The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Subho Nobo Borsho my Loves.  Today is Poila Boishak, aka Bengali New Year.  And it was a quiet day of celebrating.  It was too hot to wear something fancy, but we are supposed to wear something new so I wore a new tee-shirt.  Started a new book.  And ate a ton of fruits to cool down.  I don't know about you but I cannot with this heat 🔥 Here's what my day looked like today..  Cozy Frog 🐸 Babies.  Current Read 🕵‍♀️🕵🕵‍♀️🕵 Ray on New Years 🥰 Warm Wishes from her and me.  New tee 😍  Dobby forever 🥰 Blooms 🌺

 Monday Blues.  Some hints of blues from my camera roll.  📸 A pretty tiny bookmark. From Plain Paper Page on IG.  A fabric ring from Mela by Shreya that I love  A blue blockprint sheet and a book that made me a little blue.  An armful of bangles.  A tote from Lific and a phone cover from Taaga. Love how well they go together.  And finally the bluest skies. Not a cloud in sight. Everyday views out my window. 

 Hello Loves!  Today was  a sweet and slow day,  full of fun conversations and laughter and bookshop hops and sooooooo much joy.  I want to document the happy and wholesome days on my blog, it's one of my goals for 2024, but since I had a good day today I wanted to make a little, almost journal entry about it.  Went to Town.. South Bombay, my old very beloved stomping grounds.  Went to two bookshops and unleashed my inner bookworm and got myself some books. A lot of books I had never even heard of, that's the beauty of a bookshop~ you find new and different books.  Met my sister's bestie and her kids and husband and laughed and caught up and reminisced.  Listened to music 🎶🎶🎶 of the party kind on my way back home.  It was good.  So good ✨📚☕🥰💖✨

 Hello Loves!  If you know me, you know I love love love things made by hand and I have a special soft spot for embroidered things. Both my Grandmothers were skilled embroiderers, so every time I buy a piece of embroidered something, I feel like it's something my Thamma and Dida would like.  :)  We've bought from Rainbow Tales and Rhichita before, a couple of time and we love her work and her artistry.  We recently bought a few pendants and two brooches and they are so lovely.  Here's a little look.  Here are the necklaces.  This is an edit of small pieces and I love them. So much more wearable and easy to just throw on.  I love the tiny florals so much. The lavender ones might be my favourite but I do love the little bee so damn much. So cute and see how neat everything is.  These are the brooches and they are so lovely.  Florals again because clearly I can't have enough.  :)  Do go check out her shop and treat yourself ...

Summer is here.  And I am making a decided effort to find the silver lining and make the most of this season and not be such a frump about the heat and dust and humidity.  So yesterday morning I made a whole list of things I love about summer. Instead of my Morning Pages, I sat and did a deep dive into things I enjoy about summer.  :)    I went all out and found matching stickers to do up my spread.  Stickers are from The Bodhi Shop, I got two kits from them recently and I am really pleased with the quality of the stickers and other paraphernalia.  Here is my motley list of summer loves.  In no particular order.  🍋🍍🌻🍉🌿🍈 Summer also means summer salads. I avoid cooking in a hot kitchen as much as I humanly can. Salads, chaats and fuss free meals is how I like to spend most of May.  I eat a plate of fruit on most days.  Watermelon, grapes and of course Mangoes or even a sweet Papaya is my lunch on most days.  The Salad I ha...

Hello Loves!  Summer Styles in my books is all about comfort and Cotton.  Wear the softest and comfiest things and hope to keep the heat at bay.  I recently worse this very blue and airy outfit and this is what I want the rest of my summer to look like.  Rings galore.  Wore some of my old silver rings.  A rug on a friends terrace.  An armful of bangles.  Snacks.  My sister's bag sitting pretty.  My gorgeous little Tuesday Sling from Chiaroscuro.  All kinds of blues.  Pockets of peace.  No such thing as too much silver.  DETAILS:  Kurta: Farida Gupta  Bag: Chiaroscuro  Rings: Amber Jewels and Shops in Bangalore  Silver and Meenakari Bangles: Jaipur Silver Shops (I don't remember the names anymore) Cloth Bangles: Art n Light Studio 

  Hello April!  Hello Bengali New Year!  Hello Reading only Bengali Books in April!  Hello Summer!  Hello Mangoes!!!  I hope you are wonderful April!  Be Good.  Be Kind.  Be Gentle.  🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 Hello Loves.  I took some time off from Blogging. Life has been busy. I missed my Monthly Reading Wrap-Up for the first time ever in...years?  Damn.  I will get that up soon, promise. I read some nice books in March and I want to talk about them. Soon. That post is coming soon.  I had just the best weekend. I went out, Bandra and SoBo- Bookshops, Cafes, Silver Shops and hanging with people and so much fun conversation and just good times.  I am so happy.  As much as I love being home, it's nice to step out, dress up and do things.  :)  Here are some glimpses of my life lately... My Tuesday Sling from Chiaroscuro and I went out on town.  She is tiny and fits a decent amount of stuff.  Love weari...

 After a very, very long time (don't ask, it is slightly shameful!), I went out into the world today!  Went to a lovely bookstore that's been on my list for ages and did a spot of book buying and beauty shopping! Ate some yum food and just had a lovely day out people watching, meeting with friends and having a good laugh!  Here are some pics :)  A glimpse of my outfit and my cute mini backpack. The backpack is made of jute with leather trimmings and straps and  is from The LIFIC .  I stuck on some of my favourite pins and badges. These are ones I've had for a while now. Some are from Ali Express, some from Etsy.  We attended my sister's work Christmas party and so, both of us are in red because there was a dress code- only red, green, white and gold colours allowed. So, we did our best!  Our kurtas are from Kameez and shoes from Vrajbhoomi .  The highlight of our day was spending quality time in a lovely bookstore ca...