The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 I don’t even know when was the last time I posted on. here, maybe back in October!!! On October 6th late at night I suffered a damn Brain Stroke out of seemingly nowhere! I spent the evening cooking, watching TV and reading and then BAM I had a damn stroke.  I was in hospital for nearly a month and it was a lot!!!  I am back home now and slowly recovering ❤️‍🩹  I am also doing a lot of physiotherapy, which is quite hellish and tiring.  I’ll be back on the blog when I am better! 

  Dugga Dugga  Subho Bijoya my loves.  May Maa bless us all with goodness and love and light.  Abar esho Maa ✨🤍🙏🏼🤍✨

 Hello October 🌾🍁🪷🍁🌾 Dugga Dugga ❤️ Started my month with some pandal hopping and praying to Maa Durga for better days and joy and hope.  Here is what today looked like: many pretty protimas and pandals. Feeling a little festive.  Pujo has been a little quiet this year because it’s hard to imagine Pujo without Maa. We’ve stayed home all these days and only ventured out today.  Felt good to be out and about in the world and go see Maa Durga and her kids.  Hoping and praying that the rest of the month is just as nice. 

 Hey there! It’s been a while. I took a month off from blogging. Honestly, last month wasn’t the best for me. I didn’t feel like myself and found myself feeling lost and in a limbo. I read only 3 books and didn’t even touch my planner. I am hoping September is kinder and gentler and I can find my way back  I hope to read more. Blog more often. Journal. And be more present in my life.  Be Good September 🪴

  The days have been slow and blurring altogether.  And it’s been so hot and humid and muggy. It seems to be raining everywhere in India but where I am at..and I am not doing well with this heat. As always my books and coffee and films have helped. Can’t believe July is almost over. I’ve been reading mostly graphic novels and watching films with Baba.  I am excited for August to arrive and commence my annual Indian Books in August. 

 Hello, hello, Since it is raining summer thrillers instead of actual rain (at least where I am), I thought I'd come over and review a few thrillers that I read and enjoyed recently. Let's get into it.  Book: Don't Let Him In  Author: Lisa Jewell  Pages: 368 Read on: Kindle  Read in: ~3 hours  Plot Summary:  He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie. Nina Swann is intrigued when she received a condolence card from Nick Radcliffe, an old friend of her late husband, who is looking to connect after her husband’s unexpected death. Nick is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her mother, Ash begins digging into Nick’s past. What she finds is more than unsettling… Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband, Alista...

 July begins quietly, full of humidity and sweet mangoes. New plushie friends and hoping for rain! 

 Days have lately been slow and full of family time.  Stared this new week with simple Bengali food, a Telugu film Hit The Second Case and re-watching a Feluda show~ Sabash Feluda on Zee 5.  Need to pick up a new book, I am currently not reading anything. I also need to make my July TBR. 

 Set-up planner pages for July.  Here’s a look~  Next week in my memory keeper.  Supplies 💚 It feels good to find my way back to my journals and planners. Slowly getting back to normal things. I didn’t touch my stationery things alll of June and I am OK with not keeping up with documenting my life in a month where everything went south. 

 July is here. After June, which felt like a punch to my gut and heart.  I am hoping July leads to more healing ❤️‍🩹 and baby steps back to normality. My Mum passed away on 3rd June and I flew to the hometown and say goodbye to Maa and perform her last rites.  Life has felt impossible and hard and every day feels…off.  It’s been a  long month.  My heart feels wrecked and my life will never be the same again.  I am hoping this month leads to some kind of normality.  I disappeared from the blog because I just didn’t feel like doing much. I barely read. Didn’t touch my journals. Just watched films and spent time with my sister and dad.  This month I am hoping to blog more.  Read more.  Cry a little less. 

 June Begins….quietly and kindly. Books. Bookmarks. Totes. And delicious Banana Bread.