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...
Have you guys also noticed an odd leaf yellowing and falling down? Because, the other day, I was greeted with a bunch of them just fluttering about. It's certainly too early for Fall, but heck am I ready for it! The heat's insanely intense I'm surprised that I haven't vaporized yet. I spent a good amount of July on the road and on a flight I'd rather not talk about. So it's surprising I got any reading done. Quite a few of my reads are Newbery medal winners and graphic novels, so that kind of explains it. On the plus side, I can finally say that I've found my ideal summer read - a graphic novel.
Books of the month
Other Reads
Reviews posted
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
- Hello Goodbye by Emily Chenoweth
- Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme
- The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin
- Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
- Fleeting thoughts - Number the Stars / Bud, Not Buddy / The Lonely Hearts Club
Other posts
- Thank you, J.K. Rowling for...
- The Beauty of graphic books (or completing one challenge)
- Two big book-blogging events - Indie Lit Awards and Book Blogger Appreciation Week
Traveling with my books this year
I'm thrilled to have hit Africa last month. That was a long time coming.
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