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
Rest in Peace, Ruth. We will sorely miss you.
Cold mornings
For the past few days, we've been waking up feeling very cold. I've tried my best to ignore the season shift, but this morning, comfort took precedence and the heater has finally been turned on, if only for an hour. So while the afternoons are significantly warmer, the rest of the day and night is not. Personally, I love sweater weather, and with this year being a dud so far and not having been friendly to my wardrobe, I'm looking forward to some retail therapy.
Fall is about
sweaters, pumpkins, pumpkin spice, wagon rides, corn mazes, so much good ole fun, and did I already say sweaters?
But, oh wait, we are still in a pandemic. Right, we'll find out what this year's Fall is going to be about. Even if some of these places are open, I know we won't be visiting any this year, so we are all going to be very sad. Maybe I'd try the corn maze - last time I went, it was not crowded at all, but we will have to brave a few crowds to get that far.
Book club meeting
Last night, my book club friends in the neighborhood met to discuss The Underground Girls of Kabul. While we didn't have a lot to discuss this time, mainly because we had discussed the bacha posh practice to death during our last meet, we did have mixed reactions on this one. The jury was all over the place but most enjoyed the writing in this book much better.
Last week
The husband was in Phoenix during the first part of the week, so I took half days off of work during those days so that I can handle work and kids well. For the most part, the week was busy - my daughter's schoolwork seems to increase, if anything, and I'm trying to be cognizant of how she wants to learn and how much (or less) time she may want to spend on a work. (Montessori calls everything that a child does as work. Over the past years, it has become my preferred word to use with my kids. It really helps give it a seriousness and also help cultivate ownership. Plus, they understand when I say I have work to do, ha!)
Reading
Much of last week was spent feverishly trying to finish The Underground Girls of Kabul in time for my book club meeting. I didn't make it but it didn't seem to matter for a lot of experiences documented in the book seemed to follow similar paths and much of the gist of the book is well covered from the beginning.
In addition to trying to complete The Underground Girls, I'm also looking forward to going back to The Memory Police, which I had to put aside so I could focus on the book club read.
Watching
I finally completed first season of The Next Generation and started the second season last night. We've also been doing a Friday movie night for the past couple of months and watched several kid-friendly movies. My daughter is not much into movies that have dark scenes or eerie noises, though I'm trying to convert her slowly. She had agreed to watch The Good Dinosaur though there were a couple of scenes that bothered her a lot. Last few Fridays, we completed the Cars movies. I'm not sure where we go next. If you have any recommendations that kids 5 and under may enjoy, please share.
Making
At my daughter's request, I've picked up my knitting needles again. She has requested a hat (or maybe I convinced her to request a hat) and also a dress for one of her teddy bears. I've started on the dress first because that's what she's more interested in and maybe I'll try to add an audiobook while I knit but we'll see. Usually, I'm playing with the kids and knitting at the same time, so I'm not sure I want one more person in my ears at the time.
What do you have planned for Fall?
Linking with The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz and The Sunday Post at Caffeinated Reviewer.
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