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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I have a couple of ARCs that I plan to get to this week. I'm trying to clear off a stack of ARCs that I didn't have a chance to read earlier, and am finally excited to get to.
The Gin Closet by Leslie Jamison: A few months ago, I had seen this book in a lot of blogs and been intrigued by it. So I'm glad to finally get the chance to pick it and read.
Cross Currents by John Shors: I had been looking forward to reading this book with mixed expectations. On one hand, the topic of the 2004 tsunami (which I hear has a small appearance in this book), hits very close to home, since I was staying at a beach where the tsunami made a grazing pass. On the other hand, the plot of the book also sounds very intriguing.
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