WELCOME TO SAGES READ 2021!
Below, you will find 20 challenges and opportunities for incentives to keep you reading and sharing this year. There's also a printable version at the bottom of this page.
Don't forget to follow @SagesRead on Facebook and Instagram for updates, challenge reminders, and recommendations from other Sages Readers.
2021 CHALLENGES
We want to hear from you! Find information about how you can share your recommendations with Sages Readers on our social media pages. As always, you're welcome to use #SagesRead if you'd like to share on your own.
And now for the important stuff — the prizes! You can get multiple reading rewards throughout the year! Here are all of the sweet details (also included in the printable challenge sheet for handy reminders).
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?!
THE BOOK BUG PRIZE Read four books that complete four challenges by June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, or December 31, 2021, and you have clearly been bitten by the Book Bug! You get to select a gift card from our community gift card pool (may include gift cards and coupons for Hartfield Book Co., local restaurants, and other local businesses).
THE BOOK WORM PRIZE Read eight books that complete eight challenges by June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, or December 31, 2021 and you are officially a Book Worm! You have earned a trip to Hartfield’s book vault to select a book or book galley from Hartfield’s children’s and adult giveaway collections.
THE BOOK DRAGON PRIZE Read 12 books that complete 12 challenges by December 31, 2021, and we will declare you to be a mighty Book Dragon! You will get everything from the Book Bug and Book Worm prizes, PLUS a goodie bag full of local and bookish delights.
THE BOOK MAGE GRAND PRIZE Read 13 or more books that complete 13 or more challenges AND post at least two recommendations to Facebook or Instagram using #SagesRead (set post to public or follow and tag @SagesRead) by December 31, 2021, and you will be dubbed the mightiest of the mighty, the bookish-est of the bookish… the powerful Book Mage! As such, you will be endowed with a satchel full of bibliomagic (a.k.a. one of our famous Hartfield Hauls, a fun tote bag stuffed full of books and other nifty gifties).
HOW DO I CLAIM THE PRIZES?!
Just bring your challenge sheet or list of books into Hartfield Book Co. (Tues.–Fri. 10–6 and Sat. 10–4). A bookseller will check off your challenges, deliver your prize, and send you on your merry way to continue your awesome reading adventures!
*Book Bug and Book Worm prizes have multiple deadline opportunities so one reader can claim multiple prizes by submitting their completed challenges on or before each of the deadlines. For example, read four books that complete four challenges before June 30 and claim your Book Bug prize. Read four more that complete four more challenges before September 30 and claim your Book Worm prize. Read five more before December 30 (and post online) and claim your mighty Book Mage Grand Prize!
Happy Reading!
Below, you will find 20 challenges and opportunities for incentives to keep you reading and sharing this year. There's also a printable version at the bottom of this page.
Don't forget to follow @SagesRead on Facebook and Instagram for updates, challenge reminders, and recommendations from other Sages Readers.
2021 CHALLENGES
- Read a book about love
- Read a book by a local/regional author or illustrator
- Read a book recommended by a teacher, librarian, or bookseller
- Read a memoir by a BIPOC author (BIPOC: black, indigenous, and people of color)
- Read a book set in Illinois
- Read an #OwnVoices book with LGBTQ characters (#OwnVoices: the author shares a diverse, minority, or marginalized trait with the main character/perspective)
- Read a book about books
- Read a picture book or graphic novel
- Read a retelling of a classic (fairytale, myth, Shakespeare, Austen, etc.)
- Read a book that you wouldn't normally pick up based on the cover
- Read a book about science
- Read an #OwnVoices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain
- Read a book that features a bilingual character
- Read a mystery by an author you've never read before
- Read a book featuring a holiday that you don't celebrate
- Read a book that helps you connect with nature
- Read a book that features engineering, technology, or math
- Read a nonfiction history or historical fiction book not set in WWII
- Read a science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
- Read a middle grade or children’s book (not YA) that has won a diversity award (Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Jane Addams Children’s Books Awards, Stonewall Book Awards, etc.)
We want to hear from you! Find information about how you can share your recommendations with Sages Readers on our social media pages. As always, you're welcome to use #SagesRead if you'd like to share on your own.
And now for the important stuff — the prizes! You can get multiple reading rewards throughout the year! Here are all of the sweet details (also included in the printable challenge sheet for handy reminders).
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?!
THE BOOK BUG PRIZE Read four books that complete four challenges by June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, or December 31, 2021, and you have clearly been bitten by the Book Bug! You get to select a gift card from our community gift card pool (may include gift cards and coupons for Hartfield Book Co., local restaurants, and other local businesses).
THE BOOK WORM PRIZE Read eight books that complete eight challenges by June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, or December 31, 2021 and you are officially a Book Worm! You have earned a trip to Hartfield’s book vault to select a book or book galley from Hartfield’s children’s and adult giveaway collections.
THE BOOK DRAGON PRIZE Read 12 books that complete 12 challenges by December 31, 2021, and we will declare you to be a mighty Book Dragon! You will get everything from the Book Bug and Book Worm prizes, PLUS a goodie bag full of local and bookish delights.
THE BOOK MAGE GRAND PRIZE Read 13 or more books that complete 13 or more challenges AND post at least two recommendations to Facebook or Instagram using #SagesRead (set post to public or follow and tag @SagesRead) by December 31, 2021, and you will be dubbed the mightiest of the mighty, the bookish-est of the bookish… the powerful Book Mage! As such, you will be endowed with a satchel full of bibliomagic (a.k.a. one of our famous Hartfield Hauls, a fun tote bag stuffed full of books and other nifty gifties).
HOW DO I CLAIM THE PRIZES?!
Just bring your challenge sheet or list of books into Hartfield Book Co. (Tues.–Fri. 10–6 and Sat. 10–4). A bookseller will check off your challenges, deliver your prize, and send you on your merry way to continue your awesome reading adventures!
*Book Bug and Book Worm prizes have multiple deadline opportunities so one reader can claim multiple prizes by submitting their completed challenges on or before each of the deadlines. For example, read four books that complete four challenges before June 30 and claim your Book Bug prize. Read four more that complete four more challenges before September 30 and claim your Book Worm prize. Read five more before December 30 (and post online) and claim your mighty Book Mage Grand Prize!
Happy Reading!
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