The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Boxing Day has been a slow and cozy and fun day ❤ Here are some of my favourite moments from December.  A few  new things, cozy times, home in all her Christmas glory, stationery supplies and a slow and wonderful life.  December has been so good to me 💛 Thank you and More Please.  Very grateful for these gentle days. 

 Hello, hello, I've read a lot of good Asian books this year. Written, both, by Asian authors living in Asia and are works of translation and also by Asian diaspora authors- I wanted to include both categories of books. Most of the books I've mentioned below are written in an Asian language and then translated into English.  I have Japanese Books for most part, a Korean-Amreican Book and one Chinese Australian book to recommend. So let's begin...  Here are my Top 10 Asian Literary Fiction books of 2024. First up we have two books with Cats 🐈 I mean I am always up to read something cozy or otherwise featuring a cat.  1. She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai and Naruki Nagakawa, Translation by Ginny Tapley Takemori: This collection of interconnected short stories is told from both the human and kitty perspectives. Four women and four cats share their stories in this soothing and stream of consciousness narrative. These are stories about isolation, connection and communit...

 Hello Loves 🎄 I love this time of the year and how every corner of home (almost) is spruced up and looking festive.  Here's some light from my home to yours. 

 Dear Diary,  I woke up so early today. And started my day with some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was simple and yum. Picked out a new book to read but read next to nothing. Deep cleaned the house and fridge instead. And you know how happy that makes me. My inner Monica Gellar was very happy.  Watched three films, rewatched rather.  Thor Ragnarok Infinity War.  Endgame.  Laughed. Cheered. Cried.  Spoke to Dad. Checked up on Mom, who was having a good day for a change.  Read a little on my iPad and now it's time to go to bed.  A perfectly ordinary day.  But a good one.  A stack of my books and date cookies.  Messy desk scenes.  Books and Coffee. 

  July was a bout of books, rain, comfort, sadness, surviving said sadness and finding Joy.  You were good July.  You brought me books, baarish and coziness.  This is what my July looked like: the best books I read and the moments that I loved well. 

 The last few days have been gloriously rainy and it's made my heart happy.  So I've done all things that make me happy, uncomplicatedly happy.  Making chai. Drinking chai.  Reaching for a Ruskin Bond book of cozy stories.  Make little notebooks.  Watched the rain.  Read two five star books.  Just goooood things galore.  Books and Chai 🌧☕📖 a match made in heaven.  I made another tiny notebook out of extra pages from my last month's journal and packaging from Joyeeta. The paper was too cute to throw away.  Reading books of poetry.  Fun Fact: I only really drink tea when it's raining or in the middle of winter or if I have a fever.  Otherwise I am a dedicated coffee drinker.  Behind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj is a collection of interconnected short stories about Palestinian Americans and I loved this book.  5/5 I can't recommend it enough.  July has been kind so far and I hope the rest of the mont...