#Rosa López

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Eurovision 2002 - Number 46 - Rosa - "Hay que vivir"

For 2002 RTE had a plan. Instead of a standard, if large national final, why not merge choosing their Eurovision entrant with a new reality TV show? And lo, Operación Triunfo was born. It was a combination of the X Factor and Big Brother with the contestants themselves voting to save fellow competitors at risk each week.

Throughout the competition there had been a public favourite who was topping the vote almost every week: Rosa López. She easily made it to the final in which the three remaining contestants sang three songs, which the jury and public whittled down to a single song, then voted on their winner. Rosa won the final Gala Eurovisión with nearly 50% of the vote. It was never in question.

But she didn't win with this song. Hay que vivir (We Have to Live) was the song that was eliminated first (by the judges) of the three that Rosa sang in the final. It's a fighting-the-good-fight song. In the dark times, there is hope, struggle through and things will get better. The opening feels distinctly un-Spanish with a solo violin line. Then the acoustic guitar kicks in and we've got a warm, pop ballad that showcases Rosa's amazing voice. There are some Celtic flourishes are points, but for the most part that guitar keeps the song firmly in Iberia.

Rosa was taken to the hearts of the nation. That and the involvement of the public in selecting her over a three month period led to a massive investment of many people in Spain in the Eurovision final itself. It was the most watched final in the country ever. In fact the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest remains the most watched TV programme in the history of Spanish TV. Really.

After Eurovision Rosa started a recording career. Her first album released in 2002 went five time platinum in Spain. She also took up dance partly through taking part in the Spanish version of Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars - which of course she won with an even bigger percentage of the public vote than she'd won Operación Triunfo with. She loved dance so much she became the nominated candidate to take Spain's place in the second Eurovision Dance Contest in 2008, but she had to pull out before the competition.

Rosa López has been Spain's sweetheart now for two decades and she's still making music. Her most recent album was released this year. Here's a track from that album Señales, Puertas Abiertas

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A reminder, scores go from 1 to 7 and then 10. Jury do not need to justify their scores and the guess judge do not cast a vote.

Roberto: ... among those 4 people we have tonight’s gala winner (17.02.2023). And there’s one who steps down the podium at this moment, and is going to accompany me. Jorge Lorenzo come with me

Boris: (J)orge

Mariló: oy, oy oy  *expression of incredulity*

Rosa: come on boy (this one is a maybe because I don’t hear it properly)

Roberto: Jorge Lorenzo, let’s remind not an easy challenge driving/piloting a dron through a complicated route. How did the jury assess it? It is in here.

Boris: Oh my God (He says it in English)

Roberto: 14

Boris: Super Jorge

Roberto: How do you see it?

Jorge: Logic, logic

Roberto: enough? Do you like it?

Jorge: I thought I was going before (Lower score) Boris

Rosa: is very difficult

Jorge: but due to the mistake. I had that mistake that would hade meant to do it perfectly. And in my opinion, Laura deserves to win the contest not with a 10, but with an 11

Rosa she is just repeating very difficult as Jorge is talking. The 3 of them. Guau

Jorge: but it was that mistake. I’d like for them to control the dron to know the difficulty it has, but from the outside it seems easier than what it is.

Roberto: well, Santiago did said that... he tried it in his own skin (this makes reference to Santiago trying the dron before the program and having troubles. He himself admitted that is more difficult than it looks like) *Santiago nods in confirmation*

Pilar: I want to say something Roberto. Look at it Boris’ challenge and Jorge Lorenzo’s one looks to me equally complicated

Roberto: yes

Pilar: but I saw show in Boris’ one. I saw challenge and I saw show, that is something I missed from Jorge Lorenzo.

Jorge mumbles something, maybe he tries to explain why didn’t he make a show out of piloting/driving a dron

Pilar: that’s why the score are like that (She gave her 5 to Boris and a 4 to Jorge)

Boris: let’s say Jorge’s was more active

Jorge: sports-like

Boris: masculine

Jorge: and you’re a showman/yours a showman

Boris: and mine was more glamour

Mariló: he loves it

Jorge, Roberto and Boris laugh

Mariló: he is flirting with Jorge

More laughs from Jorge, Rosa and Roberto

Mariló: he is between 2 Jorges/going from 1 Jorge to the other (Jorge Blanco is the one wearing black pants)

Boris: how divine Pilar. I completely agree

Roberto: there are the 14 for Jorge Lorenzo

Boris: Bravo

Roberto: Be careful...

