The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 November, you were good.  Little joys and a lot of coziness 🩷 Here are some of my favourite things/moments from November.  It's been a good month full of good weather, amazing books, films, coffee and tea and little treats.  Thank you November.  See you soon.  ❤🍁📖📓🌿☕🔮❤ 

 Hello November!  Hello Fall!  Hello Gentler Days and Night 🪔🌟🍁🌟🪔 Love that this month has begun on a festive note 🪔 and I hope and pray that the rest of the month is just as joyful 🌟🪔🌟

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

 Happy Choti Diwali 🪔  I hope your day included lots of light, love and mithai 💛  Here's what my day looked like:  I miss the Diwali of my childhood.  But now is good too. One just has to find the magic and joy for themselves.  I love how Mumbai twinkles and shines and how fairy lights and diyas illuminate every window. I hope this festive season is treating you well. 

 Hello, hello, I hope you are doing well and (if you celebrate) have had a lovely Diwali!  Ours was low-key and quiet but so peaceful.  Sharing some moments from our little celebration.  Our small altar for Goddess Lakshmi.  Sparklers! We bought two packets of sparklers and lit them for some joy.  Light  Lights  Since there is construction work happening in our building, our kandeels were indoors :) The neighbourhood all lit up :) 

From our home to yours -  Happy Diwali! 🪔✨🎇  Have a lovely evening! 

 Hello!  Gosh! It's been far too long since my last post. Yikes! I have no real clue as to why I've let things slide on here. I wrote and released my Short Story and quickly started work on the next one, which is up on Amazon by the way.  You can find it here.  It's called A Girl Possessed and it's a 90s ghost story set in Lucknow.  It's spooky and nostalgic and even funny in parts, if I say so myself!  :)  Here's the little cover I made for the book, featuring Lucknow's iconic Imambara.  :)  OK.  Now to other things.  The last few weeks have been kinda busy.  I've been writing, which makes me sooooo happy and I am so grateful to everyone who bought my books and have said such kind things to me about them.  Thank-you so much.  Lights at home.  We only put up diyas and tea lights this year.  There is nothing quite like the classic diya for Diwali.  Apart from that I was a little busy with Diwali, it was...