For your invisible friend, better a volume than one I put …

Because it is undeniable. Whenever we have to gift someone for the invisible friend we move in a swampy territory: having a budget ceiling (not very high, in general), perhaps not knowing too much the tastes of that coworker or the English course, and surely not have too much time to buy something because Christmas, as always, is upon us before we know it. 😅

So it is easy that, although we have the best of intentions, we end up giving our invisible friend a «pongo», one of those objects that can be funny at first but then they will not know where to put and will end up in the house every time dust off.

So, dear reader, as the beginning of this post points out, we have another gift idea for your invisible friend: giving away books, because there are them for a thousand and one people and tastes and because there is nothing more beautiful than receiving a universe of adventures unfolding before our eyes. So pay attention. These are the books that will save you from the curse of I put them for this invisible friend. 😄⤵️


For the most modern

Specifically, this is an ideal book for fans of Modern Village, which returns to bookstores after the success of Idiotized! His are acid reflections and humor, telling the truths without biting his tongue from a feminist point of view that has earned him thousands of followers on social networks.

But it's not just for his fans. It is for all of us who like to laugh at today and do a bit of catharsis. And why lie? Because we all have that friend who thinks he / she is modern, open-minded … but it is clear that he / she is not every time he / she opens his mouth and drops one of his pearls. So look at it on the bright side, now you have a book full of fun that serves both as a gift and as a help to rethink some things and not end your friendship.

The adventures of Gordi and Zorry await you in Cunt dramas to escape a world so far drawn by men.


For creative geniuses

We all have that friend / acquaintance who gets excited every time he enters a stationery store and sees the amount of pencils, brushes, colors and other artistic elements that will allow him to display his creativity without limits. And if you don't have it, reader, it is you. 😜

So whatever the case may be, you can't miss this wonder of Keri smith. What what is Smash this journal?

Well, it is a best seller that has already created addicts around the world. And if you haven't tried it yet, this may be the start of a life-changing experience.

In the new edition Smash this journal. Now in full color there are challenges to paint, break, transform and unleash your creativity. You'll enjoy a mix of the creative challenges fans have created since the first edition of this series… along with brand-new challenges to smash in color! Mixing paints to create clay, letting luck choose the shade, cutting out brightly colored strips of paper, and much more. It is time to let out the creative genius that lives in your invisible friend.


For fans of mandalas

Life can be quite stressful… And a good friend is someone who gives you good times to make up for it and is there when you need it. Those good times can be in the form of chatting in front of a coffee … but also in the form of mandalas.

Because do you remember when you were little and had no worries? How much fun you spent coloring in any sheet you found and letting the only thing that occupied your mind during that time was what color you were going to take to paint the kangaroo in the landscape.

365 mandalas to color is a collection of attractive designs accompanied by inspiring phrases for each day of the year, which allow us to remove stress and create that space to connect with the present moment and regain serenity and emotional well-being.

And because painting is still just as fun. Do you know someone who could use a moment of peace and well-being to break away from the daily hustle and bustle? Let the mandalas inspire you. ✨


For those who will be amazed by one of terror

We all know someone who is a fan of the darkest part of human beings: who gets absorbed by thrillers, who really enjoys the intrigues of the series and, of course, has read a few (if not all) of them. horror genius books: Stephen King.

The figures speak for themselves: 350 million copies sold since he published his first novel in 1974, a total of about 50 novels and 200 published short stories. More than 80 adaptations of his works on the small and the big screen. The most adapted living author.

His imprint on pop culture is immense and indelible and is manifested through multiple relevant works: from Carrie by Brian de Palma until the first season of Mr. Mercedes, going through the winding roads of The glowby Stanley Kubrick. His television adaptations (Phantasma II, It…) Have traumatized several generations. And we are sure that your invisible friend is one of them. 😙

The Horror Master's Illustrated Guide that Matthieu Rostac and François Cau bring us is a visually spectacular work as well as well documented. Its authors did not notice the means to prepare it: they read the 4,413 pages of the cycle of the Dark tower, they watched the 5 seasons of the series Haven, the 10 films of the saga of The corn boys, and even the 19 hours of the Indian soap opera loosely inspired by Item.

So yeah, no question, this picture book is a must for fans of Stephen King and horror.


For the youngest

There is a stage in life that is crucial: adolescence. It is that time of change in which you are not a child but not an adult, limits are annoying but they are also necessary … and in general there is a storm of news (love, sex, friendships, professional future) that is not well known how to fit.

The TikToker Mark White (alias in networks of Marcos Jiménez) talks about it in How I survived adolescence, a book in which he shows that adolescents are not selfish, lazy and disrespectful as many say … For many, adolescence is undoubtedly the worst stage of life and Marcos White comes to tell us some conclusions about his own and how he managed to overcome all those difficulties.

In this book, the youngest will find a guide, full of good humor and the overflowing character that characterizes him in networks, to talk about the key issues: love, friendship, studies, sex, drugs. Without hypocrisy and without half measures. If you want to talk to your invisible friend, this is your book.


For fans of Lucía Bellido

And if we talk about influencers, definitely Lucia Bellido is one of the top. He had just turned 15 when his first book hit bookstores, to become a true best-seller in a few weeks.

From that moment on, his life would take a 180 degree turn, and his career as influencer it would grow at a frantic pace. Book signings with hundreds of fans, trips around the world, music festivals, collaborations with top brands.

This book, as a diary, explains in the first person what that experience that continues today was like. You will review his travels, his adventures and his anecdotes in a world of flashes and success.

With Be brave Lucia gets even closer to her loyal fans with secrets and confessions from behind the scenes. And your invisible friend is going to have a great time discovering them all. 😋


For adventure lovers

Surely in your environment you have that person who has toured all the rooms of all escape room from your city and now you are looking for a new adventure. It will not matter in fact or in which city you live so that you can enjoy like a child with our next proposal for the invisible friend: it is about escape book inspired by the collection Choose your own adventure.

Flowerers is the hottest video game: it offers its players a truly addictive and immersive experience. In fact, some of them, encouraged by the possibility of being who they want to be, decide to go on to live this virtual life full time, thereby giving up the option of recovering their previous life.

