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
Have you guys been thinking about what books you would love to see in the Indie Lit Awards longlist this year? I hope so, because nominations will be open in September, and that's just a month away! (Seriously, I can't believe it's almost time to start thinking of books that will go on to the 2011 Best Of... lists! Have I even read enough books this year so far?
For the uninitiated, the Indie Lit Awards is the brainchild of the amazing Wallace, who you may know as the blogger over at Unputdownables. These are book awards given by literary bloggers to books released for the first time in 2011, irrespective of where it was released first. I loved following this award last year and am truly glad to be a voting member of the Fiction panel. There are more panels, so be sure to check out the full list, so that you can be sure not to miss updates on any other genre that you enjoy. There have been quite a few updates lately, that I am a little late to share, but there have been talk about it around the blogosphere, so I hope that you nevertheless did hear about them already.
- You don't need to be a blogger to vote. If you love reading books, that's good enough for us. And I know that includes all of you passing by my blog, so be sure to get your favorite 2011 releases lists ready by the time nominations open!
- Melody, who is the awesome Director of the Fiction panel, is keeping a running list of books eligible to be nominated for the Fiction panel. I've been feeding my favorite books as well into that list, as I'm sure many of her readers are. Since we panel members cannot vote, we're counting on you guys to vote your favorites, and Melody's list will hopefully serve as a memory-jogger. To check out the list she has, and to submit any missing books that you think should be on the list, head over to her blog.
- Want to follow any blogs or bloggers on the Indie Lit Awards panels? There's a full list of panel members here.
So which 2011 release (any genre) would you love to see win this year's award?
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I (embarrassingly) had no idea about these awards.