So consider this your reminder!
I always love this program (I love anything that gets people reading, and sends free books out into the wild), but I've especially loved it this year, because I've discovered my new, real, official OTP: gardening and audiobooks.
This is a match made in heaven, you guys.
This week's books are:
EXTRAORDINARY MEANS by Robyn Schneider
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.
This production includes a bonus excerpt from Robyn Schneider's next audiobook, Invisible Ghosts, performed by Caitlin Kelly.
LOVE AND FIRST SIGHT by Josh Sundquist
In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction.
On his first day at a new school, blind 16-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to tears. High school can only go up from here, right?
As Will starts to find his footing, he develops a crush on a charming, quiet girl named Cecily. Then an unprecedented opportunity arises: an experimental surgery that could give Will eyesight for the first time in his life. But learning to see is more difficult than Will ever imagined, and he soon discovers that the sighted world has been keeping secrets. It turns out Cecily doesn't meet traditional definitions of beauty - in fact everything he'd heard about her appearance was a lie engineered by their so-called friends to get the two of them together. Does it matter what Cecily looks like? No, not really. But then why does Will feel so betrayed?
Told with humor and breathtaking poignancy, Love and First Sight is a story about how we relate to each other and the world around us.
Are you picking either of these up (for the FREE)?
Or have you read/listened to either of them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
So looking forward to your thoughts on LOVE AND FIRST SIGHT!
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