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BookLife Review: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (Kiran Desai, author) by Carol O’Day
Literary fiction, short list for 2025 Booker Prize, award-winning Indian author (2006 Man Booker, National Book Critics Fiction), diaspora, global…
Jan 15
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BookLife Review: 2025 Booker Prize Winnr, Flesh (David Szalay, author) by Carol O’Day
2025 Book Prize winner, literary fiction, Hungarian immigrant to UK, trauma, sexual abuse of teen boy, military service PTSD, sexual promiscuity, sudden…
Jan 8
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BookLife Review: Turtles All the Way Down (John Green, author) by Carol O’Day
Award-winning author, young adult and adult fiction, mental illness, anxiety disorder, thought spirals, young love, dead parent, amateur sleuths…
Jan 1
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Wishing You the Happiest Holidays and Mountains of Books
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from BookLife: Reviews for Readers. During this time of reflection, celebration, friends and family, may you find a…
Dec 25, 2025
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BookLife Review: Heart the Lover (Lily King, author) by Carol O’Day
Literary fiction, love triangle, parted lovers, secrets held and shared, friendship, loyalty, terminal illness, grief, award-winning acclaimed author
Dec 18, 2025
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BookLife Review: The Correspondent (Virginia Evans, author) by Carol O’Day
Epistolary novel, literary fiction, septugenarian protagonist, letter-writing, death of a child, grief, loneliness, estrangement, generosity, healing…
Dec 11, 2025
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BookLife Recommendations by Carol O’Day: Books to Gift for the Holidays 2025
BookLife Recommendations by Carol O’Day: Books to Gift for the Holidays 2025
Dec 4, 2025
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BookLife Review: Isola (Allegra Goodman, author) by Carol O’Day
Historical fiction, 16th century France, Canada, island wilderness survival, love story, ship, villainous guardian, tragedy, friendship, royal…
Nov 27, 2025
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