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Lina uthup's avatar

Hi, Varsha! I have just installed subtrack and subscribed to your newsletter having been presented with the news that your book has won the Scholastic, Singapore award.Also, after a very long( decades long) hiatus, turned back to reading. And a physical one that requires pages to be turned!

I love the idea of the challenge presented here, though I am entering it almost half way through the year. Kochi is where I am now, would love to find a nice bookstore to spend a few quiet hours once in a while.

Lina

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

Thank you so much Lina Aunty for your kind words :)

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Rati Girish's avatar

Hi Varsha! Wonderful meeting you here!

Love the KidLit Reading Challenge!

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

Yes! Your kind review of Leya's book some years back really helped me keep at it wrt writing - and so far this year is turning out to be exciting with some publishing updates :)

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Ruchira's avatar

Genius girl 💗

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The Rain Lily Project's avatar

Both the book recommendations sound very promising - they are on my "to-be-procured" list for sure.

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

Yay! Will share my recommendations for the Jan challenge in the next newsletter, that I will send by mid Jan.

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Aradhana's avatar

I'm up for it! Please do see if you'd be able to link a source for the books in advance, maybe even an amazon link

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

YAY excited to see which books you read from the recos. I will share theme recos in that particular month's 1st/15th newsletter. But if you are going on a holiday/travelling and need to know the title for the upcoming month earlier, just message and I will let you know! Most of these books will be on Amazon - but I am a big advocate for Independent bookstores - so if you are comfortable sharing your city - I can come back with the bookstore(s) that has a sizeable children's book collection!

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Aradhana's avatar

Sure that be great! I have a local library so I'll try to find books there first, amazon is the last option. I am bases in Pune

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

Pagdandi Bookstore and Coffee - i have not personally been there!

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Veena's avatar

I am definitely going to try to read more diverse books this year with the kids thank you for the challenge , looks fun ❤️

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Varsha Varghese's avatar

Thank you! I will share a few book options for all the different categories in the challenge.

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