The year’s not over yet, but Okay for Now will probably go down as the best book I will read this year, if not in the several years. I’m not lying. It’s terrific, and I hope you will read it. By the time I finished Okay for Now, I had read almost forty books this year. A […]
Utah Author Spotlight | Dave Wolverton
2013-08-27 · by ·
As part of Utah Book Month, we’re spotlighting Utah author Dave Wolverton. You can find other posts–including spotlights of other Utah authors, book reviews, book giveaways, contests, and more–related to Utah Book Month at Utah Books. I initially bought Dave Wolverton’s novel as a part of a charity book bomb, but before long it was […]
Win Nightingale by David Farland [Giveaway]
2013-08-02 · by ·
[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 […]
Book Review | The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-28 · by ·
Brandon Sanderson‘s creativity seems to know no bounds. It’s no secret that he likes use magical systems for his novels that follow rules. But is it still magic when the magic is so predictable that it’s almost scientific? With The Rithmatist, Sanderson uses his not insubstantial talents to spin a tale about an alternate world […]
Giveaway Winner | The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-20 · by ·
Many thanks to all who entered to win our first giveaway, a chance to win a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Rithmatist. And the winner is…Stephen Olson! Don’t let that stop you from ordering a copy of The Rithmatist from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. Sanderson is one of our favorite writers, and we look forward to reading and […]
Giveaway: Win The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-14 · by ·
Brandon Sanderson’s new novel, The Rithmatist, is out today, and Attack of the Books! has a copy for one lucky reader. More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the […]
Review | The Allow of Law by Brandon Sanderson
2013-03-26 · by ·
I took me a long time to pick up The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel, and I regret that I didn’t read it sooner. It’s a great read. I am accustomed to being surprised by Brandon Sanderson. He’s one of the more innovative writers in the fantasy genre today, managing with his Mistborn Trilogy […]
Listen to an Audio Clip from A Memory of Light
2013-03-11 · by ·
Not all audio books are created equal. Nothing’s worse than finding a great story read by a grating voice. The fourteen volume Wheel of Time, read by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer, does not have that problem. Rather, they take a great story and bring it to life, and as it unfolds manage to make you wish […]
Sanderson names the next title in The Stormlight Archive
2013-03-04 · by ·
I’ve made no secret that I’m a Brandon Sanderson fan. His writing reminds me why I fell in love with fantasy, but without the tropes and clichés that often plague the genre. (Plus, he’s local, and we share our alma mater, but that’s neither here nor there). Fresh off the success of finishing Robert Jordan’s […]
Review | The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
2013-02-20 · by ·
I’ve not read many books by Brandon Sanderson that weigh in at less than several hundred pages, so when I saw the thin spine of The Emperor’s Soul sitting on the shelf at Weller Book Works next to Sanderson’s thicker novels, I was immediately curious. From the back of the book: When Shai is caught […]
