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
Last week was a good one in books. I finished How to be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman, which was enjoyable, but not quite as good as I hoped it would be. I also finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane and that was a very amazing read. I'm looking forward to reading more of Gaiman's books - I can now see his appeal.
I spent a day not reading at all but mostly catching up on some chores, doing some shopping, catching up on Supernatural. I'm still not sure what my next read will be but this past week, I've been listening to The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. It has a whopping 19 discs, which is more than my max disc count so far of 12. I know I'm curious to see how this one will go. So far, content-wise, it is very informative. I don't quite like it when the author gets a bit preachy, but that can be forgiven considering the subject she has written about.Next in the list
I am waiting on two good books from the library. One of them is Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor and Park. I loved her Attachments, which I read only after Eleanor and Park started popping up everywhere. Some have liked Eleanor and Park better so I'm hoping to have a rollicking time with this book. The other one, I requested only because of its very strange looking cover - Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff. Strange title too, huh?
Review Backlog (Any that you want to see first?)
1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
2. How to be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman
3. Can you Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
4. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
5. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
6. The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
7. The Baby-Sitters Club graphic series by Raina Telgemeier
8. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
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