The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Trying to find a moment of peace and ways to soothe myself on a stressful day.  Read a bit.  Sipped my coffee.  A cute/fave corner of home.  A good book.  An old beloved bookmark.  ///Things that bring me comfort. ///

 Spent some time today setting up my journal for November.  Here's a little look:  I love the colours and tones of this set-up.  Nothing relaxes me like spending time with my journal. 📓💛📓

 Shared a look at my 2025 Planners.  Go see.  And you know Like, Share and Subscribe. 

 There's nothing quite like a slow and sloth-like Saturday.  Here's what my day looked like:  Currently Reading: A memoir about love, war and marriage. I am a little bit in and quite intrigued.  New month.  New mug.  Also reading this very interesting book about overthinking and magical thinking. 

 Hello November!  Hello Fall!  Hello Gentler Days and Night 🪔🌟🍁🌟🪔 Love that this month has begun on a festive note 🪔 and I hope and pray that the rest of the month is just as joyful 🌟🪔🌟

🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 Happy Diwali 🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 Subho Kali Puja 🌷🌸🪷🌻🌼🌸🌷 I hope you and yours are having the best Diwali. Here’s what my day looked like: 

 Happy Halloween🎃👻🍬  You know I love all things Spooky and every year for Halloween, I try to read some spooky and mystery books.  Here are five books I read this year in honour of Halloween.  Happy Halloween my Spooky 👻🐈‍⬛👽🎃👻 Pals.  Five books I read leading up to Halloween.                🎃👻🍬🎃👻🍬🎃👻🍬 Finally read Dracula and since it's such a big part of our cultural Zeitgeist, I feel like I knew this story through osmosis. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it immensely and was surprised how easy it was to read and accessible the writing was. Also watched two film adaptations. One made in 1992 by Fransis Ford Coppola (which was so campy and weird). The other produced by Wes Craven (who I love) which was fun but very, very not true to text. Both films are available on YouTube.  Mariana Enriquez was a revelation. I cannot believe it took me this long to finally find my way to her work. She writes like a dream about fairly nightmarish fare. Can't wait to read more of her tw

 Happy Choti Diwali 🪔  I hope your day included lots of light, love and mithai 💛  Here's what my day looked like:  I miss the Diwali of my childhood.  But now is good too. One just has to find the magic and joy for themselves.  I love how Mumbai twinkles and shines and how fairy lights and diyas illuminate every window. I hope this festive season is treating you well. 

 Happy Dhanteras Loves.  Spent my day doing some last minute cleaning and sprucing up.  Here's what my day looked like:  Curtains were changed.  Coffee was had in new mugs.  Cleaning was done.  Decluttering was undertaken.  Wore some gold, old gifts from my grandmother.  Ate sweets.  Watched two Dracula films. The 1992 and 2000 versions.  A chill and happy day.  Hope your day was happy too. 

 Here's a little look at what my Sunday looked like.  The biggest joy for today was finding some very cute and very affordable mugs while ordering my groceries.  Got some mugs from Swiggy Instamart and some from Big Basket.  If you know me at all Or have been a long time reader of the blog, you know how obsessed I am with mugs.  So finding something cute and Cheap makes me so happy 😍  So of course, coffee was promptly made and had.  Love this periwinkle mug so much 💜 Coffee and Classic Lit.  Yellow beauty welcome to my home 🏠  Hope you're having a lovely Sunday.  I read a chunk of Dracula, which I am loving. I plan on finding a film adaptation to watch tonight and read some more.