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A personal blog and commonplace book by Christopher Whalen

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Thursday, 29 January 2026

"John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs" by Ian Leslie - book review

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This was my Jolabokaflod from Fran AND I FUCKING LOVED IT! It made me cry multiple times (starting on page 2). There's something so touc...
Wednesday, 1 October 2025

My 2024 10Q answers

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It's that time of year again, the eve of Yom Kippur, when I follow a secular version of a Jewish tradition and go through a process of s...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025

"No More Parades", Book 2 in "Parade's End" by Ford Madox Ford - audiobook review

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This second book in the Parade's End series takes place behind the frontlines during the First World War. Again the pace is languorous ...
Friday, 25 July 2025

"A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Letters and Diaries" by Barbara Pym, edited by Hazel Holt and Hilary Pym - book review

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As the subtitle suggests, this is an autobiography of Barbara Pym made up of her diaries, letters, and notebooks. I wanted to read this firs...
Friday, 11 July 2025

"Some Do Not…", Book 1 in "Parade's End" by Ford Madox Ford - audiobook review

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The first book in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy, beautifully narrated in this audiobook version by Bill Nighy (He Do the...
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Christopher Whalen
Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
I was born in Dumfries, grew up in Ayr, lived in Germany, went to sixth-form boarding school in Edinburgh, studied at Oxford University, and now live in Bicester.
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