Horror Bookclub at Olympia Downtown Library

Welcome to the Spooky Spooky Book Club!

** This is a new location! Please read! **
Our group is growing larger, and so I decided to try something different. I booked some space at the Olympia Timberland Library. The time is different (5pm instead of our usual 4pm) so please keep that in mind! We'll meet in the main lobby in the library 10 minutes before so we can start and make the best use of our time.

So without further ado.

Book of the Month: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Book Summary
Hill House is not sane.

It stands alone against the hills, a brooding, many‑angled mansion built eighty years ago by a man who delighted in confusion and wrongness. Rooms twist where they should not; doors open where they ought not to be; the compass in the mind spins and fails. Cold spots linger in the halls, and at night, something walks the corridors, alone.

Dr. John Montague, a scholar of the supernatural, has come to Hill House to find proof of the ghostly. With him are three guests: the sensible, skeptical Theodora; the charming, careless heir Luke Sanderson; and Eleanor Vance, a quiet, lonely woman who has spent her life caring for a demanding mother and dreaming of a place where she might finally belong.

As the summer unfolds, the house begins to stir. Walls whisper, doors slam, and chilling messages appear in the dark. The others feel the cold, hear the knocking, see the impossible, but Eleanor feels it most of all.

To her, Hill House begins to feel like home.
And the house, it seems, has chosen her.

You can check the trigger warnings at the bottom, or dive in blind if you prefer a surprise.

Don’t worry if you haven’t finished the book, we’ll start by chatting about whatever spooky (or not-so-spooky) reads we’re enjoying before diving into the featured title. Come for the eerie atmosphere, stay for the lively conversations and, of course, the cats, because let’s be honest, that’s why you’re really here, isn’t it? <--- I guess this isn't true anymore :(

Questions? Feel free to drop a comment or message me (Gonzalo) for more details. Hope to see you there!

Trigger Warnings: The Haunting of Hill House delves into themes of:
Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts
Mental Illness
Death and Grief
Confinement:
Emotional Abuse and Gaslighting:
Sexism and Misogyny:
Self-Harm: References to self-destructive behavior [4]

Please approach these topics with care and self-awareness as you read.