Welcome back! This week the ladies reviewed "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno- Garcia. (Warning, this episode contains spoilers for the book.) In this book, a family of in-bread colonizers living in a mold laced haunted mushroom house in the Mexico City country side, try to hold main character Noemi, and her cousin, Catalina hostage in this creepy hellscape. The Doyle family, originally from England, planned to use the women’s wombs as incubators. The goal?... An effort to diversify their incestuous gene pool, while simultaneously preserving the twisted patriarch’s tainted bloodline in an effort to obtain immortality! Gross and weird! It's giving serious Lord Voldermort vibes!!! Of course Kat finds a way to slide in a Star Trek reference, and they also have a fundamental disagreement on what they would have done at the end of the book. Tune in to find out what had the ladies divided! *Dedication: To the listeners: * To our listeners always, to indigenous people all over the world and the Latinx community and finally Kat's late father, that dude Buster. Warning SPOILERS!!! Adult Content & Language, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. -About the Book :https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/writing/mexican-gothic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Gothic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGJulREPGF8 -About the Author: Silvia Moreno- Garcia https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Moreno-Garcia Book Rating: Moni and Kat rated the book 5 of 5 golden mushrooms and 5 red lip prints **Show Notes:* Mexican History https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/mexican-american-war *The patriarch of the Doyle Family in the book was named Howard. His name was inspired by the real life author Howard Lovecraft. About Howard Lovecraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P.Lovecraft eu·gen·ics : /yo͞oˈjeniks/, noun "The study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as "desirable". Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of "improving" the human race, eugenics was increasingly discredited as unscientific and racially biased during the 20th century, especially after the adoption of its doctrines by the Nazis in order to justify their treatment of Jews, disabled people, and other minority groups." -www.dictionary.com *Inbreeding Habsburg family history: https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Habsburg https://www.thetealmango.com/featured/habsburg-jaw-the-horrific-consequences-of-royal-inbreeding-in-europe/ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hapsburg-monarchy *Edgar Allen Poe Poem :The Raven and the fall of the house of Usher. https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/analysis-of-poes-poems-the-raven-and-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/ *Mushroom healing power: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525158/#:~:text=With%20the%20research%20advances%2C%20numerous,being%20the%20most%20remarkable%20ones. **Stranger than Fiction: * James Patterson claims white male writers face ‘another form of racism,’ can't break into writing - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/14/james-patterson-white-male-writers-racism/ *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! *Reach out and let us how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Patreon coming October 30, 2022!! Please join our Patreon family and support the cause. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!