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Varsha Seshan

Journey to the River Sea

February 4, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read Journey to the River Sea years ago, probably over a decade ago. I loved it so much that it featured on my list of all-time favourite books for […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books for tweens, Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea, Middle Grade, reading, review, Young Adult

Magic Flutes

December 13, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love giving books away. I don’t hold with the idea that if you have too many books, you need a new shelf. But on the other hand, I do […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Eva Ibbotson, Magic Flutes, reading, rereading, review, Young Adult

Top Nine Middle Grade Books I Read in 2020

January 3, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love middle grade reads, so this is my longest list this year. In no particular order, here are the books to which I gave a five-star rating in 2020. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Across the Line, All of Me, Eva Ibbotson, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Kate Darnton, Katherine Rundell, Listen to the Moon, Lois Lowry, Meg Wolitzer, Michael Morpurgo, middle-grade, Nayanika Mahtani, Number the Stars, Out of My Mind, Sharon M Draper, The Good Thieves, The Misfits, The Star of Kazan, To Night Owl from Dogfish, Venita Coelho

Books I Read in January 2020

January 31, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote already about the three hOle books I read, as well as about The Lilliputians. But there’s so much more, as always, especially as I was travelling! Instead of doing […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Boo! When My Sister Died, Eva Ibbotson, Gautam Benegal, Habib Ali, Jane de Suza, Lavanya Karthik, Neel on Wheels, Ninja Nani and the Bumbling Burglars, reading, review, Richa Jha, Star Struck, Subhadra Sengupta, Sumanta Dey, Super Zero and the Grumpy Ghosts, The Star of Kazan