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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:

Hello Dreamers! Welcome to May's Dreaming Spanish book club, for our adult book in May we'll be reading Los días del venado by Liliana Bodoc, the first in the fantasy series *La saga de los confines*.

The book blurb: 

Los días del Venado es la primera entrega de La saga de los confines, una serie de tres tomos en los que la autora proyecta un mundo fascinante y sin límites. Si bien la historia de este primer tomo tiene autonomía y es una unidad cerrada en sí misma, su final invita a continuar con la lectura. Esta es la historia de la lucha de un pueblo por su libertad. En Los Confines, el extremo sur de las Tierras Fértiles habita el pueblo de los «husihuilkes», uno de cuyos hombres más emblemáticos es Dulkancellin, guerrero y padre de una familia numerosa. Él es convocado para representar a su pueblo en un Concilio que se reunirá en la lejana ciudad de Beleram, y en el que estarán presentes todas las civilizaciones del continente. El motivo de este concilio es decidir lo que debe hacerse ante un acontecimiento inquietante: señales mágicas y códices antiguos hablan de la llegada de extranjeros del otro lado del mar, y hablan del perverso Misáianes, hijo de «la Muerte» y síntesis del «Odio Eterno». Cuando finalmente se produce el encuentro, la guerra llega a las Tierras Fértiles y sus habitantes deben defender no solo su tierra, sino toda la forma de vida que conocen, pues todo esto está amenazado de extinción.

Ebook length: 316 pages, 30 chapters (not numbered), 85,000 words

Reading Schedule:

May 1-7 Chapters 1-8 (pages 1-80, Prologue-La canción del prisionero)

May 8-14 Chapters 9-17 (pages 81-163, De músico a mensajero-El concilio se reúne)

May 15-21 Chapters 18-24 (pages 164-246, Los sideresios-El venado y el fuego)

May 22-31 Chapters 25-30 (pages 247-316, El emplumado-End)

If you can't get a copy of the book in your country, please drop me a DM.

We have a very active chat going on over in Discord, and our discussions are hosted there. Thanks to u/phreddfatt for keeping the Discord going!

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.

To receive updates for new comments in this thread, you can click on the 3 dots in the top right of the post and hit "Follow Post". You'll get notifications for new comments.

Thanks to everyone who joined and voted last month! It was a blast reading along with everyone.

Hello Dreamers! Welcome to May's Dreaming Spanish book club, for our YA/easier book in May we'll be reading El Libro Salvaje by Juan Villoro, a standalone book about books.

The book blurb: 

Juan ya tiene planeadas las vacaciones de verano. Sin embargo, su madre ignora sus planes y lo deja en casa de Tío Tito, un bibliófilo empedernido que hace ruido cuando come y que le teme a los osos de peluche. Ahí, escondido entre los miles de ejemplares de la biblioteca de su tío, Juan tendrá que encontrar el Libro Salvaje, un libro rebelde que se resiste a la lectura y que guarda entre sus páginas un secreto destinado al lector que sea capaz de atraparlo.

Ebook length: 218 pages, 21 chapters, 48,000 words

Reading Schedule:

May 1-7 Chapters 1-5 (pages 7-57, La separación-Los remedios de la farmacia)

May 8-14 Chapters 5-10 (pages 58-105, Controla tu fuerza-La historia se borra)

May 15-21 Chapters 11-15 (pages 106-152, Un enemigo-Catalina en la biblioteca)

May 22-31 Chapters 16-21 (pages 153-218, El tiempo y las galletas-End)

If you can't get a copy of the book in your country, please drop me a DM.

We have a very active chat going on over in Discord, and our discussions are hosted there. Thanks to u/phreddfatt for keeping the Discord going!

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.

To receive updates for new comments in this thread, you can click on the 3 dots in the top right of the post and hit "Follow Post". You'll get notifications for new comments.

Thanks to everyone who joined and voted last month! It was a blast reading along with everyone.