This is the 6th gala scores for all contestants

For today’s gala, Rosa is challenged with the apnea, and Jorge is going to do Film’s percussion. He will play with orchestra the melody from Back to the future.

This is how the board is looking after 6 galas. Jorge is in 3rd position, 13 points behind Laura Escanes and 6 from Ana Guerra. Jorge Blanco is 10 behind him. Laura seems to be very far, and has won 2 galas, but to be honest, she is pretty inconsistent (so does Jorge Blanco). Jorge’s real competition is Ana Guerra. Ana’s worst score was a 14 and Jorge got twice a 12. Jorge is being pretty consistent so far.

This is a scoring summary of all the galas. Pink indicates the loser of the gala, the one with the least amount of point, while the green indicates who was the winner.

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La boda de Rosa [Rosa's Wedding] (Icíar Bollaín, 2020)

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Chapitos negociaron con EU entrega de Joaquín Guzmán para ayudar a Ovidio: SSC

Hubo un acuerdo entre ellos para la entrega respectiva para que fueran a entregarse a Estados Unidos, y básicamente en eso consiste, dijo la funcionaria Continue reading Chapitos negociaron con EU entrega de Joaquín Guzmán para ayudar a Ovidio: SSC

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The Adventuress (Aventurera), Alberto Gout (1950)

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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'Ghost Waltz'

You can consider yourself fortunate when you watch good theatre that has meaningful diversity. But it’s not often that you come across a piece that enthralls you completely from beginning to end that when it’s over, you immediately wish for it to be seen all over the country, in both big and small theatres alike. Such is the case for the world premiere of Ghost Waltz at the Latino Theater…

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DÍAS DE GUARDAR Domingo 7 de abril de 2024

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'La canonización de santa Teresa (1622-2022): historia de la recepción'. En acceso abierto

Acceso abierto: 'La canonización de santa Teresa (1622-2022): historia de la recepción'. En acceso abierto

La Revista de Espiritualidad dedicó un número doble (nº 323-324. Abril-Septiembre de 2022, 81) al IV Centenario de la Canonización de Teresa de Jesús. Ahora está disponible en acceso abierto para su descarga a través de la página web de la Revista. EDITORIAL  ESTUDIOS Julen URQUIZA, La canonización de la madre Teresa de Jesús: el camino de los Procesos. En el Cuarto Centenario Rosa María ALABRÚS…

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Abiertas tres líneas de investigación por caso de intoxicación masiva en Bochil

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Entre ellas se encuentra la que señala que una persona a bordo de una motocicleta les entregó bebidas a los jóvenes, quienes posteriormente presentaron distintos síntomas. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.- La Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE), mantiene abiertas tres líneas de investigación sobre los casos de intoxicación masiva registrados en escuelas de Chiapas, informó la Secretaría de Seguridad…

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It’s mostly safe. Between 1:09 and 1:33 there’s a slow-Mo of Jorge moving and setting the torches on fire with his own body.

Roberto:Let’s take a bit of air as the team also does the cleaning/removing of all the torches and we lower the heart beat (he uses turn them back on place)

Mariló: Jorge guy (in surprise/disbelieve)

Roberto: a big (gigantic) applause for Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge and Pedro talk but is not cached by the microphone.

Rosa: you can see the back he has burned it. Damn it!.

Roberto: let’s turn him around as it was suggested by his coach Pedro, so we ha can see how Jorge Lorenzo’s back looks like. Jorge. We where saying 30 seconds

Juan: To 0

Roberto:...and 0

Juan: to 0

Roberto: you’ve gone to the limit

Jorge: (Jorge is barely making sense in Spanish, probably still shaky from the experience) No.. one can get used to.. they are always... when you have the fire... in the back, in the back... You want to go as fast as you can, but I had to be precises, and wait 2-3 seconds. It was difficult, but... everything went well

Boris: very well, extraordinarily well

Jorge: I was feeling very hot, but I don’t think I got burned, but we will check later but

Other contestant: you are incredible.

Boris: you are the king

Roberto: let’s see you never better said. Look at yourself in the slow-Mo cam. The very slow one.

