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Sometimes it seems like even my non-comics reading involves comics. That probably says a lot about my taste in books, but in this case, it's because of someone else. My book club decided to read Beautiful Children by Charles Bock. It's a good book, and Bock is a great writer, and it pertains to comics: One of the characters is a writer and illustrator, and, without giving away too much of the plot, two teens go to see his signing at the local comic store. Reading it took me back to my days as a young fan, when I rode my bike downtown to a store called Worlds Beyond several times a week (weather permitting). It was a small store in a small town, so they never had any signings, but still...I could relate.

I've been reading up a storm lately. The last update of the site was down to the wire, so I was hoping to get ahead. No such luck. What with the flurry of reading I had to do for the Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer list, I was in over my head from the beginning. Add all the books I was reading for reviewing, and I was behind the 8-ball all along. But it was a fun place to be.