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
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Reread - 4 cocktails)
- The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark (3 cocktails)
- April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers by Roland Lazenby (5 cocktails)
- Columbine by Dave Cullen (5 cocktails : WOW!)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Reread - 5 cocktails)
- The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice (3 cocktails)
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (4 cocktails)
- Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden (4 cocktails)
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (3 cocktails)
- Push by Sapphire (5 cocktails)
Challenge Progress
Challenges completed: 0/12
- 100+ Reading Challenge: 34/100
- Awesome Author Challenge: 1/10
- Support your Local Library Challenge: 18/50
- Flashback Reading Challenge: 5/9
- Audio Book Challenge: 3/12
- 451 Challenge: 1/7
- Women Unbound Challenge: 2/5
- A to Z Challenge: 32/52
- Original TBR Challenge: 4/12
- What's in a name? 3 Challenge: 1/6
- Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge: 3/10
- POC Challenge: 4/10
April Stats
Number of books: 10
Number of pages read: 2664
Number of Audio Books: 1
Hours listened to (completed audio books only): 10 hours, 44 minutes
Re-reads: 2
New-to-me authors: 7
Male authors: 3
Female authors: 7
Book cleared from my physical shelf: 3
Books added to my physical shelf: 8
Number of books added anew to my TBR this month: 115
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Comments
I agree with the wow! for Columbine - the back of the book says 'in the tradition of Truman Capote' and its definitely the best true crime I've read since In Cold Blood many years ago.
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Kathy, Push had a huge impact on me. The situations of those various girls were so well written that I seriously want to do something for them.
Emidy, thanks! :)
Stephanie, you will love Push! You should read it!
Helen, I'm dumbfounded too! :P
Sheila, you will LOVE it!! Can't wait to read your review!