The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Hello!  2016 has come to a close.  What a ride this year has been. Most people seem to be complain about this year but honestly, I had a pretty stellar year.  I read 170+ books!  I am pleased. Though this isn't the best reading year in terms of numbers. 2014, I am looking at you with your 295 books. You've ruined every single year henceforth!  But I am not bumming out. I really am not! 170 is still pretty fucking amazing. Plus, this year I chose to take it easy with my constant reading. I still read a lot, and very consistently and enjoyed most of the books I read but I also took time to do other things. I traveled. I watched movies. I wrote. I cooked. I baked. I spent a lot of time with my family. I journaled. I art journaled.  I loved that my year included more than just books.  :)  But books were my main love.  I re-read a few of my old loves. I read so many short story collections, honestly, 2016 was the year of short stories for me.  I also re

Hello, Hello! Today I will be sharing my Top 5 favourite movies of 2016. Since I watch movies in (primarily) three languages- Hindi, Bengali and English- it so happens that my Top 5 includes movies in all these languages. 2016 was a good movie year for me. I watched 120 movies in 2016! :O This includes tons of re-watching of course and new movies as well. I have love movies. Watching a good movie at the end of the day is one of my favourite things ever. I've always been a movie buff, movies were a huge part of my childhood. My parents are both massive movie buffs. My mother and several of her cousins were mad fans of Rajesh Khanna, something we never stop teasing them about. My father was the one who made movies a part of my life. We got a VCR (remember those?) very early on and once we had it our lives were never the same. We watched several movies over the weekend. Bollywood blockbusters, children's films from Hollywood and of course Bollywood classics and Bengali movies.

Hello!  The listing of favourites continues.  For tonight's post I want to list all of my favourite beauty and make-up bits. I am a low-key beauty lover. Make-up always makes me happy and finding the perfect lipstick or eye shadow brings me joy.  I also love trying out new make-up bits. Skincare is something I think all of us should invest some time in.  :) We all have skin, so why not make time to do something nice for it? 2016 was a challenging year for my skin. For close to 2 months, June-July and even bits of August I had terrible skin. Active breakouts almost every day and really dry lips. I mostly hate pimples because they are so freaking painful and of course unsightly as well. I tried everything. Changed my face wash and put on spot applicators and prayed and hoped for good skin. Then I let it go. I mean, how much can you worry about something that is mostly out of our control?!  The one thing that saved my skin and stopped the breakouts was Vicco

Hello!  With the year rapidly coming to a close it's time to list my favourites of the year. I am starting with my favourite TV shows of the year. I am a huge TV buff and my nightly routine is never complete without a couple of my shows.  Some of my favourite shows in general are Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU, Modern Family, Blackish, Bones, Elementary and of course Sherlock!  These are shows I watch year after year and simply love.  :)  Now on to the shows I've loved best this year.  These are in no particular order.  1. Sherlock The Abominable Bride/// Oh my! A year that starts Sherlock is a good thing be.  I can't WAIT for the new season that starts on January 1st! I loved Abominable Bride, creepy, spooky and deliciously fun!  2. American Horror Story- My Roanoke Nightmare/// I have been an on again off again fan of AHS. There are seasons I loved and those I couldn't stomach. This season was one I loved. A show within a

Hello!  And just like that Blogmas comes to an end.  I've really enjoyed blogging every single day this month and even twice on some days.  I've missed being so regular on here. I was looking at my numbers and I've blogged very little (comparatively) in 2016. I've done way better in the previous 3 years. I was bumming out a bit on that account and Blogmas with it's daily blogging made me feel so much better.  ⇻⇻⇻⇻⇻⇻⇻⇻⇻ Moving on... Merry Christmas folks.  Well, in my time zone Christmas is over. :( I hope you've had a lovely day. Mine was good. Quiet but good. There were flowers. Yummy food.  Goan Christmas treats--lots of guava cheese! & Reading a Christmas appropriate book.  A good day. I also wore my fuzzy shoes since today was thankfully a cold day in my otherwise blistering city!  An Xmas miracle I tell you!  Scenes of festivity all around. You've got to love Christmas for the colour and

Hello!  December has been a quiet month as far as book buying goes. I've only bought 4 books and haven't really been drawn to any other books lately, which is a very good thing for my shrinking bookshelves and of course my wallet.  :)  But these books I wanted for a while and I can't wait to jump into them in 2017.  :) I got these books on Amazon.   Let's see what I've added to my bookshelves this month.  I've gotten all literary fiction books which makes me very happy.  Books Bought:  Commonwealth by Ann Patchett  Seahorse by Janice Pariat The Adivasi Will Not Dance by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar  The Vegetarian by Han Kang  :) Lots of happy reading in my future.  :)  Happy Christmas Eve folks.  I hope you've had a good day. Mine was a fun day. Today is my Dad's birthday and we spent the day celebrating him. We watched two Bengali films Praktan and Sankhachil.  I loved

Hello!  Thank God it's Friday!  Coz I have had a day and a half. I spent like over 5 hours on the roads today. Ugh!  Bombay traffic is killing me. Killing the joy out of my life. I seriously am considering moving to the hills and give up on city life. Seriously, the roads and noise and traffic and chaos is so not worth it.  It sucks.  I've always been a city girl but lately there has been a disconnect. When I was in Landour I honestly didn't want to leave. I just didn't want to come back to Bombay and it's largess and noise and people everywhere. Of course, a big city has it's advantages but overall it's not the special.  I would move to the hills tomorrow if given a chance.  :(  Sorry for being such a grumpus but I've just had a rotten day today. ⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹⇹  But let's focus on the good!  Things That Bring me Comfort and soothe my frayed nerves.  1. Ink Pens/// I am old fashioned when it c