Jorge: I never watched myself Damn it! (I’m not sure, but I think Jorge says ‘Que putada’ which could be interpreted and how insane, but music is too low for me to understand it properly

Roberto: well *without words* all yours

Juan: For moments like, I believe that this programme is the best in the TV (someone said arghsi in complain) because in here, there’s an emotion and tension eh enormous.

Jorge: I did well in taking this off (? what is he talking about? The balaclava?)

Juan: and we feel it like this from here. Congratulations Jorge for the temperance of stopping to set all the torches on fire. For me it’s a challenge, with this I always have an small argument with Santiago, it’s a challenge that enraptures me and I think it holds lots of credits just for trying to do it. (Pilar(?) says yes). Congratulation.

Jorge: thanks!

Pilar: I’m going to congratulate Jorge and I’m going to give a small scold/reprimand to the program in general. Let’s see, on each side, we had 15 torches. 15 torches  and we said he needed about.. that he could only stay 30 seconds with the suit (Waru’s note, Jorge said 2-3 seconds per torch and it was 15 torches per side, so he actually needed 30-45. Conclusion: it was a miracle he managed to complete the challenge). He only has 2 seconds per torch (Waru’s note (again) this considering that each torch at each side is lit at the same time and easily). You gone a little on the limit (Waru’s note (again) this is like going to Austria with normal brake disc and expect that nothing happen (reference to Race 2 in Austria in 2020 and Maverick Viñales). Poor Jorge ,Poor Jorge

Jorge: Knowing... I don’t know my time.

Someone: guy  it was 30 seconds

Pilar: this was was very extreme

Santiago: Pilar

Pilar: no, no, no

Santiago: to defend the programme, I’ll tell you that the torches where covered with a flammable liquid and I don’t think that the precision was so good

Pilar: would you be able to do this?

Santiago: for me it was more difficult, what Rosa López did

Rosa: no way

Santiago eating the plastic with the teeth upside down (she and Ana Guerra had to scape from the plastic covering the torso while being upside down at 6m of high and then jump) than what Jorge (driving a 3000kg truck over a 8m long line of glasses) and Jorge (this challenge)

rosa *laughs* no

Roberto: if anybody understands about fires in this table, it’s Roberto Brasero

Brasero (invited judge. He had his own challenge that does is not in contest. He usually is the weatherman for Antena3, the channel where El Desafío is broadcast). No, you went for a walk of 400ºC, as you told us. In here, you can also smell it because people from home can’t smell it. The smell of burning of petrol/gasoline, that you felt so many times. I think that apart from the physical abilities, it had a mental component your ... moment as a rider,

Jorge: yeah, totally

Brasero: I suppose it was one of your nightmares, seeing yourself engulfed in flames and it this case, you have surpassed it. And I’ll only say something to you, the hood goes directly to the trash. Do not try to

Jorge, that’s for sure

Rosa: look, it’s cool

Roberto: Well, Jorge Lorenzo, challenge completed, we will see ho the jury will asses it later. You can go calmly there, (signals one side), they are saying there (shows the other way) But before, go there and change (and that we see is... announcing the next challenge and contestant)

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Cose Olimpiche

Premessa: vorrei togliere dalle gigantesche spalle di Charles Pierre de Frédy, barone di Coubertin la frase che sostiene "l'importante non è vincere, è partecipare": in realtà a pronunciare questa frase fu il vescovo anglicano Ethelbert Talbot, della diocesi di Bethlehem, Central Pennsylvania, durante una cerimonia di saluto ai partecipanti ai Giochi di Londra 1908, il 24 giugno, nella cattedrale di Saint Paul. Lui si limitò a citarla il giorno dopo, chiarendone la fonte, in un banchetto. Il motto olimpico, voluto da De Coubertin ma ideato da un altro religioso, Henri Didon è un altro, dal significato del tutto opposto: «Citius, altius, fortius», «Più veloce, più alto, più forte».

Multidisciplinarietà Rosa: le 40 medaglie vengono da 20 discipline diverse, delle 12 d'oro 7 sono state vinte da atlete, 2 da coppie miste (la prima assoluta della storia olimpica nella prova dello Skeet Misto). I grandiosi velisti Caterina Banti e Ruggero Tita sono gli unici della nostra spedizione ad aver confermato l'oro di Tokyo.

