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
I'm so elated that I had a better month in March, and that too, after a slow start! Woot! Woot! So much happened this month, both in school and reading-wise. It has been a better month for me than February ever was. I remember I was close to screaming at the end of Feb, LOL, but I feel peaceful now. Phew! Moreover, I had a good month in reading choices as well. Only one sub-4 star book. I like months like these! Here's my list from March: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare ( 3 cocktails ) Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff ( 5 cocktails ) White Oleander by Janet Fitch ( 5 cocktails : WOW! ) Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel ( 4 cocktails ) Liar by Justine Larbalestier ( 4 cocktails ) Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden ( 4 cocktails ) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ( Reread - 4 cocktails ) The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella ( 4 cocktails ) The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien ( Reread - 5 cocktails ) Sh