The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Hello Loves!  December has been all about cozy and comfy reading.  Reading by my moon light.  As cozy as can be.  Reading in bed.  Match your bookmark to your book always.  I've put away all of my other, more serious books in favour of all things cozy and Christmassy.  Made a whole new shelf of Christmas reads on my iPad. I've already read two books from this edit and might read a few more. 

 Hello Loves! December is Decembering away beautifully.  Here are some delights from December so far...  My adorable new light makes me soooo happy. I've wanted him for so long and his little face makes me so happy.  I've called him Sebastian.  Season's first gajar ka halwa.  Re-reading an old favourite.  My 2025 planner lineup.  Coffee in my alphabet mug.  He's the cutest. 

 Hello Loves!  Here are some recent faves:  Cozy and introvert friendly things.  December is allll about that cozy life and I just want to seek out comfort and joy and slow down.  Presents under the 🌲 tree.  Grateful and happy for the little treats.  New books 📚 on my eshelves.  Current Comfort Read.  Always hits the spot.  Christmassy corners of home and alll the joy they bring.  Happy Friday the 13th my loves.  I've already seen three spooky films:  The Well, on Prime is more gore than scares.  Grudge and Grudge 2, also on Prime were re-watches I enjoyed very much. Mostly because I don't think I've ever seen these films since I saw them first back in the early aughts.  Also started watching The Ring again and that's a classic.  The plan is to watch some more spooky films and make the most of this Friday 👻 the 13th and a full moon 🌕. 

 Hello Loves!!  Happy New Year to You!  I Hope this year is wonderful, kind and full of goodness and kindness to you and yours and me.  We could all do with a good year, one without any nasty surprises and good health and a return  to normalcy.  Pretty please 2022, be good. In my corner of the world 2022 started with chocolate orange cake, hot cocoa and hugging my family. Then my sister and I spent our night something we love: Setting up our new Planners and Journals.  My sister set up her new TN for 2022 and wrote in her new Faber Poetry Journal, which is a new to us planner, I will do a proper post on it soon.  I decorated the first week in my Inkbucket Planner and did some decorations in my new Book Journal and Blog Planner my Daily Pages Journal. I am still waiting on my Gratitude Journal to come in and to decide on what will be my Journal. But 3 set-up and ready to go are pretty damn amazing.  Here's a little glimpse.  Stickers and ...

 Hello Loves!  Happy Monday, hope this is not a manic Monday.  Let's kickstart the new week with some cuteness.  I got some very cute stationery in the mail, just a small little haul from a small business I came across on Instagram.  Here's what I got from Doodly Woodly Art. Love how cutely everything was packed.  Handwritten notes are always welcome.  :)  First up I got two sticker sheets of the same design. One for me and one for my sister.  We are both Potterheads and I just couldn't resist these beautiful stickers with some of my favourites from the Wizarding World.  These will be great for some journal entries or even perfectttt for the 1st of January when we have the reunion.  :)  I am already excited to both watch the reunion episode and do up my journal pages with these beauties.  And of course I got this Harry button/badge.  Cute!  I am wearing it on my sweatshirt right now as we speak.  It's a nice...

  1. Pouch from Pitaara: I am currently using this as a my journal pouch.  It stores my traveller's notebook, a spare journal insert, stickers and my pens.  Roomy and so pretty, it's the perfect size.  2. Notebook from The Ink Bucket: My current journal insert. Floral and field notes sized, it is quite lovely.  3.  A Kindle Sleeve from Label Mira: Well, it was meant to be a Kindle Sleeve but it's a bit small, so now it holds some A6 notebooks and some sticker sheets. It's too pretty to not be used. I love the colours and the gorgeous embroidery.  4.  Book Marks from Karubasona: Tintin and Feluda. Both in Calcutta being fabulous.  These bookmarks are a thing of joy and I use them as decor in my Bombay flat.  5.  Stationery Filled corners of home and this customised pouch of mine.  6.  Hufflepuff House Colours!  Such a happy colour and for some reason the Hufflepuff editions are cheaper than the other houses. Go fig...

 Hello!  After months of not buying books, I allowed myself a little treat of sorts in August.  I bought 6 books and was sent one by publishers. So a book haul after months had to be shared.  I already shared my Harry Potter haul a few posts back, so I won't share those again. These are the other books I picked up and I have read all of these books already.  Yay! Love it when that happens.  Buy books. Read books.  First up, I finally got my hands on this gorgeous children's book that I've had my eye on since it first came out. So pretty and DOGS! It's about a little puppy and Sudha Murty's trademark smooth writing.  A delight!  This beautiful book was sent to me by the kind folks over at Harper Collins, thank you muchly! I read Bhaunri by the same author last year and loved it and knew I wanted to read more from her. I already own Daura, which I hope to read soon.  I've already read and Loved this book. A full review is coming soon....