Legni: Sono 25 i quarti posti nelle competizioni olimpiche dell’Italia. Dietro di noi la Francia con 19, gli Stati Uniti con 18 e la Gran Bretagna con 17. A cui vanno aggiunti altri 26 tra quinti e sesti posti. Un segnale prezioso, che dimostra una generale competitività del movimento sportivo, ma che lascia l’amaro in bocca, soprattutto per alcuni episodi.

Rivolte Eleganti: la protesta del Settebello, la Nazionale Maschile di Pallanuoto, rimarrà nella storia Olimpica. Alla presentazione degli inni prima della Semifinale per i posti dal 5° all'8° contro la Spagna, la squadra si è presentata di spalle alla giuria arbitrale

Poi per i primi 4 minuti della partita con la Spagna ha tenuto un giocatore sempre nel proprio angolo di metà campo, a simboleggiare una espulsione. Questo perché nella partita dei Quarti contro l'Ungheria, una decisione inspiegabile del primo arbitro ha punito per fallo violento per 4 minuti un giocatore, Francesco Condemi: è stato giudicato infatti violento un contatto naturale di Condemi, che si preparava a nuotare in attacco, con un ungherese. La decisione ha annullato il 3-3 italiano scaturito in quella azione, dato un rigore all'Ungheria, trasformato (punteggio quindi 2-4) e costretto l'Italia a giocate 4 minuti, metà di uno dei 4 tempi della partita, con un uomo in meno. La partita finirà 9-9, perderemo ai rigori.

Leggende: L'unico atleta delle Olimpiadi moderne ad aver vinto per 5 edizioni consecutive l'oro, nella Lotta Greco Romana categoria Super Massimi, battendo il record detenuto da 4 leggende sportive americane: Al Oerter, Carl Lewis e Michael Phelps. Mijaín López, lottatore cubano, appena terminato il suo incontro si è tolto le scarpe, annunciando il suo ritiro, dopo una carriera inimitabile (tra l'altro, 5 volte campione del Mondo, 5 ori ai Panamericani)

Insegnamenti: Kimia Yousofi, velocista afghana, ha corso la sua batteria dei cento metri in 13"42, tempo nemmeno modesto, ma alla fine della sua prova, girando il suo numero di partenza ha mostrato queste parole:

Educazione, Sport (scritto in verde, che si legge a malapena) e I nostri diritti. I 6 atleti afghani presenti a Parigi, 3 donne e 3 uomini, sono stati selezionati non dal governo afghano dei taliban ma da un Comitato olimpico afghano in esilio. Tanto che “Soltanto tre atleti maschili rappresentano l'Afghanistan” ha dichiarato qualche settimana fa un portavoce dei taliban. Perchè tra le molte cose vietate alle donne, anche lo sport non può essere praticato.

Onlyfans: l'asticella colpita dalla "generosità" del saltatore Anthony Ammirati che lo ha estromesso dalla Finale del Salto con l'Asta (per una di quelle serie di coincidenze linguistiche da capogiro) non ha affatto scatenato le polemiche sulla ipersessualizzazione di un atleta. Cosa che, per certi versi in maniera molto coerente, ha spinto le giocatrici di Beach Volley Brasiliane (oro alla fine del Torneo) a giocare così:

in pantaloncino, mentre le loro avversarie canadesi in finale si sono presentate così:

Argentini: prima delle Olimpiadi, Julio Velasco ha perso il fratello maggiore, Raul, più anziano di lui di sei anni (72 Julio, 78 Raul). Ne ha anche un altro, Luis, che giovanissimo fu arrestato durante la Dittatura di Vileda, e per cinque mesi irrintracciabile. La famiglia, sconvolta, pensò ad un ennesimo caso di desaparecido. Invece dopo 5 mesi, dopo che subì torture indicibili e numerose simulazioni di fucilazioni, Luis fu riconsegnato alla famiglia. E la prima cosa che raccontò ai fratelli fu questa: "Quando mi stavano torturando, c'era un prete nella stanza. Distrutto dal dolore, a mezza voce gli dico <<Padre ma lei è contento di far parte di tutto questo?>>. Il prete restò in silenzio ed uscì dalla sala". Questo per dire di che pasta sono fatti i Velasco. Le cui prime parole dopo un'impresa stratosferica (5 partite vinte su 5, 15 set vinti, solo 1 perso, record assoluto in una Olimpiade, prima squadra Europea campione Olimpica nella pallavolo femminile dal 1988) sono state rivolte: alle ragazze che hanno giocato, a quelle che non c'erano per infortunio, al movimento della pallavolo femminile che "sta alle ragazze come il calcio ai ragazzi". Nessuna sfida personale, nessun cerchio che si chiude. Un grande uomo di sport, Julio Velasco.

