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
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I feel like I had a really good reading/blogging week, but that hasn't really translated in number. But at least I'm on a reading spree, plus I have so many books due back at the library this week. My library allows only one renewal, and I've already done it. Boo!
Books completed in the last week
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld: Enjoyed this second book as much as the first! This series is turning out to be real fun! The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Not one of the best books I've read on women issues set against a backdrop of war or violence, but certainly a moving inspirational story.
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Last post of February. This month, the focus was on Eaarth by Bill McKibben. Last week's post was on why we need to slow down, why we should just stop "progress".
Reviews up!
Books on my nightstand
Lots of books on my nightstand for this week, but I think I may get to only three of those.
Bringing Adam Home by Les Standiford: We see a lot of news centered on missing or abducted or murdered children, but apparently, Adam's abduction was what started the Amber Alerts, the faces on milk cartons, a pedophile registry. This book looks like it may be a hard read, but I'm looking forward to it.
Maus I by Art Spiegelman: I know this book has received a lot of rave reviews, but for some reason, I've been putting it off. Maybe because the artwork looks so different from what I'm used to reading. Still, I can't renew this book further, and I surely want to read it before I return it.
Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli: I wasn't initially looking forward to this book, but the more I looked at it, and read about it, the more it has intrigued me. There is something so appealing about that cover - especially the rainbow-esque letters.
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