The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Filter is a charming little store tucked away in a quiet lane off Rhythm House in Kala Ghoda. Filter has really unique and beautifully crafted stationery and is a store we love visiting. We found ourselves in Kala Ghoda recently and so, walked down to Filter and picked up a few bits and bobs. Here is our Filter loot!    New Yorker Cover Postcards. Look at these pretty prints! These, apart from being postcards, can also work as bookmarks or as planner dashboards, if you are into planners.   The old-fashioned bus ticket! Sigh. Brings back so many memories. Love this A5 bus ticket notebook, which was bought mainly for the pretty ticket cover. A charming bit of nostalgia.   One of our more adventurous home library projects is to have bookplates on all our books. We have toyed with the idea of getting actual paper bookplates or get a custom stamp made, which says 'From the Library of Pooja' or some such...     .. so far we haven't decid

Hello!  Hope this Saturday is treating you well.  I am still a little under the weather. My throat is killing me but there is soothing tea to be had and TV shows to watch.  I watched Detective Byomkesh Bakshy today and God it was so bad. Slow, way too stylised, dark (like literally, most of the scenes were so dark) and boring to bits. I don't know how you can go so wrong with such brilliant source material. The books (short stories) written by Saradindu Banerjee are brilliant and how anyone can interpret them so terribly is indeed a tragedy. Gah! *rant over*  Now on to the happy..I thought I'd share my little book haul from Bargain Book Hut a pretty delighful little bookshop that stocks very marked down books. I go to the one in Kala Ghoda and love it. I always find treaures there and for so cheap.  Let's see what I got... Aren't some of the books so pretty?!!!  The Manu Joseph one is especially just stun

Hello!  We could might as well call this post Weekend Reads- Flu Edition.  If you follow me on Instagram, you'd know I am currently down with a summer flu. It happens every year and I try to battle it with juices, books and loads of sleeping and maybe watching a movie or two. And maybe if I am feeling particularly indulgent a dash of online shopping. ;) My reading goals for the weekend are therefore simple-ish.  The only un-read book on my monthly TBR is Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. As much as I would love to read it right now but I just don't have the mental/physical strength to deal with it. I read about 6 pages, loved it and put it down for when I am all there. I thought long and hard and figured I needed to read something simple. Something graphic novel-esque perhaps and then maybe some YA that is always an easy and quick read for me. A looksie on my bookshelves and I decided on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney,

Just a few of my favourite things... 1. Owls..big & small. Delightful all the same. 2. Notebook Loves...Field Notes are just darling! The perfect little notebook for my bag to jot down notes on the go and to journal as I sip coffee and people watch. :) 3. Stickers...I love stickers and Cat stickers are even better.  4. Summer Sunsets...the end of a white hot day with the skies changing colour and having some respite from the heat.  5. Donuts....yum and a thing of joy.  :) Have a fantastic weekend guys!

Hello! It's that time of the week again...the time to look back and document every day of the last week.  This last week was a fun one. A busy one but a fun one.  There was meeting old friends. There was Sushi. There was going to an Art Gallery. Book shopping. Painting. Having a friend come stay the night. Cooking. Melting in the May heat.  Stressing over packages in the mail. Cleaning the house. A good week overall.  Let's see my week in pictures.  Day 141: Some usual blog planning and brainstorming and making lists. I love doing these prep tasks and I love doing them more in my pretty stationery with these darling pens from Kikkik. Let's face it, every thing is more fun to write and list if the writing instruments are covered in polka dots!  Day 142: Take the time to smell the roses...if not sniff at some sweet-smelling potpourri then!  Day 143 : Bombay beautiful. A hot summer afternoon and the sea shimmering in al

Book: The Village by the Sea Author: Anita Desai Pages: 278 Read On: Paperback How Long it Took Me To Read: 1 day Plot Summary: Forgotten by the evolution of the centuries and indifferent to the advances of the twentieth century, Thul, a tiny fishing village not far from Bombay, continues to follow those rhythms of the seasons that have always been handed down. Hari and Lila were born and raised in the village, but now their family is falling into despair: the father to alcohol while the mother is seriously ill. As for money, that there is not even enough to meet the most basic needs between. General Thoughts: I am a huge fan of Anita Desai and when I saw that she had a children's book to her credit I wanted to give it a read and see if her writing is any different when she is writing for a younger audience. It isn't. :) Her writing is still as amazing as ever! And though this is children's book it works just as well for adult readers. I absol

Hello!  I got all these books from Amazon and these are the only books I've bought so far in the month. And these might be the only books I buy all month...maybe..with me you never know! :) And I do desperately want the Penguin Little Black Classics! And I haven't found them yet!  Hmm.. So let's see what I've added to my bookshelves!  Books Bought.. Murder on the Mews by Agatha Christie. Ordeal by Innocence by  "  Thick as Thieves by Ruskin Bond. Falling in Love Again-Tales of Love and Romance by Ruskin Bond.  The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells  Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell  Up at  the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham Daughters by Bharati Ray  This House is Haunted by John Boyne  That Frequent Visitor by Hari Kumar  I have added some seriously beautiful books to my shelves this month! Yay!  Happy reading you guys! 

Hello!  My plans for reading this weekend were simple and slow. I have had a busy weekend with chores, errands and even some socialising with visiting friends. So reading has been on the back burner this weekend.  Thus my reading goals have been simple too.  Flip through Miss Vogue ...I didn't even know we had a Miss Vogue/Teen Vogue in India! When did this happen?! I picked it up on Friday evening and I have done a cursory flipping through and it's nice...a little to chaotic for my liking...like too many pictures in one page and to many elements in one glance. But it's nice.  And on to serious reading...I plan on finishing an ARC- Advanced Reader's Copy- book I have on my Kindle and then perhaps read something light and fun.  I bought some ebooks on my Kindle last night and I may get started with one of them...I haven't decided which one yet. But Two Fates- The Story of my Divorce by Judy Balan seems fun and light and quick. So I might r