The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Hello!  I, like every one else spent this last weekend all wrapped up in the Stranger Things universe.  After 9 hours of being in LOVE with all things Season 2, I can now go back to my normal life.  Have you seen season 2 yet? God! I loved it so much.  In fact, I think I might love this season a little bit more than last season...just because it was so much more intense.  If you haven't watched Stranger Things yet...you've got to! It is nostalgic, funny, spooky and so brilliant and man those kids are golden!!!  So let's jump into some thoughts and feelings I've had watching these 9 episodes...why can't we have more?!   Some Favourite Strange Things///  1. I loved this season. I was a little worried if the show would live up to the exceptions around it..given how incredible the first season was, this season was just as good. The first season was a little bit of a slow burn...it takes some time for the action to get rolling. But th

Hello!  Today's Stationery Sunday is going to be a super quick post, since this girl needs to get back to binging on Stranger Things 2!  Today I want to share some recent pages from my journal.  All of them before the ink. Because, that stuff is personal and not something I want to share on the world wide web.  :)  This is a page from my journal that stays in my bag. It's a place to make grocery lists and jot down fleeting thoughts. I like to keep it pretty too!  So stickers, doodles and washi tape all decorate my pages.  Stamps!!!  Trying out some of our new stamps in my journal.  List making shenanigans.  I love that my journals hold my memories and musings and lists of all sorts.  And I love that I've been making them as pretty as I possibly can.  :)  I hope you guys had a lovely weekend.  Mine was full of Netflix-ing and chilling.  Reading a little bit.  Good food.  And enjoying the sli

Book: I Know A Secret Author: Tess Gerritsen Pages: 316 Read On: Kindle Publisher: Bantam  How Long it Took Me To Read: 2 days Plot Summary:   I have a secret.  And someone wants to make sure I never tell . . .  In a house decorated with horror movie posters, a young woman’s body is found. She lies on her bed, two bloodied objects clutched in her palm.  Detective Jane Rizzoli  and  Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles  are called to the murder scene, but even faced with this gruesome sight they are unable to identify the immediate cause of death.  Their investigation leads them to a high-profile murder case that was seemingly solved years before. But when another body is found in horrific circumstances, the link between the two victims is clear. Was the wrong person sent to prison? Is the real killer out there right now, picking off new targets?  One woman knows the killer is coming for her next. She’s the only one who can help Rizzoli and Isles catch him. But she h

Hello!  September was a special month, it was the month of Durga Puja so I went a little all out to deck out my Bujo.  My set-up was a little bit extra this month.  I personally loved how my set-up looked. I love, love, love the fluffy little nerdy darling. I have had it sitting in my closet for so long and finally decided to use it in September.  Look at that derpy little face!  All the bits and bobs I carry in my Bujo.  Stickers.  Pens. Felt clips.  A cat pocket to hold sticky notes and some diecuts.  My Pottering Cat bookmark and a bow pagemaker to add to the decor.  :)  Told you, I went all out!  First page decor.  Some die cuts and stickers and washi tape.  I even used a special notebook this month.  My field notes Luna edition.  So pretty.  Some pages/// Wishlist for every month.  Goals for the month.  I always start my month with these two lists.  Details///  Fauxdori: Lyra and Com

Hello!  Long time no outfit posts.  Let's fix that shall we?  This outfit is from Saptami morning. It was a scorcher of a day, so I chose to wear this airy anti-fit kurta to keep cool. And even then I was hot as hell.  :(  I love the print and soothing colour palette of this kurta.  I paired it with a aqua churidar and carried a pink boho tote.  Most people chose to really deck up and go all out during Pujo.  I would too, if the weather permitted it.  But Bombay is way too hot to handle and cotton is the only fabric I can bear.  A close-up of the print of the kurta.  My gorgeous little bag!  An explosion of colour and print.  From where I stood!  Since we were in crowed pandals all day, it was a little difficult to take proper outfit pictures, but you do get the gist of the look.  What I Wore///  Kurta: Indu Bindu  Bag: Bought in Jaipur  Cloth Bangles: Jaypore  Silver Bracelet: Amber, Colaba 

