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This beautifully illustrated book may only be 1/4 inch thick, but its few pages pack a wallop. This is one of the most intriguing, touching, grab-you-by-the-throat-and-shake-you books I have ever read.
Anyone who considers themselves a reader, who considers certain writers they've never met -- or even certain books themselves -- to be dear friends will adore this book.
This book was chosen for me from someone dear to my heart who likes to bring me gems from the library from time to time as a surpr ...more
Anyone who considers themselves a reader, who considers certain writers they've never met -- or even certain books themselves -- to be dear friends will adore this book.
This book was chosen for me from someone dear to my heart who likes to bring me gems from the library from time to time as a surpr ...more
Read Harder 2017: a book about books
A surprisingly moving book about the power of books to shape our lives. If you wandered into a bookmobile filled with every book you've ever read, which ones would you read again? Would some make you laugh? Cry? Smile over who you were when you read it?
The Night Bookmobile is a quiet book that will linger in my mind long after reading the last page. ...more
A surprisingly moving book about the power of books to shape our lives. If you wandered into a bookmobile filled with every book you've ever read, which ones would you read again? Would some make you laugh? Cry? Smile over who you were when you read it?
The Night Bookmobile is a quiet book that will linger in my mind long after reading the last page. ...more
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What can I say? I'm a northsider.
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A graphic novel about a secret library and a a few librarians? Should be a clear winner. Instead, I found this creepy and without a clear story, point or purpose.
Jun 20, 2011
Allie
rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
graphics-comics,
art,
fiction,
audience-adults,
worst,
bookish-libraries,
not-for-me,
bookish-about-books
I like the idea of a portrait of someone as a reader, but other than that I didn't much care for this. The writing was stilted and I hated how the text was integrated into it. The one thing I really liked was Mr. Openshaw's hair.
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Such a strange little book. But a great one.
Nov 14, 2010
Patricia
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
graphic_novels_comics_manga
Nov 17, 2017
Cindy
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novel,
2017
