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
Six years ago, I stumbled upon the edges of the book blogging world, whose awesome book reviews and fun challenges made me want a piece of that cake. I was in my second year at grad school and I was going through a long spell of disillusionment and lack of inspiration. A lot of non-fun activities were in progress - job hunting, thesis, a couple of dud courses, and some family matters. I was visiting and staying with my cousin's family in LA for the holidays and was on the lookout for a big distraction from all my grad school worries. So when I came across a couple of book blogs, I knew that's exactly what I wanted to do. Also, the year-end was when everyone was talking about challenges, new year resolutions, and reading plans, so the book-blogging community was even more happening then than it usually is at other times of the year. I didn't have any plan or purpose when I started blogging nor do I have one now, other than to talk primarily about books and occasio