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... that new sequel out now, written by Stoker's great-grandson or something. I know...other thread...
The Last Unicorn, A Wrinkle in Time , Brave New World or Ender's Game would all be good for me too. I've read them all at some time or another, but enjoyed them muchly and wouldn't mind ...
... Brave New World yet, I would lean closer to Dune or A Brave New World.
I am going to suggest something new as well. A Wrinkle in Time , I haven't read it since 6th grade, so it would be a check to see how it stands up to maturity (or at least the reader getting older...)
#2 - How on earth did I manage to never read A Wrinkle in Time while growing up? It was listed as a recommendation in Bookmarks magazine as one of the top time travel books so I had to give it a shot. Such fun to read. It made me wish I had read it when I was younger and could really relate to ...
I read my copy of A Wrinkle in Time to death...literally...the cover fell off after about read 25.
Tiffin
Because you like A Wrinkle in Time , you might be interested in reading When You Reach me by Rebecca Stead
Oh, A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorite books. Also, Old Filth sounds really interesting, and of course the review of The Earth Hums in B Flat was great. Your 2010 seems to be going great so far, book-wise!
Hi Tui
I've wanted to read the Earth Hums in B Flat for a while and just added A Wrinkle in Time to my wishlist too. Great reviews!
I loved A Wrinkle In Time when I was a child - I must try and get hold of a copy for a re-read.
... The Earth Hums in B Flat and Old Filth are both already in the BlackHole. I cannot tell you how many times I have read A Wrinkle in Time which remains one of my all-time favorite books.
What a start to the reading year you have had! Wonderful!
moving to list format, above
3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
... Boys by Charles McCarry
Non-fiction: I didn’t have an outstanding non-fiction read for June
July
Fiction: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Non-fiction: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
August
Fiction: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Non-fiction ...
... in the near future:
Augustus Carp by Bashford
finishing Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle {a reread I've been meaning to do for a while}
I think 10 might be a bit low for the first half of 2010, if I really want to make ...
... the first half of 2010.
JANUARY
1. The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
2. Old Filth by Jane Gardam
3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
4. Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Time Travel
1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 01/03/09 - (3.5 stars)
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... Dictionary
The Book of Guinevere
An acceptable time
Many waters
A swiftly tilting planet
A wind in the door
A wrinkle in time
Medieval folklore : a guide to myths, legends, tales, beliefs, and customs
Making of the English Nation: From the Anglo-Saxons to Edward I
Doctor F ...
... The Fellowship of the Ring
802. Lord of the Flies
810. The Baron in the Trees
818. The Nonexistant Knight
824. A Wrinkle in Time
855. The Summer Book
863. The Dark is Rising
886. Neverending Story
894. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
896. Nausicaa
929. Titeuf
982. T ...
I also read A Wrinkle in Time many years ago and several times since. I also loved it as well as the other books in that series. I wish I could tesser (is that the right word?) like they did.
A Wrinkle in Time is my all time favorite, and got me started on my love of scifi and fantasy.
... friend's life, but she doesn't know which friend or who could need saving.
Miranda's favorite book is Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time and those who are also fans will get some clue to the mystery, although knowledge of the L'Engle book is by no means necessary. The puzzle steadily ...
Man, When You Reach Me just seems to keep coming up again and again! And since I love A Wrinkle in Time I suppose I really ought to check it out.
Ive always wanted to see a movie rendition of A Wrinkle In Time . a great story and the effects would speak for themselves.
Great review Linda! You make it look so easy. I'm one of those who somehow missed A Wrinkle in Time but still really enjoyed When You Reach Me.
... the author weaves a tale of how kindness can heal and how small petty, nasty words and actions can harm. If you liked A Wrinkle in Time , you will enjoy this book. And, even if you've never embraced the wonderful creativity of Madeleine L'Engle, you will appreciate the journey of 12 ...
... reading twenty years later, and would recommend to your kids. (or in my case, somebody else's kids).
I just bought A Wrinkle in Time for cousin's kid A and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler for cousin's kid B. I did not buy them copies of The Babysitters' Club ...
... I've read a lot of praise for this YA book and so far it's living up to expectations. For fans of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time this book will mean a lot, since there are so many references to the L'Engle classic.
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I also got a bookmooch in the mail today, A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle. It's the Third of the Wrinkle in Time series of books, called The Time Quartet . I have yet to get the second book, so this will go on Mt. TBR for a while.
... the recommendation. I passed it along to my boss who has a middle-school daughter, who reads very little, but who loved A Wrinkle in Time . He's going to follow your suggestion.
... Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, a thoroughly enjoyable YA mystery. If you have a middle-schooler, especially a girl who's into A Wrinkle in Time , find a copy and wrap it up and put it under the tree (or on the kitchen table, whatever). You can't go wrong here.
... someone keeps leaving for her.
I wish I had a middle-schooler to share it with, all the better if they're really into A Wrinkle in Time .
... finally made me take it out, I must have been really bored, but I stayed up all night reading it!
I had already read a wrinkle in time , tarzan, Oz, Tolkien, etc., but I thought of those classics or contemporary fiction, not fantasy.
This is making me feel guilty, since I'm a lapsed ...
Catching up on threads here...
I'm glad you liked A Wrinkle in Time , Eliza. I loved it as a kid, and enjoyed it earlier this year too. If you are interested in more of her works, I'm not really a fan of the Wrinkle sequels, but I do love her Vicky Austin series, which is not fantasy, just ...
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorites, so I am glad to see if has found another fan!
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JANUARY
1. The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan 5 stars
2. Old Filth by Jane Gardam 4.5 stars
3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 4 stars
4. Giving Up the Ghost, a Memoir by Hilary Mantel 4.5 stars at the very least
Yep, definitely a L'Engle enthuser. A Wrinkle in Time is one of those books, like the Prydain Chronicles, that was read to me at school when I was about 8 and became a firm favourite. A lot of the books I read over those years at the end of primary school have a really special place in my heart; ...
... I've been reading a lot of these recently - dealing with some big subjects. A quick, exciting read and recommended.
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Finally read this after many enthusiastic reviews on LT (FlossieT I think you were one of the enthusers!). Very good, better than ...
double post - grrr!
For me it was probably A Wrinkle in Time , but I barely remember reading it for the first time because it was so long ago. I would have to say Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone definitely got me into fantasy. From there I got into all of Diana Wynne Jones books and became obsessed with ...
... Speare - De bronzen boog The Bronze Bow
1963 Madeleine L'Engle - Flits in de ruimte / Een rimpel in de tijd A Wrinkle in Time
1964 Emily Cheney Neville - It's Like This, Cat *not translated *
1965 Maia Wojciechowska - Net als je vader, Manolo Shadow of a Bull
1966 Eliz ...
Glossing over Pynchon and back to child prodigies... Baudelaire Fan-for-Life here.
A Wrinkle in Time is wonderful. My primary school teacher read it to us when I was about 8 (she was great). I also loved the sequels, but I know others have not been so keen.
You know, we had a copy of A Wrinkle in Time at the shop, and I saw my first rave review of it on LT... just after someone bought it. I'll have to keep my eye out for another one!
You know, I've also never read A Wrinkle in Time - I'd never even heard of it until I joined LT (where it is impossible to miss...)! It's clearly one that should be on the wishlist...
I just can't bring myself to read Eoin Colfer's Hitch-hikers book though - the very idea just seems so ...
oops - posted twice by mistake...
I may be 47, but A Wrinkle in Time is still one of my all-time favorite books! I am glad to see that you enjoyed it, Eliza.
As far as whiz kids go, have you tried Artemis Fowl? He is decidedly for the younger set, but I thought it worth the mention.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Tags: 1960s, fiction, YA, sci-fi, U.S.A.
Rating: ★★★★
Okay pretty much everyone I know on LT has mentioned this book in some conversation or other so ...
Happy Birthday to Louisa May Alcott (1832) and Madeleine L'Engle (1918).
... recommended
470. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - young adult; I really liked this book - it helps that I love A Wrinkle in Time - that Kerry (aviatkh) recommended; highly recommended
471. Undone by Karin Slaughter - this book crosses the 2 Karin Slaughter series that I am ...
Meg Murry
from A Wrinkle in Time
... wasn't in the mood for it at the time, life offered distractions, or I wasn't at the right time of life to appreciate it. A Wrinkle in Time is one such book. The first time I tried to read it was when I was in sixth grade, the second time was when I was in my mid-twenties, the third was just ...
... once I got the hang of it, the story was a fascinating puzzle involving friendship, the possibilities of time travel, and A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book). For much of the book, the interest stems from the puzzle, so I wouldn't recommend it to young teen readers that need a jump ...
... once I got the hang of it, the story was a fascinating puzzle involving friendship, the possibilities of time travel, and A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book). For much of the book, the interest stems from the puzzle, so I wouldn't recommend it to young teen readers that need a jump ...
... my kids and I finished Ms. Wilder's account of their second winter in DeSmet. Some passages brought tears to my eyes.
A Wrinkle in Time - a classic Newberry, Ms, L'Engle successfully writes science fiction for the non-fan.
A Wind in the Door - Another adventure for the family introduced ...
... Levine - Completed 13 Feb 09
- Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis - Completed 19 May 09
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - Completed 22 Jul 09
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - Completed 14 Aug 2009
- Book of a Thousand Days by S ...
... by Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer
115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
116. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
117. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle
118. A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
119. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo
120. Gilead by Marilynne Robi ...
... Grahame
4. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
5. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
7. Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl **DONE**
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl **DONE**
9. Charlie ...
#26 is Madeleine L'Engle's sequel to A Wrinkle in Time - it is A Wind in the Door. I loved Wrinkle and it was good to get back to the characters in this story. Altho the story was not as strong as Wrinkle, I enjoyed the good vs. evil portayal.
... the New Book shelves in the Boston University Library. He obtained special permission to take home bound volumes of Time Magazine from its beginnings about 40 years earlier to the present of that time (the 50s). Someone (not me) asked him if he skipped anything, or read every word of ...
... read twenty of these books, and the rest are not on my TBR list. I guess I'll work on it, although I cannot believe that A Wrinkle in Time was not included in this list.
... two entries on Clan of the Cave Bear?),and I only skimmed the entries of the books I had not read. If you read and loved A Wrinkle in Time , The Secret Garden, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Jacob Have I Loved, The Bridge to Terebithia, Flowers in the Attic, ...
... When you reach me by Rebecca Stead (2009)
children's fiction
Quite an interesting plot, styled around Madeline Engle's A Wrinkle in Time which children will enjoy. Miranda is an only child, her mum works hard and they live in a poorer part of New York. Her favourite book is A Wrinkle in Tim ...