But Jason has taken a wrong step in the video game and has been "hung", and now Oxana, his partner, must go through an intricate and enigmatic maze to save his life: of the fifty possible paths, only one leads to the desired goal. Will she be able to find him before losing Jason forever? Escape Book Adventure. The butterfly maze, by Ivan Tapia and Montse Linde, awaits your next reader to catch you with hours and hours of fun.


For the most visceral

Matu Santamaria is a Spanish-Argentine artist and illustrator, internationally acclaimed. Through her networks she has created a strong connection with her audience thanks to a unique style and vindictive illustrations around feminism, sexuality, animalism and the environment.

Hot It is his book and it comes loaded with explicit content that awakens the senses and stirs consciences. Because, as he says, doing something “hot” means doing it immediately, without delay that lowers the interest or the vehemence of the action.

And that's how he made this book, hot. He wanted to express everything he was experiencing without having to name it. Every outburst, every conflict in the face of the stark reality we live in, and all the emotion in the face of other exciting moments in which he would remain immersed forever.

All these reactions, this whole world of impulses, is now reflected in a beautiful illustrated book that we are convinced will delight your invisible friend.


For environmental defenders

Yes, we are going to talk about climate change. And not only that. We are going to do it with rigorous and accessible information to understand what we are talking about when we cite climate change and its terrible consequences. A necessary book that also comes beautifully illustrated by Louize perdieus.

Because we are all used to hearing news about the melting of the poles or the rise in sea levels, but perhaps we do not always have all the arguments present to know the magnitude of the problem.

So Mathilda Masters has written 123 curiosities that everyone should know about the climate, a compilation of scientific facts about the climate for which it has had the collaboration of the director of the European Environment Agency Hans Bruyninckx and the journalist specialized in science Ilja Van Braeckel.

Because climate change is something serious and, now, it is also a rigorous and beautifully presented anecdote so that those who care most about the environment have more arguments to continue fighting.


For fans of Asian

This book is going to fulfill the fantasies of many types of people at once. There are fans of Japanese culture, fans of manga and comics, foodies who can't live without delicious ramen. And this book is for all of them!

Why Ramen! is the most original cookbook on the market: a cookbook presented as a graphic novel to enjoy all the culinary art of Japan. Does your gut growl already or not yet? 🤤🍜

Hugh amano Y Sarah Becan introduce us to this fun and instructive hybrid, a work between a cookbook and a graphic novel that introduces us to the history of ramen and offers more than forty recipes of everything it takes to prepare the most delicious ramen without leaving home. Everything is explained, from the broths, tare or types of noodles, to the dressings and accompaniments with which to add the touch.

Without a doubt it is one of the funniest proposals that we can find and that will delight (literally) your invisible friend. Enjoy reading! 😉


And with all these proposals we trust that you will find the perfect gift to avoid another year of "putting on" with your invisible friend … If you still don't find the ideal detail, Take a look at these gift books and start a #BookChristmas. 📚✨



Source of the new


Attention, book eater! That time of year has come when you don't need excuses to stay home reading. Because the weather no longer invites you to go out too much. And because you finally have a few days of well-deserved vacations to enjoy what you like the most: special meals, family, lights and, of course, books! ✨📚

So if you have as much desire as we do to experience a #BookChristmas … don't miss this list of trilogies and sagas that will make you even more special these Christmas days.


1) Tetralogy The cemetery of forgotten books

The greatest international success of the contemporary Spanish novel, the tetralogy The Cemetery of forgotten books from Carlos Ruiz Zafon, now comes to us in a luxury case that is quite difficult to resist. 🤗

Zafón's literary universe has become one of the great phenomena of contemporary letters. And although its author is no longer with us, we want to pay tribute to him as best we can: returning to his work, revisiting his world. In Booket they also make it very easy for us with this edition that includes The wind's shadow, The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven Y The labyrinth of spirits.

And if you have already immersed yourself in these wonderful stories, we invite you to discover Zafón's latest book: The city of Vapor. What will you find in it? The echo of the great characters and motifs of the novels of The Cemetery of forgotten books in short story format, some of them never published before. The narrator who made us dream like nobody else… is going to make you dream this Christmas.


2) Bevilacqua series

If there is one thing that we like in detective or police series, it is those duets of characters that are like ying and yang, those characters that contradict each other but complement each other. And of those of us who want to read case after case, no matter how complex and obscure the mission they face. As it happens to us with the saga of the great Lorenzo Silva.

There are many readers who already consider his latest book as 🔝 the best of the entire saga, so we can do nothing but invite you to delve into the case that concerns Bevilacqua and Chamorro in The evil of Corcira.

A middle-aged man appears naked and brutally murdered on a lonely beach in Formentera. According to several testimonies collected by the Civil Guard of the islands, in the previous days he had been seen in the company of different young people in gay clubs in Ibiza. When his bosses call Bevilacqua to take over the investigation and inform him of the peculiarity of the dead, a Basque citizen convicted in his day for collaboration with ETA, the second lieutenant will understand that it is not just another case.

The murky waters of Bevilacqua and Chamorro await you these days.


3) Wild Biology

The Miss Bebi, alias of Bebi Fernández, masters the art of leaving the reader astonished and speechless, wanting to read more and more and to set everything on fire until the outcome is discovered. Bebi Fernández symbolizes the awakening of a savage generation that already has more than 200,000 readers around its titles: Memories of a savage Y Queen, which just went on sale.

Spain, the year 2020. The life of Kassandra Fernández passes between books and attempts to overcome her past, but everything falters when her greatest enemy makes an appearance in the worst possible way, giving rise to a bloody cold war where strategy, criminal businesses and the boundaries between good and evil are blurred, and in which the protagonist will internally debate between revenge and justice, also waging an internal battle where she will have to find out who she really is.

While everything is happening, love and friendship seem to be more difficult to understand than ever. Opening the drawer where she kept the chess pieces won't be easy, but Kassandra Fernández is no longer just a brave young woman in need of knowing her destiny, but a wild woman willing to win the game — or perhaps not.

