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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It's been a while since I did this post. I haven't been around a few weekends and I'm not a fan of scheduling posts in advance. But now that I'm home this Sunday trying to make it last, I figured I'll post this Monday. My biggest highlight this weekend was managing to get into Pottermore the first day. I stayed up until 3 am with no luck, but then woke up an hour later to see the Muggle world in uproar, all trying to join Hogwarts. Blimey! At least I can work this week in peace. How many of you got in yet? I hope all of us fans manage to get in.
Books finished since the last update
News from over my blog
Reviews up!
I have way too many books on my nightstand right now. If I don't read a book within two days of picking it up, it usually stays abandoned - sometimes that's because I've already forgotten all that happened, otherwise it's because it seems to be taking me forever. So I have to keep picking up a new book to refresh the reading process.
Yo! by Julia Alvarez: This book is amazingly funny! I had never heard of this one until I chanced upon it in my library's Staff Recommends shelf. I had never read Julia Alvarez's work before but have had her recommended many times. I can't wait to finish the last 100 pages of this one.
Naked by David Sedaris: I'm listening to this one in my car and it makes for difficult driving because I'm laughing half the time. His stories are so eccentric that I'm left wondering if they're real or from his fantastically vivid imagination.
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My Monday: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/07/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-50.html
Curious Incident is one I need to give another try to. My book club read it years ago and I could just not get into it. I need to try again
Loved Never Knowing...hope you have a great week!
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