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159. The Girl She Left Behind by Brichoux
160. Saint of Lost Things by Castellani
161. Bell Jar by Plath
162. Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle
163. A Fine Balance by Mistry
164. Pillars of the Earth by Follett
165. Scarecrow by Connelly
166. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the P ...
... by George MacDonald
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5. Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
7. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
8. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
9. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
10.Knock ...
... into a coming-of-age story set in post-Vietnam War New York City. When You Reach Me references Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time heavily, a joy for hardcore fans of Meg and Charles Wallace. It also means that it will appeal to about 95% of readers, though Stead’s appeal is less ...
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Escape to Warsaw by Ian Serrallier (aka Silver Sword - same book)
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
... mind, books I bought through the Scholastic Book Services with my own money when I was 8-11. The next one I thought of was A Wrinkle in Time .
They're all on my shelves, although not all are my original purchases.
The Westing Game, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Charlotte's Web, A Wrinkle in Time , Little House on the Prairie
I'll probably think of others that would be top 5, but I went with the first 5 that came to mind.
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- The Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne Reuter
- A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen - Group Read March 2010
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- The Face On the Milk Car ...
... and, w/ guidance of wise elders, capable of saving the world, into the world at large. Immediate ancestral works - a wrinkle in time , diane duane's "young wizards" series - but key, to HP's success was the expansion of the cohort of "special" kids.. Instead of the members of a family, ...
... and Von Wedemeyer
115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
116. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
117. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle
118.A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
119. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo
120. Gilead by M ...
... Collins Children's Books, 1953.
---. Onion John. New York: Harper & Row, Publishing Inc., 1959.
L`engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time . New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1962.
Lanham, Richard A. Style: An Anti-Textbook. Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, Inc., 2007.
Lawson, Robert. The Grea ...
WillowRaven,
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L' Engle is a great read! Enjoy and drop back to give us your review.
Sharon.
And no chips in A Wrinkle in Time .
I finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and started A Wind in the Door, a sequel to A Wrinkle in Time .
... my interest in Antarctica was, of course, a book. When I was about 12 I read Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle (of A Wrinkle in Time fame), which is part of her Vicky Austen series, and set mostly in Antarctica.
... aren't necessarily the best of the bunch, but here are a few that I think fit both criteria (yes, some are just honors):
A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L'Engle
Holes, by Louis Sachar
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
The Hundred Dresses, ...
... uiet
I thought this was fiction until I started reading it, but this is a memoir written by Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time . Lots of stuff in here about writing, about her own approach, and her experience working with beginning writers. It wasn't bad, but wasn't quite the book ...
A Wrinkle in Time has everyone forced to be polite, etc. but I don't remember any chips.
Have you looked at Madeleine L'Engle's series that starts with A Wrinkle in Time ? I think they fit what you described. There's an occasional scene that's somewhat scary, but they're not described graphically. Overall the books are very positive. Good luck with finding somethig you like!
I added five books to my inventory today.
Sorry, all books were mooched!
(edits for mooches made)
... fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Here is my list:
1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
3. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
4. The Stranger by Albert Camus
5. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ...
... You Reach Me -- a book I'm eagerly anticipating: a mystery for young people in which one of the characters is reading A Wrinkle in Time . Hmmm ... sounds like a good time to revisit that old favorite, too.
#65: Sorry you did not enjoy A Wrinkle in Time more, lady. It has been one of my favorites from childhood.
I am adding Bad Boy to Planet TBR. It looks like one I would enjoy. Thanks for the rcommendation!
... reminded me a little of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising books. You could also try Madeleine L'Engle if you haven't yet--A Wrinkle In Time is one of my favorites, and the sequels are good too.
On a slightly different note, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot is great fun--kind of like Jane Austen ...
62. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
63. First Love by Joyce Carol Oates
64. Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
I am not a big reader of science fiction or fantasy, but I read a couple of fairly recent titles for class. Then I read #62. I know it is a classic, but it felt very dated ...
I hate people sometimes.
Last night I felt the urge to read a little more of A Wrinkle in Time . It's a strange book and I'm trying to decide if I really like it. It has me interested. But it's just very different.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - I read it about a gazillion years ago.
... and Von Wedemeyer
115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
116. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
117. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle
118. A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
119. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo
120. Gilead by ...
47. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
-A children's classic that I never read before. It was just ok. Perhaps I would've liked it better as a child. I was surprised that God was mentioned so often. Not that I have a problem with that, I just wasn't expecting it in a sci-fi/ fantasy ...
I adored A Wrinkle in Time myself. The next one is even better in my opinion.
41. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A very easy read, but very good nonetheless
42. Hunted by P. C. Cast
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Literary Snobs : At 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and Beyond (Jul 23, 2009, 10:05pm)
10-11 A Wrinkle in Time ; 1066 and all that
13 Lord of the Rings; a canticle for Leibowitz
15 the Alexandria Quartet; the quiet American
20 be here now - Absences; the structure of scientific revolutions; das capital
25 Limits to Growth - (orig. Club of Rome rpt) ...
71/81 A Wrinkle in Time
I vaguely remember reading this book for the first time - feeling like I had just discovered something really, really good. I was probably 12 or 13. I never did get much into hardcore sci-fi, but I loved this series.
Many years later, I picked this up more for ...
Managed to get two more books finished today, though one was an audio book.
#33 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - This was a life-changing book for me back when I read it the first time. I think I was about ten and though I'd liked to read before then, this really made me a life-l ...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeling L'Engle is #17. What a fun and interesting read! I love the fantasy genre.
I'm still reading Mayflower and Tipping Point, but got sidetracked with A Wrinkle in Time which I finished last night!
A Wrinkle in Time or The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L'Engle
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Beauty by Robin McKinley
... the mix are references to Einstein, to science (a teacher named Mr. Tompkins?) and to science fiction (Miranda re-reads A Wrinkle in Time ), all of which add layers to the mystery of the notes.
The world Stead creates in this novel -- a reflective tween’s point of view, her friendships ...
I know I'm a broken record about this, but our own nannybebette aka Belva has a hot review of A Wrinkle in Time ! She really gives it her all...I'm now considering reading it again after 40 years based on her review.
And porchsitter55's review of The Geography of Love is still hot after two ...
Hey, Belva,
Just catching up on your thread after being out of town. Loved your reviews, as always! :) Have to say that A Wrinkle in Time was my all-time favorite book when I was a girl, and I couldn't wait to share it with my girls. They have read all of them, but I haven't. One of these ...
My first book I ever read was The King Who Rained a pun book.
My first sci fi was most likely A Wrinkle in Time for 6th grade, and I think followed by Anne McCaffrey (from my mom) and Isaac Asimov from my Grandpa. I'm pretty sure the first Fantasy that got me hooked was The Dark is ...
Jennifer, thank you for all your kind words (and a star, even). Oh, how I loved A Wrinkle in Time . My daughter in Tx and I have been discussing it so much since I read it. It was her fav growing up. She was 8 the first time she read it and still has her original copy. She, like you was so ...
... 1) a new thread and 2) over 200 posts on it! How am I ever supposed to keep up with you? And you've read some great books - A Wrinkle in Time is one of those books that completely shaped who I am (when I was little, it was so nice to read a book about a girl who was good at math) and I'm glad ...
... one was published in 1965. I must have read it about then--I don't think I was in junior high yet. I know I also read A Wrinkle in Time when it was reasonably new, but I don't remember hearing the term 'sci-fi' until I was in high school.
How does one describe A Wrinkle in Time ? It is like nothing I have ever read before. The story begins with a family of 6; mother, father; both scientists and the father has been away for several years on governmental business, Meg, twins Sandy and Dennys, and 5 year old Charles Wallace whom ...
It's a quartet: A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. I thought "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Many Waters" were the best. After "A Wrinkle in Time", I don't think it matters which order you read them in.
I think the first SciFi was Miss Pickerell Goes to the Moon when I was about 8 or so. After that was definitely A Wrinkle in Time . Fantasy, I'm a littler fuzzier on...probably not until the Mary Stewart Merlin that others have mentioned here. Amazingly, as a kid who read everything, I didn't ...
... to these by my aunt. I was also lucky in that the school I went to had a lot of fantasy fan teachers. We read the Wrinkle in Time and Prydain books as part of our curriculum.
My first non-young adult fantasy was A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony. I still remember walking ...
I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time as well, but I thought the best of the sequels (there were 3) was Many Waters, in which the twins go back in time and visit Noah and his family.
Hi there girlfriend! Well, I am so glad you are enjoying A Wrinkle In Time . It is one of my all-time childhood favorites! The sequel is not bad either (A Wind in the Door). Also enjoyed Gilead, so now I will have to check out Housekeeping. Later! Always a pleasure to be here.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1. Where did you get this book?
From my favorite independent book store Browser's Books.
2. How much did it cost?
$6.50
3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW?
I wanted something cozy, comfy and stress free to read.
4. How long ...
... books with black covers and that old school computer-y font for the titles. Podkayne of Mars. The Hero and the Crown. A Wrinkle in Time . Alanna: The First Adventure. Charmed Life.
I think I read these all in elementary school, with the possible exception of Alanna.
It took me a while to figure what to grab after Housekeeping but I finally settled on A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I'm enjoying it. What a fun little book with fun little people.
I read a lot of Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, Trixie Belden also. But for books that took me outside my own world...probably Wrinkle in Time and Gone with the Wind fairly early on (early teens).
Probably my deepest connection was with A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I don't know why. My life was ...
... have all liked.
Ella Enchanted
A Tale of Despereaux
The BFG
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Half Magic
A Wrinkle in Time
The Silver Chair
39) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I took a break from The Great Influenza to read this while on vacation, and I'm a bit conflicted. I really wanted to like this book. Somehow I missed it as a kid, but I've heard great things about it and probably got myself expecting too much. ...
Ugh, A Wrinkle in Time .
As someone who absolutely LOVED anything fantasy or Sci-Fi (and I still do, though with a bit more discretion now that I'm older), I don't know how, but it's somehow true; I couldn't STAND that book. I didn't relate to the characters at all, the plot dragged on and on, ...
... :)
Read any Newbery books lately? I think the last one I finished was A Long Way from Chicago. I found a used copy of A Wrinkle in Time recently - I think that will be my next.
I seem to recall (I believe from the "welcome" tour) that I can enter details specific to my copy of a book - in this case, A wrinkle in Time , by Madeliene L'Engle, which my late grandmother gave me for Christmas when I was 7, and ML herself autographed for me when I was 12. I don't have much ...
... and Von Wedemeyer
115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
116. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
117. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle
118. A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
119. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo
120. Gilead by ...
I started A Wrinkle in Time today.
In the hands of Leonard on my favorite show, The Big Bang Theory-- A Wrinkle in Time . It helps to know that Leonard is a physicist and was riding a train at the time.
