The Bronze Medal

In the early nineties, Pizza Hut sponsored “Book It!” to promote reading. For every ten books you read, you get a certificate for a free, one-topping pizza…it turns out there is no greater pleasure than reading for pizza. No longer do you feel guilty about eschewing the “real” world for these fantasy zones. Now you have an unassailable, American motivation; you’re a breadwinner. Literally.

— Karen Russell, on reading fantasy novels for pizza, in the New Yorker.

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   best. they should make...grown folks book it.

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    My first few years in elementary school I did Book It! and 600 Minutes. For those who don’t know, 600 Minutes was a...

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    I loved the shit out if this. You don’t even know. Books AND pizza? Hell yeah!

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    I wish I would have been old enough to do this.

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    We had this in Canada too! I don’t think I redeemed my free personal pizza more than once or twice, but I was always one...

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    I rocked “Book It” like nobody’s business. It was *awesome*.

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    I remember this! Honestly, it was great fun, and set people into habits of readings. So when you could no longer get the...

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    YES. I completely forgot about this!

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    I did this. I wish it would come back.

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    Oh man, I loved “Book It!” We won a pizza party for our class every year.

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    Anyone who has actually ever met me will be completely un-surprised to know that I participated in “Book It!” every...

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