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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

Did You Turn Your Clocks Forward? | Weekly Snapshot

Did your clocks spring forward today? Since I cannot let a year go by without going on the record and saying how much I don't like this system, I'll try again. I find it disruptive at best and unproductive at worst. I get the economical and agricultural benefits, but when you have little kids or pets, time is a very abstract concept. Body clock is what's followed most of the time.

So as in the past few years, we are expecting lots of sleepy mornings and morning rush battles at home while we try to get the kids out of bed before they are physically ready to. It's hard enough keeping that routine going without the complication of an hour shift, it's going to be harder with that one hour loss.


Last Week

Last week has been a big blur for the most part. I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew, both personally and at work - the more I do, the more my to-do list just seems to increase. We'll see what I do to get over it but this weekend has been very refreshing so far and that always helps.

Last night, we got together with a few of our neighbors for a potluck dinner. This is always fun, and since the last year, we've been trying to meet up at someone's house every few months. The kids had lots of fun as well but were also very tired, which meant the boy slept right after dinner while the girl was cranky that playtime was over.

Currently

Nothing much on the agenda today so I'm hoping to pay some attention to my house and clear up the clutter that seems to constantly pile up. I'm expecting to be somewhat tired today, what with last night's dinner and meetup and the time shift this morning, but the good thing about that may be that we'll call it a night earlier than usual.

Looking ahead

We don't have a lot going on this week, but I'm sure something will come up as the week progresses. There are couple of deadlines this week at my daughter's preschool and I'm hoping not to make them last minute affairs, as I've been doing lately.

Reading

With the week I had, I'm not surprised I didn't get much read last week. I'm briefly putting down Up The Down Staircase for now. As good as the book is, I need something of a faster pacing or with potential of emotional involvement if I'm going to read more often. I finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, which I loved.


   


I'm not quite sure what I will read next but I have a few good books downloaded from my library's Overdrive account. The one I'm particularly eyeing is Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

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