Have I ever shown you my Kylo Ren croquette? It's a big-sized Tsum-Tsum,
and it's my Kylo Ren croquette. You can pull its cloack down and up.
I call him "Croquetylo Ren"
Hi people! Misi, what are you doing? Will you let me record this video?
No! Violent cat.
Hi people! How are you? It's hot in here,
but well, I'm a creature of warmth, so I'm dealing well with it.
But sometimes my face starts sweating, and
that's a problem when you're wearing so much makeup.
Today I was going to talk about a graphic novel, but then I looked at my bookshelves and realized
that a lot of new books have been added up in a very short time
and I never showed them to you. So, since you seem to like these
"free buffet" videos, as I call them, I'll show them to you. See, I'm so excited,
because I bought more volumes of BRIDE STORIES, a girly manga
about girls in Central Asia who fall in love, get married... Sometimes they have
to deal with arranged marriages and then they realize they like each other, or
find a compromise, and it's very pretty. It's funny, look, for example, we have these
two twins, who are the funniest characters in the series
so far (they're all very endearing). They're here at their wedding, and they're supposed
to stay sittin under that sheet, but they were bored of waiting while
everyone else danced and ate, so they've tied mattresses in their place
so the guests can greet them while the twins stuff themselves with food
behind the curtain, with the help of their grooms. It's all so amusing, so cute.
The drawing is beautiful and, since I couldn't wait, I bought the next four volumes
following the ones I already had. I love BRIDE STORIES, they're so
pretty. The author is Kaoru Mori. Then we have this novel by Jean Kwok,
named GIRL IN TRANSLATION. It's a story of Chinese immigrants
in America. The protagonist, as she grows up,
will have to learn the new rules, save as much as she can, work super hard
to secure a future for herself. Then, this one seemed interesting,
so I bought it a few months ago: THE WAVE IN THE MIND by Ursula K LeGuin.
I don't know if it's "LeGueen" or "LeGuhn"...
"On the Writher, the Reader and Imagination." It's a compound of
short essays, speeches and autobiographic stuff by this writer,
Ursula K LeGuin. I've never read anything by this woman... I guess I'll have
to, in the future.
But well, she seems an interesting woman worth listening to,
hopefully I'll learn something from her. You can never have too many
books about writing. And then there's this book everyone was talking about
nonstop in (my) social media, named THE HEART OF THE BANSHEE (Spanish)
by Raquel de la Morena. It's about a girl who makes a deal and becomes a banshee,
and she falls in love with a Scottish gentleman, and she'll have to choose between making a mess
with the Scottish, or making a mess being a banshee. I'm not really sure
what it's about, but people said it was amazing, and it seems to be
a paranormal romance, so I bought it and time will tell.
Then the other day at the comic shop I bought... here it is. BIOMEGA.
This is the first compilation volume of the series, which are kinda cyberpunk
destroyer CyberMadMax of the future; there's some kind of virus
screwing with survivors, and there's a guy with an armor and a foldable motorcycle
who goes around rescuing those who remain uninfected by the
plague or something like that. I don't know, I really liked the setting when I started
reading it, so now I bought this.
I'll tell you more about it when I finish it. I have problems with comics,
when I enter a comic shop it's like "Aaaw so many colors, so many stories, which should I take with me?"
and in the end I go crazy. Then, I was borrowed this novel:
A SUITABLE BOY by Vikram Seth. It's an Indian story
about a bunch of people moving through weddings,
arrangements, India's first elections... and all of that is like
a portrait that tells you a bit of everything that was going on
in the country back then. And, as you can see, it's a brick. A brick with
tiny letters.
This one looks really good. I started reading it, but who knows
when will I be done with it. And it's a bit embarrassing, because it's borrowed,
so I should hurry up, but it's SO BIG. Well, I'll be glad to read it.
I'll tell you more when I finish it. And last, but not least,
here's SECRET HEROINES OF SPANISH HISTORY by El Fisgón Histórico (The Historical Snooper)
I pre-bought this book because I was so excited
to have it. The author is a guy who uses his drawings to
share little-known facts and anecdotes about History, and especially,
Spanish History, and you learn a lot by following him. You can find him in
social media as El Fisgón Histórico; in Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Besides, I really wanted to
get this book because my friend Noemí Toral has worked with the author,
providing him with information about historical women and historical
stuff in general. So, as you see... (This is the Historical Snooper)
As you can see, it's all illustrated with info, women... he's included women of
all political leanings, from diverse social backgrounds, and you learn so much by reading it.
Besides, it's rather funny. I recommend it to you.
Everything the Fisgón Histórico does will make you more educated.
HEROÍNAS SECRETAS DE LA HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA
by El Fisgón Histórico, whose nose is red from snooping so hard.
The book tower I have here is...
pretty considerable, isn't it? All these books I have to read,
added to the pile I already had from before.
Oh my God, why do I keep buying new books, my God... Well,
a lady must have her vices. And this was today's video. I hope you liked these
books, despite them being showcased so quickly, and well, next week
I'll bring you something new. Then, by the middle of July, I'll have to make a stop
because I'm leaving for the Avilés' Celsius Festival, an event attended by
many many fantasy-horror-fiction writers, Spanish and foreigners.
It's a big festival; sometimes they bring George RR Martin, Joe Abercrombie,
Carlos Sisí... so many writers go there that I'd like to meet,
at least from afar, and say "Oh, there he is..." And this year I'll be there! It's at the
opposite end of Spain, but well, with our sweet little car we'll get there.
And since I'll be there, I might
record some small videos to show you, but, as you'll understand, I won't
be home to make booktube videos or speedpaints.
But well, wish me luck! We're trying to find a spot,
see if I can present some of my novels in there, but well,
if we can't, at least I'll be presenting CRÓNICAS DEL FIN with its writers.
If you're attending the Celsius Festival too,
we'll meet there! It's from 11th to 14th of July. Then when I return home
I'll go back to video-ing. Wish me luck again!
Thank you so much for watching me once more. See you next week!
Bye-bye! :D
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