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
Sheila @ Book Journey wants to know what we're reading. I'm only too happy to oblige!
This week, I started reading The Face Thief by Eli Gottlieb. I have seen this book on a few blogs already, but fortunately or unfortunately, I don't remember what any of the impressions were. So it feels like reading a book without knowing anything about it. I admit that it is the title that pulled me into the book, but right from the first page, the beauty of the language is very obvious. I have a feeling The Face Thief and I will have a good time together.
Which pages were turned...
I just finished reading Mary Ann Shaffer's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society hours ago and have to confess that this is one of those situations when I really wished the book didn't end. I also finished American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar, a book I have a lot to talk about. I am still reading Lynn Sheene's The Last Time I Saw Paris - which I didn't get to last week, but plan to finish this week. Short Story of the week - The Shawl (click for my review) by Louise Erdrich - a must-read in my opinion....And other news
Review: The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto Some literary tidbits and news. This stuff is so disturbing - on reading about topics that we find challenging.
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Wishing you a great reading week!
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
My Monday Memes post
Here's
http://laurelrainsnow.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/monday-from-the-interior-mailbox-monday-what-are-you-reading-feb-13/
http://thelittlereaderlibrary.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html
Here's mine: Colorimetry
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
PS When will you be posting wedding pics? I'm itching for more.
I caught the flu on Wednesday. I spent much of the weekend in bed reading. Please come see what I've read.
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