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...
This meme is hosted by Marcia @ The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do).
I had a good week with four review books on my doorstep.
- Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff (from St. Martin's Press)
- The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark (from FSB)
- The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser (from FSB)
- Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden (from Akashic Books)
Comments
Here's mine:
http://laurelrainsnowcreations.blogspot.com/2010/03/mailbox-monday.html
Kaye, I loved Fireworks over Toccoa too!!
Laurel, Alayne, thanks! :)
Kathy, thanks, you too have a nice week!
Beth, I loved Fireworks over Toccoa. Hope you enjoy it too!
Juju, I agree! It does!
Farrah, I love the cover of Fireworks over Toccoa, I spent a lot of time staring at it.
Lady Quinlan, I agree, Fireworks over Toccoa is great!