Editor’s Note: Ender’s Game may be one of the most awaited film adaptations of a novel in recent years, and Stephen Olson is a huge fan of the novel, as well as its sequels. In the coming weeks and months, Attack of the Books! will feature his reviews and guide to the universe (or Enderverse, if you will) […]
Archives for July 2013
Review | Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds
2013-07-26 · by ·
Stag’s Leap: Poems is a sequence of poems that carries readers through the seasons when Sharon Olds’ marriage was ending and afterwards as she healed from her divorce. I was first attracted to this selection of poems because it won the Pulitzer Prize this year, and for good reason! I’m so glad I picked this […]
Review | Tea Rex by Molly Idle
2013-07-25 · by ·
Description: Two children host a tea party for an unlikely guest. Story: A young boy and girl invite a Tyrannosaurus Rex over for a tea party. The T-Rex provides a few challenges for the young hosts, but the children do a fantastic job managing the situation and describing to readers how to host a successful, […]
Review | Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-07-23 · by ·
Editor’s Note: Ender’s Game may be one of the most awaited film adaptations of a novel in recent years, and Stephen Olson is a huge fan of the novel, as well as its sequels. In the coming weeks and months, Attack of the Books! will feature his reviews and guide to the universe (or Enderverse, if you will) […]
Review | The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
2013-07-22 · by ·
A mysterious disease is sweeping across the United States. A disease that only affects American’s tweens and teens. The outcome: death or frightening abilities that the youth cannot control. In response, the government sets up ‘rehabilitation camps’ to keep communities and America’s youth ‘safe.’ On the morning of her tenth birthday, something about Ruby has […]
Why I (Mostly) Love the Ender’s Game Series [Contributor]
2013-07-16 · by ·
Editor’s Note: Ender’s Game may be one of the most awaited film adaptations of a novel in recent years, and Stephen Olson is a huge fan of the novel, as well as its sequels. In the coming weeks and months, Attack of the Books! will feature his reviews and guide to the universe (or Enderverse, if you will) […]
Review | Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes
2013-07-16 · by ·
Description: An exploration of the spiral shape and all the different places in nature and in animals where spirals can be found. Story: “A spiral is a snuggling shape.” Many different and creative descriptions are used to show and tell readers what a spiral is. At the end of the book there is an encyclopedia […]
What’s in a name? Talent or dumb luck?
2013-07-15 · by ·
What do you do if you’re a world famous author whose writing is inseparably connected with a certain brand? A horror writer who wants to know if his success is due to talent or luck? A writer of teen fantasy involving a school for child wizards who wants to explore her abilities without the help […]
Review | Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey
2013-07-11 · by ·
Have I got a treat for you, the cure for your mid-summer doldrums. With Abaddon’s Gate, James S. A. Corey brings to a conclusion the epic space opera series The Expanse with a bang that can only be described as explosive, even if it does have slow fuse to put all the pieces in place with […]
The Psychology of Abandonment, according to Goodreads
2013-07-10 · by ·
Goodreads asks an interesting question: Why do readers abandon books? In the Goodread’s data, based on the books that are most often shelved by its users as ‘abandoned,’ ‘did not finish,’ or ‘unfinished,’ the following were the most abandoned books: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Eat, Pray, Love by […]
