The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  Some pretty florals for your Monday morning.  Floral compendiums for planners. From 2024 and from The Ink Bucket.  Happy little brooches on my mini backpack.  I love how cheerful they look.  Pretty pink blooms.  Paperclip/page holder and a tiny paper brooch. 

 Hello  Loves! October has begun and has been wonderful so far. We've had some cold, rainy days that I spent on the terrace reading and watching the rain.  I had the first year anniversary of my stroke, and I had delicious food and had a cake.  Some sadness was journaled away. Nothing beats putting pen to paper and getting our muddled thoughts out on your system.  Reading has been going on well. I started October with two chunky books, Anna Karenina that I am still reading. And American Hagwon which wasn't my cup of tea. I really wanted to like it but it just didn't land.  It felt too long and unending.  A disappointing read.  Re-reading a childhood book that's old and battered and wonderful.  Spooky Mugs are out.  A yearly tradition that makes me so happy.  One year of my horrid stroke and instead of crying about it, I decided to eat some cake and commemorate a horrid day.  Journal Spreads & My Journal. 💚💚💚💚 A rain-kis...

  Hello October! I am glad the month of Durga Pujo is here. &  Spooky Season is here.  I am excited for a month of reading thrillers and horror books. But I am also embarking on a little bit of a reading project.  I plan on reading a Russian Classic through the months of October, November & December.  I have been meaning to to read Anna Karenina for years now and I figured these wintery months are perfect to lose myself to some Russian worlds.  My edition has 760 pages, so I did some bookish maths and I need to read 8.4444444 pages a day,  which I am going to round off to and read 10 pages a day. Which is very doable.  Started it this evening and read 12 pages so far, might read a few more before bedtime.  My reading companions.  All blue things to match my book.  A little extra but it makes me happy.  💙💙💙💙💙💙 My bookmark. 💜 Wish me luck loves 💛

 Hello Loves! Just like that September is nearly over!  Didn't it go by so darn fast?  I had a very good reading month 🔮I read 30 books!  Sure some of them were children's books but they totally count!  Here's my books, in no particular order.  The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson: This was such a smooth read, about a young woman who spends a year on a writing fellowship in a small seaside town and that year is marked by falling in love and spending time with her new partner's close group of friends. Its about group dynamics and told from the perspectives of four women, I loved each POV and loved this book so much.  The Museum of Second Chances by Jo Leevers: A book I am currently 63% through and loving. Set in small Cornish town, its about a 61 year old museum curator who runs a maritime curiosities museum that's on the verge of being closed. Enter a group of enthusiastic locals and a motley crew of folks who form new friendships and old secrets are s...

  Hello Loves!  We've fallen for the trendy, very in Pouch Journals.  We've made three so far, and by me I mean my sister. She makes them and I decorate them.  First we made the small one, which I'm using as my Hospital Journal to jot down the memories of my 22 day hospital stay.  Then we made the big one that holds my current read and my Book Buddy~ a journal for my honest, unhinged bookish thoughts.  My two precious journal covers.  I love how they've turned out.  A closer look at the stickers.  I've used my Book Journal Pouch everyday since I've acquired it.  Its perfect to hold my reading supplies- like highlighters, page flags and sticky notes and a few pens and pencils.  It's a great way tote around your current reads and your annotation things.  One of my notebooks from my smaller pouch journals.  These are so easy to make, find a tutorial on IG and find supplies from  Amazon  Scooboo  And make yourse...