Garren H.’s Reviews

Garren H.
of the Bennett Martin Public Library

reviewing for BookGuide since 2019; Garren left the Lincoln City Libraries in July 2023

Garren’s most recent reviews…

The Spite House
by Johnny Compton (Compton)
reviewed in July 2023

Black Tide
by K.C. Jones (Jones)
reviewed in July 2023

The Lavender House
by Lev A.C. Rosen (Rosen)
reviewed in July 2023

Patricia Wants to Cuddle
by Samantha Allen (Allen)
reviewed in June 2023

The Scourge Between Stars
by Ness Brown (Brown)
reviewed in June 2023

The Mimicking of Known Successes
by Malka Older (Older)
reviewed in June 2023

Such Sharp Teeth
by Rachel Harrison (Harrison)
reviewed in May 2023

Bodies Bodies Bodies
(DVD Bodies)
reviewed in April 2023

Paladin’s Grace
by T. Kingfisher (Kingfisher)
reviewed in March 2023

Goblin
by Josh Malerman (Malerman)
reviewed in February 2023

HellSans
by Ever Dundas (Dundas)
reviewed in January 2023

Acts of Violet
by Margarita Montimore (Montimore)
reviewed in January 2023

Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes
by Travis Baldree (Baldree)
reviewed in December 2022

Manhunt
by Gretchen Felker-Martin (Felker-Martin)
reviewed in December 2022

Finder
by Suzanne Palmer (Palmer)
reviewed in December 2022

A Rover’s Story
by Jasmine Warga (j Warga)
reviewed in December 2022 (but added to a previous review of the same book on the November 2022 Staff Recommendations page)

The Twisted Ones
by T. Kingfisher (Kingfisher)
reviewed in November 2022

Hide
by Kiersten White (White)
reviewed in November 2022

They Never Learn
by Layne Fargo (Fargo)
reviewed in September 2022

What Moves the Dead
by T. Kingfisher (Kingfisher)
reviewed in September 2022

Breathless
by Amy McCulloch (McCulloch)
reviewed in September 2022

Reprieve: A Novel
by James Han Mattson (Mattson)
reviewed in May 2022

All the White Spaces
by Ally Wilkes (Wilkes)
reviewed in May 2022

Dead Silence
by S.A. Barnes (Barnes)
reviewed in April 2022

Mirror Sound: A Look Into the People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music
by Spencer Tweedy and Lawrence Azerrad (Aoki)
reviewed in February 2022

Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki (Aoki)
reviewed in January 2022

A Touch of Ruckus
by Ash Van Otterloo (j Van Otterloo)
reviewed in January 2022

Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury (Bradbury)
reviewed in December 2021

My Heart is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones (Jones)
reviewed in December 2021

Firebreak
by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Kornher-Stace)
reviewed in December 2021

Getaway
by Zoje Stage (Stage)
reviewed in December 2021

The Very Nice Box
by Laura Blackett andy Eve Gleichman (Blackett)
reviewed in November 2021

All These Bodies
by Kendare Blake (YA Blake)
reviewed in November 2021

the_atmospherians
by Alex McElroy (McElroy)
reviewed in November 2021

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as Told to His Brother)
by David S. Levithan (j Levitahn)
reviewed in October 2021

How to Become a Planet
by Nicole Melleby (j Melleby)
reviewed in October 2021

The Return of the Sorceress
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Moreno-Garcia)
reviewed in October 2021

Outlawed
by Anna North (North)
reviewed in October 2021

The Archivist Wasp
by Nicole Kornher-Stace (eBook Kornher)
reviewed in September 2021

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of 80s and 90s Teen Fiction
by Gabrielle Moss (813.9 Mos)
reviewed in September 2021

Deal With the Devil
by Kit Rocha (Rocha
reviewed in September 2021

Surrender Your Sons
by Adam Sass (YA Sass)
reviewed in September 2021

Fighting Words
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (j Bradley)
reviewed in August 2021

