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
Tomorrow, the husband and I return back to work. After almost 13 days of lazying around the house and relaxing in PJs whenever possible, it feels near disappointing to think of going back to work. Mind you, I love my job, but getting to stay at home and do whatever you want to sounds funner, right? It bugs me how most of the holidays come in the last two months of the year while the rest of the year has nothing major to make you want to squeal in delight. On the one hand, at least office-goers also get long holidays. On the other hand, once such a holiday is over, you have to wait 11 months for the next.
During the holidays, we watched a LOT of TV and movies. Off the top of my head, some of the movies we watched were The Hobbit, This is 40, Parental Guidance, Love Actually, Blackfish (must watch!), some horror movies, and many others I can't remember now. Right now, we are watching episodes of Haven on Netflix and quite enjoying them.
Five days into the new year and I've been reading some and knitting some. Couple of weeks back, I knitted a sleeve for my Kindle. I love how tiny the basic Kindle is - it fits very easily into my handbag. Last thing I wanted was to get a chunky sleeve or case to wrap around it. The whole point of a tiny ereader vanishes at that point. So I figured I could knit a sleeve for it, keeping it snug and also retaining its size, for the most part. Here are a couple of shots of the kindle sleeve.
Yesterday, I started reading Gail Tsukiyama's Night of Many Dreams. This is the first book I'm reading by this author and I guess the first Japanese-authored book that I'm reading in more than a year. So far, it's off to a good start.
How is your Sunday going?
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Your knitted Kindle cover is fab! Well done you!
I know most people would schedule stuff in to make the most of it but I seriously just like to stay at home.
I love that Kindle sleeve. Love the colors especially.
I LOVE the Kindle sleeve --very cool and so pretty too.
movies. The good thing about it is that I also finished two books. The
bad, way too much chocolate.
That's a cute sleeve for your Kindle, I love the colors.
I like the sleeve you made!
Yeah, the holidays have been good. It will be nice to go back to work and have some routine, though the holidays have been too good. Did I already say that?
I wish I could sleep at home some more. I don't think I have tired of the holidays yet. Sigh...
I love staying at home too. Sure, I couldn't do that forever - too boring, but it's awesome to have long breaks. That's the one thing I miss from my days as a student!
I am back at work and assimilating! Gulp. It is good to be back, but I miss the holidays already.
Staying home in PJs was too good. I could do it for a longer break.
I wish I had finished more books, but nop, reading didn't factor in much. It was just knitting and TV.
I love free days when I don't have to work even though I like my job. There's something comforting about stay-at-home days.
And I hope your first day back at work was OK. I'm tired after my own first day back, I forgot how tiring a class full of seven year olds can be!
The sleeve you knitted came out great! I love that. Can't wait to hear what you think of the Tsukiyama book. I've read one by her and really enjoyed it. Been meaning to read more.