More than the outcome of a biology, Queen It is a challenge to the whole of society. Will you be able to resist? 😎


4) The Silence of the White City Trilogy

The myths and legends of Álava, archeology, family secrets and criminal psychology draw the absorbing plots of this trilogy formed by The silence of the white city (2016), The water rites (2017) and The time lords (2018).

Who signs this trilogy? Well nothing less than Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, winner of the 2020 Planeta Award with Aquitaine: the fascinating story behind the character of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Hers is a life as fascinating as the events that the author tells us in the Trilogy The silence of the white city.

Still don't know what it's about? We will tell you. ✍🏻

The protagonist of these thrillers is the young inspector Unai López de Ayala (alias Kraken), determined to uncover some ritual murders that terrorize the city. As it says David Zurdo in What to read: «If you want to enjoy and suffer with a book – enjoy the hypnotically interesting and suffer because you cannot read faster – your novel is The silence of the white city».


5) Baztán Series

We continue with this list of essentials that you will not want to stop reading or to catch another polvorón. It's time to talk about one of the literary series that has most hooked readers in recent times, the thriller starring Amaia Salazar and conceived by Dolores Redondo.

When you can't go to sleep because you're dying to read another chapter, don't say we haven't warned you. 😄

Inspector Amaia Salazar returns to the Baztán valley, from which she has been fleeing all her life, to investigate the appearance of the corpse of a teenage girl. You will find yourself caught up in a thriller trilogy and a frenetic pace that will make you go through the volumes of The invisible guardian (2013), Legacy in the bones (2013) and Offering to the storm (2014).

And if you fall in love with the protagonist and need to know more, don't miss the last piece of this puzzle: The north face of the heart, a trip to Amaia's past and to the origin of “the composer”.


6) The hidden port series

Maria Oruña it has no readers, it has fans. And it is that his series of books formed by Hidden port (2015), A place to go (2017) and Where we were invincible (2018)– tea it will captivate not to let you go.

In its pages you will discover the story of Oliver, a young Londoner with a peculiar family situation and a sad loss who inherits a colonial house on the Cantabrian coast. During the remodeling works, the corpse of a baby is discovered along with an element that is totally anachronistic. And crimes begin to happen in the area. Thus begins a police investigation that will plunge Oliver into a dense personal journey and a race against time to discover the murderer.

In the following episodes of this series (☝🏼 which by the way can be read in no particular order) new murders and new anachronisms question reality beyond what seems possible, along with new characters who will try to restore peace to the town of Suances .

And if after this wonderful series you still want more, note: The forest of the four winds. In the Galicia of 1830 a woman will face the conventions of her time. New crimes, new mysteries, new characters that will remind you why you are a fan of the police genre.


7) Episodes of an endless war

If it is about granting us readers whims, a mention of an author such as Almudena Grandes. In the cycle of Episodes of an Endless War —which can be read in no particular order— the author takes us back to our common past to delve into the stories of its protagonists.

The last installment Frankenstein's mother is perhaps the most intense and emotional novel in the entire series: the gripping tale of a woman and a man who chose to endure in the most difficult times.

In 1954, the young psychiatrist Germán Velázquez returned to Spain to work in the women's asylum in Ciempozuelos. After going into exile in 1939, he has lived in Switzerland for fifteen years, hosted by the family of Dr. Goldstein. In Ciempozuelos, Germán meets again with Aurora Rodríguez Carballeira, a paranoid parricide, extremely intelligent, who fascinated him at thirteen … and meets a nursing assistant, María Castejón, who rejects him without Germán knowing why, although he suspects that her Mary's life hides many secrets.

As readers we will discover her modest origins as the granddaughter of the asylum gardener, her years as a maid in Madrid, her unhappy love story, as well as the reasons why Germán has returned to Spain. María and Germán are two soul mates who want to flee from their respective pasts. Will they get it?


8) The invisible girl trilogy

We interview Blue Jeans on the occasion of the World Day Against Bullying_The invisible girl

Blue jeans, alias Francisco de Paula, is a literary reference and in social networks, where he adds a legion of followers. His trilogy The club of the misunderstood marked a milestone in children's and youth literature. Now he comes back with the same talent and more enthusiasm if possible to propose a series full of mystery that we will not be able to get rid of.

It all starts with Aurora Ríos, a girl who is invisible to almost everyone. The events of the past have made her isolate herself from the world and that she barely interacts, tired of the inhabitants of that town talking behind her back. One night in May her mother does not find her at home when she returns from work. Aurora will appear dead the next morning in her high school locker room, with a blow to the head and a compass that someone has left next to her body. Julia Plaza, her classmate, will become obsessed with discovering who is behind the crime.

The trilogy is made up of volumes The invisible girl (2018), The crystal puzzle (2019) and Julia's promise, which was published this year. Get hooked on this thriller and discover why Blue Jeans has thousands of readers around the world.


9) Saga I, Julia

Two proper names push us to include this saga in the readings that you cannot miss between Christmas carol and Christmas carol. One is that of Santiago Posteguillo, winner of the 2018 Planeta Prize with the book that we present to you. The other name that you should keep in mind is Julia Domna, the magnetic protagonist of his books.

192 AD Several men fight for an empire, but Julia, daughter of kings, mother of Caesars and wife of emperor, thinks of something more ambitious: a dynasty. Amidst tensions and conspiracies, a fire ravages the city of Rome. Is it a disaster or an opportunity? Five men prepare to fight to the death for power. They think the game is about to begin. But for Julia the game has already started. He knows that only a woman can forge a dynasty: Me, Julia.

And Julia challenged the gods (2020) is the second part of this wonderful historical novel and represents an even greater challenge for our protagonist: when the enemy is your own son… is there victory?


10) The Millennium phenomenon

And the time has come to shoot the adrenaline with one of the essential sagas of recent years, with a brutal protagonist who sticks to the reader's skin and does not abandon him. We speak of course about Lisbeth Salander. Because this literary series has become an international phenomenon, adding 100 million readers who would like to start this adventure again.

