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A selection of books from the last several months

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry

Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

June 26, 2024 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I’ve been pretty terrible this year. I haven’t been reading very much, and what little reading I have done hasn’t inspired much writing. So I’m just going to throw these reviews into a box, just to remind myself that I like doing this. Y: The Last Man (Vol. 1) (3 stars) Set in a post-apocalyptic America where all mammals with a Y-chromosome (including sperm and embryos) suddenly and simultaneously die – except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey, Ampersand. What’s left is a world […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Western Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Dead Man's Walk, Hell of a Book, Hemlock Island, jason mott, Kelley Armstrong, Larry McMurtry, Y The Last Man

ingres77's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Western · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Dead Man's Walk, Hell of a Book, Hemlock Island, jason mott, Kelley Armstrong, Larry McMurtry, Y The Last Man ·
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September 2023 Leftovers

Ex Machina, Book Five by Brian K. Vaughan

Windfall by Wendy Corsi Staub

The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins

The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri

Guts and Genius: The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s by Bob Glauber

October 3, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Let’s please do something about climate change before it’s too late. I miss fall. And far more importantly: people’s lives are at stake. Ex Machina Book Five **** Mixed feelings on how this series ended. I think in many respects, the superhero stuff was handled better than the political angle through most of its run. That’s not something I thought I’d be saying after the first book. Making Mayor Hundred a contrarian centrist type was uninspired back then and comes off as even more annoying […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall

Jake's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall ·
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“I’ll say it again, ideas are fragile things and sometimes it takes multiple people to pull a good one out of the ether. Just make sure everyone is pulling in the same direction.

Saga (Volume 10) by Brian K Vaughan

July 30, 2023 by cheerbrarian 2 Comments

CBR Bingo – Picture This Saga has always been a graphic roller coaster of emotion and violence wherein you’re laughing one minute, gasping the next, grimacing as you turn the page, and tearing up as you finish the volume. That said, the last issue was a coaster that ended with a straight drop into a splash pad of utter misery, leaving you stunned. Thus, it was hard to go on after volume 9 because of (MAJOR SPOILER REDACTED) but I felt I had dragged my […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, cbr15bingo, Saga, saga volume 10

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, cbr15bingo, Saga, saga volume 10 ·
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May-July Leftovers

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

City of Dreams by Don Winslow

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Tripwire by Jack Reacher

Baby Moll by John Farris

Only the Dead Know Brooklyn by Thomas Boyle

The Laundromat: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

X by Davey Davis

Our Last Season: A Writer, A Fan, A Friendship by Harvey Araton

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen

The Boys From Biloxi by John Grisham

Ex Machina Book Four by Brian K. Vaughan

Jacket Weather by Mike DeCapite

Straight Cut by Madison Smartt Bell

The Crust on Its Uppers by Derek Raymond

That Kind of Danger by Donna Masini

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Spenser Confidential by Ace Atkins

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, I Mean Noel by Ellen Raskin

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

July 30, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I usually do these at the end of the month but then I went through a big reading slump March-May. And then I roared back but realized I was behind. So apologies for this being so long. There Will Be Fire **** A good, readable text on a moment in history I knew little about. Even after reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing, I still had a lot of problem keeping track of all the socio-political dynamics so it’s good that Rory Carroll makes it accessible […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X

Jake's CBR15 Review No:103 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X ·
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“It’s not like I grow up to be some great war hero or any all-important savior but thanks to my parents at least I get to grow old. Not everyone does.”

Saga (Volume 9) by Brian K Vaughan

March 16, 2023 by cheerbrarian 4 Comments

Back again with another Saga installment! I can’t believe I’m almost finally caught up. What a roller coaster this series is. I saw that when this series first came out, it was billed as “Star Wars meets Game of Thrones” and I give two thumbs up to that comparison. The only thing I would clarify there is that it’s less “Star Wars meets Game of Thrones” and more “Game of Thrones set in a Star Wars-ish Universe” because every other volume has it’s own Red […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, family, LGBTQ, saga volume 9, space, violence, war

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, family, LGBTQ, saga volume 9, space, violence, war ·
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“If we were all a little more selfish with our own lives instead of being in such a hurry to defend everything to the death the universe would be a much less scary place”

Saga (Volume 8) by Brian K Vaughan

February 21, 2023 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

With a backdrop that is distinctly western, this volume starts with a wooden sign that says, “Welcome to Abortion Town!” And how you feel about that as an opening to a graphic novel (offended? jarred? intrigued) is a pretty good barometer for if you would like this series. I find it overall to be a jarring delight, but it’s not for everybody (she says, knowing she recommended it at work, and now someone she works with is reading it and she immediately had an OH […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, family, Lbgtq, saga volume 8, space, violence, war

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, family, Lbgtq, saga volume 8, space, violence, war ·
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