The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Hello Loves!  How has your Monday been?  Mine included a little stationery haul from Scooboo.  I was in desperate need of a new glue tape and I found some fairly affordable options on Scooboo.  So I got those and a few other things.    From left to right:  A set of 5 pastel pens.  A glue tape.  A rolling stamp.  & Two more glue tapes.  I clearly stocked up on the glue tapes since I don't want to risk running out. I have so many spare ones back home in Bombay, but I needed some here.  These pens are a 0.5 mm kind, smooth and vivid and really good.  The colours are unique and so far I am very impressed.  I am so happy to have some glue tape back in my life.  In the absence of these I've been using my Muji glue but it's kinda messy and not the most convenient.  This is a rolling stamp, you simply run it over a page and it leaves a print or design. This one has cupcakes and cabers and teddy bears I think. I ...

  Hello December!  Hello Blogsmas!  I am so excited to Blog everyday this month. Especially, given that this year my blogging has been largely hit and miss, I've gone days, sometimes weeks without getting a blogpost up thanks to the malice that has been 2020.  So this month I am sooooo kicked to get my blogging on.  So expect a lot of year end lists of all sorts of favourites from 2020.  Especially all of my reading favourites!  :)  I am happy you are here December.  One of my favourite months of the year.  I am determined to have a happy month!  :)  Here's to new months and new beginnings.  I am looking forward to see winter gardens blooming all over town.  DECEMBER GOALS///  1. Blog everyday.  2. Treat myself to little things.  3. Get my Christmas tree up and decorated soon!  4. Bake a Christmas Cake.  5. Go out...maybe....I haven't left home since October 2nd. And I think I am getting a lit...

 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...

Hello!  How is this Sunday treating you?  Mine has been super slow in part and full of manic Spring Cleaning in part!  :) I've been moving things around in my flat to give my home a new look.  For now..let's jump into some Stationery loves.  I want to share a delightful haul from Washilicious .  I mean just look at the packaging.  Look how gorgeous!  We barely wanted to open up the box it was so pretty.  Just look at how beautifully the box has been decorated!  Look at how pretty this rose gold wax seal is!  We ordered two stamps- one which is a wishlist one and the other says 'Herbs' with a cute little botanical illustration.  Apart from the stamps, we ordered these tiny (easy to carry on travels) rolls of Washi tape from Chamil Garden's new collection. It's called the 'Favourites' collection and each of these tapes features a beautiful abstract, collage-type d...

Hello!  And welcome to the first Stationery Sunday of 2018!  :)  For today's post I want to share some utterly lovely stamps from My Paper Projects, which is becoming our go to place for whimsy and vintage-y feel stamps.  There are five stamps in this set, which is called 'Corsage' and the artwork is simply beautiful!  I love floral stamps and this set has purely floral beauties like this one! Or this one that looks like they could be lilies or daffodils.  I also love the ones that have leaves and birds. These stamps are perfect for adding some interesting elements to your journal or planner page. Here's what the stamps look like in action!  I love how they look! This one with a fern leaf is a beaut!  Look! How pretty!   And here's more!  How to Order: These stamps are sold out, but if you follow @mypaperprojects on Instagram, you can bu...

Ring and the setting sun.  A city of lights.  Some favourite stationery bits.  A glimpse into my sister's dori and a happy mail day!  Bag loving.  This bag is from Jaypore.  Cactus on cactus.  The pouch is from Cyahi. The cactus bag charm is from H&M.  Hello!  Hope your week is off to a good start.  Mine was a slow one. After a weekend of writing my butt off I've taken today a little slow.  I am currently 15,300 words into my NaNoWriMo project and I am so happy.  I don't think I will finish my book by month end but I am more than happy to have made a big dent in my book and just to be writing again. I will write well into December and hopefully have my book finished by December 31st.  That way I will have a book done by the end of 2017.  :)

In today's edition of Stationery Sunday, I'll be sharing two new acquisitions with you! The first is a new Field Notes (FN)/ Pocket sized Traveler's Notebook (TN) from Speckled Fawns and the second is a set of floral collage stamps from MyPaperProjects . Here  is the TN. It is in Speckled Fawns' limited edition Stampede leather (that's now sold out) and this TN is so well made! The leather is really interesting and sort of dual-toned and lovely.  I love having an outside pocket as it comes in super handy to tuck in bits and bobs and receipts and things in it. I use this TN for my weekly chores, home-related expenses and tasks tracking.  The stamps are just stunning! I will share what they look like on paper in a future post. I love using them to decorate my memory-keeping pages and do some fun collaging on the pages of my Hobonichi.  A closer look at the decorative clips on top of my TN as well as at the leather of the ...