The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Happy Ray Day to everyone who celebrates.  Satyajit Ray is hands down my favourite Filmmaker, Writer and Bengali 😎 There will never be another quite like him.  So every year on his birth anniversary I re-read some of his stories and re-watch some of his incredible films.

 Hello April. Hello Nobo Borsho. Hello reading Bengali Books all month. Here’s what my first day of the month looked like… Made a TBR.  Read a little.  Drank coffee out of a spooky mug. Felt happy.  All good things. 

 Hello Loves!  Hope you're having a good first weekend of the year.  I read a little, rested up and watched some old Feluda films. Started a new book and even brought out my special markers to highlight. 📖 All good things. 

 Hello Loves!  Still recovering from my swollen gums and pain. Finding a lot of solace in my planners and re-watching some Byomkesh films and starting my first book of the year.  Simple joys.  I am having so much fun with my planners.  Goopy and Bagha to kick start my yearly reading. 📖 

 Happy Shashti everyone.  Pujo began with some much needed rain, after days of humidity and heat.  My heart was singing when we had some rains this evening.  So I made myself a cup of ☕ tea and cosied up with a comfort read~ Ray.  Here's what today looked like: 

  Happy Birthday Mr. Ray 📽📖📽  I am pretty Ray obsessed, everything from his magnificent films to his stories, his creations bring me so much joy.  I plan on reading this book, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray by Bhaskar Chattopaadhyay, through the month and watch, well re-watch some of my favourite Ray films. May is already looks promising ❤

 A little glimpse into what my day looked like today⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚　˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆  Coffee.  New Book.  Cozies ♡♡♡  A large cup of cold  coffee. ʕ •́؈•̀)  Quiet reading time.  Here is my current read.  A collection of horror short stories. The Devil's Teacup and Other Stories by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay is so far spooky and good fun.  I am glad I could include some horror in my All Bengali Books in April.  I am two stories in and really enjoying my time with these stories. 

  Hello Loves!  April has whizzed on by and it's time to talk about all the books I read this month and my thoughts and opinions on said books.  I try to read mostly Bengali books in April for my annual celebration of all things Bengali in honour of Bengali New Year, some years I read only Bengali books and don't stray off topic, while others I do find myself reading books from other places..and that's OK. I never want my reading to be so rigid and constrained that I can never have any wriggle room.  Reading is something I do for pleasure and joy and reading what I want and when I want is something I stick to at all times.  OK.  So this month I read some 11 books in total.  7 from Bengal and by Bengali writers.  4 from elsewhere.  I had a little bit of slow reading month (by my standards) and it's OK. I did other things and really slowed down with my reading and read some serious and heavy books that I had to slow down and sit with.  It ...

 Hello Loves!  I've been missing from this space for a while now. Nothing really, just life getting in the way and summer kicking my butt and making me slow down like never before. For most of April I've had some random ache in my neck and then the heat is making me all kinds of lethargic.  Life has been slow but good.  I've been hunkering down and reading and reading some amazing books for All Bengali Books in April.  I can't wait to do a Wrap-Up at the end of the month.  We did a spot of celebrating for Nobo Borsho and reset our home.  It's been good.  Slow and hot and good.  Here are some glimpses of what this month has looked like.  Finding comfort in Starbucks and oh look new journal that is a thing of beauty. I didn't buy any new clothes for Bengali New Year but I did treat myself to some books and some new stationery bits and bobs.  This one is from The Stitchery Room on IG .  Planner Pages for the last week of April....