[Don’t miss the giveaway at the bottom of the post! You can enter every day until next Thursday! We’ll select a winner on Friday] August is Utah Book Month, and here at Attack of the Books, we’re excited. Some of our favorite authors live and write right here in Utah, including including Shannon Hale, Brandon […]
Archives for 2013
Review | The Sum of All Men by David Farland
2013-08-01 · by ·
As I said in my review of On My Way to Paradise, I don’t know how I missed Dave Wolverton back in the late 1990s, but I’m sure it had something to do with starting college, doing more homework and reading fewer novels, and, probably, girls. Whatever it was that distracted me at the time, […]
Review | Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-07-30 · 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 | 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 […]
