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
Last week went much better than I dared hope it would be. I managed to catch some parts of the Presidential Inauguration and the evening program, and just the realization that the administration is really, truly, definitively changing has just sunk in, I think. I haven't spent more than about 5 minutes each day on the news (didn't feel the need to) and I hope to keep it that way for as long as possible.
Life
Yep, another busy work week. I know I hoped for a lighter work week, but who am I kidding. Work has been a different kind of busy each week this whole month and it will be nothing different this coming week. I just hope to figure out how to get my lunch hour freed up and use it to recharge. Not much happened in life this week - kids are loving being back at school, and I am loving my uninterrupted time, something that was only a luxury for much of last year.
Reading
Even if life was busy this week, I did read quite a bit. I'm slowly reading So You Want To Talk About Race but I had started and finished All Systems Red by Martha Wells this week. It didn't quite live up to its hype but I did like it enough to want to continue with the series.
Just yesterday, I started reading Syed Masood's The Bad Muslim Discount (to be published on Feb 2). I'm not sure what to expect yet but so far, I am enjoying it tremendously.
Watching
After months of watching Star Trek TNG and then Discovery, this week has been very quiet in TV for me. That first evening felt very weird but I survived. Though last evening, I started watching DS9. I may be resuming that same routine again with this show but the quiet week did feel good. Friday night, we watched Ratatouille with the kids and I had forgotten how lovely this movie was.
On the blog
Is it just me or does it feel like January is whizzing by?
Linking with The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz and The Sunday Post at Caffeinated Reviewer.
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