April Author Event + Giveaway
[ID: A book with an illustration of a brown haired girl in a pink dress at sword point laying on a gray wooden floor surrounded by baby’s breath. An open page of another book has the inscription: “To the Chronically Iconic Book Club. We’re Musketeers. We are sisters in arms. We don’t let each other fall, and we never will. LL.” A brass sword bookmark lays on the page and a sticker saying “one for all” sits to the right of the book next to an illustration of the main character Tania in a pink dress looking fierce. Scrabble tiles spelling out “giveaway” are spread out under the book. A bright pink rose sits in the middle.]
I’m so excited to announce that the #ChronicallyIconicBookClub will be reading ONE FOR ALL by Lillie Lainoff this month and on April 24th at 5:30 EST I (@libraryofdreaming) will be hosting an IG Live with Lillie to discuss the book! Our traditional book discussion will take place April 22nd - 24th via IG group chat.
[ ID: A graphic saying the Chronically Iconic Book Club presents an author q & a with Lillie Lainoff at 5:30 EST on April 24th. It includes a photo of Lille, a white woman with curly brown hair, in a bright pink historical costume about to unsheathe a sword. The photograph was taken by @Hautepapier on Twitter.]
When: April 24th at 5:30 pm EST
Where: @libraryofdreaming’s Instagram
Lillie has been a huge supporter of the book club since day 1 and I’m so excited to finally “meet” her. We will be chatting all things ONE FOR ALL, chronic illness representation, and writing. Plus I will do my best to work in a tour of both our sword collections…
If you have any questions for me or Lillie, comment below or leave a note on Instagram!
[ID: A book cover with a brown-haired white teen swordfighting in a bright pink dress surrounded by swords.]
One for All by Lillie Lainoff
Genre: YA/teen historical fiction
Representation: POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) rep (own voice)
Content warnings: death of a parent, discussion of abuse, action violence, ableism, bullying, discrimination
Discussion Dates: April 22nd - 24th
Where: @libraryofdreaming’s instagram
Synopsis:
Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl”; even her mother is desperate to marry her off for security. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father—a former Musketeer and her greatest champion.
Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for a new kind of Musketeer: women who are socialites on the surface, but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. And they don’t shy away from a swordfight.
With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels for the first time like she has a purpose, like she belongs. But then she meets Étienne, her first target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. He’s kind, charming, and breathlessly attractive—and he might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to lean on her friends, listen to her own body, and decide where her loyalties lie…or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted.
Want to win a signed copy of ONE FOR ALL? See here.
In honor of this month’s read I (@libraryofdreaming) am giving away a special signed copy of ONE FOR ALL. Check out my original post on Instagram for instructions to enter.