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!
Right now, I'm going through four books, and I'm torn between which one out of two of those books to give the center stage in this post. So I'll spotlight both.
I'm so thrilled to finally be reading Oliver Sacks and Thrity Umrigar - authors I should have checked out long ago! Both books are amazing so far! I'm also reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (finally!) at bedtime and Women Know Everything by Karen Weekes during my tea break.
Which pages were turned...
Over the last weeks, I finished a couple of books - both pretty good.
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel: I have to say I am beginning to develop a girl crush for Mandel. I loved her debut book (Last Night in Montreal) and The Singer's Gun is just as amazing!
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston: This was a fun book to read - colorful pictures, story narrated in scrapbook form!
...And other news
Review: Make it Stay by Joan Frank
Review: The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Review: The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
Review: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Should I read... The Great Gatsby?
Review: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Book and movie review)
A Suitable Boy readalong
Happy reading! The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel: I have to say I am beginning to develop a girl crush for Mandel. I loved her debut book (Last Night in Montreal) and The Singer's Gun is just as amazing! The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston: This was a fun book to read - colorful pictures, story narrated in scrapbook form!...And other news
Review: Make it Stay by Joan Frank Review: The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth Review: The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay Review: Unwind by Neal Shusterman Should I read... The Great Gatsby? Review: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Book and movie review) A Suitable Boy readalong
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Thrity Umrigar. Heard so much about her. Look forward to read what you think about them. :)
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