false 356280 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241526360m/356280.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241526360s/356280.jpg THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
In a small New England town in the late 1960s, there lived three witches. Alexandra Spofford, a sculptress, Jane Smart, a cellist, and Sukie Rougemont,the local gossip columnist. Their supernatural gifts were intriguing, to say the least. Divorced but hardly celibate, content but always ripe for adventure, one day all three witches found themselves under the spell of a new man in town, Darryl Van Horne. His hot tub was the scene of some bewitching delights, but that doesn't being to conjure the half of it....]]> 217518 26 2859851 book 1984 The Witches of Eastwick total:2148|5:207|4:669|3:847|2:310|1:115| 2148 6987 3535 279 6878 3.60 23136 2684 23050900 54697 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.27 1979 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 3 false Tue May 27 10:21:28 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 10:21:28 -0700 2008 I read this book the way it ought to be read, or at least in the circumstances which are best suited for it.

I was away at a beach house for a weekend in the middle of summer and had pretty much nothing to do but lollygag around, smoke cigarettes, and read this book.

It's...more...]]> 47918978 1410136 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 4 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 14:21:06 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:28:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65468922 369169 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 7 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:34:04 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 05:45:14 -0700 2009 (sigh)

Having never seen the film, or read any Updike novels before, I really did not know what...more...]]> 37383261 718784 930056 0394537602 9780394537603 17 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937m/930056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937s/930056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930056.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.15 65 Artists, they sculpt, write and play...but that is all for the surface. Their beings are submerged...and malignant.

Most men quail, but not Darryl Van Horne. A wealthy stranger who arrives in town, he goes them one better...he sets up as an alchemist.

In John Updike's hands this material takes on a life of its own. Updike examines how women cope when they are alone...and how deprivation turns them into what they were afraid of becoming.

]]> 1984 1 1 false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 19:06:04 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:43:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55625892 2154083 930056 0394537602 9780394537603 17 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937m/930056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937s/930056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930056.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 Artists, they sculpt, write and play...but that is all for the surface. Their beings are submerged...and malignant.

Most men quail, but not Darryl Van Horne. A wealthy stranger who arrives in town, he goes them one better...he sets up as an alchemist.

In John Updike's hands this material takes on a life of its own. Updike examines how women cope when they are alone...and how deprivation turns them into what they were afraid of becoming.

]]> 1984 4 1 false Sun May 10 19:28:37 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 19:58:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14627839 57201 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 10:06:35 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 10:15:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 43806949 597592 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 1 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:14:42 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:57:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 18004527 907978 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 4 1 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 07:33:44 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 07:46:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10245599 674712 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 5 2 false Mon Dec 10 18:53:18 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 10:44:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 71211140 1367870 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 14:12:36 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 14:21:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64968363 2330379 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:41:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:47:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57483507 1623181 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 4 1 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 07:27:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 07:53:50 -0700 2009 Witches of Eastwick. I have not seen the movie, but the way it has been described to me sounds so different tone and plot that my guess is you can read...more...]]> 52099512 1530734 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 2 1 true Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:58:17 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 14:15:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52098622 1808283 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 2 1 true Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:50:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:51:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39871302 1060397 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 0 false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 09:57:15 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 08:16:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 60677674 4122 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 1 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:10:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 20:47:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4833739 294452 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 5 1 false Mon Aug 20 16:57:46 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 13:52:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 42045846 1154474 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 3 0 false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:50:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:47:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 46240867 715626 930056 0394537602 9780394537603 17 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937m/930056.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254427937s/930056.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930056.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 Artists, they sculpt, write and play...but that is all for the surface. Their beings are submerged...and malignant.

Most men quail, but not Darryl Van Horne. A wealthy stranger who arrives in town, he goes them one better...he sets up as an alchemist.

In John Updike's hands this material takes on a life of its own. Updike examines how women cope when they are alone...and how deprivation turns them into what they were afraid of becoming.

]]> 1984 2 0 false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:07:52 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:52:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 63366705 1383849 217518 0449912108 9780449912102 241 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605m/217518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259195605s/217518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217518.The_Witches_of_Eastwick 3.25 2148 To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike.]]> 1984 2 0 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 18:59:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 21:24:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=356280