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13.Oct.2008 Martel-Harper Challenge

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Update 26 Jan 2009 My wrap-up post here.

Dewey from the Hidden Side of Leaf is hosting Martel-Harper Challenge, which I cannot resist, despite my effort to not join any more challenge. But this only requires you to read 2 books in 3 months, so I’d think that’s feasible.

Rules: Read 2 books (you sign up quarterly) from the list of books that Yann Martel (the author of Life of Pi) sent to Canada’s PM Stephen Harper (read full story here). Every book goes with a letter about the reason why it is chosen.

Duration: This time it goes from October to December. So it should end 31 December 2008.

My list
1) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi [Martel's letter] [my review]
2) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee [Martel's letter]

I never heard of the story until Dewey mentioned it. It’s so interesting. If you were to send your country’s Prime Minister or President a book every 2 weeks, which books would you choose? Tough choice. That’s why I’d like to follow the list, and probably pick up a few books here and there.

Other reviews
October reviews

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Bye Dewey | Books of Mee says:

2 December 2008 at 12:30 am

[...] I just realized that this is the first time that I experienced a blogger’s death that affected me. As in, I’m truly sad to hear it, and in shock. I never knew Dewey personally, but I do drop by her website quite often. She’s one of my favorite book blogger for her neat website, with a lot of interesting events and challenges. I participated in her 24 read-a-thon event. I followed the Bookworm Carnival and I read the Weekly Geeks events all over the blogosphere, though never participated. I joined her Martel-Harper challenge. [...]

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Rebecca Reid says:

21 December 2008 at 11:25 pm

Mee, in Dewey’s honor, I’m going to host this challenge for 2009 1st quarter. I’d love if you join!

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Martel-Harper Challenge Wrap-Up | Books of Mee says:

26 January 2009 at 9:05 am

[...] I joined Martel-Harper Challenge in October, which was hosted by Dewey, who passed away recently. Sadly, I was unable to complete the challenge. I had Persepolis and To Kill a Mockingbird on my list. I read Persepolis, but my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird was left somewhere at my parents’ shelf back in Indonesia, and I’m not gonna read another people’s copy for a title I already have. [...]

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