Family conflicts, crime, sexual perversions and financial traps are some of the elements that come together in this unprecedented phenomenon.

Stieg Larsson the plot began in 2015 with Men who did not love women (2015). Then they would follow The girl who dreamed of a match and a can of gasoline (2015) and The queen in the palace of drafts (2015). And after Larsson's death, David Lagercrantz served us the denouement of the story in What does not kill you makes you stronger (2015), The man who chased his shadow (2017) and the long-awaited closure: The girl who lived twice (2019). The The finishing touch to the Swedish thriller phenomenon.

Are you joining us to discover one of the most powerful literary heroines of recent times?


And if every book you sink your teeth into this Christmas fades faster than the pile of sweets at your Christmas Eve dinner, take note and let yourself be accompanied by the best stories to live a #BookChristmas. 💫📚



Source of the new


Attention, book eater! That time of year has come when you don't need excuses to stay home reading. Because the weather no longer invites you to go out too much. And because you finally have a few days of well-deserved vacations to enjoy what you like the most: special meals, family, lights and, of course, books! ✨📚

So if you have as much desire as we do to experience a #BookChristmas … don't miss this list of trilogies and sagas that will make you even more special these Christmas days.


1) Tetralogy The cemetery of forgotten books

The greatest international success of the contemporary Spanish novel, the tetralogy The Cemetery of forgotten books from Carlos Ruiz Zafon, now comes to us in a luxury case that is quite difficult to resist. 🤗

Zafón's literary universe has become one of the great phenomena of contemporary letters. And although its author is no longer with us, we want to pay tribute to him as best we can: returning to his work, revisiting his world. In Booket they also make it very easy for us with this edition that includes The wind's shadow, The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven Y The labyrinth of spirits.

And if you have already immersed yourself in these wonderful stories, we invite you to discover Zafón's latest book: The city of Vapor. What will you find in it? The echo of the great characters and motifs of the novels of The Cemetery of forgotten books in short story format, some of them never published before. The narrator who made us dream like nobody else… is going to make you dream this Christmas.


2) Bevilacqua series

If there is one thing that we like in detective or police series, it is those duets of characters that are like ying and yang, those characters that contradict but complement each other. And of those of us who want to read case after case, no matter how complex and obscure the mission they face. As it happens to us with the saga of the great Lorenzo Silva.

There are many readers who already consider his latest book as 🔝 the best of the entire saga, so we can do nothing but invite you to delve into the case that concerns Bevilacqua and Chamorro in The evil of Corcira.

A middle-aged man appears naked and brutally murdered on a lonely beach in Formentera. According to several testimonies collected by the Civil Guard of the islands, in the previous days he had been seen in the company of different young people in gay clubs in Ibiza. When his bosses call Bevilacqua to take over the investigation and inform him of the peculiarity of the dead, a Basque citizen convicted in his day for collaboration with ETA, the second lieutenant will understand that it is not just another case.

The murky waters of Bevilacqua and Chamorro await you these days.


3) Wild Biology

The Miss Bebi, alias of Bebi Fernández, masters the art of leaving the reader astonished and speechless, wanting to read more and more and to set everything on fire until the outcome is discovered. Bebi Fernández symbolizes the awakening of a savage generation that already has more than 200,000 readers around its titles: Memories of a savage Y Queen, which just went on sale.

Spain, the year 2020. The life of Kassandra Fernández passes between books and attempts to overcome her past, but everything falters when her greatest enemy makes an appearance in the worst possible way, giving rise to a bloody cold war where strategy, criminal businesses and the boundaries between good and evil are blurred, and in which the protagonist will internally debate between revenge and justice, also waging an internal battle where she will have to find out who she really is.

While everything is happening, love and friendship seem to be more difficult to understand than ever. Opening the drawer where she kept the chess pieces won't be easy, but Kassandra Fernández is no longer just a brave young woman in need of knowing her destiny, but a wild woman willing to win the game — or perhaps not.

More than the outcome of a biology, Queen It is a challenge to the whole of society. Will you be able to resist? 😎


4) The Silence of the White City Trilogy

The myths and legends of Álava, archeology, family secrets and criminal psychology draw the absorbing plots of this trilogy formed by The silence of the white city (2016), The water rites (2017) and The time lords (2018).

Who signs this trilogy? Well nothing less than Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, winner of the 2020 Planeta Award with Aquitaine and the fascinating story behind the character of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Hers is a life as fascinating as the events that the author tells us in the Trilogy The silence of the white city.

Still don't know what it's about? We will tell you. ✍🏻

The protagonist of these thrillers is the young inspector Unai López de Ayala (alias Kraken), determined to uncover ritual murders that terrorize the city. As it says David Zurdo in What to read: «If you want to enjoy and suffer with a book – enjoy the hypnotically interesting and suffer because you cannot read more quickly – your novel is The silence of the white city».


5) Baztán Series

We continue with this list of essentials that you will not want to stop reading or to catch another polvorón. It's time to talk about one of the literary series that has most hooked readers in recent times, the thriller starring Amaia Salazar and conceived by Dolores Round.

When you can't go to sleep because you're dying to read another chapter, don't say we haven't warned you. 😄

Inspector Amaia Salazar returns to the Baztán Valley, from which she has been fleeing all her life, to investigate the appearance of the corpse of a teenage girl. You will find yourself caught up in a thriller trilogy and a frenetic pace that will make you go through the volumes of The invisible guardian (2013), Legacy in the bones (2013) and Offering to the storm (2014).

And if you fall in love with the protagonist and need to know more, don't miss the last piece of this puzzle: The north face of the heart, a trip to Amaia's past and to the origin of “the composer”.


6) The hidden port series

Maria Oruña it has no readers, it has fans. And it is that his series of books formed by Hidden port (2015), A place to go (2017) and Where we were invincible (2018)– tea it will captivate not to let you go.

In its pages you will discover the story of Oliver, a young Londoner with a peculiar family situation and a sad loss who inherits a colonial house on the Cantabrian coast. During the remodeling works, the corpse of a baby is discovered along with an element that is totally anachronistic. And crimes begin to happen in the area. Thus begins a police investigation that will plunge Oliver into a dense personal journey and a race against time to discover the murderer.

