The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  October is over and now we step into the weekend of the year.  Time just keeps on running on by.  October was a busy month.  It started with a festival- Durga Pujo and ended with another- Diwali.  In the middle there was Lokkhi Pujo and this whole month has been doing things for the home and just letting the festivity wash over you.  It's a been a good month.  And when a month is busy, reading takes a little bit of a backseat, as in, it's not something I do a lot of and it's not what I am constantly thinking of.  I read a lot this month.  A LOT.  33 books in total.  And frankly I am surprised by it.  But..but but...most of these books were steamy romance books.  What have I become?! My 14 year old self again?!  I read a romance novel a night for 15 days straight.  Straight!! I think life got busy and I just escaped into my romances, it also helped that I read them so darn fast. I made the most...

From our home to yours -  Happy Diwali! 🪔✨🎇  Have a lovely evening! 

 Hello, hello! Diwali is almost here!  Happy Dhanteras to everyone celebrating!  If you are planning on doing something low-key this weekend, we've got you! Here are some recommendations of movies and web series that you can watch this weekend... 1. 20th Century Girl (Korean Movie | Netflix)  Remember being in love for the very first time? Or having a massive crush on someone in school? Or just the insane shenanigans that you and your best friend got up to? If you love reminiscing about the past and enjoy nostalgic content, then 20th Century Girl is the film for you!  Cute, fun, funny and heartwarming, it is just the ticket for the slightly cold nights that we are seeing in India! :)  2. Shining Girls (AppleTV) Based on the eponymous book, Shining Girls, set in Chicago in 1992 follows Kirby, the sole survivor of a brutal serial killer, who kills smart, kind and talented women. Basically, 'shining girls'. Kirby teams up with a washed up crime reporter to tra...

  We binged The Midnight Club in one sitting yesterday and here are five reasons why you should watch this horror-thriller-mystery series right away!  1. Set in the mid-1990s in a hospice for terminally ill teenagers in Washington state, The Midnight Club is a cozy, atmospheric, occasionally spooky show that is mostly a thriller-mystery-suspenseful ride rather than an out-and-out horror series. If you are expecting a re-do of the makers' previous series such as The Haunting of Hill House or Bly Manor or Midnight Mass, then you will be disappointed horror-wise. This show doesn't have that many scares at all and is more of a mystery, thriller type show.  The show follows a group of terminally ill teenagers, who are in residence at Brightcliffe Manor. These kids meet every midnight in the hospice's very well-appointed library and share ghost/ mystery stories in a bid to scare each other and also, to take their minds off their illnesses, aches, pains and impending death....

  Hello October!  Hello Pujo!  Hello Fall! Hello Spooky Season!  I am sooooo happy you are here October.  Soooo happy to be in the last three months of the year aka my favourite months of the whole year.  I started my month doing little things in the house to cozy up for the festive season.  Changed bedding.  Changed out our cushion covers.  Brought out my favourite plushies.  Picked out my reading for Pujo.  And in the evening we put up lights in our home mandir.  A perfect little day to start my month.  Bobesh is here.  Looking handsome as always.  Put out some new sheets from Chumbak.  Lights and Flowers.  I hope and pray October is good and kind and gentle and wonderful for all of us.  OCTOBER GOALS:   1. Have a happy Pujo. Do something fun everyday.  2. Put up lights in the house.  3. Make home pretty and cozy for fall.  4. Read some spooky books.  5. Watch some spooky...