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Read Peril on the Lost Planet by Angus MacVicar and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4647344506
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Finished The Expanse Series by James S. A. Corey. It was one hell of a ride.
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But I have to say I've liked it a lot!
I enjoyed Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner, The Sympathizer, but the political and philosophical arguments got the better of me in his follow-up, The Committed. He's an excellent, smart writer - and funny (a Chinese guy called Le Cao Boi wishes he were American).
DNF @ 39% My comments on The Committed
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is an entertaining debut by Sean Lusk which has some history, some magic, and exotic locales (think sultan and harem!) so I can see a real fan base for this when it comes out in June.
3.5★ My review of Second Sight of Zachary...
Finished Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia last night (super late to the party, I know). Here's my review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was middle ground for me, good writing, but depressing content!
by Penelope FitzgeraldMy review, three stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Have discovered a new series, so good.
by Karin SlaughterMy review, five stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It's so good!!
Zeba Blay's Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture is a passionate protest, full of examples, about the global culture of "colorism" and how the darkness of your skin decides your worth and opportunities. She knows her stuff! 
4★ My review of Carefree Black Girls
My review of The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a great debut for any historical fiction lovers
My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Yes please to this series!
by Karin SlaughterMy review, five stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Four Times the Trouble by Tara Taylor Quinn
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A short, wonderfully-evocative translated classic
Embers by Sándor MáraiReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And a late finish to my Women's History Month reading
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey BerryReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Where Serpents Sleep is number 4 in the engaging Sebastian St. Cyr historical mystery series. London 1812. Lord Devlin is teamed up with the daughter of Lord Jarvis, his nemesis. Full of action, history and humour. 
4.5★ My review of Where Serpents Sleep
Apeirogon, by award-winning Irish writer Colum McCann, is the remarkable and moving true story of two fathers, former enemies, working for peace. One is Israeli, one Palestinian. Both lost young daughters in the conflict. It is unbelievably beautifully done.
5★ My review of Apeirogon
Finished a couple:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4645329803
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Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974073
I finished reading Fire on the Mountain by Anita DesaiMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ashley Audrain's psychological thriller, The Push, caused a lot of stir and I wondered why. I knew there was a worn-out mother with young children, but I expected something more.
3★ My review of The Push
My review of Love in the Time of Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow.A 700-page tome, the product of a decade's worth of extensive research on new evidence in anthropology and archaeology. The authors debunk many of the conventional narratives about human history and the assumptions on which they are based. It is long, unwieldy, intellectually stimulating, and absolutely fascinating.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Little Island Secret by Emma Davies4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A new favourite Aussie thriller for my bookshelf! If you need more than my enthusiasm, Lee Child called Michael Trant's latest novel, Wild Dogs "Tough, fast and hard – my kind of book." It is also a completely authentic, Aussie outback story. I'm with Lee on this one.
5★ My review of Wild Dogs
Finished
. A great story and relevant to what's going on in the world now. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I couldn't resist sharing some of the verse and illustrations after enjoying a re-read of Madeline, the much-loved picture book and poem from 1939 by Ludwig Bemelmans. I can't recite all of it anymore, but I'm surprised how much I remember."In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. . ."
5★ My revisit to Paris with Madeline
Finished
. Beautifully written story of a family. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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