Iphoto no longer responding to flash drive

When my memory filled up on my Macbook, I moved my iphoto library onto a flashdrive. I have been using this flashdrive for the past year with no problem as far as opening my iphoto library. Randomly today, my iphoto refuses to open the library - freezing every time until I have to force quit it. I tried going direclty into the flash drive to open the library, but when I do this, iphoto just opens completely blank. I know it is not a problem with the flash drive failing, as I have gotten onto the flashdrive and opened other documents I have stored there. I also know it is not an issue of the library being damaged, as I am always careful to eject it. I've tried rebooting the computer and reinserting the flashdrive. Anyone have any ideas? I have lots of pictures in that library and being unable to access them is simply enfuriating.

How big is the flash drive and how much free space is there on it? Also how is the flash drive formatted? If must be OS X Extended (journaled) for iPhoto to work reliably.
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