Two come to mind. The Giver and A Wrinkle In Time .
I think sometimes we're just not old enough or can't relate to the topic of the book when we're that young when all that matters is finishing the stupid essay you have to do on the stupid book. I read Catcher In the Rye in the summer ...
Good News: I bought A Wrinkle in Time on impulse. I read a couple pages and I liked it. So why not right?
Well I'm not reading it at the moment but I plan to read A Wrinkle In Time eventually. I bought it today on an impulse.
Charles Wallace (from A Wrinkle in Time )?
... to SF, which stuck, consisted of Clarke, l'Engle, a canticle for Leibowitz and Bradbury all in jr high and (except for a wrinkle in time which my mom got for us) all were in our school library. Soon thereafter came PKDick, Dune, Ballard, Zelazny(sp) etc which i had to get out of the public ...
I agree w/ 23!
A Wrinkle in Time has some pretty sophisticated theology in it, and it's a great scifi read!
The Bronze Bow takes place in early Christian era (if I remember right)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond takes place in colonial America.
Number the Stars, a family protects a J ...
... as sci-fi but now I think about it they do have a sci-fi side to them. I wouldn't put them in this list though.
I sixth A Wrinkle in Time .
... as sci-fi but now I think about it they do have a sci-fi side to them. I wouldn't put them in this list though.
I sixth A Wrinkle in Time .
I'll second Heinlein's Juvies, they are all still good and I still read them from time to time. My kids read and enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time , I think it was part of a triology. They read them all anyway.
... seriously. (I think his juveniles hold up better than many of his 'adult' works.)
I'd also like to fourth or fifth A Wrinkle in Time .
No one has suggested His Dark Materials. Maybe too fantasy?
Arthur C. Clarke is one of my favorites, but I don't think Childhood's End is a ...
... does as well. Depending on what genres she likes, here are some of my favorites:
The Book Thief by, Markus Zusak
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - actually any book by Madeleine L'Engle - A Ring of Endless Light, An Acceptable Time - I loved all of those as a teenager
Ende ...
... picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Not sure, could be Fahrenheit 451 or maybe A Wrinkle in Time .
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
A Wrinkle in Time
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
The Good ...
66. Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Coville
67. Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
... and the Wardrobe highly.
If you liked those, I would recommend The Dark is Rising books by Susan Cooper and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time is definitely the best book in the series - I never really enjoyed the others. However, L'Engle's series about Vicky Austin is really great children's/YA literature. The first one is Meet the Austins, which is fantastic; other wonderful ones are A Ring of Endless Light and ...
Just finished A Wrinkle in Time and really enjoyed it. Not sure if I'll continue with the series, but it was a very good read on its own.
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorite books. I hope you enjoy it!
yay! it works now.
and my highest count is 43 out of 50. naturally, it's a Harry Potter. after that it's A Wrinkle in Time , surprisingly, at 42/50.
I've started reading A Wrinkle in Time in between segments of Anna Karenina. I've never read anything by L'Engle before--somehow missed this book growing up. I'm only a few pages in, but I have high hopes for it.
... (Lois Lowry)
4 - Have Spacesuit Will Travel (Robert Heinlein)
4 - The White Mountains series (John Christopher)
4 - A Wrinkle in Time ( Madeline L’Engle)
3 - Childhood’s End (Arthur C. Clarke)
3 - The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
3 – The Zero Stone (Andre Norton)
2 - ...
first, probably a wrinkle in time ~ 11 yrs old; then, a few years later, a book on Buddhism by Christmas Humprhreys - though i don't remember the title.
I don't see A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door, and A swiftly Tilting Planet mentioned yet, so I'll add those to the list. I'd say they work well with the themes you're looking for. I'd also recommend The Chronicles of Narnia. Both of those series have been around for quite a while -- ...
... by Edith Nesbit
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5. Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
7. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
8. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
9. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
I second A Wrinkle In Time , The Dark is Rising series which actually starts with Over Sea, Under Stone, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ingo. I LOVE Howl's Moving Castle. It is so well written and it is one of the few books I have re-read again and again. The others being The dark is rising ...
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083) by Andrea White
The Hunger Games
A Wrinkle in Time
The White Mountains --which may be a part of a series--it's been a long time since I read it.
I've talked about Surviving Antarctica on another post somewhere in LT--highly recommend to anyone ...
... and Double Identity are wonderful books! I have already seconded Jenna Fox but I second Double Identity.
>61 I vote for the Wrinkle in time as well.
I noticed that the girl who could fly is not mentioned in any of the lists. I feel that is a good one for YA. I thought i already suggested ...
... Card)
5 - Jumper (Steven C. Gould)
5 - The Giver (Lois Lowry)
3 - Childhood’s End (Arthur C. Clarke)
3 - A Wrinkle in Time ( Madeline L’Engle)
2 - The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Mary E. Pearson)
2 - The Bar Code Tattoo (Suzanne Weyn)
2 - City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau)
...
... are great YA dystopic fiction books. Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith are very good YA fantasies. A Wrinkle in Time is a great YA classic. House of the Scorpion is pretty powerful stuff. I love almost everything Garth Nix writes, especially Sabriel, Lirael, ...
... New World and even Ayn Rand (not that we understood it) in high school! Some personal favorites I can remember are A Wrinkle in Time , The Giver, Bradbury and Heinlein.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Read within the past year.
... than I, have read the entire series multiple times. Thank goodness they like to reread! My favorite book at 9 was A Wrinkle in Time .
#8 Hi, Robert! Thanks for the info on the book. I guess that one goes on the amazon list ASAP. I have a hard time picking which books from my ...
... (H. M. Hoover)
2 - The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
2 - The White Mountains series (John Christopher)
2 - A Wrinkle in Time ( Madeline L’Engle)
... on novel by gould.
The Delikon and Children of Morrow hm hoover (a very underappreciated SF writer for kids and YA)
a wrinkle in time - classic and v. good.
aliens in the family margaret mahy
un lun dun China Mieville
there and back again Pat Murphy - terrific SF take/homage to ...
... by Robert Frost
3. A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thoman
4. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle
6. Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7. Anna Karinina by Leo Tolstoy
8. The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard ...
I second or third The Hunger Games, The Giver, Childhood's End, City of Ember and also recommend:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle
Jumper by Steven Gould
Wind Singer by William Nicholson
... by William Goldman
2. The Young Wizard books by Diane Duane
3. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
4. A Wrinkle in Time (and sequels) by Madeleine L'Engle
5. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
... paper)
Four Major Plays: Volume 1: A Doll House; The Wild Duck; Hedda Gabler; The Master Builder (Signet Classics)
A Wrinkle in Time
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3)
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2)
The Joy Luck Club
Paris to ...
... by (ahem) Meg Waite Clayton
Waiting for Gertrude
Dearly Devoted Dexter et al
The Invisible Wall
Ireland
A Wrinkle in Time
... now:-).
Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, Trixie Belden were my heroines at that time, too. I still love good mystery stories.
Wrinkle in Time was a favorite, but I did not even know the other books about the Murrays existed until about fifteen years ago.
In junior high (late 60's) Stranger in ...
... reading I Know It's Over. It hasn't really grabbed me yet, but I'm only a couple chapters in so far.
I'm listening to A Wrinkle in Time in the car right now, since I finished SS and wanted something else to listen to. It's read by the author, which is really neat. Next up, I think I will ...
... Adrienne – Alex and the Ironic Gentleman
Kurzweil, Allen – Leon and the Champion Chip
L’Engle, Madeline – A Wrinkle in Time (R)
Matas, Carol & Perry Nodelman – Of Two Minds
McCaffrey, Anne & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough – Changelings
McGoogan, Ken – Ancient Mariner
...
... and some odd book by the so-called Pseudonymous Bosch. I have read a lot of things aloud to her, from Narnia books to Wrinkle in Time to Hill's End and Alice in Wonderland and all of those have gone over well, but I don't think she could read them to herself.
Thanks for all ...
OOH, I'm in!
BOOKS
A Wrinkle in Time
Whitney Chronicles
To Kill a Mockingbird
Alanna
War Letters
AUTHORS
Tamora Pierce
Madeleine L'Engle
Andrew Carroll
Dee Henderson
Eoin Colfer
FOOD
Cinnamon Toast
Chicken Fettucine Alfredo
Rice (any kind)
Chocolate
Muffins/Donut ...
my first book crush was Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time
I was geeky like Meg & wore thick glasses and SOOO wanted a boy like Calvin
... the cover fell off.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Chronicles of Narnia! and the Time Trilogy and Podkayne of Mars and...oh yea, The Secret Garden and the entire Eloise Series and... and... I liked books. (still do)
7) What is the worst book ...
#53: A Wrinkle In Time sounds very interesting! Hope my library has that one. :)
I've finished A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (my review is In the Shadow of Mt. TBR ), and I didn't have to die trying :-D I am very glad I didn't give up on the book, a book I've been ...
I finished A Wrinkle in Time (review In the Shadow of Mt. TBR ), and it didn't kill me ;-) Actually, I'm very glad I didn't give up on this book. I was very much surprised by a few things in the ...
I finished A Wrinkle in Time (review In the Shadow of Mt. TBR ), and it didn't kill me ;-) Actually, I'm very glad I didn't give up on this book. I was very much surprised by a few things in the ...
... a Wandering Man – Louis L’Amour
On the Beach – Nevil Shute
A Gentle Madness – Nicholas Basbanes
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
... street in Edinburgh. Alba go bragh, let me tell you! :-p
all other reads are pretty much the same.
Next main book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l'Engle. I have started, but never finished, this book three or four times in my life. The farthest I've gotten so far is chapter 4, but I ...
... street in Edinburgh. Alba go bragh, let me tell you! :-p
all other reads are pretty much the same.
Next main book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l'Engle. I have started, but never finished, this book three or four times in my life. The farthest I've gotten so far is chapter 4, but I ...
... to Bertie, which is the next book in the series and should have the birth of Bertie's new sibling in it. :-D
Next up A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l'Engle. I've started this book three or four times in my life, but never been able to finish it. I should have the first chapter memorized ...
Favorites:
1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
4. Passage to India by E.M. Forster
5. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
6. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
7. Palace Walk ...
...
7. To the Lighthouse-Woolf
8. The Autograph Man-Smith
9. Out of Africa- Dineson
10. East of Eden- Steinbeck
11. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Kesey
13. Ethan Frome- Wharton
14. Treasure Island- Stevenson
15. The Brothers Karamazov- Dostoev ...
... also like this.
Note: I feel like there were definitely tones of other books mixed in here pretty strongly, including A Wrinkle in Time , which I hated. Somehow, it offended me less here. I'd explain, but doing so would ruin important bits and I'd hate to do that.
