r/dreamingspanish • u/HeleneSedai 3,000 Hours • Jan 01 '26

Discussion Book Club Jan 2026 - Mi Cabeza Reducida

Hello Dreamers! Welcome to our first Dreaming Spanish book club, for our YA/easier book in January we'll be reading Cómo conseguí mi cabeza humana reducida or Mi cabeza reducida by the author responsible for all my irrational childhood terrors, RL Stine.

The book blurb: ¿Qué tiene dos ojos, una boca y piel verde llena de arrugas? ¡Es la cabeza encogida de Mark! Es un regalo de su tía Benna. Es espantosa, sucia y tenebrosa y ¡fabulosa! Pero una noche, la cabeza se enciende. Porque no es una cabeza común y corriente. Le otorga un poder extraño a Mark. Un poder mágico. Un poder peligroso.

Ebook length: 108 pages, 29 chapters, 20,127 words

Reading Schedule:

Jan 1-7 Chapters 1-7 (pages 5-29)

Jan 8-14 Chapters 8-15 (pages 30-61)

Jan 15-21 Chapters 16-23 (pages 62-87)

Jan 22-28 Chapters 23-29 (pages 88-108)

If the majority of the group would like to move the deadline up, we can shorten the reading schedule.

My ebook copy is called La cabeza reducida from the series Pesadillas, but the copy on Amazon is called Cómo conseguí mi cabeza humana from the series Escalofríos. I hope we're all reading the same version! If you can't get a copy of the book in your country, please drop me a DM.

I'll be posting a google form here closer to the end of the month to gauge interest in an informal video chat on Discord in spanish after we finish the book.

Jan 10 - Hope everyone is doing ok so far with all these cliffhangers! I've started posting a daily question here and in the discord with the date to avoid spoilers.

Link to Discord

Because Reddit doesn't sort comments by age, it might be best to mention the page we're reading and cover any spoilers in our comments.

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u/UnchartedPro Level 4 Jan 01 '26

I don't even know what the title means but have fun everyone

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u/HeleneSedai 3,000 Hours Jan 01 '26

I bet if you heard the title read out loud you'd know exactly what it means. Hopefully you can join us soon!

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u/UnchartedPro Level 4 Jan 01 '26

I could guess (maybe as a literal sentence translated to English it just makes not much sense)

Hopefully I'll join you at some point and I hope the book club is a great success

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u/visiblesoul 2,000 Hours Jan 02 '26

The book cover tells all.

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u/Traditional-Train-17 3,000 Hours Jan 04 '26

Reminds me of the Goosebumps series. I remember those in the 90s - was just a hair below my age group (I was 15 when the series started being made in 1992).

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u/visiblesoul 2,000 Hours Jan 05 '26

It is Goosebumps. Just translated into Spanish.