false 10956 31 This beautiful and sad first novel, recently adapted for a major motion picture, tells of a band of teenage sleuths who piece together the story of a twenty-year old family tragedy begun by the youngest daughter’s spectacular demise by self-defenstration, which inaugurates “the year of the suicides.” 812415 book 1993 The Virgin Suicides total:19494|5:4492|4:7519|3:5518|2:1578|1:387| 19494 72633 26034 1630 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 22 false Mon Jan 14 08:58:40 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:53:30 -0800 2008
what eugenides does so well is capture the mystery of secluded sisters, as seen through the eyes of neighborhood boys...more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 10 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue May 08 07:15:41 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 15:41:50 -0700 2007
Gorgeous, creepy. A suburban mythology. At first, I couldn't shake images from the film, which I thought might detract from really appreciating it as a novel, but in the end it didn't. I think that's because I realize...more...]]> 851753 0374284385 9780374284381 511 53 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178905250m/851753.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/851753.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 7 false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 09:09:08 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 19:00:07 -0700 2008 twice more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 7 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 01:55:45 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 21:54:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 1 7 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 29 10:12:52 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 10:25:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 5 true Sun Mar 09 19:46:39 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 11 11:51:23 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 20:46:03 -0800 2008 Of course many readers may already be familiar with the movie (which, while visually pleasing, ca...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 3 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 05:48:40 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 05:35:12 -0700 2007 the Omnivore's Dilemma. A few things got in the way of digging back into its meaty, not-exactly-grabbing flesh: moving across the country, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the fact that my subway ride every morning is pretty short, etc. And then this weekend I t...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 4 4 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 08 11:27:02 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 27 17:20:33 -0800 2008
The boo...more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 3 4 false Mon Jul 09 18:23:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 00:22:33 -0700 2007
then, a friend of mine in grad school taught it as ...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 3 2 false Sat Oct 04 11:19:18 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 13:12:26 -0700 2008 The Virgin Suicides.

It's 1970s Michigan, and a quiet suburb su...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 2 false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 15:14:29 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 15:15:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 2 false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 12:36:41 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 14:25:15 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 3 2 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 06:54:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:49:50 -0700 2008 Middlesex before this first novel, and it was very interesting to see some of the seeds for that longer, more engrossing and expansive novel in this one. On its own, this dark tale is held together completely by the novelist's style, which is formidable and captured perfe...more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 1 2 false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Jul 14 18:55:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 19:01:48 -0700 2008
I really liked the movie - and was probably in the minority. But it made me want to read the book, and probably because...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 3 1 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:49:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:07:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 5 11 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:02:25 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 14:55:26 -0800 2009 Cider House Rules and there are those where the author refus...more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 1 4 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 09:54:09 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 10:44:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 4 1 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 22:13:44 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 18:19:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 46181 0446670251 9780446670258 3156 272 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46181.The_Virgin_Suicides 4 2 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 26 06:26:47 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:54:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10956 0747560595 9780747560593 15378 1248 3.73 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides 3 1 false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 01:45:08 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 08:40:11 -0800 2008 I suppose that Middlesex is simply a hard act to follow (although I gather this was written first?). Having read that first, I was blown away by it, and unfortunately this didn't capture me the same way. I've just read the other JEs (I usually avoid reading them in detail until ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=851752