*If you haven't ...
... read The Lord of the Rings one of these days - but then, I think EVERYONE should read The Lord of the Rings!
Re: A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle's book is on a lot of banned books lists, and is challenged ever year. Ironically, her secular fans criticize the book for being too religious, ...
I love A Wrinkle in Time , but was surprised that you mentioned there was Christian imagery in it. That was the first I had heard about it. *sigh* I am totally dense about these things, being raised in a ethnicity/household that is completely non-religious. I didn't even know about the Narnia ...
Congratulations on your "Hot Review", reflected today on the Home page, for A Wrinkle in Time . It was a well written review and certainly deserves praise.
Way to go!!!!
Speaking as a long time lover of A Wrinkle in Time (it came out when I was in Jr. High), I reread my copy fairly recently. I also was surprised at the amount of preachiness embedded in the story--more than I recalled, and now it took more away from the story than when I was younger. Still a true ...
... regarding YA books you are reading.
There is such wisdom in so many of the books in this genre.
Like you, I read A Wrinkle in Time a long time ago. Perhaps I need to revisit this book.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I went to the library early this week and decided to read a few children's classics that I haven't read in many years, or have never read at all. This book was one of them. So, you can all look forward to a lot of children's ...
... (no idea why--I would have been way to chicken to live in the woods; I've been camping exactly ONCE in my whole life!); A Wrinkle in Time ; Pippi Longstocking
Currently reading A Wrinkle in Time - it was one of my favs as a kid, but I haven't read it in a while.
YA
1. Wake
2. The Graveyard Book
3. Wintergirls
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
7. The Book Thief
8. An Abundance of Katherines
9. Inkheart
7. A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle
I was recommended to read this book by a friend on LT. It is a really imaginative story and a quick read.
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
... I always get stuck on her books. I just get to a point where I can't read it anymore...
It's about Meg and Calvin (from Wrinkle in Time ) and their chilren; well, actually, mainly about their children. Along with this boy named Simon, and some other people, they are traveling on a boat, to Sou ...
... them as I find them in the library and I don't have a particular order, rhyme or reason. Before my Newbery journey, I read A Wrinkle in Time , The Giver, and last year I believe Anita recommended Walk Two Moons. I liked that one so much I recommended it to my book club members as one of our ...
... Obviously not that much, eh?
I don't know if I've done this before for you, but some of my favorite Newbery winners are A Wrinkle in Time , The Giver, Walk Two Moons, Sarah, Plain, and Tall, The Hero and the Crown, Jacob Have I Loved, The Bridge to Terabithia, and The Witch of Bla ...
Humph. A Wrinkle in Time has been done already. darn.
I have not read A Shortcut in Time but i have read Time's Last Gift.
... down to these, I'll vote for
1. Walter Dean Myers (my students love him)
2. Madeleine L'Engle (hated her, never finished A Wrinkle in Time
3. Blue Balliett (loved The Wright 3)
I haven't read Hard Time
A Wrinkle in Time .
... of Stephenie Meyer. I agree she doesn't have King's polish -- or the sheen of great YA fiction of my era such as A Wrinkle in Time . I cringed at her repetitive descriptions -- "deafening engine" and "earsplitting rumble" in the same paragraph, for example. And how many times do we ...
... gets embarrassed. Like me. ;) I related alot to him, despite my not being a typical fantasy reader.
Oh, and Calvin from A Wrinkle In Time . Or maybe Progo. That was my favorite series as a child.
... (which were of course never completely finished when the next inspiration hit). At one point I had 3 copies of L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time just so one copy could be shelved with "Sci-Fi," one with "Youth", and one with "general fiction" (so it could be with her other "grown-up" works).
LT ...
I just read A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle for the first time and enjoyed it; I think it's quite suitable for a younger reader.
Lots of fantasy choices would be good, too: the C.S. Lewis books (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and the rest) and also McCaffrey's Dragonriders series. Tons ...
... - ones I wanted to reread, many because of this challenge!
1. Watership Down *****
2. A Wrinkle in Time Little Women ****
4. The Castle of Otranto ***
5. Heart of Darkness ****
6. < ...
... newest work is out this summer. Some works, like Madeleine L'Engle I read again & get something new out of it. I read A Wrinkle in Time when I was a kid, strictly as as scifi; read it again in college, it was like reading an entirely different book. Lots of nuances and theology I'd never ...
The first titles to come to mind are A Wrinkle In Time and the rest of the books in the time quartet. I loved reading them and realizing that Meg and Calvin were crazy for each other.
Sarah Dessen's books might also fit the bill.
... .
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini... I may read it before HP.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I have started this book at least three times in my life (most recently making it to chapter four, a new record), but this time I ...
... year I've read The Graveyard Book (2009 Winner) and Miss Hickory (1947 Winner).
Some of my all time favorites are A Wrinkle in Time (1963 Winner), The Egypt Game (1968 Honor), Enchantress from the Stars (1971 Honor), and The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959 Winner).
I recommend A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. One of the first works of sf/f I ever read.
Im currently enjoying A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, The View from Saturday, A Long Way from Chicago and other books by Richard Peck, Sharon Creech books, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Esperanza Rising, Dust by Arthor Slade, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Hoot, Peter Pan in Scarlet, Mir ...
Island of the Blue Dolphins was an assigned book in elementary school. Along with Julie of the Wolves, A Wrinkle in Time and a few others it is one I liked enough to talk my parents into buying for me so I could read it over and over.
I still have my copies of Island of the Blue Dolphins ...
I LOVED A Wrinkle in time and My Side of the Mountain.......I believe there is a sequel to My side of the mountain .....On the Far Side of the Mountain......those books are fantastic. I never did read the entire A Wrinkle in time series..I need to get on that!! Thinking about it now, Dia ...
... has been long enough that I don't remember much about it anymore. I gave my young niece a copy for Christmas, along with A Wrinkle in Time and My Side of the Mountain. (These books may be a bit advanced for her, but I didn't want to wait too long to give them, for fear that they'd be too ...
Some things I liked when I was younger (although I am not totally sure the age):
Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time series.
The Chronicles of Narnia
Jules Verne and H. G. Wells have good short sci-fi stories
Lynne Reid Banks fantasy books - these might be a bit too young
The Giver by Lo ...
#72: A Wrinkle in Time rates as one of my all-time favorite books. I am so glad you enjoyed it, but the rest of the series does not measure up to it, IMHO. I will be watching to see what you think of them.
#17: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I was in such a jolly mood after the Ibbotson that I decided to carry on in the vein of children's fantasy -- a favorite genre of mine anyway -- by returning to this classic. I was a little surprised by the book -- which makes me think that I didn't ...
Yea, it was kinda scary but no tornado just a bad storm. Thank you, we are A-OK. :)
I never did read A Wrinkle in Time , I just watched X-Files with my sister.
... Maltin anytime.
Of course, I also will read The Chronicles of Narnia, any Roald Dahl, the Young Wizards books, A Wrinkle in Time and sequels, Hitchhiker's Guide, Maniac Magee... Favorites from when I was younger.
I was a much bigger rereader as a kid -- I must have read The F ...
... of Death by B J MacHale
Only You can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
Surviving Antarctica 2083 by Andrea White
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
... be aware our computers will be down and any comments and messages to us will have to wait..
I will probably break out A Wrinkle in Time to read, since my fear of storms is great and I will need to calm myself. (I tend to have panic attacks.)
Catey
The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)
Encyclopedia Brown (Series)
Wrinkle in Time (Series)
Clarence the TV Dog (Series)
Free to Be You and Me
Raggedy Ann Stories
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (a puppet storybook)
Inside, Outside, upside Down (Picture Book)
Cowboy Dan (Picture Book)
Ri ...
... Louisa May Alcott
The Third Heiress by Brenda Dworman Joyce
Meet the Austin's by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter
Th ...
I have three favorite reads: A Wrinkle in Time , The Neverending Story and Journey of Hope.
... as a youngster and liking it a lot.
The ones you might have heard of, Booksloth, are The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, A Wrinkle in Time or The Giver. One that I love and did not realize was a Newbery book was Holes by Louis Sachar.
Narnia
LOTR
Half Magic
Wrinkle in Time
Secret Garden
Louisa May Alcott, especially Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jo's Boys and An Old Fashioned Girl
... read these so far in my life (well on that list anyway):
Pride and Predjudice
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
A Wrinkle in Time
Wuthering Heights
Anne of Green Gables
Little Women
Romeo and Juliet
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
A Wizard of Earthsea
A Ring ...
... Wojciechowska - Shadow of a Bull
1964 Emily Cheney Neville - It's Like This, Cat
1963 Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
1962 Elizabeth George Speare - The Bronze Bow
1961 Scott O'Dell - Island of the Blue Dolphins
1960 Joseph Krumgold - On ...
... ny
Le Petit Prince (really funky author info going on for that touchstone)
The Jungle Book
Instant Guide to Birds
A Wrinkle in Time
In a Dark Wood
And I borrowed:
The Shack
The Other Queen
Chatterton
The Nanny Diaries
(Those last three are more aptly referred to ...
... one before I forget the name again. :) My all-time favorite children's books are Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. And A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle for older kids.
By the way, I am almost finished with Kidnapped. It is a pretty fast read. I was a little undecided about ...
and just because most poems i post are ..."nice"..and the sci-fi reference to a wrinkle in time
New Lace Sleeves
The dress is nice. It fits you like a curse.
I mean, a corpse. A corset? Maybe that's it.
Something that might be worn by Mrs. Whatsit--
or is it Which? Who knows. The point ...
... a Pearl Earring
Matilda
The City of Ember
Coraline
Zodiac
Ordinary People
The Outsiders
The Mist
A Wrinkle in Time
Ella Enchanted
Many of the Narnia books
The Golden Compass
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Harry Potter books
Holes
The Lovely Bones
Cirque ...
... Day
Mrs. Miniver
Random Harvest
Lost Horizon
Cheaper By the Dozen
The Handmaid's Tale
Angels and Insects
A Wrinkle in Time
The English Patient
The Lover
In This House of Brede
Harp of Burma
Howl's Moving Castle
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorite books and one I try to re-read on a regular basis, so yes, I do think it deserves awards, praise, etc.
... ery
Overheard in a dream by Torey Hayden
Somebody else's kids by Torey Hayden
The Sunflower forest by Torey Hayden
A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle (i am going to read this once i have finished Anne Frank's diary)
Hi, Benjamin!
You are off to a great start! A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorite books. Which one do you like the best that you have read so far this year? Right now I am reading Kidnapped, but I have just started it, so I am not sure what I think about it yet.
Happy Reading!
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The Princess Bride William Goldman
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
The Iliad Homer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll ...
