Did you know that there are 82 authors in Utah. And that’s an above normal concentration of literary talent, apparently. Utah’s an anomaly, said Jessica Day George. I think that’s lucky for us. With a large, and growing, community of authors, it helps create a great culture for books, literature, and learning. With so many […]
Review | Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt
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 […]
Review | The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Thomas is a blank slate. He remembers nothing but his name. Awakening in a pitch black room to the background noise of machinery and the smell of oil, he soon finds himself the newest in a “Lord of the Flies” like community of boys who live in what they call the “Glade” at the center […]
Win Nightingale by David Farland [Giveaway]
[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 […]