domeheid

A personal blog and commonplace book by Christopher Whalen

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Friday, 13 June 2025

"Some Experiences of an Irish R.M." by Edith Œnone Somerville and Martin Ross - book review

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This was recommended to me by my father-in-law, Tom, last summer, on the eve of our holiday to the west of Ireland. Only just got round to r...
Wednesday, 4 June 2025

"Solitaire" by Alice Oseman - book review

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Solitaire is Alice Oseman's first book, written in 2012 when she was 17. Its narrator is Tori Spring, the older sister of Charlie from ...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025

"Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives" by Lucy Mangan - audiobook review

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A lovely audiobook about books, read by the author. It follows on from Bookworm , her book about childhood reading and goes through her adol...
Friday, 30 May 2025

"Excellent Women" by Barbara Pym - book review

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Barbara Pym has been on my radar for a while, ever since I read about her correspondence with Philip Larkin. The fact that he was a champion...
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

"A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries: Volume Two" by David Sedaris - audiobook review

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This second volume of David Sedaris's diaries (2003-2020) follows on from Theft by Finding (1977-2002). His life is much more settled. ...
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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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