The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 October is over. A month of Durga Pujo and Lokkhi Pujo, the most festive month in a Bengali's year.  There was a good dose of spookiness.  & For me it was a year since my stroke and a long year of healing since.  Honestly I was a little scared going into this month, since last October absolutely kicked my butt.  But this month has turned out rather kind.  Here are my faves from this month... Maa in all her glory.  Planner pages that I've minimally decorated.  Terrace time while it rains and reading for a couple of hours, while people watching on the side.  Blisssssss! Reading an old beloved book from my childhood.  Reading Bengali stories for Pujo. I started this book back in April and read half of it for Nobo Borsho and picked it up again this month and finished it for Pujo.  Did a fair amount of journaling this month and it made me so happy.  Also new journals came into our lives which is always a good thing be.  Lo...

 Hello Loves! In the honour of Halloween and all things spooky, I've read a few thrillers, Not as many as I would have liked to but I read some good ones...here is my little list.  Haunt Sweet Home is my most recent read. A home improvement haunted house reality TV show which is mostly fake till some real creepy things start happening. Fun and short and an interesting look at reality TV.  CJ Tudor is an author whose work I enjoy very much. I went into this with very high expectations.  A father and daughter inherit a dream house in an ideal township in the US, picture a Disney like vibe, if Disney made ideal townships that had a million rules. So our Brits move to this town and things are a little off. Fun enough but eventually incredibly obvious and all the reveals and twists were so easy to guess.  My first ever M.L. Rio, this little novella is about a single night and a whole lot of strangeness.  There  are creepy and gore-y things and honestly I do...

  The days have been slow and blurring altogether.  And it’s been so hot and humid and muggy. It seems to be raining everywhere in India but where I am at..and I am not doing well with this heat. As always my books and coffee and films have helped. Can’t believe July is almost over. I’ve been reading mostly graphic novels and watching films with Baba.  I am excited for August to arrive and commence my annual Indian Books in August. 

 May went by oddly quickly. Here are some favourite moments and things from this month.  May was a mix of good and grief. I read 15 books. Watched so many horror films. Enjoyed the rains. Saw incredible sunsets.  Ate mangoes. Cried. Worried. Cold coffee was made with ice cream.  Life was lived. 

 All I want to do this month is lose myself in my books and ignore the world and all my problems.