In the following episodes of this series (☝🏼 which by the way can be read in no particular order) new murders and new anachronisms question reality beyond what seems possible, along with new characters who will try to restore peace to the town of Suances .

And if after this wonderful series you still want more, note: The forest of the four winds. In the Galicia of 1830 a woman will face the conventions of her time. New crimes, new mysteries, new characters that will remind you why you are a fan of the police genre.


7) Episodes of an endless war

If it is about granting us readers whims, a mention of an author such as Almudena Grandes. In the cycle of Episodes of an Endless War —which can be read in no particular order— the author takes us to our common past to delve into the stories of its protagonists.

The last installment Frankenstein's mother is perhaps the most intense and emotional novel in the entire series: the gripping tale of a woman and a man who chose to endure in the most difficult times.

In 1954, the young psychiatrist Germán Velázquez returned to Spain to work in the women's asylum in Ciempozuelos. After going into exile in 1939, he has lived in Switzerland for fifteen years, hosted by the family of Dr. Goldstein. In Ciempozuelos, Germán meets again with Aurora Rodríguez Carballeira, a paranoid parricide, extremely intelligent, who fascinated him at thirteen … and meets a nursing assistant, María Castejón, who rejects him without Germán knowing why, although he suspects that her Mary's life hides many secrets.

As readers we will discover her modest origins as the granddaughter of the asylum gardener, her years as a maid in Madrid, her unhappy love story, as well as the reasons why Germán has returned to Spain. María and Germán are two soul mates who want to flee from their respective pasts. Will they get it?


8) The invisible girl trilogy

We interview Blue Jeans on the occasion of the World Day Against Bullying_The invisible girl

Blue jeans, alias Francisco de Paula, is a literary reference and in social networks, where he adds a legion of followers. His trilogy The club of the misunderstood marked a milestone in children's and youth literature. Now he returns with the same talent and more desire if possible to propose a series full of mystery that we will not be able to get rid of.

It all starts with Aurora Ríos, a girl who is invisible to almost everyone. The events of the past have made her isolate herself from the world and that she barely interacts, tired of the inhabitants of that town talking behind her back. One night in May her mother does not find her at home when she returns from work. Aurora will appear dead the next morning in her high school locker room, with a blow to the head and a compass that someone has left next to her body. Julia Plaza, her classmate, will become obsessed with discovering who is behind the crime.

The trilogy is made up of volumes The invisible girl (2018), The crystal puzzle (2019) and Julia's promise, which was published this year. Get hooked on this thriller and discover why Blue Jeans has thousands of readers around the world.


9) Saga I, Julia

Two proper names push us to include this saga in the readings that you cannot miss between Christmas carol and Christmas carol. One is that of Santiago Posteguillo, winner of the 2018 Planeta Prize with the book that we present to you. The other name that you should keep in mind is Julia Domna, the magnetic protagonist of his books.

192 AD Several men fight for an empire, but Julia, daughter of kings, mother of Caesars and wife of emperor, thinks of something more ambitious: a dynasty. Amidst tensions and conspiracies, a fire ravages the city of Rome. Is it a disaster or an opportunity? Five men prepare to fight to the death for power. They think the game is about to begin. But for Julia the game has already started. He knows that only a woman can forge a dynasty: Me, Julia.

And Julia challenged the gods (2020) is the second part of this wonderful historical novel and represents an even greater challenge for our protagonist: when the enemy is your own son… is there victory?


10) The Millennium phenomenon

And the time has come to shoot the adrenaline with one of the essential sagas of recent years, with a brutal protagonist who sticks to the reader's skin and does not abandon him. We speak of course about Lisbeth Salander. Because this literary series has become an international phenomenon, adding 100 million readers who would like to start this adventure again.

Family conflicts, crime, sexual perversions and financial traps are some of the elements that come together in this unprecedented phenomenon.

Stieg Larsson the plot began in 2015 with Men who did not love women (2015). Then they would follow The girl who dreamed of a match and a can of gasoline (2015) and The queen in the palace of drafts (2015). And after Larsson's death, David Lagercrantz served us the denouement of the story in What does not kill you makes you stronger (2015), The man who chased his shadow (2017) and the long-awaited closure: The girl who lived twice (2019). The The finishing touch to the Swedish thriller phenomenon.

Are you joining us to discover one of the most powerful literary heroines of recent times?


And if every book you sink your teeth into this Christmas fades faster than the pile of sweets at your Christmas Eve dinner, take note and let yourself be accompanied by the best stories to live a #BookChristmas. 💫📚



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The time has come to leave a stage behind. It is a different time. A different world. A lot has happened since we started publishing The Walking Dead in the distant 2005. At that time it was a real publishing revolution and Planeta Cómic became the standard-bearer of the best independent American comics.

After hundreds of thousands of copies sold in Spain over these 15 years, the series has already reached its point of maturity and we say goodbye to it with a good taste in the mouth for the good work carried out, both by the original authors, the Skybound publisher, translators, editors, commercial teams and especially the booksellers and readers who have taken such great care of the collection. Thus, as of March 31, 2021, we will stop marketing the 32 paperback volumes, the 8 cardboard volumes and some specials from this series.

But as Rick Grimes said in the last volume, we're on the way back, i can see our future ahead, and it's bright. Proof of this is that we continue to achieve success in the USA with Saga, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Usagi Yojimbo, Spawn, Paper Girls or the catalog Aftershock. And proof of this is that in March we will inaugurate a close collaboration with Image Y Boom! Studios to continue publishing the best independent American comics in Spain and all Latin American countries. It will be accompanied by powerful world launches in Spanish of their most anticipated and acclaimed titles, Attentive, because on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. we will publish a preview of these upcoming news …

The good news has only just begun!



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The most spectacular talents and feats of both Spain and the rest of the world come together in the pages full of unprecedented feats and extraordinary milestones of the Guinness World Records 2021.

