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
- Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
- Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Books reviewed
- Push by Sapphire
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
- Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (WOW! You should read this!)
I am currently reading
Snow
Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See: Probably for only the second time since I started listening to audio books, I am totally hooked! This book is amazing! The narrator is just fabulous! I'm actually itching to listen to this whenever possible!
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling: I made just a little progress with this book. I think I need to set aside my other reads and finish this one!
The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille: Have you read any John Corey books? Because if you haven't you are missing something! This sarcastic sassy guy doesn't give a dime about what the others think of him. The reader gets tickled at every scene that John Corey is present in! I'm only about 200 pages in, but it's turning out to be as unputdownable as Plum Island.
The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara: I managed to get to about 100 pages. (There's just 150 pages total) But an overdose of nonfiction burned me out. Still, I should be completing this by tonight.My reading plans for the next week
I like to keep my next week free on the slate, so I'll probably just pick what suits my mind. I think I got through most of the books that I had planned for this month, so I'll just let my instincts choose for me now.
Comments
Have a great week!
My What are you reading? is here.
Happy Monday. 'What the Dead Know' sounds interesting. :)
xx,
E.J.
p.s. I'm now following!
I will have to check out your review of Climbing the Stairs. It looks like one I'd like.
I hope you have a great week!
I love really good audio books too!
You are so ambitious reading Harry Potter with other books! I hope your week has gone well!