
The Pizza Hut “Book It!” Reading Program: Grown-Up Edition
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Chances are, if you were a bookish kid in the U.S. within the last 30 years, the “Book It!” reading program through Pizza Hut was the best thing ever. According to Pizza Hut, 1 in 5 Americans have been participants at some point during the last three decades, and for those who already enjoyed reading, it was amazing. I mean, you got PIZZA as a reward for READING. Could there be anything better?!?
The “Read It” program is still going strong, inspiring school kids to read with the promise of hot cheesy personal-sized pizzas, but what about the grown-ups? Bookish adults still read for the love of reading, but wouldn’t it be great to get a little something as a reward now and again?
So, if Pizza Hut ever wants to expand their program to include adult folks, here are a couple suggestions for possible rewards:
I think everyone when they get to be in their teens have one of those “it is now time to put away childish things” moments. All these toys and remnants of your past hanging around now are cramping your new nearly-adult sophisticate style.
Oh you stupid, stupid child.
Who could have known how powerful nostalgia is once you really hit adulthood? How you would crave the memories those objects possess? That someday people would be able to buy literally anything from their home and would pay GOOD MONEY for those things? That those little things would actually be kinda cool again? At one point during my adolescence, I did a purge of all the little knick-knacks that were taking up space in my desk drawers, and I know that pin was in there. (Also, RIP my Lisa Frank stickers I BARELY KNEW THEE.) That pin is long gone and I’m never going to find it again (unlike some lucky, lucky folks) and now, I’m contemplating buying faux-vintage t-shirt with the original “Book It!” logo to try and recapture some of that glory. But it’s just not the same.
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A Personal-Sized Pizza Hut Pizza
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The Original “Book It” Pin That We Received in the 1980s/1990s and Threw Away
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Bourbon
You’re not a kid anymore. You are a grown-ass man/woman/nonbinary adult, which means you get to enjoy some of the finer things in life. And I ask you, what is more satisfying than reaching your reading goal and then rewarding yourself with a nice glass of Woodford Reserve? Not much, my friends. Not much.
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More Books
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Someone To Make That One Phone Call You’ve Been Putting Off
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The Ability to Read a Favorite Book for the First Time Again