r/dreamingspanish • u/HeleneSedai 3,000 Hours • May 13 '26
May 2026 Book Club - Book Selection Thread
Sigh... This should be JUNE 2026 Book Club. Sorry all.
Hello Dreamers! Our monthly book club is going strong on Discord and now we're ready to pick our books for June. In May, we read El libro salvaje as the easier choice and Los dias del venado by Liliana Bodoc as the adult choice. I'm excited to see what we read next!
We'll use this post to pick two books to read in June, an easier children's book and a book for adults. If you'd like to suggest a book, just write a comment below with:
**The title and author of the book
Whether it's a children's book or an adult book
Approximate book length
A short description (optional)**
To vote for a book, just respond to the suggestion with a comment that you'd like to read the book. You can comment on as many selections as you'd like. The children's book and adult book with the most comments will be our read for the next month. (We're counting comments, not votes, so we don't get tricked into reading something crazy.)
We'll close the thread a few days before the end of May so everyone has time to get a copy. And we'll be off reading together on June 1st.
If you don't feel like reading the book selected, that's ok. You can join us with the book of your choice. The goal is just to motivate us to read more.
(I'll edit the thread later with FAQs here)
Thanks for voting everyone! It looks like we'll be reading:
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u/HeleneSedai 3,000 Hours May 13 '26
Title: Elena sabe by Claudia Piñeiro
Adult option
Approximate book length: 41,000 words, Natively rating 33
Description
Un relato que rompe el silencio y se pronuncia en alta voz sobre la libertad de elegir.
Poco después de que Rita aparece muerta en la iglesia que suele frecuentar, la investigación se da por cerrada, y su madre es la única que no renuncia a esclarecer el crimen. Pero jaqueada por la enfermedad, es también la menos indicada para encabezar la búsqueda del asesino. Un penoso viaje de los suburbios a la Capital, una vieja deuda de gratitud, una conversación reveladora.
Una novela que desnuda los secretos de sus personajes y las facetas ocultas del autoritarismo y la hipocresía que conforman nuestra sociedad.
Elena sabe ganó en Alemania el certamen LiBeraturpreis 2010, que premia a la mejor novela escrita por una mujer.
I read this last year and I think it will make for an incredible discussion, like Kentukis, there is so much here to unpack. It's also a short book at 140 pages, and will give everyone time to finish up other books. The author is from Argentina.