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
This is a weekly event initially hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog, now by Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books, to celebrate what you are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week.
Books completed last week
I wish I could list something here. But I've been reading less this weekend due to a very busy week. There was a candlelight vigil on the 16th, an Indian cultural event on the 17th, and well, I slept a lot yesterday. But I'm completing through two of my reads.
Books reviewed
- The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark
- April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers
I am currently reading
The
Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice: Now I'm really embarrassed. This is the 3rd consecutive week that I have listed this book. But I didn't go to the gym last week. Does that excuse me?
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling: I have just a couple of chapters left, which I'll be completing today. I totally enjoyed this book, because it has a lot of the Harry Potter series' signature elements.
Columbine
by
Dave Cullen: I am almost done with this book, and I am totally surprised by the number of myths that circulated after this tragedy. It almost shocked me that what I knew of the Columbine tragedy was so far from the truth. It has been an engrossing read!My reading plans for the next week
Glorious
by Bernice L. McFadden: Soon as I am done with my current read, I will be picking this one up next. Lately, I've heard plenty of good reviews of this book and that makes me more than eager to read it.
Comments
I will have to check back to read your review. Have a good week.
Have a great week, Aths :)
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Hope your week goes well.
Natalie :0)
Anywho...hope you have a fabulous reading week!
Have a good week!
An expanded paperback edition is just out. I spent a lot of time on the new material, so I hope it's OK to mention what we added:
— A 12-page afterword: “Forgiveness.” It includes startling new revelations on the killers' parents. The purpose, though, was to look at three victims in very different places 11 years later, and how forgiving played a pivotal role in their grief. I discovered the secret meetings with the killers' parents in the process.
— Actual journal pages from Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold.
— Book Club Discussion Questions (also available at Oprah.com).
— Diagram of Columbine High School and environs.
— A large-print edition is also now available.
There's lots more info at my Columbine site.
Thanks again.