false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231707125m/6088733.jpg 2187 47 1352495 book 2002 Middlesex total:94086|5:34186|4:33009|3:17376|2:5944|1:3570| 94086 370555 136713 9425 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 5 118 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Jul 29 19:22:31 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:46:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 0 46 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 06:41:29 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:36:13 -0800 2009
I'd seen this book on the shelves of a number of friends and in the arms of a number of travelers, so I decided to pick it up. The title, "Middlesex", suggested English countryside to me. On the cover was what looked like a steamship, and a quo...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 2 43 true Wed Sep 26 07:19:51 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 06 08:45:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 2 22 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 13:19:48 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:48:07 -0800 2009
*Spoiler Alert* It's probably not a spoiler, but what I ha...more...]]> 361400 0374199698 9780374199692 1170 273 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174094087m/361400.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/361400.Middlesex 3 26 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 20:54:41 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 21:20:10 -0700 2008
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classics" for the first time...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 2 19 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 15:37:04 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:10:27 -0800 2009 I agree...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 5 19 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 15:27:44 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:07:55 -0800 2009 Middlesex.

I passed on this book for a long time. I kept picking it up in bookstores and putting it down. I've seen quotes from it everywhere, all of which were beautiful, and kept hearing wonderful things a...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 3 23 false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 20 05:42:01 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 13 11:28:56 -0700 2008 all the major players....

Incest, war, teenage girl-on-girl experimental sex, deadheads, undescended testes, and a 2 inch penis.

Yep, it took me all of one chapter to realize that Middlesex was referring to something besides a county in England.

B...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 3 11 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 10:22:07 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 15:02:29 -0800 2008 Iliad'. On the other hand, I had serious problems with some of the writing. I haven't seen my quibbles mentioned anywhere else, so I guess I'm alone on...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 1 9 false Tue Sep 11 20:37:24 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:10:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 605313 0676975658 9780676975659 517 138 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176230275m/605313.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/605313.Middlesex_A_Novel 4 8 false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 20:13:21 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:37:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 5 7 false Wed Nov 21 19:26:43 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 19:50:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 1 5 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 18:25:35 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:16:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 865668 1593977344 9781593977344 103 45 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179012395m/865668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865668.Middlesex 5 6 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 20:04:02 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 14:24:54 -0700 2008
I have not read the novel, so perhaps this is true. As an audiobook however, it was magnificent. The story was com...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 4 8 false Thu Jul 24 01:56:49 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 12:23:29 -0700 2008 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 5 8 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 22:13:50 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 19:54:01 -0700 2009 "Why?" she kept crying softly, shaking her head..."Why did you run away, honey?"
"I had to."
"Don't you think it would have been easier just to stay the way you were?"
I lifted my face and looked into my mother's eyes. And I...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 3 4 false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 27 20:08:01 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:31:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 4 4 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 05:01:48 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 29 15:02:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 2 5 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat May 24 05:45:51 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 05:46:31 -0700 2008
I read about one-third. I could not get past the incest that the author was trying to pass off as "ok." I think that John Irving handles the topic muc...more...]]> 2187 0312422156 9780312422158 88520 8274 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex 1 6 false Wed Sep 26 19:24:20 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 20:44:24 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6088733