2024 I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge

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89 participants (1,448 books)

01 Jan 202431 Dec 2024

Overview

 To promote the widest variety of women-loving-women stories, the IHS team has selected 100 categories, ranging from age-gap romance to sci-fi, and everything in between.
IHS will feature two categories each week (50 weeks in total) and will share a list of book suggestions on our website. Some of them will even be on sale! You are in no way obligated to read only the books we showcase. As long as a book fits a category, that works!
Complete details available at https://iheartsapphfic.com/2024/01/01/announcing-the-2024-reading-challenge/.

Levels:
 Garnet Level: Read at least 15 books from 15 different categories.
Topaz Level: Read at least 25 books from 25 different categories.
Sapphire Level: Read at least 50 books from 50 different categories.
Amethyst Level: Read at least 100 books from 100 different categories.
*Emerald Level: Read at least 200 books from 100 different categories.

*You don’t have to read two books in every category to reach Emerald. As long as you read at least one book in each of the 100 categories and all 200 books fit into any of the 100 reading challenge categories, you’re fine! 

 

Challenge Prompts

API/AAPI Author (43 added)

 Asian / Pacific Islander or Asian American / Pacific Islander Author. 

Action & Adventure (54 added)

 The characters are embroiled in exciting and usually dangerous activities and adventures. 

Addiction (31 added)

 The story includes a character who is dealing with or has dealt with an addiction, such as alcohol, drugs, gambling, etc. Addiction should be an element but does not need to be the story’s only theme. 

Age Gap (38 added)

 A story where one character is at least 7 years older than their romantic partner. 

Asexual/Ace Spectrum Character (25 added)

 A story with an asexual or ace spectrum main character. An asexual person typically doesn’t have sexual feelings or desires for physical intimacy. For all the nuanced types of attraction and a more thorough explanation, here’s an article to read. 

BDSM (28 added)

 Stories that involve BDSM, which typically includes elements of roleplaying, dominance, submission, etc. 

Beach Reads (17 added)

 Usually light and fluffy books that are hard to put down. 

Billionaire Romance (17 added)

 One of the love interests is a billionaire. 

Bisexual or Pansexual Character (72 added)

 A story that has a character who identifies as bisexual or pansexual. 

Black/African American Author (36 added)

 The author is Black or African American. 

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