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Infinite Country by Patricia Engel | Thoughts

   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...

The Sunday Salon (Interludes) -- February 20, 2011


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Anyone out there still stuck in the cold? Not to rub it in, but it's been warm and pleasant out here on *this part* of the East Coast at least. We actually went out the other day dressed in single layers and it felt splendid, seeing as we ditched all those heavy jackets that was a literally a fixture on ourselves. Yesterday though, almost as if the weather was done with too much relenting, it was horribly windy. My family and I went to visit the D-Day Memorial in Bedford and we were literally flying across the circular structure.

I hope this stays. Because it means it's time to get on the road and begin the road trips! Sad though that all this unseasonal climatic changes have us to blame.

I've been having a brilliant reading week. I finished The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown - did I mention that I absolutely loved it? - and followed it up with two graphic novels - Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun by Geoffrey Canada and Stitches by David Small - and am now enjoying Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (sequel to Leviathan). I hope to get to one more book by the end of the day.

You might have noticed that I've shaken up my sidebar a bit. I've been feeling that it's a bit cluttered, and was not too happy with some of the widgets. Moreover, I'm concerned that ever since I installed Disqus, my blog has been a little slow to load (anyone else felt the same way?). So I'm trying to make it speedier.

What's happening in the buzzing blogosphere on this beautiful Sunday?

Comments

ashbrux said…
I just read Stitches! I feel like we're often on the same brainwave with our books. I think the Disqus commenting system takes a bit to load but the benefits make it worth the time.
Bibliophilebythesea said…
Well, it has been freezing, windy cold these last 2 days in New England, but we were teased by (3) days of 50-60 degree weather mid week so some of the snow melted, but more is suppose to come...LOL

Loved Stitches, and would like to read Weird Sisters as well.

Have a great week.
Athira / Aths said…
Thanks Kathy! I hope both the reading and the weather are good next week!
Athira / Aths said…
Wow! We really seem to be reading the same books at the same time! This is so wonderful!

I agree, Disqus takes a while to load, but it's so much better than the custom Blogger comment system. It's so easy now to comment and reply!
Athira / Aths said…
I really enjoyed Stitches! Though parts of it left me a bit confused as to the direction of the book.
Athira / Aths said…
Oh boy, I hope your winter ends soon! I know how much of it you got over there!
Piyush Garyali said…
Thanks for getting rid of the sidebar clutter. I also see that you tweaked the header. Looks perfect!