The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Book: Prankenstein  The gorgeous illusions in the book were delightful!  Book: Prankenstein Edited By: Ruskin Bond and Jerry Pinto Illustrations: Lavanya Naidu Pages: 121 Publisher: Talking Cub Read On: Hardback Edition How Long it Took Me To Read: 3 hours Plot Summary: I s your school a hotspot for jokes? Do your family members regularly fall victim to pranks? Do ghosts and spooks get you into trouble? Find every kind of funny, crazy, impossible mischief in this book. Here you will find the girl who turned into a sloth just for her mother, the horse who went to the library and ate up some classics, the substitute teacher who saw dead people, the play where everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and many more amazing tales of pranks and troublemaking! Selected by Ruskin Bond and Jerry Pinto, these stories have been written by some of the best children’s writers of the country, including Sukumar Ray, R.K. Narayan, Ranjit Lal, Sub...

Book:  The Boy Who Swallowed a Nail and Other Stories Author: Lalita Iyer Illustrator: Shamika Kocharekar Publisher: Scholastic India Pages: 72 Read On: Paperback How Long it Took Me To Read: A little over an hour Plot Summary:  Appa is busy trying to buy a buffalo, Amma is wondering where to hang a clothesline in Dhanulti, while Cheenu has happily swallowed a nail!   Lalita Iyer’s family is always up to something. Read about their quirks and adventures in this charming collection of stories. General Thoughts: I won't lie the darling little illustration on the cover drew me in. Plus the premise of the book and it's general vibe made me think of my childhood and I had to give it a read. Things I Liked: 1. The Boy Who Swallowed a Nail is such a charming little collection of stories! The book is classified and marketed as a children's book, but it contains life lessons and little jaunts down memory lane for those of us who were kids in the 90...

Book: Mrs. Funnybones Author: Twinkle Khanna Pages: 248 Read on: iPad Read in: 1.5 hours Plot Summary:  Good morning, it’s 6 a.m. and I am wide awake because the man of the house has decided that he needs to perform a series of complex manoeuvres that involve him balancing on his left elbow. When I fell asleep last night, there was a baby lying next to me. Her smelly diaper is still wedged on my head but aside from this rather damp clue, I can't seem to find her anywhere. I could ask my mother-in-law if she has seen the baby, but she may just tell me that I need to fast on alternate Mondays, and God will deliver the baby back to me . . .  Full of wit and delicious observations, Mrs Funnybones captures the life of the modern Indian woman—a woman who organizes dinner each evening, even as she goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her Mummyji, who worries about her weight and the state of the country. Based on Twinkle Khanna’s super-hit c...