I know, I'm a jerk, but I'm bumping this yet again. I'm beginning to think that perhaps I've combined my memories of A Wrinkle in Time with something else. But I still know for an absolute fact that the book for which I've been searching has a passage in which the girl says something about ...
Here are some of my favorites/suggestions:
A Wrinkle in Time
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Harry Potter
The Diary of a Young Girl
Lord of the Rings
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Old Man in the Sea
... books where the religious themes are more overt. I think Madeleine L'Engle is a perfect example of this--I read and enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time when I was younger, completely missing any religious ideas, and was sort of offended when I re-read it later and felt like she had been trying to trick me. ...
... and don't detract from the writing). If I had read this when I was younger, I think it would have affected me the same way A Wrinkle in Time and Exodus did. For that reason, I give it five stars -- meaning Pure Bliss.
Note: As I've noted elsewhere, the Touchstones for this book and the ...
... and don't detract from the writing). If I had read this when I was younger, I think it would have affected me the same way A Wrinkle in Time and Exodus did. For that reason, I give it five stars -- meaning Pure Bliss.
Note: As I've noted elsewhere, the Touchstones for this book and the ...
... there was a Scottish King James or something?
And thanks for the feedback and the consensus that it's safe to re-read A Wrinkle In Time and the Joan Aiken books. I'll make it a priority to track them down ASAP!
I wholeheartedly agree about A Wrinkle in Time which is one of my all-time favorite books and one I routinely re-read. I have not read Black Hearts in Battersea or The City and the Stars, but I will put them on Continent TBR.
I never read any Arthur C. Clarke but I adored A Wrinkle In Time and Black Hearts in Battersea around the same age and they've both stood up well for rereading for me.
... beautiful it is, it will never be as profoundly affecting as the books I read soon after my age reached double figures. A Wrinkle In Time , Black Hearts In Battersea and, indeed, The City And The Stars all fell in this brief window, and I'm just starting to re-read them now.
To be ...
... of Being Earnest
*The Westing Game
*The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
*The Witches
George's Marvelous Medicine
*A Wrinkle in Time
The Twits
*A Wind in the Door
*A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Nineteen Minutes
*Many Waters
Firefly Lane
*Anastasia Krupnik
Judy Moody
* ...
Yup, when Mischa was younger, I loved that movie and the A Wrinkle in Time movie. It has been quite some time since I have seen it.. I barely remember it but I remember wanting a pet dolphin lol.
Catey
Hi Catey,
Since you like A Wrinkle in Time so much, have you read L'Engle's series about Vicky Austin? The books are Meet the Austins, The Moon by Night, The Young Unicorns, A Ring of Endless Light, and Troubling a Star. They are all good, but Troubling a Star is probably the ...
Ever? Too many to be remembered in full. Of 2008? The Crying of Lot 49, The Bad Beginning, A Wrinkle in Time , At the Heart of Hiruharama, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Kite Runner, The Last Wish, Mister B. Gone and The Supernaturalist.
Those are the books that I ...
Congrats, Terri.
I've just mooched Wrinkle in Time thanks to your review!
Go Terri! Well done - and glad that Wrinkle in Time sneaked in there too. There are at least three more (that I know of) to follow it up with but personally I think the first is the best.
... on your post & added it the other day! Now, I don't remember if this one was your fault too (I think it was), but:
74. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Finished in a day, even a work day! I was so tickled with it when I finished that I planned to force it on my 13 year-old ...
... Fforde
April Reads:
Twilight
Farewell, My Subaru by Doug Fine
May Reads:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Wrinkle in Time
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
June Reads:
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
In a Dark Wood by Amanda Cra ...
... books - Little Women, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, but I'm looking for books 10 year old boys will love. A Wrinkle in Time is high on my list for a re-read.
Hope to get lots of ideas from ya'll.
... love when you are little have a special hold over you' thats explains me perfectly.
#174 Yes, indeed I have read all of A Wrinkle in Time series and love them all! I have "borrowed" my all of my mom's copies of the series, although for christmas, my best friend bought me my own copy of A Wri ...
... a feeling you, too, will be adding to my TBR pile. I understand you recommend books to her!
I loved your story about Wrinkle in Time . That is one of my favorite books about one of my favorite authors. Have you read the others in the series. It used to be a trilogy--but I think she has ...
... you all good luck this coming year.
I am reading my favorite book this coming year, the book that started me on reading A Wrinkle in Time I was 13 when it started storming really bad, I was terrified (still am) of storms. The problem with Texas is if it storms real bad it could turn into a ...
... you all good luck this coming year.
I am reading my favorite book this coming year, the book that started me on reading A Wrinkle in Time I was 13 when it started storming really bad, I was terrified (still am) of storms. The problem with Texas is if it storms real bad it could turn into a ...
Thank you! I look forward to hearing what you are planning to read for 2009.
Yes, A Wrinkle in Time is one of those books that I personally cannot put down. I love all of the books in the series as well.
Catey
Welcome, fantasia - I'm so with you on A Wrinkle in Time . Love it, and its successors very nearly as much. And how organised to have planned your reading so far already!! I am generally surprised by what jumps into my hand next - maybe I should try and think about it a bit more in 2009, ...
Thank you, Tad. It's great that you have read Jack Absolute. I have read Pride and Prejudice as well as A Wrinkle in Time . Personally, A Wrinkle in Time is my favorite book of all time. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society I have endeavored to read for the 75 Book Challenge as a ...
... this year and it was a lot of fun. Pride and Prejudice made my Top Four fiction books. Kim is by my favorite author. A Wrinkle in Time ...well, everyone should read that at least once! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society was popular with almost everyone who read it in ...
... Drew at the same time, inspiring the lifelong love of mysteries that lead to Christie, Marsh, Sayers, Grimes et. al.
A Wrinkle in Time wasn't my first love, but it surely was a long lasting one. I often wonder how many people L'Engle actually inspired to become prolific readers.
I'm ...
95. I finally finished A Wrinkle in Time after several nights of bedtime reading with my 8 year old daughter. I thought this proved to be one of those childhood favorites that really does hold up quite well many years later.
...
I love this Lorie. I remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird the summer before I started 6th grade (the same summer I read A Wrinkle in Time ), which is the summer I think of as the summer I became a serious reader, thanks to the librarians at the Sierra Madre library.
I'm working my way through Madeleine L'Engle's time "trilogy" (A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind at the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and am now on Many Waters.
I just picked up The Fire by Katherine Neville, so I will be starting that soon. I really liked The Eight, but that was a ...
... to have company here.
A get-to-know-us question: What was the first book you remember really loving?
For me, it was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. It helped that the protagonist was named Meg. Years later, my youngest son read it and loved it as much as I did, which was lovely.
#1. A Wrinkle in Time , Madeleine L'Engle.
I loved this book. It is now one of my must-read recommendations. Just had to get to the ending, but glad I read slower than normal. I was able to enjoy the vivid visualization and the humanity of the characters.
Will add the rest of the series to ...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Read years ago.
A Wrinkle in Time is such a great book! Happy Reading!
--BJ
The Thief Lord
Call of the Wild
I will second A Wrinkle in Time and the sequels.
Decided to start fresh by reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Love this line from Charles
"Everything about you tells me"
Enjoying the read very much, very vivid visualization
I also loved A Wrinkle in Time . It was my favorite book for a long time. :)
--BJ
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My reading list (a work in progress)
A Wrinkle in Time Tribes, Seth Godin 12.24.08
One False Note , Gordon Korman - 12.26.08
The Purpose of Chr ...
46. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I'd never read this before so BookMooched it and read it; as it's a YA book, it was a quick read. Enjoyable--I liked Meg's rather impatient temper and her insecurities, and I really enjoyed Charles Wallace, the young genius. The adventure seemed ...
His Dark Materials
The Chronicles of Narnia
A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle read it few years ago..
#254
It's not just that A Wrinkle in Time is a children's book - I have enjoyed several children's books after encountering them as an adult. However, I thought the story took too many shortcuts in the plot to help move it along, even when there was no reason to take the shortcut. The scene, ...
>254 I remember continuing to enjoy A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters longer than A Wrinkle in Time .
I'm now reading I, Q.
... be right up her alley. Also, she might like Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton, one of my favorites.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle is a YA classic, and rightfully so. You only have the first in Rosemary Kirstein's series, The Steerswoman, but at least it IS ...
A Wrinkle in Time is a children's classic. Admittedly, if you're over the age of about ten, you'll not enjoy it. They didn't write kids' books back in those days with an eye on critical acclaim by adults, you know. (Joke; or maybe not...)
I'm currently reading The Facts of Life by Graham Joyc ...
For fantasies..I like A Wrinkle in Time as well..
I also like books of Patricia Wrede, such as Sorcery and Cecilia, Magic Malice, etc.
Recently..I read about Green Rider by Kristen Britain and I liked it..
I've read A Wrinkle in Time , but not Emma.
I've read Son of a Witch,
but I've never read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
45. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. My fourth-grader is doing her book report on this book, and her summary was very nearly as long as the book. I was probably in sixth-grade when I read it, so I re-read it to help her edit. I really enjoyed it, and while she did a great job with the ...
From Hemlokgang's library, I'd like to try A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle--a classic I've missed along the way.
My all time favorite book as a kid was A Wrinkle in Time . I also loved the Ramona Quimby books, Nancy Drew books, Black Stallion books, and Dr. Seuss. I remember that my grandfather gave me a special copy of Alice in Wonderland which I treasured and now can't find. I also loved Lassie, Come- ...
... no memory of the name of the book, but repeated readings), a book of poetry by Edward Lear and a pivotal book for me, A Wrinkle in Time .
I'm re-reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Partly to enjoy it again, and partly to help my daughter edit her book report.
... exception that the subjects that "belong" to my spouse are on one bookshelf (the closest).
So: pre-LT I had 3 copies of A Wrinkle in Time because I couldn't decide if it belonged more with Sci-Fi, General Fiction (with some other L'Engle) or with the Newbery winners. Now I only have one ...
... series was really popular with my kids, too.
I am a big fan of Madeleine L'Engle and her series that starts with A Wrinkle in Time. My favorite book in the series is A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Her books are science fiction with more than a little fantasy mixed in.
For pure ...
I recommend The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (and all it's sequels), the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony if you like fantasy, and the Ray Bradbury short story collections.
... I can talk to the Baby Boomers on equal terms!
And I see we have a fair number of books in common. I recently re-read A Wrinkle in Time and I thought The Lovely Bones was a brilliant innovation, though sad. Have you read We Need to Talk About Kevin?
... lover boy. Love that book, love that boy.
Thanks for reviving this thread I totally forgot about Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time and I love him too!
