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Varsha Seshan

Smash It, Butterfingers!

August 6, 2021 by Varsha Seshan 1 Comment

I love it when you can begin a series with absolutely any book! I have been eyeing the Butterfingers series for a long time, but I somehow never got around to any of them. And so, when I was asked if I would read and review the seventh one, Smash It, Butterfingers!, I agreed right […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: book series, Khyrunnisa A, Middle Grade Book, reading, review, Smash It Butterfingers

On Reading a Series, Reading Snobbery and Binge Reading

May 23, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I often come across parents who complain that their children read only Geronimo Stilton, or only Wimpy Kid. Or only Dork Diaries, or … what else? If social media had existed when I was a child, parents would probably have been fretting about children reading only Enid Blyton–except for the fact that snobbery around the […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: A to Z Mysteries, Amelia Bedelia, Anne of Green Gables, book series, Cat Royal, Emily of New Moon, Famous Five, Five Find-Outers and Dog, hOle books, Little Sister, Malory Towers, Secret Seven, St. Clares, Zain and Ana