The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  Happy Hump day 🎀 Here's what I did today~  Finished a great book. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix was such a wonderful and scary and moving book. Set in America in 1970, in a house for unwed mothers. We meet a host of teenage girls about to have babies out of wedlock. It's infuriating and important and has some witchy moments. I loved it.  Caught up with an old friend.  Ate delicious tuna sandwiches.  Ordered a few things 😁 my birthday month is coming up and I believe in treating myself.  Spoke to my Mom.  Chilled.  A good day.  Sweet treats.  Journal pages this week.  Three amazing books I read earlier in the month.  Two kid's books.  And one a handbook for memory keeping. 

 Hello Loves!  Had a very slow and lovely Sunday.  Read. Journaled. Relaxed.  Here's what today looked like:  Things I read today and loved alll of it.  This book is so wholesome.  I read Garlic and The Vampire last month and was so happy to reunite with Garlic and The Witch in this book.  Loved this collection of stories.  Slowly (on purpose) making my way through this wonderful book. 

 Hello Loves!  I've somehow managed to pull my back.  I might have slept weird or I pulled it while shoving my Christmas tree in the loft!  Jeez!  So today I started a happy cozy read.  Slathered on some pain relief balm and drank my coffee and rested.  Some journaling was done too.  Here's what today looked like:  Started reading Grandpa's Bag of Stories by Sudha Murty and it's just what I needed today.  Still making my way through Bengali stories.  But this too heavy to hold today.  Love my journal.  Coffee always makes me happy. 

 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. 📖 

 From my home and heart to you and yours a very Merry Christmas 🎄🌲🎅🌲🤶🌲🎄 Hope you've had a lovely and restful day.  I read some seven Christmas Books, most max cozy.  Ate some snacks.  Watched some Potter films.  Rested and Relaxed.  And felt joy in my heart.  Here's what my day looked like: 

 Hello Loves!  I am a big fan of all things Kid Lit. I believe that a good book that's written for kids works just as well for adults. A book that teaches a child via a story will have a similar effect on an adult or at least bring them some much needed comfort.  I read a lot of Children's Books, when I have a hard day or week, I find myself turning to the softness of a well written Children's Book. Here are my absolute favourites from 2024.  First we have two books by the same author, whose work I discovered this year and absolutely fell in love with.  1. Small Saul  &  2. Larf by Ashely Spires: These books are so wholesome and wonderful and warm and fuzzy and so so so cute. Larf is about a Big Foot looking for a friend and Small Saul is a little pirate. My heart! I love these books and made my sister read them right after I finished them. So so so good. The art is lovely too. Highly recommend.  3. Mukesh Opens a Zoo by Ruskin Bond: What li...

🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 Happy Diwali 🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 Subho Kali Puja 🌷🌸🪷🌻🌼🌸🌷 I hope you and yours are having the best Diwali. Here’s what my day looked like: 

 I've had the worst week. I have these super noisy upstairs neighbours and I've been so stressed and upset because they just won't stop banging and  clanging.  So my mood has been in the gutter.  And nothing I was reading was sticking or making me happy.  So I turned to some beautiful Picture Books to soothe myself and it worked like a charm.  Here are some beautiful books I've read lately 🌞 Five incredible and beautiful books that took my mind off my problems and made me so happy.  Now some beautiful pages from said books:  Heart warming stories and gorgeous art does wonders for my weary heart and mind.