... (quite young)
2. Amos & Boris by William Steig (quite young)
3. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (older)
4. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (older)
5. The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber (older)
For me it would be A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I've read that book many times over the years. The aunt who had given it to me took me to hear L'Engle speak (that would've been in 1965, I think). I met L'Engle and she signed my copy. Great book, great memory.
... first editions of the man in the high castle - sans dust jackets, but still. Only signed book iirc is a late edition of A wrinkle in time .
I know I know, it's A wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle I have been AFK (away from my Keyboard) for a couple of days, I had it at Message 242.
I am right, right?
Ooooo....
I love The Pigman by Paul Zindel (and many of his other books, also).
Also A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is one of my all time favorite books.
... with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel
Treasure Box
Treasure Island
A Wrinkle in Time
Earthborn (Homecoming, Vol 5)
Earthfall (Homecoming, Vol 4)
The Call of Earth
Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 4)
Heartfire (Tale ...
... of the Flies by William Golding
172. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - first time I've read this and loved it
173. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - going to read rest of the series
174. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer - liked this one better than New Moon
175. Silent in ...
... today:
The Known World by Edward P. Jones -- borrowed from my mother. My book club will read this sometime in '09.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle -- to be added to the TBRA pile.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert -- a gift from my mother.
My favorites:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle and it's sequels,
The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot,
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak,
I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier,
All of Richard Peck's books,
and
Samurai Shortstop by Alan M. Gratz.
... THAT one. I have nothing against that book and I agree that it has helped many a girl launch into teen years, but so has A Wrinkle in Time and it is better written. And what about the boys?
... The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison
9. Ambulance Ship by James White (and other Sector General)
10. A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
I also like to reread:
11. Flatland by Edwin A. Abbotf
12. The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
...
... I tried to read Narnia books a while ago and I just couldn't stand it. Loved them as a kid, now, blech.
I also enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time , The Phantom Tollbooth & the Edward Eager magic books when I reread them as an adult.
I want to reread Harriet the Spy some day.
... at the Claremont, by Elizabeth Taylor (Man-Booker Challenge)
One More Year, by Sana Krasikov (Short Story Challenge)
A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L’Engle (Young Readers Challenge)
Gone-Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright (Young Readers Challenge)
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, ...
I read the Ramona and Henry Huggins books to my kids long years ago. I enjoyed reading them again as an adult. And A Wrinkle in Time , too. I was recently wanting to find a copy of Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates to reread, too. Maybe for Christmas.
--BJ
I love A Wrinkle in Time and I agree that you need to read something fun every so often! Good luck with your job search.
--BJ
#61: A Wrinkle in Time
...I know, I wasn't supposed to be reading anything for fun until I get a job, but if I can't read for fun I'm not happy, and if I'm not happy I can't do my best in class and I'll flunk out or do poorly on interviews and never bring in a paycheck and get kicked to the ...
... Earley -- the sequel to Jim the Boy, which I loved.
I have not read any of the Prydain series, but I did read the Wrinkle in Time books when I was a child -- those are in my TBRA pile... maybe when my youngest is a bit older.
I don't like to think about an empty nest... my kids are ...
... (the first book in that series is The Book of Three to your children? or the series by Madelaine L'Engle that includes A Wrinkle in Time ?
My children aren't children anymore--but we all still reread these books. Go for it! --you probably already have. :-)
... library with that tag is The Time Traveler's Wife. But two others are on my wishlist: Time's Arrow by Martin Amis and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
the cocktail party t.s. eliot
cocktail time p.g. wodehouse
a wrinkle in time madeleine l'engle
skinnybones and the wrinkle queen glen huser
the beauty queen of leenane martin mcdonagh
Here's the list, as I've seen it*:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Confession ...
A book that I loved as a child growing up and loved re-reading as an adult was A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle.
A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books growing up! The next two, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet are equally as awesome, although I never cared for the fourth one-I can't think of the name right now. I am inspired to dig these out and re-read soon. I am so excited that ...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
... excited to get to this book at some point, because I'm pretty sure I've never read anything from an Indonesian author.
A Wrinkle in Time , which I decided to mooch after another LTer noted that she had just added it to her inventory. Now I may have to find the rest of the books in the ...
... as my ARC to review and reading Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism with Maggie. We'll probably pick up A Wrinkle In Time again (we haven't read any of it since May when the kids started going to dad's for summer vacation). And Gwen, my 14-year-old, wants me to start reading ...
I think it's interesting that we all mention many of the same books. I'll be no different. Mine would be A Wrinkle in Time , Caddie Woodlawn, Little Women Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Memory, and most definitely A Moveable Feast. Oh, and Joan D ...
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books, but the writing style is the same. That thing about the little electric heater and the seventh step is so familiar to me...
I think it is A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeleine L'Engle?
Reading your messages reminded of me of all my good re-reads:
Charlotte's Web
The Enormous Egg
A Wrinkle in Time
Harry Potter
Dorothy Sayers - especially Gaudy Night, The Nine Tailors and Murder Must Advertise
The Source by James A. Michener
Pride and Prejudice
Agatha C ...
... find that you and I share many books, including
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, which I really enjoyed. In addition, A Wrinkle in Time is an incredible book. Years ago I met Madeleine L'engle. She was an incredible spiritual lady!
I joined a book group and one of the books to ...
... Woolf
13. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
14. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
17. The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck
18. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
19. Burned by Ellen Hopkins
20. Elsewhere by G ...
i'm not sure how "young" an age level the original poster was working with. As great as, say, Wrinkle in Time is, i read it ~ 10 and our son around age 7 - though it's one of those books that an adult can read too. A HS kid might see it as, i dunno, patronizing (unfairly, but...). Cliff - if ...
Thanks #16 for reminding me of how much I enjoyed Madeline L'Engle and not just A Wrinkle in Time , but the whole series.
And I thought The Giver was wonderful.
I've decided that since I joined LT that reading all the books there were (let alone are and will be) is futile, but I am going ...
YA science fiction that has yet to be mentioned :)
the alien series by Bruce Coville
The Wrinkle In Time series by Madeleine L'Engle
The Giver by Lois Lowry.
A Wrinkle in Time and Have Spacesuit Will Travel were my only two must reads that no one has mentioned yet.
The others being Feed, Something Wicked This Way Comes His Dark Materials and Time for the Stars
Initially I posted The Martian Chronicles as my first, but now I'm not sure. I know I also read A Wrinkle in Time early on, and there might even be others I've since forgotten. Those two made big impressions though.
... - Dick
Red Mars** - Robinson
Speaker for the Dead*** - Card
The Invisible Man - Wells
Time Machine - Wells
Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle
* I would definitely include a collection of Dick's short stories but I'm not sure on which one. This one has enough classics to make it a good ...
... mostly fantasy but had SF touches.. Deep Wizardry is actually a pretty good mix of genres (rather like the much earlier Wrinkle in Time ); the Kelly Link IS the most problematic - but it's the island where i'm going to be stranded, after all. His Dark Materials (among many other attributes) ...
... city rhapsody; Kathleen Ann Goonan
11.THE FOREVER WAR; Joe Haldeman
12. Beggars and Choosers Nancy Kress
13. A Wrinkle in Time ; Madeleine L'Engle
14. The Left Hand of Darkness ; Ursula K. Le Guin
15. As She Climbed Across the Table; Jonathan Lethem
16,Magic for Beginners; ...
The oldest book on my TBR pile is probably A Wrinkle in Time , though it's on my TBfinished pile, really. The first time I started it was in 6th grade, and I've since tried to read it two more times. Currently, it's been on hold for two months at chapter 4.
I would have to say 1984 (for some reason I enjoy being depressed), Greybeard, Ender's Game, and A Wrinkle in Time .
No, most definitely not A Wrinkle in Time .
No time to post another quote at the moment, but I will as soon as I return.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Ha!
... till next summer! :)
One of my sisters and her friend are having a garage sale. Books for $0.50. I immediately swiped A Wrinkle in Time and paid them for it. Dare I go see what other books they have?
78. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
At the risk of offending the many fans of this book, I found it to be really ordinary and uninteresting. I felt throughout that it was like reading a SF book written by Enid Blyton.
... Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
It was good I thought. Very funny in some parts. I also have the sequel on my TBR pile.
A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L'Engle is a classic, for me.
Let's not forget Harry Potter!
The Queen of Everything by Deb Caletti
The Year of Secret of Assig ...
... writer who comes to my mind w/ strong female leads, but that would be late 60s at the earliest. Actually L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time " ~ 1960 might qualify.
One of my favorite SF writers is Melissa Scott, once she got to Dreamships (1992) and Burning Bright. I know many readers ...
starting 2 today: A Wrinkle in Time and Mr Sebastian and the Negro Magician...
although I shouldn't be reading anything at all -- ever have one of the tests, no matter how imminent and important, that you just can't seem to study for?
whoopsie - double-post.
... Gossip Girl, etc. You'd also put Black Beauty, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Treasure Island and A Wrinkle in Time in this category. Even your Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books fall into this realm. There are a million others - the key is that the themes get more ...
I finished A Wrinkle in Time , and now I'm reading The Queen's Bastard.
#39 - A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle - Finished June 16, 2008
I re-read A Wrinkle in Time last year, and decided to revisit A Wind in the Door this year. I love L'Engle's books. Meg, her friend Calvin, their principal, and a cherubim journey into Charles Wallace's (Meg's brother) ...
... L. Sayers books
Nero Wolfe from Rex Stout books
Miss Marple from Agatha Christie books
Meg from A Wrinkle in Time
Josef Kavalier from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Buddy Glass from J.D. Salinger books
Probably tons more - these are just off ...
... were in libraries, that's because they were trying to find cool books for Dracula. Odd.
Last night I finished (24) A Wrinkle in Time , it was an easy, one day, read. Very interesting how the author describes "wrinkling"(traveling) in(through) time.
... "happy ending", but in Dragonwyck, the happy ending is not the "obvious"(for lack of a better word) one.
Now I'm reading A Wrinkle in Time .
97 ways to make a baby laugh/A Wrinkle in Time
The Sugar House/Salt
The Elements of Grammar/Me Talk Pretty One Day
A Circle of Quiet/Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Fountainhead/Deserts
When I was little I remember crying very hard at Little Women and also A Wrinkle in Time .
Like many of you, I cried over The Time Traveler's Wife. Wizard and Glass made me sob, but I think the book that made me cry the most, so much so that I can get choked up just thinking about it, ...
... plus was that they used Lady Audley's Secret again, a Victorian novel that I like.
#98 is another reread, this time A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I became nostalgic after reading a review of it on another website, and then there was a really great thunderstorm last night. Co ...
Time of the Fourth Horseman by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time by James Finn Garner
Magic Time by Marc Zicree
Date Me, Baby, One More Time by Stephanie Rowe
... Kite Runner.