In keeping with the spooky season, we have for you today a TV/ Netflix recommendation! If you enjoy slasher flicks, with an unknown killer gruesomely hacking away at unsuspecting victims, then Slasher: Guilty Party (Season 2) is the show for you! Slasher: Guilty Party is set in the middle of Canadian wilderness. A group of five friends return to the property that used to be their summer camp after five years. They harbour a deadly secret from their past and have come back to lay these ghosts from their past to rest! These five friends have to stay with another little group of people, who now live in the camp house as an intentional community called 'We Live As One'. These six people also seem to have a past that they're trying to overcome or avoid in the middle of nowhere and things start to go wrong on the very first day, when their local guide is slashed to death in the sauna! Like any typical slasher flick, the body count piles up quite quickly and it is cle

Hello!  This edition of Stationery Sunday showcases some more Lyra and Co . loveliness.  This time around we made a little haul of some more Rifle Paper Co. goodies. Honestly, I just can't have enough!  This navy beauty is such a gorgeous print and is perfect for fall/ winter. This is a pocket zipper insert in a gorgeous coral-red colour with some beautiful flowers and Toucans! I love these zipper pocket inserts because they're so handy to tuck into your Traveler's Notebooks and store all your tickets, stickers, washi samples etc.  This cream linen Rifle Paper Co. printed fabric is one of my favourites! My sister got this to tuck into her TNs and she prefers the pocket inserts without the zipper.  Here is the TN again. I will be using this to house my Bujo next month.  Hope you guys enjoyed this floral and pretty edition of Stationery Sunday.  We will return next week with more book reviews and other such fun

Book: Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles Book 11) Author: Tess Gerritsen  Pages: 349  Read on: Kindle  Read in: 4 hours  Plot Summary:  THE VICTIMS In Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of another victim are found, it is clear that this murderer has been at work for years, and not just in Boston. THE KILLER Five years ago, a group of travellers set off on an African safari. None of them was seen again – apart from one woman who stumbled out of the bush weeks later, barely alive. The only woman to have seen the killer’s face. THE SURVIVOR   Has the ‘safari killer’ resurfaced in Boston? Jane is sent to Africa to find the one link between the two cases – the only survivor.   And convince her to face death once again.  Things I Liked:  The premise of the book is very interesting! A series of inter-connected

Hello!  I was about to do my Friday Favourites when I realised I hadn't even done my September favourites!  Gah!  So let's crack on and jump into it right now!  1. Bujo/// I went a little all out with my Bujo set-up of the month. Given it was a festive month- Durga Pujo, I wanted to do a little something special for my Bujo.  I used this floral dori for my Bujo and used this fluffy monster in glasses to decorate it. So cute!!!!  2. Stamps Galore/// September was month of acquiring some beautiful stamps. Some really quirky and seriously beautiful stamps.  I love the Classiky ceramic stamps. The cat and the girl I also have in sticker form and love.  I got all of these from Cute Things From Japan .  3. Indigo Bag/// My favourite bag this month was this darling and super soft and well-made bag I got from Jaypore . I love indigo in all it's form. And this bag was love at first sight. It is so incredibly soft and it fits everything I ne

Hello!  Happy Dhanteras Folks.  Hope you had a lovely first day of festivity!  My day included... New curtains.  Lights.  Cooking dinner for my family.  Halwa.  A little bit of reading.  Just simple and happy things.  I love Diwali.  The lights and diyas and the mithai.  What I love most is the cheer in the air. People out and about buying things and doing things that came them happy.  This year seems a little quieter. A little less festive.  I was watching the News and it claimed that people bought a lot less gold and silver. The strange new taxes levied on people has definitely slowed down festive shopping. :(  I hope that the rest of the festive season is just as happy and joyful as it always is.  I hope all of you a very, very Happy Diwali.  Eat yummy food.  Spend time with your loved ones.  Lights loads of diyas.  Just be happy!  :)