Martel-Haper Challenge (First Quarter 2009)

21Dec2008 Filed under: Blogging Miscellany, Challenges, Non-Reviews Author: Rebecca Reid

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In the fourth quarter of 2008, Dewey began the Martel-Harper Challenge. This challenge is to read two books during the quarter from the list that Yann Martel sends Stephen Harper, a list that is always growing.

I am quite excited about this list of books because of the variety (old classics and new classics). In Dewey’s honor, I’d like to continue this challenge for the first quarter of 2009.

To join for first quarter 2009, commit to read and review two books from the Martel-Harper challenge list between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2009. You can choose the books now or as you go.Link to your reviews for 2009 1st quarter over on this post. A hub page for this challenge can be found here on Rebecca Reads.

(I designed the buttons for this challenge a few weeks ago and sent them to Dewey; she had not had time to post them on her site yet.)

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12 Responses to “Martel-Haper Challenge (First Quarter 2009)”

Vasilly
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 9:33 am

You can count me in! Thank you for telling me that you’re hosting it. My two reads for next quarter are The Cellist of Sarajevo and The Little Prince.
Alessandra
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 9:38 am

Ops, I left a comment on the wrong page… you can delete the other one… I meant to say that I’m in, too, and my reads are Le Petit Prince (in Italian… my French is pretty limited) and To the Lighthouse.
mee
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 9:47 am

Thanks for inviting me! I’ll probably decide whether to join or not some time in January, since I may not even be able to complete this quarter Martel-Harper challenge
Robin of mytwoblessings
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 10:27 am

Hi Rebecca,

Thanks for the invitation. I will join you after all. I had dropped out when Dewey passed away. So glad you decided to take it over. I’ll be coming up with what books going to read and hopefully they will cross over with my other challenges.

Robin of My Two Blessings
Eva
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 10:29 am

I’m in for this one! I love that website anyway.

My pool:
Gilgamesh, trans. Stephen Mitchell
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
Rebecca Reid
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm

I’m glad there is so much interest! I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on these awesome books!
LizzySiddal
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 6:35 am

I’m in. There’s a fantastic selection of books in this list. The difficulty is picking just two.
Rebecca Reid
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 12:02 am

I’m glad, Lizzy!
Jeska
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 7:03 pm

I’ll join up – I did the last quarter of 2008, but I didn’t get a chance to post my reviews. I haven’t decided what I’ll do for this quarter yet.
Rebecca Reid
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 7:42 am

Jeska, glad to hear it!
Sandra
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:15 am

I don’t know if I’m doing this in the right place but here’s my link to my post for the challenge:

http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/martel-harper-challenge.html
Rebecca Reid
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 8:03 am

Sandra, completely the right place! Glad you are joining in!

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