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Caída de El Mayo exhibe al gobierno de AMLO

La que queda más debilitada es la secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, ya que se puso de manifiesto de qué está hecha, sobretodo porque este penoso hecho abre sus cartas credenciales para cuando asuma la Secretaría de Gobernación, en el gobierno de la presidenta electa, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Raúl García Araujo @araujogar La captura o entrega de Ismael “El Mayo”…

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9 QTPoC books for your 2023 Pride Month TBR

Happy Pride Month! Every year, I do a little round-up of YA books starring LGBTQ and BIPOC characters that have come out so far this year. This year was particularly exciting -- there were so many books that I loved or have at the very top of my TBR! So, without further ado, here's 9 of them for your TBR!

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen with a mission of revenge, redemption, and revolution.

On Mar León-de la Rosa's 16th birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical ability to manipulate fire and ice. But their magic isn't enough to reverse a wicked bargain made by their father and now el Diablo has come to collect his payment: the soul of Mar's father and the entire crew of their ship. When Mar is miraculously rescued by the sole remaining pirate crew in the Caribbean, el Diablo returns to give them a choice: give up your soul to save your father by the Harvest Moon or never see him again. The task is impossible--Mar refuses to make a bargain and there's no way their magic is any match for el Diablo. Then, Mar finds the most unlikely allies: Bas, an infuriatingly arrogant and handsome pirate -- and the captain's son; and Dami, a genderfluid demonio whose motives are never quite clear. For the first time in their life, Mar may have the courage to use their magic. It could be their only redemption -- or it could mean certain death.

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.

Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs—in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.

Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons. In Theo’s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend... but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. For real. Then Theo’s relatives reveal their true colors—but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems.Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart—or will he fail to do both?

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary love story about a Mexican-American teen who falls in love with an undocumented Mexican boy.

Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong. The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Martínez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family's taquería. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it's all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?

To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family "fires" them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago López Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home. Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win.

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic.

When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to fit in, so if she’s straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised. But the house has other plans. Night after night, Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound, while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they don’t belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade can’t ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves her cryptic warnings: Don’t eat.

Neither Ba nor her sweet sister Lily believe that there is anything strange happening. With help from a delinquent girl, Jade will prove this house—the home her family has always wanted—will not rest until it destroys them. Maybe, this time, she can keep her family together. As she roots out the house’s rot, she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must become to save them all.

Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore, Elliott McLemore Keep your enemy closer.

Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana. Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect. Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy. Cade doesn’t know that Gael and Valencia are the same person. Valencia doesn’t know that every time she thinks she’s fighting Patrick, she’s fighting Cade. And when Cade and Valencia blame each other for a devastating enchantment that takes both their families, neither of them realizes that they have far more dangerous enemies.

Cowritten by married writing team Anna-Marie and Elliott McLemore, this is a lush and powerful YA novel about owning your power and becoming who you really are - no matter the cost.

You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie A queer YA romance about rival soccer players from author Racquel Marie, perfect for fans of She Drives Me Crazy .

Valentina “Vale” Castillo-Green’s life revolves around soccer. Her friends, her future, and her father’s intense expectations are all wrapped up in the beautiful game. But after she incites a fight during playoffs with her long-time rival, Leticia Ortiz, everything she’s been working toward seems to disappear.

Embarrassed and desperate to be anywhere but home, Vale escapes to her beloved childhood soccer camp for a summer of relaxation and redemption…only to find out that she and the endlessly aggravating Leticia will be co-captaining a team that could play in front of college scouts. But the competition might be stiffer than expected, so unless they can get their rookie team’s act together, this second chance―and any hope of playing college soccer―will slip through Vale’s fingers. When the growing pressure, friendship friction, and her overbearing father push Vale to turn to Leticia for help, what starts off as a shaky alliance of necessity begins to blossom into something more through a shared love of soccer. . . and maybe each other.

