The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Hello!  Earlier in the year, I went through a minor Wish obsession. I discovered the nifty little App and I went a little mad adding things to the cart. It's hard to pass up things for as little as 60 rupees. So I have acquired quite a few goodies from there. I really enjoyed my little foray into the world of Wish. There is so much to see and choose from and it can just suck you in. I have been very happy with all things I got from Wish, everything arrives pretty promptly and everything looks just like in the pictures. The quality differs from vendor to vendor and thing to thing. I have, thankfully, had a good experience.  Here are just some of my things that I hauled from there.  I went a little insane getting individual stickers.  These chubby cats ones are too cute for words and I paid like 65 bucks for this pack.  The moon in all it's glory.  The fancy rabbit doing things.  Flowers always have my heart....

Hello!  I write this post sitting in my hometown of Jalpaiguri. Now if I am being serious this isn't as much my hometown as much as it is my parent's hometown and my family home. I visit here once a year if I can manage it. The last time I was here in 2016 and last years I couldn't come here, so this year we, the sister and I were determined to come here and stay for Pujo.  I love coming here and just being a big lazy slob.  But there is a lot to do here. People to meet. Family to catch up on and gossip with. Places to go and hopefully head to the hills.  Got here yesterday after a whole day of travel. It's a four hour flight in total.  Mumbai- Guwahati- Bagdogra.  Then around 2 hours drive later we were home.  Here are some snippets of my travel day.  Early morning flights can be brutal! Leaving home at 4:30 AM is no fun. But seeing the sun rise and seeing it over the clouds is pretty neat.  Bye Bye Bombay!...

1. Indigo Curtains from Ibbani Designs.  I will forever and ever love all things Indigo.  2. A super cute magnet that a friend got us a few years ago from Turkey. 3. The last of our cloudy days. 4. A Kindle Case I love and my phone case which is too cute for words.  Both from Ali Express.  5. This darling owl brooch from Deesa.  Look at it's cute face!  6. My stack of Modern Classics. 

Hello!  Time to share another bunch of books I've added to my shelves lately.  September has been a slow-ish reading month for me. I have been reading slower or more intently if you will all of this month. My book buying has also been slower and more restrained, which I can assure you is a good thing be.  I got these books from Amazon in the first week of the month and I have added more books in the weeks that followed, I will be sharing them soon.  Let's see what I've added to my shelves lately.. I can't remember the last time I bought a Penguin English Library book. I love these editions like mad and own over 30 books from this line of gorgeous classics. But it had been a hot minute since I had added a new books from the line. I saw this book a couple of weeks ago on Instagram and I knew it was time to get another gorgeous book. The yellow flowers were just too pretty to pass up and a novella is something I could read more of.  ...

Book: Pieces of Her Author: Karin Slaughter Pages: 480 Read on: Kindle Read in: 4 hours Plot Summary:  Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we? But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again. The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperat...

Book: You Author: Caroline Kepnes  Pages: 433 Read on: Kindle  Read in: 5-6 hours  Plot Summary:  When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting. As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder. General Thoughts: We've had Y...

Saturday Reading/// The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender.  A girl who can taste the feelings of the person who has cooked it. Strange.  Odd.  Interesting.  I am only some 80 pages in and the plan for today is to focus and read a chunk of this book.  Saturday Mood/// Sleepy forever!  TBH, I've been awake since 4:45 AM and doing a ton of chores.  Dusting and sorting my make-up table.  Cleaned out my fridge.  And some other small little tasks.  I was wide awake and very motivated.  So I am certain a nap looms large in my future.  These darlinggggggg little cloud and raindrops are new additions to my bed and from Pinklay  a shop I found through Instagram. This was in the kiddie section but of course I am an over grown child so I couldn't resist getting them. They are so adorable!  :)  Kinda cloudy skies but I don't think it's going to rain. I am so miff...

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ। निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥ Lord Ganesha is back visiting us for 10  days.  :)  Happy Ganesh Chaturthi everyone.  May the remover of obstacles bless us and remove all the hardships from our life.  Ganpu is the most darling of Gods.  I mean look at this cuddly modak loving little face.  :)  We celebrated at home today with a simple Puja.  Flowers.  Incense.  & Prayer.  Not to choose favourites but this my favourite murti of Ganpu. I love how round it is.  :)  May the next 10 days bring nothing but joy and light into your lives.  Ganapati Bappa Morya!

Hello!  Hope your day is going well.  :) Today I want to share some books I recently got from Book Chor and share my muddled thoughts about being a germaphobe.  So here goes..  I have major OCD when it comes to "fresh" pieces of all things- bags, books, clothes. I have often not bought something I really liked because the store did not have an unopened/ "fresh" piece of that bag/ book/ garment etc. What!? It makes proper sense, especially when it comes to shoes, don't ever, EVER buy shoes that have been on display because so many people have worn them and worn them in. So a part of my OCD about is rooted in being sensible but most of it is in my head. I am very, very vary of second hand anything. I keep my distance from all things old. Recently, I read this quote by Virginia Woolf that sorta, kinda broke my heart. It goes a little something like this- “Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of ...