the virgin suicides.

i'm a little late on this one. every girl read the virgin suicides when she was 15, right? right. i checked it out from the library a week ago and have been dying to read it since. if i could sum this book up in one word it would be:  dreamy. seriously. reading it felt like this. i tried to explain the plot to someone today and ended up just sounding like someone who was fascinated with teenage suicide, so i'm gonna refrain from dishing out another synopsis right now. i will say that i'm completely spellbound by cecilia lisbon, though. and bonnie. and lux. and ok, every single character in the whole book. i was pretty surprised that i didn't feel completely depressed after reading it, but jeffrey eugenides has this sweet little way of making morbidity somewhat ethereal and lovely. anyway, i'm a little hesitant to watch the film version, but completely intrigued at the same time. i probably won't be able to resist it for too long. well, i'm off to re-read the bell jar now! {just kidding}

also. i got talked into joining good reads-basically a place that gives you endless book recommendations based on how you rate books you've already read. i can't believe i'm just discovering this! after countless hours of skimming library bookshelves for something that catches my eye. sheesh.