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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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