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
Surprisingly, I had a really good reading phase in April. I guess I'm paying for it now because I reached a kind of burn-out, but it was still nice to read so much lit last month. I guess I'm surprised because this is what my attention was mostly focused on in April.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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That's right. I watched all the seasons back to back and loved it so much that I had withdrawal symptoms.
Books of the month
Other Reads
Reviews posted
- Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb by George Rabasa
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (WOW!)
- A Thread of Sky by Deanna Fei (WOW!)
- Far to Go by Alison Pick (WOW!)
- The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke
- The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
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Traveling with my books this year
Most of the books I read in April have been set in the US. I never really track the geography when I read, I just pick whichever book I want to read, irrespective of the setting, so it's always nice to look at the map at the end of the month.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer??!! I might be the only person who hasn't.