Because we are fascinated by extraordinary stories, as good readers that we are. And that is why we cannot stop reading the anecdotes that this edition brings us. And a curiosity to start with: did you know that this year there have been 32,986 requests for feats to appear in the Guinness Book? And that around the world around 90 new records are recorded every day?

Do you want to know what awaits you in the new edition? Well take a look. 😜⤵️

Well let's get down to business and Let's see some of the most curious, bizarre and unclassifiable to celebrate World Guinness World Records Day. 😙


1) The fastest marathon dressed as a clown

Yes, this year is peculiar and has us all a little out of focus. It is not surprising then that Rafael Cros, owner of this title, has broken the record for the fastest marathon (he completed the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP marathon in 2h 42 min 56 sec) and above all wearing a uniform that is not the usual in these events.

His story? He had bought the clown costume for a bachelor party and decided to use it again to run and raise funds for a charity dedicated to helping children.


2) The largest serving of gazpacho

And if after so much running you have gotten hungry, get ready because surely your stomach won't growl after reading this record. To celebrate the designation of Almería as the 2019 Spanish Capital of Gastronomy, Unique Group He prepared 9,800 liters of gazpacho, enough to fill about 60 bathtubs. Nothing more and nothing less than 60! 😱

All that gazpacho was later served at a ceremony held in the Almadrabillas park, on June 9, and the money raised was used for charitable causes.


3) The fastest 100km open water swim

And to lose so much food, nothing better than a little sport. A little or a lot of sport, in the case of Pablo Fernandez Alvarez. On July 29, 2019, he completed the «Century Swim in the Gulf Stream», a 100 km long non-stop open water swimming event, which takes place on the coast of Jupiter, Florida, United States.

Thanks to the momentum of the Gulf Stream, Pablo was able to advance at more than 7 km / h and finish his solo effort in 12 hours, 21 minutes and 14 seconds. We better not think about our swimming speed when we are on the beach in summer. 😂


4) The highest financial prize won in a television contest

And if the previous record was an example of persistence, don't miss our fourth appointment on the list of extraordinary things. The Wolves. Do they sound familiar? Maybe not. But perhaps you are familiar with the TV contest "Boom" presented by Juanra Bonet.

Well, Los Lobos is one of the teams that has been participating in it and its members have become the winners of the largest economic prize ever won in a television contest. In addition, their talent and persistence also earned them another recognition: their more than 300 consecutive victories in as many programs also represent the highest number of consecutive victories in a television contest.


5) More pole position in major motorcycle racing awards throughout his career

And speaking of solid careers… don't think there is no place in Guinness World Records for sports. In this category stands out Marc Márquez.

The one from Cervera is the rider with the most pole position in major motorcycle racing awards throughout his career. He also adds other titles: several world records for achieving the best time on the circuit, pilot with more pole position in one season, youngest winner of a MotoGP race (20 years and 63 days), youngest MotoGP world champion (20 years and 266 days) and also the rider with the most consecutive victories in a season with a total of 10 wins. Not bad, right?


6) Most individual Grand Slam tournaments played consecutively

And if we park the motorcycle and take the racket, we have to talk about Feliciano Lopez. The tennis player from Toledo has participated in a total of 72 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, since his debut at Roland Garros in 2002. His last participation ended in a first-round loss at the Australian Open, on January 20, 2020, and although not It is the sweetest outcome if it allows him to add a total of 72 Grand Slam in which he has participated as an individual player.


7) The human image of a bigger hamburger

Yes, it is certainly a unique challenge. And yes, it certainly requires less physical dexterity than driving a large-displacement motorcycle or playing a game of tennis … but organizing something like that has a lot of merit.

On October 14, 2019, a total of 1,047 people were placed in multi-colored layers to recreate the image of a cheeseburger in Madrid. The Spanish hamburger chain Goiko Grill was the organizer of the event, which took place during the "Goiko Games 2019", an annual meeting that the company holds to recognize the work of its employees. And you, would you see yourself doing something similar with your co-workers? 🤔


With these records it is clear that there is much to do and to discover, so we can only invite you to transfer the cover of the Guinness World Records 2021 —Brilliant too, by the way, since it's the work of the award-winning illustrator Rod hunt– and have a great time exploring the oddities and curiosities that humans are capable of.

Discover your world! ✨



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For him Libraries DayWhat better than to go to one of them to celebrate it. We started engines destined for Barcelona, ​​specifically towards Comic SanTs, a specialized store that opened in 2019 and recently relocated to a larger store on the same Joan Güell street.

Inside awaits us Josep Ramón, Its owner, who has been working indirectly in the comic industry for 12 years, in addition to being his passion since childhood: After normal jobs, it was time to make a job decision that really made me feel comfortable with the work I was doing.

In its library you can enjoy a lot of variety: the main thing is comics, but as a good geek, there is also room for manga, art books, essays and merchandising. The events are also fundamental for its dynamics: Thanks to the years that I have been linked to the world of comics, I have been able to make friends at the level of authors who have very kindly lent themselves to sign in the store, in addition to always having the doors open to anyone who wants to make a presentation of their art.

If you are a neighbor of the Sants neighborhood or you pass by, in ComicSanTs you will feel at home, because dealing with the public is referential. The fact that whoever runs the store is a comic lover means that we know how to recommend titles to new readers and also to be able to have a pleasant conversation with any of the customers who are already friends., says Josep Ramón.

Undoubtedly, a must-see place for all kinds of people, whether they are fans of comics, those who want to start reading or those who want to give away comics.

Your favorite series or comic edited by Planeta Cómic is

I've never been a big fan of manga, although I have to admit that My Hero Academia has me trapped. It perfectly combines the two worlds, the manga narrative and the superhero theme.

Thanks for attending us, Josep! See you, neighbor!

Social Networks / Updated Web

Social networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Web: www.comicsants.com

Email: comicsants@comicsants.com

Updated physical address

Street: c / joan guell 52, local 1
Town: Barcelona

Tel. 936 722 249



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This year the bookstores have given us stories when we needed them most, and we want to thank them from the bottom of our hearts. How? In the best way: going to visit them and going out with our next reading.

