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I LOVED this book!!! Comicon meets family drama. It took me a little bit to understand where the story was going but once it clicked I couldn't stop reading it! 😊 The author made it so easy to see the story unfold in your mind ❤ Set mainly in the comicon world there were quite a few interesting characters 😁📖

Another dollar store find, this book follows 9 year old Alex and his mom, former star of a time-travel series, as they journey from NY to LA, stopping at comic book conventions along the way. Comic book fans and convention goers will love the nerdy details, but at its heart this is a poignant story of loss and change, set in a world of stories.

My two new books from Dollar Tree today! How do you not get books when they're $1.25 each?? 😍 More books added to my TBR pile 😅📚

Fun and imaginative, Proehl is an ambitious writer and quickly becoming a favorite author.
I really connected with Alex, the young son of Valerie Torrey, once on a popular, cult hit TV series called Anomaly.
It's the 10 year anniversary of Anomaly. Valerie is set to make guest appearances and sign autographs at comic conventions across the USA. Alex knows his mom is taking him on a trip to see his dad, but he doesnt realize for how long.

Can anyone guess where I spent my morning??
I love this library....its not the closest to me, but always worth the trip. They have an observatory there also, and indoor walking area, since it's 100+ almost every day this time of year.
Anyone read any of these?

#QuotsyMay18 • May 5|Comic • Great quote from an awesome book about comic book writers, comic cons, actors and the meaning behind the superheroes.

I didn‘t quite catch my major Litsy milestone, but that‘s ok. I truly never thought when I joined Litsy that I would have such an amazing outlet with like minded people that never fail to ignite my passion for reading and all things book related. I‘ve read more books this year than any other year of my life! Thank you all for being such a fun part of Litsy. I will be posting a giveaway later #. 💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

When your library holds for vacation reading randomly come in around the same time, so you have to stare at most of them longingly for a couple weeks... (while feeling a tad guilty about checking them out for so long) 📚📚📚📚

I admit....bought it for the cover!

#sweetchildofmine Val, an actress, who took off 6 years ago with her son after tragedy struck, must take her son back to meet his estranged father. Val was once in a sci-fi show with her son's father. Its a beautiful book about a mother's love for her son set against the backdrop of comicons. There's some surprising but very entertaining interludes of feminism in here. Its also a story about endings becoming beginnings. Just a great book.

Read for Tucson Festival of Books! Overall an enjoyable read. I connected a lot with the story line and loved the ComicCon setting. Mainly it's just a book about families and what that means and how a child feels in a complicated family. A great novel, excited to hear Proehl discuss! #tfob

Quick! Litsy! What book should I read next?!?

Best parts of snow days. #readingandknitting

Meh. This was fine. Loved the idea but a bit too choppy.

So many good #ebookdeals today. Bought two other titles (Siracusa and Perfect Days) and would have purchased more if I didn't already own them. 💸💸

I went a little crazy with the eBook sale today. I almost picked up Mischling, too, but I'm not sure I could handle the content. Good reads (I hope) ahead!

I'm finding it impossible to stick to my bookish resolution not to buy more than 3 new books a month. Especially, with the Kindle deals today. Six new ones today alone! Send help (and money) 😄.

The beginning was amazing! The middle sizzled! The ending was disappointing. Still a pick, though. I kind of put off finishing it because I saw where it was headed, and it wasn't what I wanted for the characters.

#LitsyAtoZ Letter H

See 👇🏻 for some personal comments. 💜💜

❤️💜 Loving this book! I can't stop listening.

This book is taking a turn for the quotable! I already have another one on deck, and I'm just two hours in. So far, definitely recommend!

Thanks to all of you who posted about The Tournament of Books and added to my TBR!! #blameitonlitsy

I picked this one up from that list with my last #audible credit this month. So far, I'm enjoying it! It's a story about comic cons and cos-play that is more my style. 😃👍🏻

Hold on, I have to think about this for a minute.

There is some very beautiful writing mixed in with quirky cosplay and comics culture in this novel.

This book was pure magic. A story of a mother's love for her son set against the world of comics. So much depth to this book. How time is precious. How endings can become beginnings. Such a beautiful book.

