The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Red in all it's glory.  Mostly seen while pandal hopping during Pujo season.  There is something so striking about Red.  You can't ignore it.  It will have your attention whether you like it or not.  Have a great week ahead folks.  My two month long holiday comes to an end next week and my heart is sad.  But home, Bombay is calling and it's time to head back home and to real life.  Back to base and back to my beloved books!  :) 

Book: So Much Life Left Over Author: Louis De Bernières Pages: 288 Read: The paperback pictured above Read in: 4 hours or so Plot Summary:  A sweeping, heartbreaking novel following Daniel in his troubled marriage with Rosie as they navigate the unsettled time between the World Wars. Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany

Hello!  How is your Sunday shaping up?  Mine included a leisurely late start and then a Mashi came visiting and we spend the morning chatting.  Just regular small town things.  For today's post I want to share some beautiful jewellery pieces I got from Vrit Moksha , a shop on Instagram I came across a month ago and fell in love with the aesthetic and jewellery. A quick chat with the owned and I ordered these beauties.  Let's see shall we?  I got these right before Durga Puja and I couldn't resist these Durga earrings!  I especially love the little ghungroo details.  These necklaces are so stunning.  Perfect statement pieces.  I love them both.  So gorgeous!  I love all things elephant motif. So I couldn't resist these beauties. The pink fringe in the bottom is an added bonus.  :)  This ring was a freebie.  Isn't it gorgeous?!  I loved every single piece I received.   Hope your Sunday is re

Hello!  Long time no book haul.  It's not surprising since I've been on holiday since 28th September and book buying has been pretty minimal. I did acquire a handful of books while in Darjeeling, haul coming soon.  This batch of books were bought in the end of September. For some reason, it seems so long ago.  I went to Title Waves in Bandra after ages, like 5 years or something. I really like this bookshop. It houses some very different books and if you find yourself in Bombay or Bandra in particular, I highly recommend you pop in for a visit.  I, of course, went a little bit crazy. Like seriously, I ought to have done better. But in my defence, I went here straight from having a tiny medical procedure done and was buying these books to cheer myself up!  :)  I had been brave at the doctor's and now it was time to treat myself to come books!  So all of these books came back home with me.  Let's see what I added to my bookshelves on this day! 

Hello!  A few weeks ago I went to the hills of Gorubathan for a long weekend trip.  I was there with my parents, sister and two sets of aunts ( mashis ) and their husbands and a Mama and his wife. A motley group of 10 people and we had the best time chatting and doing what Bengalis do best- adda !  We spent some fun days surrounded by beauty and views that took your breath away!  It was cold and the air was clean and crisp and there was beauty everywhere you turned your eye. It is a quiet and peaceful place, a perfect place to find a cozy corner and relax with a book and spend your day lost in words and beauty.  :)  One of the views are a riverbed, the rivers Leesh, Gish and Teesta all meandering along lazily.  We woke up to clear views of the Kanchanjunga.  We were lucky to be there on days where there was no cloud cover and the mountains were standing there tall and majestic all morning. Perfect for feasting our eyes all morning long.  We stay

Hello!  Just wanted to share a few things that make me happy.  1. Art and Beauty seen pretty much all the Pujo Pandals.  2. More gorgeous examples of art.  3. Peach beauties that I've seen everywhere lately.  4. Nothing cheers me up like being amongst flowers.  5. Lights and bokeh.  :)  This is such a happy time of the year.  Winter.  Festivity.  Lights.  Hope November is treating you well.  :) 

Hello!  I seem to have taken yet another unplanned break on the blog.  November has been one adventure after another and I couldn't be happier.  First Darjeeling for a couple of days and then a few days in the Tea Gardens.  Travel Diaries for both places coming soon.  :)  I recently got these darling book sleeves from Books N Beyond. I am having a total book sleeve moment. I find book sleeves extremely useful. It's a great way to protect your books in my bag and they come in handy during travel, where you can carry a couple of books easily together.  These ones from Books and Beyond are very well-made and cushioned and great to protect your precious books.  I got 3 book sleeves and one sleeve for my bookmarks!  I know it's very extra but I couldn't resist the daisy print.  Darling little homes.  Daisy love forever. I simply can't resist anything with daisies on them.  This sleeve can be used to keep your bookmarks or g

Book: The Rabbit and the Squirrel Author: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi Pages: 65 Read: Hardcover (ARC send by Penguin Random House) Read in: Half an hour (or less) Plot Summary:  The Squirrel's greatest joy is dancing in the forest with the Rabbit-her beloved friend and equal of heart. While the duo is inseparable, fate has other ideas: the feisty Squirrel is forcibly married to a wealthy boar and the solitary Rabbit enlists in a monastery. Years later, a brief, tragic reunion finds them both transformed by personal defeats. And yet, to each other, they are unchanged, and their private world-where sorrow registered as rapture and wit concealed loss-is just how they had left it. A story of thwarted love, and an ode to the enduring pleasures of friendship,  The Rabbit and the Squirrel  is a charmed fable for grown-ups, in which one life, against all odds, is fated for the other. General  Thoughts: I've read both of Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi's novels a