I have gotten a couple stories read in Skeleton Crew, as well. I'm now in "Beachworld." Still stuck in Wrinkle and The Prince. Maggie's at her dad's, so I've not been reading with the kids.
Finished 29
Hey, has he read A Wrinkle in Time yet? Classics never die.
... am on to Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan for the Barnes & Noble First Look Club.
Still slowing slogging through A Wrinkle in Time with the kids, and I haven't touched Skeleton Crew or The Prince
Finished 27
... on for a very long time but the books that brought me into my fantasy love were
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
... Aviary Gate, which are both ARCs.
Sometime this week, I'll probably read Lisey's Story, too.
I've been reading A Wrinkle in Time ... ever so slowly... with my kids. My youngest leaves for her dad's tomorrow, so I'll have to read it a second time with her when she gets back.
e ...
... whichever one I'll be getting this month from ER... must... read... faster...
We are halfway through chapter 4 in A Wrinkle in Time , I haven't touched Skeleton Crew or The Prince in the last week.
I'm starting to get bored with reading... scary
Finished 26
... writes about. My fav's so far are India and Versailles (especially the gardens and L'Orangerie)
Finished chapter 2 in Wrinkle , and haven't touched Skeleton Crew or The Prince.
25 Halfway... Woo-hoo !!!
#18-21 A Wrinkle in Time
#19 sjmccreary : I don't know exactly what makes it hard for me to read. It's not that I don't identify with the characters, because I think most young girls can. I know all three of my girls have clamped on tight to Meg (my youngest daughter is even ...
2, 19 - I, too, absolutely loved A Wrinkle in Time when I was growing up. It's not at all hard to read! I think the reason I loved it so much as a kid is that (like Talbin) I really identified with the main character, Meg. Books with girls who are good at math were hard to find.
My reading ...
2 - I loved A Wrinkle in Time when I was in elementary school. I still have my original copy of it. I hope you get to finish it this time!
Presently reading Immortals: The Calling by Jennifer Ashley.
#2 - I've never read Wrinkle in Time , but always thought the premise was intriguing. However my kids, who were required to read the book in school, all agreed that it is "terrible". Why is it so hard to read? I'm afraid to try - imagine the shame of being beaten back by such a small book!
>2 koolaidmom: I absolutely loved A Wrinkle in Time when I was growing up. I bought it earlier this year and re-read it, and the ending still made me cry. I think it's because I so identified with Meg when I was about 11 or 12.
... Hold Tight in the mail today, and I'm dying to get into it (and my friend's dying to bum it off me.)
Also reading A Wrinkle in Time with my kids. This is my third time trying to read the book, and BY GOLLY! I am GOING to finish it this time.
... n
The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood
Out of the silent planet by C. S. Lewis
The sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle
That hideous strength : a modern fairy-tale for grown-ups by C. S. Lewis
Speaker for the dead by Orson Scott Card
Perelandra ...
I disliked A Wrinkle in Time heartily. But that may have been the situation where I was reading it--middle school english class taught by a teacher that thought it was his job to discourage you and make you feel uncomfortable.
I still have nightmares about the class on occasion.
... it. AND it's a thick book, 259 pages of small print. BUT it can't suck worse than Gun Runner.
My kids are finding Wrinkle in Time to be the same kind of book as I did: boring. We ARE going to finish it, though, come hades or high water...
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just snagged nice hardcovers of MC Higgins The Great, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, and Wrinkle in Time at a library sale for .5o each!
... finish Prince, and read my ER book, Best Girlfriends Getaways Worldwide.
With the whole family, we are starting A Wrinkle in Time . We finished The Giver on Thursday, and we've taken a couple days break to let it settle in. Maggie, my youngest, thought The Giver was sad.
Sti ...
... to read and review, as well.
We finished reading The Giver, as a family, on Thursday, and will start reading A Wrinkle in Time tomorrow, probably.
Still in the same spot in Skeleton Crew and The Prince.
Don't know if I'll be any farther along on any of them by next week.. ...
... collection. Now, as soon as the BM Austens get here, I can have my Jane-a-thon. :-D
I also bought another copy of A Wrinkle in Time , this one for my nine-year-old. It's a wider book for smaller hands, and it has bigger print in it. I think she'll do better with it than the pocket ...
... collection. Now, as soon as the BM Austens get here, I can have my Jane-a-thon. :-D
I also bought another copy of A Wrinkle in Time , this one for my nine-year-old. It's a wider book for smaller hands, and it has bigger print in it. I think she'll do better with it than the pocket ...
I recently found a second printing of A Wrinkle in Time and I can't wait to read it.
... time I even knew there was a realm outside of my world was in 5th grade when Mr. Moraros read aloud Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time . After that it was Andre Norton's Moon of Three Rings, Asimov's I Robot, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke . . . I haven't stopped reading since. I ...
I forgot these:
My Teacher is an Alien (series) by Bruce Coville
A Wrinkle in Time (series) by Madeline L'Engle
Sabriel (has two sequels) by Garth Nix
The Ragwitch by Garth Nix
... bookstore, not to be treasured as a great teen book. There are also books that are too young to be "teen reads": I read Wrinkle in Time when I was under 10 (and am reading it now to my kids, all under 12), and Ella Enchanted is also for young adolescents surely. Good books but not 'teen ...
... of the Travelling Pants
Specials
Tithe
To Kill a Mockingbird (assigned reading for school)
Twilight
Uglies
A Wrinkle in Time (read as a child)
It's a sort of strange list--there are a lot of really great books (Narnia, The Giver, A Wrinkle in Time , Flowers for Algernon ...
... Eyes Were Watching God (Gr. 11)
Also Read:
...as a child/teen:
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Wrinkle in Time
...as an adult:
Anansi Boys
The Book Thief
The Brief History of the Dead
The Chronicles of Narnia
Ella Enchanted
Flowers for Algernon
...
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time Quintet of books as well. I can't remember sex or swear words in any of them... they might be 'too' young, but I think I still enjoyed them in high school...
wow... it's been a while though...
... to hear Lois Lowry talk once, and she is a truly intelligent and amazingly compassionate woman.
Like you, I found A Wrinkle in Time hard to get through for a long time. Found myself appreciating it far more in college during a Theology & Children's Lit class than I ever did as a kid.
>44-The Giver and Wrinkle in Time are some of my favorite YA books. I read Wrinkle in Time in the 6th grade and related with Meg, so it was one I read frequently growing up-and the entire rest of the series. I didn't read The Giver until I had to start defending it's placement in school ...
... reading The Outsiders and The Phantom Tollbooth recently, and I'm getting ready to read The Giver with her... or A Wrinkle in Time , honestly I have always found Wrinkle to be an impossible book to read, though I don't know why.
The brother being possessed and the sister having to love him reminds me of A Wrinkle in Time , but I don't know if the rest of your description fits that book or not.
... travel at all, but still visits other periods than the one in which the story is set (via near death experiences). I agree A Wrinkle in Time is one of the best between-worlds tale. As a child I got started on a time-travel fixation with something called The Ghosts, which has some logic ...
Has anyone mentioned A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, yet? I guess it's not exactly a time-travel (more space travel) novel, but I did love it as a child. There's also a grandly corny old movie with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour--what was that called? Not a great movie, but ...
... Prince
11. The Odyssey
12. The Theban Plays
13. Romeo and Juliet
14. Anna Karenina
15, War and Peace
16. A Wrinkle in Time
17. Macbeth
18. The Aeneid
19. The Republic
20. The Origin of Species
21. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
22. Les Misérables
...
... the plot is pretty standard, the characters fairly two-dimensional, and the writing standard. It wasn't as bad as, say, A Wrinkle in Time , but I found Charmed Life dull and will not be seeking out the rest of the series.
hmmm I'm not a big time travel fan but I do remember liking A Wrinkle in Time . Maybe I'll pick it up to reread now that I'm a grown up.
Welcome lizbet. Its a fun and friendly group around here.
I just read L'Engle's A wrinkle in time . I absolutely loved it. I found the children to be very believeable and likeable.
Anyways welcome.
#10 - I still love A Wrinkle in Time ! I have the copy that I originally bought when I was a child and bought another copy for my girls. My youngest daughter loved the first book in the series so much, she bought all the rest of the books on her own.
10. A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle. A lovely children's book. Simple but well written. I think that I was so taken in with this book in part because I just read Philip Pullman's trilogy and though I liked it very much, I find that the quality of the books deterioriated as the series went ...
... so she doesn't need me to read to her; I pick books I am interested in that I think she will like, too (like The Giver or A Wrinkle in Time ). As someone pointed out, it takes a lot longer to read out loud, plus, I enjoy these books. It's usually only 3 or 4 books a year, anyway, because we ...
... Cryptonomion
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Blood Music
7. Eon
8. Contact
5. Fantasy Books I haven't already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Middlesex
6. Books Fr ...
Someone way up thread mentioned the movie version of A Wrinkle In Time . I never saw it, but I heard that some reporter asked Madeline L'Engle if the movie was what she expected, and she answered "oh, yes. I expected it to be awful, and it was." I have no idea if that's true, but it cracks me up ...
When I was 13 I think my favourite book was A Wrinkle in Time
I've reread The Stand numerous times, as well as Dolores Claiborne, A Wrinkle in Time , the Chronicles of Narnia series, the Earthsea trilogy, The Last Unicorn and The Bloody Chamber.
... are books even there that don't fit me, or don't fit now. I'll add a blurb here about books I cross off my Challenge.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle -- there are too many want-to-reads in this category to force in a should-read. Deferred.
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah -- an Ea ...
I liked a wrinkle in time
...
Ex.: The top five books on the list that I don't have are:
17. Angels and Demons
22. The Chronicles of Narnia
26. A Wrinkle in Time
27. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
29. Artemis Fowl
Another group member who has read one of these books could (without spoiling) explain why ...
...
I'm don't have
17. Dan Brown: Angels and Demons
22. CS Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia
26. Madeleine L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time
27. Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
29. Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl
The Grey King by Susan Cooper is is part of The Dark is Rising series and won a Newbury
Also A Wrinkle in Time won one as well. I enjoyed booth of these.
I liked A Wrinkle in Time when I was a kid (5th grade) but I've tried to read it again without much success.
I hated The Catcher in the Rye when I read it in High School. Holden really annoyed me.
A Wrinkle in Time is proving to be a tough one to get through. I've tried three times now, and have yet to get to the alternate world.
I dislike anything Hemingway. He's wordy and boring. I liked Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but it was definately a forced effort. She is not for the faint ...
... book I still intend to finish... someday... Machiavelli's The Prince is slow going because I'm studying it. A Wrinkle in Time may be a jumper, because it's another no-matter-how-hard-I-try-I-just-can't-seem-to-care book.
