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 story of her family through the other protagonist, El
February has probably been one of my worst months, reading-wise. I've never come below 6 books yet, and though I did manage 6 books this time, it was a just-managed scenario. Looking back, I'm not really sure why I didn't get much reading done. I am just glad I will graduate soon (I really can't wait to be done!) Here's my list from February: Rainwater by Sandra Brown ( 4 cocktails ) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare ( 3 cocktails ) The Help by Kathryn Stockett ( 5 cocktails ) The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch ( 4 cocktails ) Open Season by Linda Howard ( 2 cocktails ) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ( Reread - 5 cocktails ) Short Reviews Blue Heaven by C.J. Box ( 4 cocktails ) Creepers by David Morrell ( 4 cocktails ) Challenge Progress Challenges completed: 0/12 100+ Reading Challenge : 15/100 Awesome Author Challenge : 1/10 Support your Local Library Challenge : 9/50 Flashback Reading Challenge : 1/9 Audio