John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this darkly funny novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Beginning of Everything.
Up until his diagnosis, Lane lived a fairly predictable life. But when he finds himself at a tuberculosis sanatorium called Latham House, he discovers an insular world with paradoxical rules, med sensors, and an eccentric yet utterly compelling confidante named Sadie—and life as Lane knows it will never be the same.
Robyn Schneider's Extraordinary Means is a heart-wrenching yet ultimately hopeful story about the miracles of first love and second chances.
Robyn Schneider is the bestselling author of The Beginning of Everything, Extraordinary Means, and Invisible Ghosts, which have earned numerous starred reviews, appeared on many state reading lists, and been published in over a dozen countries. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she earned a master of bioethics. She lives in Los Angeles, California, but also on the internet. You can find her at www.robynschneider.com.
This week’s most exciting releases include a back-from-the-dead revenge story, a dishy thriller set at a top-flight ballet school, and a graphic novel–powered hunt for a long lost friend. Here are the books we’re setting box traps for right now:
Sometimes you just need to curl up with a good book and gross-sob your heart out. It’s cathartic. It’s cleansing. And it’s preferable, because your other options include listening to Coldplay’s “Fix You” on a loop or rewatching the first ten minutes of Up over and over again, and I mean jeez. Ease up, Pixar. […]
I’ve been having the same argument with a friend of mine for years now. He dislikes reading books or watching movies or TV shows that have magic in them. Fantasy, sci-fi, magical realism—you name it, he avoids it. He doesn’t get what the big deal is about Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings. […]
