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 tend of think of February as a short unplanned stop in a year's journey. It's the month that takes everything for a toss, the month when you stop following your resolutions or your best-laid plans but then halfway through you want to fix it but it's too late, so now you just wait for March and do a reset. Happens year after year. Even with the leap day this year, or especially because of it, this month felt as if it ran longer than it should have, like when you plan that long vacation expecting every minute to be enjoyed but then the last day comes along and you just want to go home.
It's the month my reading always fails and from all the posts I've read so far, it was no different for many of you. Funnily though, this year around, I read a lot more this February than in any month over the part four years. In a way, February turned out to be a break from normal routine. Or at least it made it possible to squeeze in more reading than I am usually able to.
When do you blog and how far in advance are you scheduling your posts? What's your favorite blogging tip with regards to planning or time management?
It's the month my reading always fails and from all the posts I've read so far, it was no different for many of you. Funnily though, this year around, I read a lot more this February than in any month over the part four years. In a way, February turned out to be a break from normal routine. Or at least it made it possible to squeeze in more reading than I am usually able to.
Read of the month
I still need to post my thoughts on this book, but I've loved it and turns out many of you did too.
The Girl's Favorite
If I got paid for every single time I read this book last month, I'd be pretty rich now. The girl loved this book so much that we were reading it almost every day for a week.
Books finished
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
Colored by Emilie Plateau
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Who Was Sojourner Truth? (Who Was/Is...?) by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Read with my kids
Cycle City by Alison Farrell
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Maybe Tomorrow by Charlotte Agell (a really good book about grief)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. (a favorite reread for a few years now)
Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride by Sergio Ruzzier
I Can Read with my Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss
Shhh! I'm Sleeping by Dorothée de Monfreid (another favorite reread)
The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose
Planning for March
Despite how much I read in February, it was a very busy month. A few things changed at work that has increased my workload some and it's going to be some time before that changes. I don't expect March to be any different in that regard, except that I've now gotten into the swing of things. I'm still reading without any major plan to go by, and that works just fine for now. Occasionally, that's a cause for a mild reading rut but beyond that, I'm cool with not knowing what my reading stack looks like. I plan to continue that for March. However, I do have a blogging goal - I'm trying to see how much ahead of the schedule I can get so I'm not always writing the night before. I may not solve this - right now, this is all happening at late night once the kids are in bed but it's not my favorite time to do this because I'm usually way too exhausted. Something sure needs to give, but I'm still thinking through this.When do you blog and how far in advance are you scheduling your posts? What's your favorite blogging tip with regards to planning or time management?
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