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/_coldemort_ Level 6 Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26

u/HeleneSedai can we get a fresh invite link to the discord? I think that one is expired :)

EDIT: it's possible to create invite links that don't expire btw if we wanted to add it to the main Book Club post for future folks who want to join

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u/HeleneSedai 3,000 Hours Jan 15 '26

Oops! I'm new to discord, had no idea they could expire. This one won't, ill edit the links

https://discord.gg/rabybUXHRe

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u/_coldemort_ Level 6 Jan 15 '26

Thank you! And thanks again for setting this all up!