tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post57465490269963460..comments2024-03-26T01:18:41.528-04:00Comments on Bonnie's Books: Beginning ~ with a pack of cigarettesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-55381947468086797092017-03-17T12:48:54.025-04:002017-03-17T12:48:54.025-04:00Sounds fascinating. I think I'd like this one....Sounds fascinating. I think I'd like this one. <a href="http://bevbouwer.blogspot.co.za/2017/03/friday-books-undoing-project.html" rel="nofollow">The Undoing Project </a>is my Friday book.Bev Bouwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769981792969233023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-18765302033885967522017-03-17T11:21:14.423-04:002017-03-17T11:21:14.423-04:00I just read a book set in Bosnia, so it would be i...I just read a book set in Bosnia, so it would be interesting to read one set in CroatiaHelen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-36455239728263174032017-03-17T10:48:34.487-04:002017-03-17T10:48:34.487-04:00Helen, these paragraphs are from pages 51-52 (I ha...Helen, these paragraphs are from pages 51-52 (I have gotten this far into the book), where the children used their nervous energy to power a generator bike in the shelters:<br /><br /><i>Our classmate Tomislav found his older brother in an alley a block from their house, his blood already congealing and caked into the sidewalk cracks. No one ever told us what had happened, not directly, but from the conversations that occurred above our heads, we knew.<br /><br />I saw Tomislav underground during a raid two days later. The rest of us were shoving in line for the generator bike / when he showed up. We stopped pushing and stared. The starkness in his eyes scared me much more than if he had been crying. The boy who was riding stopped without discussion. Tomislav passed us and mounted the bicycle.<br /><br />For a moment I watched him as he pedaled furiously, turning his pain into power, something tangible and scientific. Then we dissolved the line and moved to another corner of the shelter to give him some privacy, which seemed like the right thing to do according to the code of wartime behavior we were making up as we went along.</i>Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-88675900643323364252017-03-17T10:15:22.869-04:002017-03-17T10:15:22.869-04:00This book is on my list to read soon and your quot...This book is on my list to read soon and your quotes from it have solidified my desire to read it!Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-35303624060884503572017-03-17T09:30:10.271-04:002017-03-17T09:30:10.271-04:00Sounds like a book that sticks with you.
sherry @ ...Sounds like a book that sticks with you.<br />sherry @ fundinmental <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/friday-56-124-sucker-bet-by-james-swain-jswainauthor/" rel="nofollow"> Friday Memes</a>sherry fundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197438610372707924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-55777731639539567402017-03-17T00:04:28.752-04:002017-03-17T00:04:28.752-04:00We read this book for book club a few months back....We read this book for book club a few months back. I've thought about it ever since then.Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.com