The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 I've been away from home, Mumbai for over a year now. I came to my hometown in June 2025 when Maa passed away. Then in October I got my stroke and got paralyzed and any plans of going back home got indefinitely delayed. Now I don't even know when we'll go back. I miss home with a such severe longing..I miss my books, my stationery, my journals and my life.  I miss my books so much. I wish I could somehow I could teleport to Mumbai for an hour and grab some of my books to bring them with me.  I miss my bags. Not like I'm going anywhere but it would be nice to be with my bags.  And I miss little treats now and again. And I miss all to food from home.  I miss my quiet reading and journaling days.  And my miss coffeeshop reading 🎀 Hopefully I get better soon and go back to my ordinary and blissful life 💗  

 Hello, its me, your resident bookworm. I am still here, still around. Still healing. Still recovering from my brain stroke. It's nearly been a year, I'm slowly getting back to normal.  Life has been going on, I've been reading, journaling, moving my out of wack body and trying to manifest a future where I am somewhat normal again. My old life seems so far away sometimes. The life in Mumbai somedays feels like a dream, a fever dream. Hopefully I can find myself back to that old version of myself.  Here is journal eco-system for 2026.  My planner, my journal and my reading journal. I will do a detailed post on my very minimal system soon. I have really simplified my planner stack this year, mostly out go necessity. But I am quite pleased with how things turned out.  A stack of my beloved books. A TBR pile I made for August.  I haven't blogged since June! I meant to but most days I get tired by evening and just want to read and hangout with my Baba and sister...

 Days have lately been slow and full of family time.  Stared this new week with simple Bengali food, a Telugu film Hit The Second Case and re-watching a Feluda show~ Sabash Feluda on Zee 5.  Need to pick up a new book, I am currently not reading anything. I also need to make my July TBR. 

 June Begins….quietly and kindly. Books. Bookmarks. Totes. And delicious Banana Bread. 

 Oh April! Went by so fast, yet felt so long! Here are some favourite moments from this month:  April Brought~ Good Books, Summer Light, Sunsets, Good Food, Worries and Sadness and some bouts of Joy. 

 Hello Loves! I’ve taken an unplanned sabbatical over here. I guess the heat and summer time sadness is to blame for it.  Here’s what life has looked like in April~  My room flooded with light every evening.  Summer Sunsets. Summer Afternoons and Shadows.  My April stack of books.  Greenery outside my window.  April Journal. Quiet reading time!  Pomegranate Juice for the win!  Miffy being cute ☺️  My stack of journals bringing me so much peace. 

 Another Friday and another batch of Favourite Things.  Back to my laptop and writing after far too long and it feels so good.  Sensitive and not sorry.  A new to me show that I am binging and loving. Reading in bed and feeling cozy. Meem Se Mohobbat finale was just too cute for words. Light and trying to find my way out of darkness.