The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello!  How is the weekend treating you?  Do you even realise when weekends begin anymore? I can only tell days apart because of my planner. Otherwise, it's all sort of blending into one.  But this weekend we are doing things right.  I've been up since dawn...well before dawn, I woke up properly at 5:00 AM and then after ambling around in bed till 6:00 AM I got up and got my day started.  Made coffee.  Took a shower.  Washed my hair.  Then I opened all the windows and let the breeze come in and bring in birdsong and light.  I then spent around half an hour just writing in my journal and doing morning pages, it felt so good to just put pen to paper and let my thoughts out.  This my journal at the moment. It's a field notes sized notebook from The Ink Bucket. Look at it's floral loveliness.  So damn pretty!  After journaling and a little bit of a planner catch-up, it was time to eat something.  So I fixed myself some s...

Book: My Sister, the Serial Killer Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite Pages: 240 Read on: Kindle Read in: 2 hours Plot Summary:  When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first.  Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other. Things I Liked:  1. I have been hearing really good things about this book for a very long time and so, I, finally...

Book: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Pages: 447 Publisher: Penguin  How Long it Took Me To Read: 2 days Read On: Paperback Collector's Edition Plot Summary:   Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what  really  went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.  But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endange...