Published : 2021 || Format : print || Location : Colombia ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ What was it about the country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring alone there were four different school shootings. A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.. Thoughts : Infinite Country follows two characters - young Talia, who at the beginning of this book, escapes a girl’s reform school in North Colombia so that she can make her previously booked flight to the US. Before she can do that, she needs to travel many miles to reach her father and get her ticket to the rest of her family. As we follow Talia’s treacherous journey south, we learn about how she ended up in the reform school in the first place and why half her family resides in the US. Infinite Country tells the...
I'm feeling extremely emotional right now, all because of this series of books and movies about Harry Potter. A friend of mine and I went last night for the premiere of the eighth movie, and while I'm not going to discuss it yet, I will say that it was an emotional and satisfying experience in so many ways. I have to say this was the best Harry Potter movie I've watched and I'm glad for it, since it was a fitting finale. And can I even say, I loved how they handled Snape? That was one of the most moving scenes. I cried. For a long time, I've waited for the next Harry Potter-something - be it a book or a movie. And now, I realize that there's nothing to wait for. (Okay, there's the Pottermore but it's just a one-time thing.)
(The first and the last movies)
Thank you JK Rowling for...
- Taking that train journey in 1990 and dreaming up Harry Potter. Did you realize then that millions of people were going to love him and his friends?
- Writing a magnificent set of books that have earned the place of honor in my bookshelves.
- Sending my most-adamant cousin to me with the fourth book in his hands, thus setting me in a wonderful world of discovery and magic.
- Providing me with a dinner topic when I'm stuck with people I don't like or know nothing about, but who have heard of Harry Potter
- Creating a series that I recommend to almost everyone who is looking for a read, before even asking them what kind of books they read.
- Creating a magical world that was as real as the world we live in with all the same people issues and similar world problems.
- Allowing the movies to be produced, and although I wish they were more honest to the books, I'm glad all of us fans have the same idea of how Hogwarts looks, how the Room of Requirement can be magically revealed, or even how the Marauders' Map shows live updates (move over Foursquare!) about where people are.
- Creating a feeling of community among all Harry Potter fans.
- Inspiring real-world replicas of the magical world of Hogwarts, including wands and theme parks, for those of us who don't know when to say enough.
- Creating rich, multidimensional characters, each with a powerful back-story, each being characters that we can identify with.
- Creating a villain like Voldemort, who I hated for his ambitions, but who in the end was another boy gone wrong without guidance and support. I like to remember him as the very-human Tom Riddle.
- Creating a world that we can disappear into, and making us believe that magic and miracles are possible.
- Giving us something to wait for, with each new book and movie, although now it feels very strange not having anything to wait for. Can you write another series? But, oh-please, don't ever write a sequel to Harry Potter.
- Making us feel that it is entirely normal to wait in lines for hours for the book release and movie premiere.
- Making us feel that it doesn't matter whether we are 10 or 90, but it's still perfectly acceptable to squeal when Harry Potter is mentioned anywhere.
- The 12 BEST bookish/movie years of my life...
And now I feel so emotional, just like Hagrid, and will need a handkerchief as huge as his to escape into.
Comments
I only read the first two books, but I'd like to get the box set in the future, reread the two and then read the rest.
When life got hard I always could turn to Harry and go to his magical world. I will always love Harry. I grew up with him, and, even though he is a book character, he helped me though tough times. He is real to me, to every Potter head. I remember that on my eleventh birthday I got a Hogwarts letter, and I was so excited! I drove my parents crazy insisting it was real, that I had to go to Scotland as soon as possible. I know now that it was from my grandparents as a joke, but that hasn't stopped me from sending one to all my younger siblings on their eleventh birthday. I properly will do it to my own kids as well.
After the last movie came out I was so happy; it was so good. It took awhile for me to realize that their would not be more Harry Potter. That there was not anything more I had to wait for, that it was over. I was so sad about that, it felt like a part of my child hood was over.
I will always remember Harry Potter, and every July 31st I will wish a Happy birthday to him. Thank you J.K. Rowling.