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The Literary Coven of Denver is a book club for anyone who loves fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and everything in between. Meetings are held once a month in different locations around Denver to discuss last month's book, and polls are held to determine upcoming books about six weeks out.
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October's Novel: Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil By V.E. Schwab
Barquentine Brewing Co., 5505 West 20th Avenue, Edgewater , CO, USPlease join us for a discussion of October's novel: Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.
Our meetings start loosely as people come in, get settled, and go to acquire what food and beverages they like. After everyone arrives or about a half hour has passed, we officially start the book discussion. Towards the end we set plans for the book poll and future meetings.
This meeting is at Barquentine Brewing Company. The brewery offers a variety of drinks and is part of Edgewater Public Market which has a wide range of small restaurants from which orders can be carried in. Please purchase what you can from Barquentine to be courteous to the company hosting us.
Barquentine Brewing Company
Edgewater Public Market**Please update your RSVP if you change your plans about attending.**
The poll for November settled on 'What Moves the Dead' by T. Kingfisher (2022) - 165 pages.
The coven book history to date.
It will be a joy to see everyone!
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October's book description:
Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (2025) - 544 pagesThis is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.This is a story about love.
1827. London.
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.This is a story about rage.
2019. Boston.
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.18 attendees
November's Novella: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Barquentine Brewing Co., 5505 West 20th Avenue, Edgewater , CO, USPlease join us for a discussion of November's novella: 'What Moves the Dead' by T. Kingfisher.
Our meetings start loosely as people come in, get settled, and go to acquire what food and beverages they like. After everyone arrives or about a half hour has passed, we officially start the book discussion. Towards the end we set plans for the book poll and future meetings.
This meeting is at Barquentine Brewing Company. The brewery offers a variety of drinks and is part of Edgewater Public Market which has a wide range of small restaurants from which orders can be carried in. Please purchase what you can from Barquentine to be courteous to the company hosting us.
Barquentine Brewing Company
Edgewater Public Market**Please update your RSVP if you change your plans about attending.**
The book poll for December will be listed here shortly after the October meeting.
The coven book history to date.
It will be a joy to see everyone!
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November's book description:
'What Moves the Dead' by T. Kingfisher (2022) - 165 pagesWhen Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.
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