Radio Silence
by Alice Oseman (YA Oseman)
reviewed in August 2021

Hummingbird Salamander
by Jeff VanderMeer (VanderMeer)
reviewed in August 2021

When No One is Watching
by Alyssa Cole (Cole)
reviewed in May 2021

The Heap
by Sean Adams (Adams)
reviewed in May 2021

A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik (Novik)
reviewed in May 2021 (posted with the January 2021 Staff Recommendations)

Winter’s Orbit
by Everina Maxwell (Maxwell)
reviewed in April 2021

The Memory Theater
by Karin Tidbeck (Tidbeck)
reviewed in April 2021

Understanding Records: A Field Guide to Recording Practice
by Jay Hodgson (Music 781.49 Hod)
reviewed in March 2021

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent
by Marie Brennan (Brennan)
reviewed in February 2021

Piranesi
by Susannah Clarke (Clarke)
reviewed in February 2021

The Invisible Library
by Genevieve Cogman (Cogman)
reviewed in February 2021

I Killed Zoe Spanos
by Kit Frick (YA Frick)
reviewed in February 2021

Raybearer
by Jordan Ifueko (YA Ifueko)
reviewed in February 2021

Phoenix Extravagant
by Yoon Ha Lee (Lee)
reviewed in January 2021

I Hope You’re Listening
by Tom Ryan (YA Ryan)
reviewed in January 2021

The Luminous Dead
by Caitlin Starling (Starling)
reviewed in January 2021

Plain Bad Heroines
by emily m. danforth (Danforth)
reviewed in December 2020

Hella
by David Gerrold (Gerrold)
reviewed in December 2020

My Best Friend’s Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix (Hendrix)
reviewed in December 2020

Mulan: Before the Sword
by Grace Lin (j Lin)
reviewed in October 2020

The List of Things That Will Not Change
by Rebecca Stead (j Stead)
reviewed in October 2020

Clean Getaway
by Nic Stone (j Stone)
reviewed in October 2020

Hear the Wolves
by Victoria Scott (j Scott)
reviewed in June 2020

The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi (Scalzi)
reviewed in May 2020

To Be Taught, If Fortunate
by Becky Chambers (eBook Chambers)
reviewed in April 2020

Redwood and Ponytail
by K.A. Holt (j Holt)
reviewed in February 2020

The Thing About Bees: A Love Story
by Shabazz Larkin (jP Larkin)
reviewed in February 2020

Full Disclosure
by Camryn Garrett (YA Garrett)
reviewed in January 2020

The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett (YA Liggett)
reviewed in January 2020

The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson (j Johnson)
reviewed in November 2019

The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon (j Magoon)
reviewed in November 2019

Three Parts Dead
Max Gladstone (Overdrive Downloadable Audio)
reviewed in October 2019

My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Isabel Quintero (jP Quintero)
reviewed in October 2019

Clean Sweep
Ilona Andrews (Andrews)
reviewed in September 2019

Bingo Love, Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
Tee Franklin & others (741.5 Fra)
reviewed in September 2019

This is How You Lose the Time War
Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Mohtar)
reviewed in September 2019

Wilder Girls
Rory Power (YA Power)
reviewed in August 2019

It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Charles Green Shaw (jP Shaw)
reviewed in August 2019

My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1
Gengoroh Tagami (741.5 Tag)
reviewed in August 2019

Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women
Dr. Sarah Bargiela (j618.928 Bar)
reviewed in July 2019

Anathem
Neal Stephenson (Stephenson)
reviewed in June 2019

Girls on the Verge
Sharon Biggs Waller (YA Waller)
reviewed in June 2019

In the House in the Dark of the Woods
Laird Hunt (Hunt)
reviewed in May 2019

The Moon Within
Aida Salazar (j Salazar)
reviewed in April 2019

The Book of Essie
Meghan MacLean Weir (Weir)
reviewed in April 2019

Moon of the Crusted Snow
Waubgeshig Rice (Rice)
reviewed in January 2019

Posted to the BookGuide site in October 2019 | Last updated in July 2023