The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  Another weekend and more books to read and live my best life.  My sister and I hope to spend most of this weekend reading and being still and happy.  I am reading two books at the moment. And my sister started a new book today.  Let's see what I am reading this weekend.  One Dozen Stories by Satyajit Ray, Translated by Gopa Majumdar: First up I am slowly making my way through these magnificent stories from Ray. All of these I've read before so this book is an absolute re-read but one I am always happy to embark on. A mix of Ray's best stories, some spooky, some sci-fi, some about everyday life and two from Feluda's adventures. A great way to sample his work and this collection works for kids and adults alike.  Young Blood by Chandrima Das: Next I am also reading these horror short stories set on college campuses in India. I have read only a couple of stories so far and I am really enjoying myself. We've been having some rainy and grey ...

Hello!  Another month is drawing to an end and it's time to catalogue all of the books I bought this month.  November has been a good month of book buying. I Went to Kitab Khana and got all of these books but one from there. I found some books I really wanted for a while and I am so happy with this haul!  So let's jump into it.  Oh! There will be a part II coming soon since I've bought 2 more books and gotten one from a publisher as well. That will come soon!  I read The Dinner by Herman Koch two years ago and really enjoyed it, so when I spotted this vivid red book on the shelves I couldn't resist it. It's about a book within a book and a murder, all good things!  Puffin India was kind enough to send this book my way for a review.  I have read and laughed and loved this book.  A full review is coming soon!  This book was on my radar since 2013 but I had a hard time getting my hands on it. I saw it in...

Hello!  Like I said in my previous post, I did a little bit of a book shopping on the 1st of this month--a great way to start the month if there ever was! :)  I went to Crossword and I got me some books.  Let's see what I picked up shall we?  First of all I saw this entire table of beautiful hardback classics and I just spend a solid 20 minutes looking at these beauties.  :)  They were on a Buy 1 Get 1 Free deal so I picked up 3 books.  I had to really pick and choose because I already own most of these titles in other gorgeous editions.  God! The problems of a bookworm.    Look at the colours of these babies!  Now on to the other, non-classic books.  A re-telling of Emma by one of my favourite writers, how could I possibly not get this?! Books Bought... After the Crash by Michel Bussi  Emma by Alexander McCall Smith  Above the Rice Fields ...

I got these set of books from Amazon in mid-May. I love how mixed these set of books is, I have 2 children's books, a romance, a graphic novel, 2 modern classics and some contemporary literature.  I've already read 3 out of these 9 books. Not bad!  Yay! 9 lovely new books to fall in love with!  ABC Murders- Agatha Christie  Winnie The Pooh- A.A. Milne  The Lover's Dictionary- David Levithan  The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon- Alexander McCall Smith Jules Et Jim- Henri-Pierre Roche  The Last Burden- Upamanyu Chatterjee  Victory Song- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni  A Handful of Dust- Evelyn Waugh  Kabul Disco 2- Nicholas Wild 

My TBR for this month, the last month of the year is fairly simple- I just want to read good books! Plain and simple! I have read 160 books this year- I am so proud of myself. So with this last month I just want to read books that are good, books that I have meant to read for a long time and haven't gotten around to. So here is my TBR: 1. The Outsider- Albert Camus 2. The Interpretator of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri (RR) 3. The Fakir- Sunil Ganguly 4. Switched- Amanda Hocking 5. Sense and Sensibility- Jane Austen 6. The Full Cupboard of Life- Alexander McCall Smith 7. The Asylum- Madeline Roux 8. The Illicit Happiness of Other People- Manu Joseph 9. Any book by Agatha Christie 10. Sita's Ramayana- Samhita Arni (RR) RR means Re-Read. What do you plan on reading this month? I might add a few holiday reads closer to Christmas to have some season appropriate reads!

Hello there! This is Debs. I am Pooja's sister. Our Instagram friends probably know me as Kookycookie :) I have been an avid reader all my life; saving up pocket money and school prize money to buy books. I read as much as I can and particularly make sure that I balance my TV and movie viewing with reading. I am fairly eclectic in my reading habits. I especially love world literature because it opens you up to the lives and culture of people who are different from you. I will be doing book reviews here at least once a week! See you around! Books: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series Author: Alexander McCall Smith Pages: Not Applicable| There are a total of 13 books in the series so far Plot Summary: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books are based in Botswana (better known for diamonds and also as the location for the utterly charming movie 'The Gods Must Be Crazy) and center around the life and shenanigans of Mma Precious Ramotswe- Botswana...