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Infinite Country by Patricia Engel | Thoughts

   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

Wrapping up the Dog Days of Summer Readathon




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.

Matthew Quick's Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is turning out to be quite an intriguing read. I haven't read his The Silver Linings Playbook, but I did watch the movie and not like it at all. So I have been a bit uncertain about this one. The protagonist Leonard Peacock isn't the most entertaining character to be inside of, but he does have a very interesting personality. When the book begins, he confides in us, the reader, his plan to kill one of his classmates and then commit suicide. On his way to the deed, he wants to first gift four of his friends with something to remember him by. It's turning out to be an intriguing insight into his personality.

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.

Comments

rhapsodyinbooks said…
I guess I must be the only one in the universe not reading the new Matthew Quick book now! LOL
Sam_TinyLibrary said…
Glad you had a good experience, too. I am so far behind with my reviews now!
Care said…
To reply to Rhapsody Jill, this the first I've heard of this new book. Anyway, my friend who had read Silver Linings Playbook said the movie was very different from the book so you can not like the movie and still like the book, yes?
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
Athira / Aths said…
I only just saw the first review of that book so clearly I'm living under a rock. I guess many are reading it possibly because NetGalley offered it to those who took the NetGalley Pledge without requiring a request.
Athira / Aths said…
I'm also in that club now - I think I'll have to follow up the readathon with a reviewathon.
Athira / Aths said…
Quick's new book seems so different in tone, style and pacing from the Silver Linings Playbook movie that I am willing to believe that the book and movie are different.


Yay for finishing two books today! There's one more readathon going on right now (Bout of Books) - you could try joining that one.
Vasilly said…
I've finally seen Silver Linings Playbook so the book is on my shelf now. Leonard Peacock is on my Nook so hopefully I'll get to both books really soon. Glad you're finding it intriguing. I can't wait to read your review.
christa @ mental foodie said…
You are the first person I have heard who don't like The Silver Linings Playbook, the movie! I haven't watched it yet. interesting!