Welcome to another edition of the book club for the overscheduled, the commitment phobes, and the just plain lazy, Books in 140 Seconds, which challenges Erin Balser and me to a) not look & sound like complete idiots on camera, and b) talk about a book in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. This week we’ve decided to talk about Quarter-Life Crisis: Only the Good Die Yung, the awesome self-published output of author/illustrator and publicist extraordinaire, Evan Munday. (Not sure of his awesomeness? Watch his Keep Toronto Reading pitch and you’ll be convinced.) You may also have noticed Erin and I have an inclination toward selective apocalypses in our graphic novels (see Books in 140 Seconds: Y: The Last Man), so Evan’s graphic novel series that kills off everyone except the 25-year-olds is right up our alley.
Here’s what we had to say about this promising new series:
Next time, we’re upping the ante by trying to discuss three books in one with Jim Harrison’s trio of novellas, The Farmer’s Daughter (House of Anansi, 2010). Mark your calendars and synchronize your watches for Thursday, June 17 at 1:40 p.m.!
“You could die tomorrow; read it!”
Whoa! Pulling out the big guns, eh? :)
We’ve been reading too many apocalyptic graphic novels . . . haha
LOL First of all, I loved the review! Secondly, as a resident of Toronto, I think I should be picking up this book asap! Thanks JK and Erin :)
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