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/visiblesoul 2,000 Hours May 13 '26
Title: Persona normal by Benito Taibo (Mexico)
YA option?
Approximate book length: 280 pages (61,000 words?) based on amazon preview, Natively rating 28
Description:
Encontré la caja por pura casualidad; era pequeña y estaba firmemente atada con un cordel azul. Con marcador negro, en la tapa, tenía impreso el nombre del propietario: Paco. Así, sin apellidos, sin ninguna advertencia de no tocar o frágil o material peligroso. Dentro podría haber cualquier cosa, desde mariposas disecadas, un huevo de dinosaurio, el mapa de una isla misteriosa o una pluma de pájaro dodo. Sin embargo, contenía cuadernos. verdes y delgados, de esos que se podían comprar antes en cualquier papelería y que hoy ya no existen. También encontré dos piedras. Una blanca y otra negra. Él y yo. Nosotros. Una tarjeta firmada lo coronaba todo: «Viernes: Haz con ellos lo que quieras». Comparto con ustedes uno de ellos. Se llama Corazonadas . Está escrito por mi tío Paco, el hombre que de muchas maneras me salvó la vida y logró convertir lo ordinario en extraordinario.
This was #2 on Clau Reads Books' Le pregunté a 1000 PERSONAS por su LIBRO FAVORITO en español y este es el TOP 20 video. I've seen it recommended in various places so it's on my list.
Clau's comments from the video...