drama.
2. Read a book with the MPG of romance (scandal not required).
💖 Happily Ever After?🏰
Choose at least one prompt to earn the Happy Ever After? badge
1. Read a book that reimagines or twists a classic fairy tale.
2. Read a book with a modern or fantastical take on fairy tales. Does not have to be a fairy tale retelling or twist, but it can be if you want. (Example: Stephen King's Fairy Tale)
Optional Bonus Prompts:
• The Royal Ball: Read a book with a grand party or celebration. 🪩
• The Wicked Curse: Read a book where a curse or spell plays a key role. ⚗️
• Drag Royalty: Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes. (bonus if it features a drag queen!) 🏳️🌈
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