Numbers 84 & 82 - The walking Dead Vol 24 Life and Death, Dogs think Every day is Christmas - Ray Bradbury

 

This seemed quite slow compared to the pacing of other volumes.  However it packs the biggest emotional impacts so far.  having said that, this is laying down an awful lot of plot threads.  The new societies are not running entirely as smoothely as Rick would like. Maggie has been provoked into an action Rick will certainly not approve of.  Dwight isn't taking to leadership and there's potential trouble brewing with the saviours again.

The whisperers are a fine bunch of new villains and their leader, Alpha. is a creepy creation. Negan was violent, but you could almost see why he was doing what he was doing. You could guess his next course of action.  Out would come Lucille and someone would be hurt.  

Alpha is just... woah... unpredictable would be mild.

One of the final pages of this volume made me shout "No!" loud enough to scare the cat. This is possibly the biggest shock ending of any volume so far. The ending is drawng closer and it's been a wild ride, which looks set to get wilder.

This is a whimsical little poem by Bradbury, charmingly illustrated.  A nioe little compaanion piece to Cat for Comforter which is similar to this, but an illustrated poem about cats.

Both are necessary for Bradbury completists, or for people who like charming little poems with sweet illustrations.  Not much else to say about it.