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
I spent a fairly good amount of time mostly reading this weekend. There were the usual chores, some furniture window-shopping and quite a bit of office work to do, but I did get halfway through two books as well.
I've also finished a few more stories from Quarantine by Rahul Mehta and so far, I like the book. The sexual orientation of the characters is really only a minor mention in some stories, whereas in others, it is a big deal. I was eager to read this book because homosexuality is a very touchy topic in India, and even that's putting it very mildly. While this book is mostly from the perspective of immigrants, it's still something.
This week, I have a few reviews I want to belt out - I have one half written and another one to write.
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I didn't get as much reading done this past weekend as I thought I would (didn't know about this readathon) but I managed to finish two books today. YAY
Yay for finishing two books today! There's one more readathon going on right now (Bout of Books) - you could try joining that one.