Do you want some recommendations? Don't you know what your next prey will be to be eaten between coffee and armchair? Well pay attention because our booksellers have some recommendations for you. ⤵️✨


Atenea Bookstore (Orihuela) – Natalia

ALL OF US, JAVIER MENÉNDEZ FLORES

«Crime novel narrated in two stages that you will devour and with a totally unexpected ending. You won't be able to stop reading.


Herso Bookstore (Albacete) – Auxi

THURSDAY CRIME CLUB, RICHARD OSMAN

It's hilarious, you laugh all the time. That a group of grandmothers get together and dedicate themselves to perpetrate plans of that type already places you in that comic context.


Librería Herso (Albacete) – Pepe

THE DOOR, MANEL LOUREIRO

"Creepy, I was afraid to turn the page and everything."


Plumier Bookstore (Ibi) – Pilar

AN OPEN HEART, ELVIRA LINDO

"I liked it very much, I don't know if because it reminds me of my time or the story of my parents but it transported me back then and it moved me."


Ali i Truc Bookstore (Elche) – Paco Trigueros

LIKE DUST IN THE WIND, LEONARDO PADURA

«The perfect novel to understand the Cuban diaspora. The best book I have read this year.


Chaotic Bookstore (Seville) – Joaquín

THE UNFORTUNATE, ARIEL MAGNUS

“A very interesting book, which portrays a dark character in a very pleasant way. The character is the Architect of the Holocaust ”.


Nobel Library (Almería) – Rafael Galvache

THE FATHER'S HOUSE, KARMELE JAIO

“An intimate, hard and fluid story in which literature, feminism, gender violence and the family cease to be tangential themes to become the nucleus of the novel. It hits you roundly from the beginning and dismantles many of your most intimate and established beliefs ”.


Agapea Bookstore LUrgent books (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) – Inmaculada López

LONGING, TRACY WOLFF

"Who was going to tell me that I would end up reading a worthy successor to that mythical book of vampires that shine in the sun?"

"A pleasant, endearing and blood-filled read … the only downside I see is that the second one hasn't come out yet …".


Botica de Lectores Library (Seville) – Rafael Rodríguez

THOMAS CROMWELL TRILOGY, HILARY MANTEL

"Simply spectacular. I recommend reading it ”.


Metropolis Library (Jaén) – Maria Jesus

FRANKENSTEIN'S MOTHER, ALMUDENA GRANDES

"In the entire series of Episodes, also in Mother…, I have an exhilarating feeling, as if justice is being done somehow; not only with those who are or have been protagonists in the history of Spain and the Civil War, but, and above all, with the most common people ». I greatly appreciated that end in which salvation can separate us from everything we want and at the same time, offers us new opportunities in life. "


Bookstore Santos Ochoa (Logroño) – Carmelo Bujanda

THE REST OF THE NIGHT, M. LUCAS RIJNEVELD

“Using the simile of the winemaker, the aging and reserve books are those that have gained the value of calling themselves great works over time… but there are times that unintentionally, on any given day, a young wine-book (of the year) leaves shocked by the amount of nuances it shows in its reading.

Well, with the novel by M. Lucas Rijneveld something similar has happened to me: a young author, unknown by these struggles. The reading of The restlessness of the night It has left me full of perplexities (…). Really unsettling. I'm sure that time will tell me … it will tell us much more ».


Letras Corsarias Library (Salamanca)

LAS MALAS, CAMILA SOSA VILLADA

«If someone were to ask the trick question of what is literature for, we could answer that, among other things, what Camila Sosa Villada does in The evil ones.

Put ourselves, as readers, in the shoes of the other. Getting even into his skin, making us see life through his eyes, beyond the mask (…).

You must have been there, in the icy night in a park in an Argentine city, waiting for customers, on high heels and almost without clothes; One must have suffered the blows, the humiliations, the rejection of daytime life, the repudiation of the father and the voracious desire of men; You have to have lived close to the stories of your companions, shared tragedies and euphoria; the skin must have been burned against the rough wall of denial, misunderstanding and hypocrisy in every minute detail of life.

You have to be a huge writer to tell us like this, with the ambition to get to the core of what matters, the life we ​​don't live. This book eats your soul and that's why it's a party ».


So readers, we are not lacking in reasons to celebrate the #DayOfLibrerías, because literature and our booksellers make our world fill with fascinating stories that we do not want to miss. Because today and always, we want to keep bookstores more alive than ever. So that they continue to bring us knowledge, fantasy and unforgettable stories.

And you, do you already know which book you will go to find at your favorite bookstore? 📚💙😜



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How did you get into the world of illustration / comics?

Like many people, I started to draw from a very young age characters from series that I liked as Inuyasha or Sakura. It wasn't until I opened my Instagram account, back in 2016, that I began to take the subject of drawing more seriously. I met a lot of new artists thanks to this platform from which I learned a lot, it made me be more retrospective regarding my own drawings and I wanted each drawing to be better than the previous one, I worked things that I had not taken into account until then and I started creating my own characters. I also became a bit competitive.

Your first contact with Planeta Manga was …

I had heard about the magazine before, but my first contact was not until I started talking to the editor to participate in it, who considered that I fit this project because of my manga drawing style.

How did the plot of Meadow Queen come about?

The truth is that the plot of Meadow Queen It was made specifically for Planeta Manga, it is not a project I have been working on for a long time. What's more, I brought it up the night before I met with the editor.

Meadow Queen It started inspired by a manga I bought in Japan made by an artist friend of my friend: Mayu, Matou in Japanese, later known as Cocoon entwined In the English translations, it is a school yuri manga where the artist, Yuriko Hara, devotes a lot of attention to drawing, especially hair. Driven by this aesthetic, I drew the character of Violate and looking for a certain contrast with her, the protagonist Lia.

Once I decided that the project I would start working on would be Meadow Queen, was when I started working on the plot. The editor had told me that there were quite a few yuri works in the magazine already, but none with this fantastic tone, so I decided to make the work less calm and work a little more on the adventure so that there would be more variety.

