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One Week in the Library
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
20 posts | 16 read | 24 to read
Welcome to the Library. It's here that every story ever written is catalogued and monitored by a single man, who's begun to notice something strange: the books are rebelling. Image Comics proudly presents this experimental graphic novella from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist John Amor, which recounts a troublesome week in the Library via seven short stories--one for each day--that use comics, infographics, prose, and poetry to play with the graphic medium and explore the multivalent world of living narrative.
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MatchlessMarie
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Nice little reading dent in the first week of 2023. I don‘t know if I will keep doing weekly wrap ups but I think it might help me realize when I am dipping into a reading slump. #JumpStart2023 #LGBTQBookBingo

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Avanders
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Panpan

Ummmm no. Like so many before me, I was greatly disappointed by this disjointed graphic … novel? It held promise. Such promise was, alas, dashed. ⭐️⭐️ because promise ain‘t nothin‘.

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Litsy
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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This week is #NationalLibraryWeek in the US, and our sister site, #LibraryThing, is celebrating with a library-themed treasure hunt! Solve the clues to find library cards scattered around the site.

https://www.librarything.com/hunt_2019-04.php

If you're not already on LibraryThing, this is a fun way to get to know the site! Plus there are prizes to be had.

Need a hint? See the Talk discussion: https://www.librarything.com/topic/305699

conceptDawg Remember, you can check the Talk post mentioned on the Hunt page if you want some hints from fellow LibraryThing members. 6y
charl08 5 down! 6y
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Clwojick
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Clwojick
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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Be gentle with your books.

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Clwojick
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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I wonder if this is what it‘s like for authors... they‘re sleeping, and all of a sudden they know exactly what their next story is. 📖

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Chelleo
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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1. Every few days virtually, monthly in person
2. Library of Congress, NYPL
3. I have several on hold virtually (Ready Player 1, Underground Railroad to name a few)
4. Don‘t remember the exact age but wary elementary school. Can‘t wait to get my boys their own cards.

#trivialthursday @GarthRanzz

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek #NLW

GarthRanzz Thanks for participating Michelle! 7y
Chelleo @GarthRanzz sure thing, always fun! Properly tagged now! 7y
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Shadowfat
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Panpan

I agree with you @GrilledCheeseSamurai this had potential but it fell short. The images were pretty but the stories didn't really connect together and it didn't explain much about the narrator

GrilledCheeseSamurai It's too bad, hey? I really wanted it to be special. 😕 7y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Panpan

#LetsGetGraphicWeekLongMarathon

I was really looking forward to this one. The premise of books rebelling in a surreal library sounds pretty cool. There are 7 short stories (1 for each day of the week) and I only liked 1 of them. The rest was a hard pass.

The writer even writes himself into the story talking about how he hopes people will see how smart he is and then explains how he has no ending for the book. Wtf?

@TricksyTails @Clwojick

TricksyTails Awww too bad. The illustrations are cute! 7y
Redwritinghood Yeah, that ending ruined the whole thing for me. 7y
Reggie Booooo The I thought it was clever but was just a bad ending ending. Lol 7y
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GondorGirl
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On the surface this is a graphic novel about a man who lives in a magic library. But it's a lot more then that. A new story for each day of the week, this is weird, and really meta, and did I mention weird?

The story was somewhere between so-so and a pick for me, but I'm giving it a pick because the art was gorgeous.

WarpedSweetness I want to live in a library. 7y
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The.Intentional.Reader
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Pickpick

Its about books and libraries so I had to pick this one up. I enjoyed about 90% of this graphic novel. It is divided up into days. One day equals one chapter. I really enjoyed the art work and story up until the last day. Unfortunately, the ending was not very good in my opinion. There are no super heroes/villains in this graphic but rather the life of a very unique librarian as he goes about a week in the library he is in charge of. Worth a read!

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Betty_Bookworm
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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Finally got a copy of this. Hope I like it. It's a #comic and it's in a #library. What could be better?

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AmandaL
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Pickpick

I believe meta is the most fitting word to describe this book. That makes it a perfect pick for my #ReadHarder2017 book about books. It's also my #LitsyAtoZ letter #O.

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Lauredhel
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Just in from the library. Anyone read this one? #comics

Redwritinghood Yes. I liked it mostly, until the ending. 8y
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CrowCAH
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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@Ambrosnazzy is hosting #LitsyPartyOfOne, February 10, 2017, all day, from the comfort of your house. The pic shows posts for the day. See you then, Littens!

Branwen I am SO excited about this! :-) Can't wait! 8y
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Lauren.Archer
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
Pickpick

Very strange m, but worth an hr of your time.

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Lauren.Archer
One Week in the Library | W Maxwell Prince
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Gonna get my Sunday Morning started with my comic book haul. Look forward to One Week In The Library, A one-off Graphic Novel from Image.

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Redwritinghood
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Mehso-so

I loved the concept for this book and the way they took common stories and recreated them in darker, more twisted ways. Also, I share the MC's fear of never getting to read all the books! The description of the library is great and the art did not disappoint. The ending, however, was a disappointment and the reason for my so-so rating. Otherwise, this definitely would have been a pick.

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Redwritinghood
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On my Kindle this morning! What can happen over one week at the library? I'm about to find out. Looks like it should be fun.

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skrishna
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Oh man do I relate.

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