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...
Anyone else happy that it's the weekend? It's been a crazy busy week here (so, what's new?) but more so because we are reaching a big deadline in our project at work. Suddenly, there's a lot of things to iron, issues to sort out, postponed items to consider, etc, and an overtime schedule is becoming the new routine now. Much as I'm looking forward to the deadline being behind me, the zeal currently gripping the team feels exciting too.
Last night, I started reading Kate Atkinson's Life After Life and so far, it's engrossing. I know it's been a hit or miss book with most liking the concept but then getting tired by the repetitiveness. I'm curious to see how it will fare for me. I just finished Ben Winters' The Last Policeman, which I loved immensely. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series, when they release.
What are your plans for today? We'll be heading out for some shopping after lunch and spend some time today doing some cleaning chores (yawn) but other than that, I hope to get some good reading time.
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Good luck at work as your deadline approaches.