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...
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I had one of those good reading weeks, when I seemed to be with a book always and even managed to finish a couple.
Books finished since the last update
Good Neighbors by Ryan David Jahn (I loved this book!) The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (And this one too!)News from over my blog
Reviews up!
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks Green River Killer by Jonathan Case and Jeff JensenOther posts
'Tis the season of challenges And I started a tumblrBooks on my nightstand
I didn't get to any of the books I meant to read last week, so I have one of them still on my stand.
Neuromancer by William Gibson: From the father of cyberpunk himself, I'm so far intrigued by the world he created and the techie undercurrents through the book.
Cross Currents by John Shors: I read a few pages from this book, and it certainly is beautiful and engaging. I didn't make much progress yet, but considering that the book starts on Dec 18, six days before the tsunami, I can't wait to see what happens.
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