Rebecca Reads

It’s time to sign up for the third quarter 2009 Martel-Harper Challenge. This challenge is to read two books during the quarter from the list that Yann Martel sends Stephen Harper.
Because Martel sends Harper a book every two weeks, this list is always growing! If you haven’t looked at it for a long time, you [...]

(I know a few people have already reviewed their choices for the quarter (!), so I’d better get this post up.)
If you would like to share your reviews for the Martel-Harper Challenge (2009 2nd quarter), please leave a link to your post(s) in the comments to this post.
If you do not have a blog, feel [...]

It’s time to sign up for the second quarter 2009 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. The list has fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books on it, not to mention classics old and new.
To [...]

If you signed up for the Martel-Harper Challenge for 2009 1st Quarter, don’t forget to come back and link to your reviews on this post.
If you didn’t get your books read, keep in mind that I”ll be hosting the 2009 2nd Quarter Martel-Harper Challenge as well, same rules. I’ll have a sign up post the [...]

If you would like to share your reviews for the Martel-Harper Challenge (2009 1st quarter), please leave a link to your post(s) in the comments to this post.
If you do not have a blog, feel free to share your thoughts about the works you’ve read in the comments as well.
If you’d like to join the [...]

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 [...]

Equality 7-2521 lives in a dark futurist dystopia in Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem. He has no words for love or self, and being alone is a crime. Yet, as do characters in countless other dystopian novels, he still finds moments to write his story of discovery.
By itself, Anthem is slim – just 100 pages – [...]

Last week I reread Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public as a part of the Martel-Harper Challenge.
While I was well aware that Jonathan Swift’s short essay is classic satire, I [...]

I know I’m insane to think about another challenge when I’m already feeling overwhelmed. But I love the concept and the reading list for the Martel-Harper Challenge.