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Cape Refuge

by Terri Blackstock
- Rated 3 stars
“This was okay. It's a Christian mystery, which is okay, but sadly my experience is Christian writing usually isn't that intelligent. I kept being bothered by things that weren't very realistic from the access the public library has to police databases, to the hope Blair has for getting another librarian job in Colorado with no college degree at all (I'm a librarian), to the injuries the Sadie gets and how little they cost to fix, an otherwise compassionate police officer dropping her off at the doctor then not doing anything else for her until others take her in... Compared to the really good mysteries I've been listening to, this one was kind of flat. I enjoyed it, but found many little irritating things in it.”

marysnyder wrote this review Wednesday, January 18, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
City of Masks

by Daniel Hecht
- Rated 0 stars
“A well done thriller and mystery. I listened to this rather than read it. One night. I got to a particularly scary part at bed time, so I ended up listening to another hour when I knew the characters were safe.”

marysnyder wrote this review Tuesday, December 13, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Blackman's Coffin

by Mark De Castrique
- Rated 4 stars
“Very well-done mystery. I enjoyed learning about Ashville and Biltmore in the process!”

marysnyder wrote this review Monday, December 12, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher
- Rated 5 stars
“Very powerful book. It makes me want to appologize to everyone I was ever mean to, or even just rude to because I was shy.”

marysnyder wrote this review Tuesday, July 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin
- Rated 4 stars
“Don't read this one if you don't want to get sucked in. Wonderfully crafted story, complicated characters, and very emotional (mostly anger at how bad the bad guys are!)”

marysnyder wrote this review Thursday, June 9, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Blood Harvest

by S. J. Bolton
- Rated 4 stars
“I really enjoyed the suspense of this book. You didn't know until the very end if the strange and scary events were natural or supernatural. I'm not satisfied how things were tied up in the epilogue, but up until the last few pages, I thought this was a great read.”

marysnyder wrote this review Saturday, June 26, 2010. ( reply | permalink )
Made in the U.S.A.

by Billie Letts
- Rated 4 stars
“I couldn't put this book down once I got past page 50. I got very emotionally involved in the story, so much so, my husband came home while I was reading and thought something real had really gone wrong.”

marysnyder wrote this review Wednesday, March 31, 2010. ( reply | permalink )
Creating the Customer-Driven Academic Library

by Jeannette A. Woodward
- Rated 2 stars
“It's been a while since I've found a thought-provoking book on libraries. This certainly wasn't it. I think the author is whiney in her way of complaining about all of the things that are wrong with libraries, without giving anything really inspiring solutions. For example, she complains that librarians are incompetant at reference and don't want to sit out at the reference desk, while she doesn't address the point that so few students ask for help out there. The idea of permanently moving ones office to a public space is intriguing, but that is all I have retained from this book.”

marysnyder wrote this review Monday, November 23, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins
- Rated 5 stars
“Just as good as the first, but now I'm dying for book 3!”

marysnyder wrote this review Tuesday, November 10, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
The Last Olympian

by Rick Riordan
- Rated 4 stars
“This book was just as good as the first four, but not my favorite of the series just because it was all about the last battle. I do like the complexities of the characters and the final solution.”

marysnyder wrote this review Thursday, July 2, 2009. ( reply | permalink )