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
Hello readers and bloggers! Has this past week been any different for you from weeks past?
Linking with The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz and The Sunday Post at Caffeinated Reviewer.
Last week
Not a whole lot has happened here this past week. Looks like we are getting used to our routines without needing to do something different to spice up the days. Which is unfortunate, because I did prefer it when there was something new or different each week.
Last Sunday, we spent a lot of time at a local nursery. We were looking for some bigger houseplants and came home with some new friends (pictures below). We were worried that our little one may go poking at them (because he enjoys poking at anything) and he did make a stab at the peace lily a couple of times but stopped quickly when he realized it was causing me too much distress. Phew.
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| The car trunk after we picked up the plants from the nursery |
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| The tall Ficus near the aquarium and the Peace Lily in our living room |
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| On the left is the Devil's Ivy (Pothos) which is a favorite of the husband. And then we also got this other plant that I'm sure is a common plant but I can't recall the name. Do you know? |
Looking Ahead
After couple of months, this is a week I'm happily looking forward to. There's a long weekend at the end of this week - which, pre-virus era meant start of summer activities or at least a long weekend to enjoy. This time, it's going to be mainly a celebration of one less day to hole out in the temporary (long term?) office room. In addition, I'm also taking half day off on Tuesday as the boy will turn two and we are going to be baking a cake. Yes - that's actually a huge deal here as I rarely venture past basic cookies and muffins. Do I decorate those? Ha, you're kidding me. So we'll see if the cake we bake and decorate for the boy is even worth sharing - I sure hope it is. I know he wouldn't mind but I would hate to ruin a special day. We do still need to put up birthday decorations. When there's no party to plan for, it's very hard to get into decoration mode. Thankfully his big sister keeps reminding us so we do a little each day.Watching
We continued watching House Hunters and Property Brothers, though by now not as much as in the previous week. What I'd really like to watch is something to do with interior decoration but can't find a good show. Do you have any favorites?
Reading
I didn't spend as much time with Homegoing this week as I hoped to but am at the halfway point and hope to make some great strides this week. That's always the hope, isn't it? I do still love this book and actually don't mind that each chapter focuses on a new character. Yaa Gyasi has executed that concept so well that it flows richly into the fabric of the story. I desperately want to find out how these two family lines fare in the end.
I'm way behind where I want to be in my reading by now. That doesn't really bother me but it would be nice to read a few fast-paced reads. I've been seeing Notes from a Public Typewriter around and it's well-liked. I haven't made the commitment to read it yet but may cave in soon.
On the blog
How has your Sunday been so far?
Linking with The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz and The Sunday Post at Caffeinated Reviewer.
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