The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Hello!  I seemed to have slipped up on documenting my days.  Truth be told last week was a bleak one.  Our main laptop--the one I mainly use for blogging and picture editing and storing all of my pictures crashed. And I lost pretty much every picture I have taken this year.  Yes, we should have backed things up and I feel terrible about not doing just that. I was blue for a few days and didn't feel like doing anything with pictures or my camera.  :(  So I am here to recap two weeks of my life. Some good days and some terribly sad.  I know my troubles may seem insignificant compared to so many others but they are my troubles and they vexed me a lot.  I hate losing my all my pictures and my memories and I am trying to get over it.  Let's see my last 2 weeks have been like... Week 32.. Day 217: Saree shopping at Anokhi. Love the prints and the super soft fabric at Anokhi.  Day 218: The monkeys o...

Hello!  Week 31 was a busy one.  It was a week of preparation of my parents arriving here. Cleaning.  Tidying up.  Also thinking of my reading plans for August.  And delightful packages in the mail.  Let's see my week in pictures.. Day 210: My Big Red Bag arrived first thing in the morning and I was so utterly charmed by the coasters and the literary quotes on them.  Day 211: My new FabricDori arrived in the mail..well it was shipped to a friend's house in the US and when she came into town we got it. I called him Cecil in the memory of Cecil the Lion who was cruelly and mindlessly hunted and killed in Zimbabwe.  Cecil is from Foxtail Threads an Etsy store.  Day 212: Mint loves! A compendium from Kikki K and a planner in a matching colour from Love Doki . We were cleaning up a storm and moving our planners and journals to the bedroom on this day.   Day 213: Pretty boxes I use for...

Hello!  Last week was all about me trying to sort out my bookshelves and it kinda took over my life. In a good way! But I kinda sorta forgot about my weekly 365 post. And now it's nearly time to recap the next week. So I decided to combine the two weeks and give you one big post recapping two weeks in the life of me!  :)  Here we go...  Week 29 was a good one. I watched Piku which is pretty much the best movie I've seen all year around. I loved it. The Bong-ness of it is so spot on.  I also doodled and art-journaled.  Moved things around the house.  Filled ink in my ink pens. Week 30...a crazy, happy, hectic blur.  Bookshelves were re-organised and I am so in love with how my main bookshelf looks now!  Made a spicy shrimp/prawn Mac n' Cheese. It was so good. I am most certainly going to make it again.  Also did some DIY with those cute animal faces.  Got a Paper-Dori in the mail with gi...

Hello!  Another flashback post... These pictures take me back to a cold winter's evening.  An evening of making decisions. Of shopping. Of long conversations. And of a good meal at Cafe Noir.  We ate yummy food. Drank good coffee.  I wore a lot of jewellery and had bright nails. And I carried a teal coloured bag.  A good evening. :)  My bag is from Accessorize. My nail paint is from Essie.  My jewellery is from silver shops in Bombay and Etsy.  My tee-shirt is from Forever New.   My watch is from Aldo.  I love how pictures bring back a flood of memories from ages ago. I am glad I am an avid picture taker. I love that we have cameras on our phone and I love that we can take hundreds of photos in a month..even blurry ones...so we can look back and relive a little bit of our lives.  It's a great time to be alive isn't it?  :)

Hello!  Week 28 was a week of the having a cold and feeling like my head was whoozy and I just felt awful for most part.  But there was making mug cakes.  Reading a lot.  Watching some movies.  Naps.  And just taking things easy.  Honestly, I didn't take that many pictures but let' see what week 28 looked like in my world.. Day 189: Pretty and simple light fixtures. So minimalistic and yet such a statement piece.  Day 190: A sudden and intense craving for cake was satiated by making simple yet delicious mug cakes.  The one featured above is a chocolate and coffee mug cake.  All you need is.. 3 Tbsp Flour  3 Tbsp Butter  2 Tbsp Cocoa powder  1 Tbsp Coffee poweder  3 Tbsp Sugar  1/4 th teaspoon baking powder  1/2 a beaten egg  Mix it well  Spin in microwave on high for 3-4 minutes (depends on the power of your microwave)  and you...

Hello!  Once again my weekly post is late but I am happy to just get it up since I have this cold that just won't quit! :(  I feel like my head is full of cotton and it just sitting up is taking effort.  But I've managed to read a few books- Persepolis, The Notebook and A No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book. What can I say, reading in bed has been the only thing comforting me this week.  But let's talk of week 27 shall we??  Week 27 was a splendid week.  The beginning of July and lots of going out and doing things and meeting some awesome people and hanging out with the cutest and squishiest baby! It was all good!  Let's see my week in pictures.  Day  182: Pretty packages from Etsy arrived in the mail. Little dashboards with pen loops for my Field Notes sized fauxdori. Day 183: Layering silver necklaces over a tee.  Day 184: Reading with Sherlock. How adorable is this bookmark? So cute! So b...

Hello!  Hope your Sunday is a good one.  Mine is just what I needed. A restful and lazy one.  I've had an insanely busy last three days, tiring but so much fun! That is why my Week 26 in pictures is coming to you four days later...I didn't have a moment to sit and recap my week. Today I've been catching up on sleep and rest and now with a big cup of coffee by my side let's look at the week that was... Let's see my week in pictures!  Day 176: The highlight of this day was these cookies! They are made of bananas, oats and almonds and they are divine! I was insanely hungry since most of this day was spent preparing and packing for my sister's three day trip to Rajasthan. I needed a snack and had one of these cookies and fell in love and had two more. Filling and lovely and not that bad for you. I am going to stock up! :)  Day 177: Woke up super early to see off my sister and it was cloudy and gloomy morning.  It was also t...