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
Where I'm going to be this weekend... ( Picture Source ) What I'm going to be doing... ( Picture Source ) Well, not really - I thought it will be more snazzy to show a surfer than a smiling tourist. Even though I love beaches and the vast expanse of water, I'm mortally terrified of going more than a few feet past the shore, unless I'm cocooned safely in a boat that's not the Titanic. I should say though, I am looking forward to some jet skiing and parasailing. Couple of my friends and I are heading down to Myrtle Beach on Saturday, where we'll spend the next 2-3 days. I'll be back home only by late Monday, which means I'm going to be off blogging for a few days too. I don't have any blog posts scheduled, since I don't usually do that, so I might just be offline until Tuesday/Wednesday. What I'm going to read... Oh and books! Is it even legal to go on a vacation without books? I've checked out a few ebooks from two of my