The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush - perfect for fans of The Great British Bake Off and She Drives Me Crazy!

“Welcome to the first ever Junior Irish Baking Show!”

Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she’s been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen’s dream come true! Because winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents’ beloved donut shop.

Things get complicated, though, because Chris is also a contestant on the show. Then there’s the very outgoing Niamh, a fellow contestant who is becoming fast friends with Shireen. Things are heating up between them, and not just in the kitchen. As the competition intensifies, Shireen will have to ignore all these factors and more― including potential sabotage―if she wants a sweet victory!

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance—and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger—in misty Victorian London.

London, 1885. Gabriel Utterson, a 17-year-old law clerk, has returned to London for the first time since his life— and that of his dearest friend, Henry Jekyll—was derailed by a scandal that led to his and Henry's expuslion from the London Medical School. Whispers about the true nature of Gabriel and Henry's relationship have followed the boys for two years, and now Gabriel has a chance to start again. But Gabriel doesn't want to move on, not without Henry. His friend has become distant and cold since the disastrous events of the prior spring, and now his letters have stopped altogether. Desperate to discover what's become of him, Gabriel takes to watching the Jekyll house.

In doing so, Gabriel meets Hyde, a a strangely familiar young man with white hair and a magnetic charisma. He claims to be friends with Henry, and Gabriel can't help but begin to grow jealous at their apparent closeness, especially as Henry continues to act like Gabriel means nothing to him. But the secret behind Henry's apathy is only the first part of a deeper mystery that has begun to coalesce. Monsters of all kinds prowl within the London fog—and not all of them are out for blood...

As You Walk On By by Julian Winters The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA contemporary from award-winning author Julian Winters!

Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad's plan) is a foolproof strategy that involves exceling at his magnet school, getting scouted by college recruiters, and going to Duke on athletic scholarship. But for now, all Theo wants is a perfect prom night. After his best friend Jay dares Theo to prompose to his crush at Chloe Campbell's party, Theo's ready to throw caution to the wind and take his chances.

But when the promposal goes epically wrong, Theo seeks refuge in an empty bedroom while the party rages on downstairs. Having an existential crisis about who he really is with and without his so-called best friend wasn't on tonight's agenda. Though, as the night goes on, Theo finds he's not as alone as he thinks when, one by one, new classmates join him to avoid who they're supposed be outside the bedroom door. Among them, a familiar acquaintance, a quiet outsider, an old friend, and a new flame . . .

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Players & their families of Spain Nt for EURO 2024

GOALKEPERS

Alex Remiro - girlfriend, Ainhoa Andonegui

David Raya - girlfriend, Tatiana Trouboul

Unai Simón - girlfriend, Carmen Orcajo

DEFENDERS

Alejandro Grimaldo - girlfriend, Ana Fuster > Lucía

Aymeric Laporte - wife, Sara Botello > Lucay & Ayla

Dani Carvajal - wife, Daphne Cañizares > Martín & Mauro

Dani Vivian - girlfriend, María Labeaga

Jesús Navas - wife, Alejandra Moral > Jesús & Romeo

Marc Cucurella - girlfriend, Claudia Rodríguez > Mateo, Río & Bella

Nacho Fernández - wife, María Cortés > Alejandra, Nacho, Guile & Lola

Robin Le Normand - single

MIDFIELDERS

Alex Baena - single

Dani Olmo - girlfriend, Laura Abla

Fabián Ruiz - girlfriend, Rosa Pereira

Fermín López - girlfriend, Berta Gallardo

Lamine Yamal - single

Martín Zubimendi - single

Mikel Merino - wife, Lola Liberal

Nico Williams - single

Pedri - single

Rodrigo Hernández - girlfriend, Laura Iglesias

FOWARDS

Álvaro Morata - wife, Alice Campello > Alessandro, Leonardo, Edoardo & Bella

Ayoze Pérez - single

Ferrán Torres - single

Joselu - wife, Melanie Cañizares > Leo & Lucas

Mikel Oyarzábal - girlfriend, Ainhoa Larra > Luken