Lark & Owl Booksellers Presents: L&O Book Club—Evening Gathering of Owls

205 West 6th Street,Georgetown TX 78626

28 July, 2021

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Lark & Owl Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia Please join us WEDNESDAY, JULY 28th at 6:30PM, as we reboot our Lark & Owl Book Club. We're reading Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia—a book that took the literary world (and the L&O staff) by storm last year and is now out in paperback. This will be held inside the store and seating is limited. We're also offering a morning book club session, but the tickets are separate. We look forward to a stimulating discussion around this phenomenal book. Here are a few reviews and a synopsis about this New York Times Bestseller. “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian “Mexican Gothic is the perfect summer horror read, and marks Moreno-Garcia with her hypnotic and engaging prose as one of the genre’s most exciting talents.”—Nerdist After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom. Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness. And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind. IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS • WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • Vanity Fair • NPR • The Washington Post • Tordotcom • Marie Claire • Vox • Mashable • Men’s Health • Library Journal • Book Riot • LibraryReads Our facilitator for the book club this month will be Tanya Estes. Tanya is a writer and podcaster that haunts old Texas cemeteries and lurks in libraries and bookstores. You can listen to her podcast, Tales from the Moon Tower on iTunes, Stitcher and Soundcloud, and follow the podcast on Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Tanya and her work on these sites: Tales from the Moon Tower Instagram Facebook