What did you do first: character creation or the script? How is your usual work circuit?

Whenever I think of a project, not only with Meadow Queen, the first thing I do is design the characters. I don't know if it will be the correct procedure, but it is what I like to do the most so it is the first thing I do. It helps me to have a clearer image of the idea and while drawing the character I keep thinking about new things for the story, so they are processes that go a bit hand in hand for me. When the drawings are to my liking, I start writing the script.

Regarding how I organize myself when working, the process is quite simple. The first thing I did with Meadow Queen It was to leave a script done, so that in the other chapters everything was already decided and I could focus as much as possible on the drawing, which is my thing. For each chapter I make very small storyboards, about 1 – 2cm, where I ask myself how many pages it will last and where each part of the story will be, a page composition and basic movements. Then, a larger storyboard, 7 – 8cm in which everything is seen more clearly but which is still incomprehensible to someone other than me. This second story serves as a reference for the final storyboard, which is real size (A4). Then I make a cleaner pencil drawing, ink it and finally scan it to digitally add the grays and patterns.

How do you rate the reception that the magazine has had and what would you highlight about it?

When I saw the amount of people who were at the Planeta Manga booth in the 2019 Hall, it seemed amazing to me, the magazine has had a much greater reception than I expected and the truth is that, as someone who is starting, I It is very encouraging to know that the community is so busy with national artists.

Your favorite Planet Manga series is …

Let's see this question is complicated. I loved it Mangaka by Ana Oncina, it seemed like a very sweet story told in a few pages. I also really liked Mr. Light Feet by Marta Salmons, both are short series so if I had to say a long series it would be Midoriboshi by Akira Pantsu.

Next projects.

Now that it's over Meadow Queen, My participation in the magazine will continue with illustrations, which you can see in the magazine as well as on YouTube as a speedpaint when it is published.

I do not rule out in the future doing shorter series like one shot or working purely as a cartoonist adapting a script.

Your social networks:

Instagram: @ risu.risu.risu

Thank you!



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Leaving months and seasons behind, it is time to announce the Planeta Cómic news for December. Star wars will come full of titles for its followers, with the art book and novel by The Rise of Skywalker, two comic volumes (The Empire Strikes Back Y Darth Vader Dark Lord 3) and two staple installments, the last of the oldest regular series in the new canon.

Without leaving the space operas great, will dazzle the precious first integral of Saga, the Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples series. More adventures of two endearing characters will arrive from the USA: Usagi Yojimbo Y Snoopy. Finally, Manga will continue to entertain with proposals for all types of readers and ages: My Hero Academia, Detective Conan, Dragon Ball, Super Mario, Octave, Don't tell me with flowers, The sword of the immortal, Vinland Saga

MORE INFO HERE

Departure date: 11/17, less The Art of The Rise of Skywalker due out on 11/24.



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We will agree that the fall of 2020 is being an atypical autumn … because we have never had to experience a pandemic situation and the restrictions that it entails before. Still there are always little pleasures that we can count on, whether inside or outside the home, and if you are reading this blog we are quite convinced that you share our passion for reading. 😜

So on a day like today #DayOfLibrerías, we cannot avoid celebrating those places that feed us with stories, those people who pamper us and recommend our next crush literary. These are our five reasons why walking into a bookstore is like dreaming with your eyes open. Would you add any to the list? 📚🥰


1. Because nobody pampers us more than our bookseller

There is no naaaada in the world like that, as soon as you enter the door, your bookseller tells you that a new book by that author that you like so much has just arrived. Because bookstores have the essential charm of personal treatment, of getting to know each other, of knowing what we like and what may interest us… and of discovering reading wonders that we would not have known otherwise. How eager to ask our bookseller when there is news from that writer that has us spellbound!


2. Because they open the door to a new world

We all know how stressful everyday life is, with meetings, children, homework, calls, worries. Abandon for a few moments the race that is our day to day and cross the threshold of a bookstore to enter a world of pause, walk slowly from shelf to shelf and enjoy that feeling that time stands still, savoring everything that imagination puts at our fingertips… it is priceless.


3. Because there is nothing like the smell of a book

There are those who consider themselves authentic hooligans from the traditional book, on paper, bound, to be able to enjoy the touch of the pages at the fingertips as they discover the twists of history that have them trapped.

The new formats (audiobooks, ebooks) are great proposals to save space, take advantage of time, to save paper … there are many elements in their favor. But we know that there are readers whose hearts are made of paper, from the book of a lifetime. And being able to buy new copies in a bookstore, lovingly selecting your next travel companion, is always a delightful moment.


4. Because human beings do not live on books alone (we also want activities!)

For book fans like us, we believe that there is only one thing in the world that is better than sitting down with a tea in our favorite corner to enjoy some reading … And that is to be able to exchange impressions with the author of the book! !

What a wonder it is to be able to attend the presentations and events organized by bookstores, to be able to hear from the author's voice how this or that character originated, what prompted him to write about this topic … and to be able to share the impressions that the reading his work. For the magic that is created in these encounters, we give infinite thanks to our bookstores. 💙


5. Because there is nothing better than getting lost in a bookstore

Anyone in the living room who is capable of walking into a bookstore to buy a book and not coming home with a couple more books that they have fallen in love with? 😅

Well that. You already know what we are talking about. Bookstores have this alluring power over us that we go from English literature to French literature and select a copy or two from each shelf. Because we will never have enough time to read everything we want. And the bookstore is a paradise for inveterate readers like us.


So these days when it is already cool in the street, we have certain restrictions and, in short … more than one element pushes us to enjoy life at home, we We are very clear that we plan to take advantage of the pull to read without remorse, with premeditation and treachery. 😎

And without our beloved booksellers this would not be possible.

So we want to congratulate you on this # Libraries Day and thank you for how happy you make us. That is why we invite you, reader, to come to your trusted bookstore in these peculiar times to look for that new book that has just come out and that you were waiting for. And above all to let your bookseller know how special it is.

And if you want to go with the "shopping list" already made, we leave you the essential readings of this 2020. 📚💙

Happy reading!



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