He thinks back on all the other stories she‘s told him and wonders how many are real and how many she made up for him. It‘s like the masks the superheroes wear that become more important than the faces under them: the story hides something so it can reveal the thing more clearly.

“It‘s a fridging. It‘s how you motivate a male character,” says Gail...."You kill off the woman he loves, then he swears revenge. Maybe her death keeps coming up in flashback, a kind of emotional touchstone moment. But after ten, twelve issues, he meets somebody new and moves on.” "They ever kill off a guy to give a female character motivation?” asks Red Emma.

Current commute read, almost missed my stop last night.

I hit the mother lode!!!

#LibraryHaul 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚

YASSSS THIS BOOK! Awesome dive into nerdom, with a Greek chorus of superhero models dissing the industry on its sexism. Heartbreaking, moving, beautiful story of love and loss and how quickly our lives change and how we react. Great characters and concepts. All around 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I swear, this is such a peeve of mine. Also, I've been exercising an enormous amount of restraint when it comes to quotes from this book.

Allllllll of this!!!!!!!!

A Hundred Thousand Worlds is about the relationship between a mother and son as they head towards their destination via a circuit of Comic Book Conventions. For me, this book hit all the right notes: Some well- written commentary on the Comic Book biz, pop culture references galore, and most importantly, characters to root for.

You're my people. #litsylove

Currently reading!

"That's stupid. It's one of the stupidest things adults do. Things are broken and things are important and they don't say anything. They don't say anything and nothing gets fixed."

We could all learn from this kid.

I started a new project tonight - reading all of my co-workers' staff picks. (There aren't that many of them, so it's a fairly manageable project.) First up, A Hundred Thousand Worlds!

Loved this book. I loved getting to feel like I was a part of the comic con world. I love the tv show created for the book too. This was a great read from my summer that I will revisit plenty in the future in sure. Totally one of my favorites from the 2016 releases list. Read: June 2016 #thatswhatsheread #2016readingchallenge #readhard #readharder #readingharderest #bibliomaniac #goodreads #booknerd #allthebooks

#somethingforsept #SeptemberPhotoChallenge

Here are the books on my TBR list with numbers!! May need to give these a bump!

For #recommendsday, a staff pick from Scott at Book Culture on Broadway -
"With a penchant for the needy, Proehl captures so perfectly the creation of stories, the different ways in which those stories are told, and the worlds that they create and make real for us as consumers of stories. You don't need to be part of any fandom to love this book."

I had to finally call it quits with this. I made it 234 pages in & there was never a moment where I felt excited to pick this up. There are some really lovely written passages in this, but the characters are unlikable. Not in an intentional way. You're supposed to like them...at least most of them..but I disliked all. When a plot twist came, I didn't care. I have no curiosity towards how life turns out for anyone. And I'm a very curious person.

So I'm at the local indie bookstore (one of a few, thankfully) and I see this. Will I understand it if I'm not sufficiently geeky? #bookstore #changinghands

I dislike crowds, so I've never felt compelled to go to any sort of Con. The world that the author is describing in this book makes me want to try one.

Met Bob Proehl last night. He is such a cool guy to chat with and he's a fantastic writer too!

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This was a great book. I loved the characters. My one complaint is that I had a difficult time keeping track of the men and their respective employers and books. I thought it interesting that this was written by a man. I had to keep reminding myself of this as I read.

"There is magic in opening doors, and the heavier the door, the greater the possibilities."

"You don't want the answers. The answers are 'All of time is a mess, and we plod through our little section of it.'"

Day 2 of the #24in48 #Readathon: A Hundred Thousand Worlds for reading. Death Star necklace for geek adornment. Pop culture action figure for irreverent motivation. Ready, set, go!

@Litsy This is my favorite dysfunctional family novel. #24in48 #readathon

Nine-year-old Alex and his mom, Valerie — the ex-star of a superhero TV show — make their way across the country, Comic-Con by Comic-Con, toward a future of inevitable loss. They visit the fallen heroes, wise women, and wizards of pen-and-ink who have all shaped the story of their lives. Pushed and pulled by so many other people‘s stories, can Alex and Valerie learn to write their own? - Cat