My 13 yr old is really into the Warriors (fantasy/cats) series, A Wrinkle in Time , Looking Glass Wars, as well as anything by Jordan Sonnenblick (especially if he's interested in music)...
... Orange
6. Blood Music
7. Eon
8. Contact
5. Fantasy Books I haven't already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pl ...
... (7 & 11), and I love to buy them books. With my older daughter, she has loved some books that I didn't warm to (Heidi, A Wrinkle in Time ), and I've tried to get her to read some books that she has found boring (The Diary of Anne Frank--I'm still working on her with this one, Helen Keller ...
... I also enjoyed Kidnapped at around that age myself.
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
A Wrinkle In Time ( I know there is a series, but this book stands on its own.)
Ok fine uhhhh A wrinkle in time that one is really good kind of confussing though twilight is better
... thoughts:
1) I've never known anybody who was blind from birth. How does such a person conceptualize sight?
2) In A Wrinkle In Time , Meg and the others meet beings on another planet who (if I remember correctly) can't see but have another way of perceiving things that seems to be ...
... Orange
6. Blood Music
7. Eon
8. Contact
5. Fantasy Books I haven't already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Perfume
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Middlesex ...
... Orange
6. Blood Music
7. Eon
8. Contact
5. Fantasy Books I haven't already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Life of Pi
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Middle ...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Wisewoman, I just mooched A Wrinkle in Time . I've been getting nostalgic lately for the books I read when I was a kid. I borrowed this one from my teacher, Miss Wingate, in fifth grade. Memories!
I discovered LT a couple of months ago, and then BookMooch through LT. I can't believe I didn't ...
... the myths and legends of other cultures, horse stories, indian stories, and science fiction. One of my favorites was A Wrinkle in Time . The author, Madeleine L'Engle has just died.
Every week in the summer my mother would walk all five of us to the downtown library to get armloads of ...
... are doing that, and I make sure to pick books we are both interested in (so, no Lizzie Maquire books, but we recently read A Wrinkle in Time , too). It really is different following the book while she reads, or reading aloud to her. How much time do you spend reading aloud each night? Or do ...
Forgot the reading-out-loud books we finished this month:
6) A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L'Engle, which I read to my husband (his first time with the book).
7) The Castle of Llyr, by Lloyd Alexander, which he read to me (his first time with the book, but not mine - my family ...
The Faerie Queen by Spenser, Malory's Arthurian legends, especially his Grail myth, A Wrinkle in Time series, Alice through the Looking Glass if that's not already implicit in the Alice in Wonderland mention above, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, LoTR.
Oh, and thanks to ...
... to space (possibly to rescue someone) and it was so cold there that it was absolute zero.
For years I swore this was in A Wrinkle in Time , but when I reread it as an adult, I didn't find this part. Does it sound familiar to anyone?
...
Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (etc.)
Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (etc.)
Neil Gaiman
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass
George MacDonald
...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
... Elizabeth George Speare
8. TBR*
I've already read The Giver, Bridge to Terabithia, From the Mixed-Up Files... and A Wrinkle in Time .
I’m taking the 888 Challenge : "Read 8 books each in 8 different categories in 2008."
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Edited to move remainder of post to LT's 888 Challenge group .
... of mine have already been mentioned:
Remus Lupin: Harry Potter series
Dustfinger: Inkheart books
Calvin O'Keefe: A Wrinkle in Time
Colonel Brandon: Sense and Sensibility (Alan Rickman's portrayal didn't hurt!)
Years ago, Peter Pevensie: Chronicles of Narnia
At one time Jem Finch ...
42. No Name, by Wilkie Collins
43. A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L’Engle
7 to go! And 11 days! I picked a few shorter books out from the library this week, to help me make my goal. A Wrinkle in Time was one of those picks, based on foggy memories of reading it in elementary ...
42. No Name, by Wilkie Collins
43. A Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L’Engle
7 to go! And 11 days! I picked a few shorter books out from the library this week, to help me make my goal. A Wrinkle in Time was one of those picks, based on foggy memories of reading it in elementary ...
... best.
Other recommendations (mostly my favorites from when I was in middle-school-ish) that haven't been touched yet:
- A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Tuck Everlasting ...
Finished:
A Wrinkle in Time
Noughts and Crosses {+ An Eye for an Eye}
The Magician's Nephew
Reading:
The rest of BattleAxe
After:
The Declaration, by Gemma Malley
A Wrinkle In Time by L'Engle. I read this in 5th to 6th grade the first time. It is a great primer on relativity and the possibility of time travel.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
16. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
17. Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky
18. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
19. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
20. The Magus by John Fowles
21. Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
22. King Lear (New Folger L ...
... usually do count the books that I read aloud to my 10 year old, though--those are longer, more complex chapter books, like A Wrinkle in Time or Eva Ibbotson's Which Witch, so I think they count.
... young and grow up with.
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien have already been mentioned. Alice in Wonderland or A Wrinkle in Time would be other books along these lines. I enjoyed them highly for the story when I read them as a kid, and re-reading them as an adult with more ...
I second Tuck Everlasting and A Wrinkle in Time , definitely. Hank the Cowdog is a good light read for all ages. For read-alouds I'd recommend Redwall and its sequels, but they might be confusing for an elementary student to read alone.
... also the Scarlet Pimpernel, Captain Wentworth (Persuasion), George Emerson (A Room with a View), and Calvin from the A Wrinkle in Time series.
In a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle doesn't Mrs. Whatsit turn into a winged centaur? In at least one of the Dragonlance series, Dezra's Quest by Chris Pierson, centaurs are main characters, and I don't think Robert Siegel's Alpha Centauri is on the list yet.
... of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... one way of other to Jesus.
246 Walking on Water: Reflections on faith and art by Madeleine L'Engle. She wrote A Wrinkle in time and other children's and young adult books which are very readable, even by adults.
... Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith.
From the re-reads, I'm torn between The King Must Die by Mary Renault and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, with an honourable mention to Many Waters, also by Madeleine L'Engle.
Firefox 1.05 used with Windows 98
Examples:
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
A Wrinkle in Time
The Spartans
Actually, it's been every work I've looked at for the past 2 or 3 months.
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. A Little Death by Laura Wilson
9. Th ...
... liked Time Enough for Drums.
If you like fantasy and science fiction, try Madeleine L'Engle. She wrote A Wrinkle in Time , which a lot of people know, but she also wrote several others. My favorite is A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
If you like romance, you might consider Por ...
Breaking the Time Barrier by Jenny Randles
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Back to the Day Lincoln was Shot by Beatrice Gormley
How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies
Time and Space Published by DK Publishing
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Madeleine L'Engle's time quintet is one of the very best, beginning with A Wrinkle in Time .
I also love Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series about a young witch:
The Wee Free Men
Hat Full of Sky
Wintersmith
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer is also in my favorite series ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
I finished How I Live Now in mostly one ...
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6. What Happens Now by Jeremy Dyson
... Doodle by W.E. Bowman
3. The Joys of Engrish by Steven Caires
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Number 5 finished. Enjoyed it immensely, but I think I need to have a think before I post a review.
Started today:
7. Madeleine L'Engle 's A Wrinkle In Time .
In Memoriam. I'm going to re-read those of her books I've got and maybe buy some more.
TBR pile: 62
... Next up is children's science fiction book which I've never read before, but it is highly recommended by many people - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (who sadly died earlier this year).
... but it was quite developmental somehow, so I'm interested to see where he ended up going.
On a slightly lighter note, A Wrinkle in Time arrived this morning, which I think might be a more straightforward read!
Both from the wonderful bookmooch. How I love it!
... first year I started keeping track of my reading: of the 39 books I read that year, two were rereads of children's books (A Wrinkle in Time and The Lives of Christopher Chant), one was a French children's book read for the language (Prisonnière des Mongols), and four were YA books read ...
68. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I have been reading this out loud to my daughter for a while now. Last night when I read the last chapter, she kept wiping her eyes, saying that she was yawning (which was making her eyes water). I remembered that I had read this when I was ...
7. A Wrinkle in Time
... and couldn't put it down. So scratch that from the list of things I'll be reading this week. Instead, I think I'll do A Wrinkle in Time , which I've never read but just picked up at Goodwill today.
Meg in Wrinkle in Time .
Thought I posted this once, but it's gone. So here it is again.
Stopped at Goodwill before class today and for $10 acquired A Wrinkle In Time , Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Discomfort Zone, Freakonomics, and 1906. I love used books!
Meg Murry is the heroine from Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time ' series, and she's really into Maths and Physics. A Wrinkle in time has more Physics than Maths in, content-wise, though.
I got stuck in the middle of Wicked this past winter, so I guess I'm technically still reading it. ;) I'm reading A Wrinkle in Time to our daughter for her bedtime story. And textbooks. :P
... Leopard
- Civilwarland in Bad Decline
- Melancholy of Anatomy
- Salt: A World History
- The Dream Eater
- A Wrinkle In Time
- Brave New World
- 1984
This discussion has given me reading suggestions and then some. Thanks!
I adored A Wrinkle in Time as a child -- it was definitely one of my favorite books.
I've never read her books, but I've heard tons about her (from LT if I remember correctly).
I know my school library has A Wrinkle in Time , I want to borrow it sometime soon. It's so sad that she's gone, she's seemed to have had a huge impact.
... I went to a New York Is Book Country fair on fifth Avenue about 20-25 years ago, and I had recently discovered her books A Wrinkle in Time as an adult. I came across a table that had a number of books by Madeleine L'Engle and as I looked up, I realized the woman sitting across the table ...
I read A Wrinkle in Time just before my precocious 2nd grader began to read it (yep, screening the book ahead of her). Who can forget Meg, Sandy & Denys and Charles Wallace?
So sorry to learn that Madeleine L'Engle has passed away. I just loved A Wrinkle in Time . I heard about her death on BookCrossing, another readers' website that I post to. (Sorry the link didn't work.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/books/07cnd-lengle.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
... I'll include something of hers when we get to the 'narrow down the choices' phase, Arctic. The thing is I've only read A Wrinkle in Time and I wasn't terribly impressed. Does anyone who is familiar with her work know a book that won't seem so dated?
... article .
She was such an amazing author, especially for children and young adults. She's probably best known for A Wrinkle in Time and its companion works A Swiftly Tilting Planet, A Wind in the Door and Many Waters, and for Meet the Austins and the other books in that series, ...
I just read the Time Quartet earlier this year, having originally read A Wrinkle in Time when I was a child. Her originality, her voice and her morality will certainly be missed.
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Nerve by Dick Francis
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
and those are just some of the ones I can see from my computer! I love rereading -- it's ...
... be more of them that I can't remember....
Currently listening to:
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
A Wrinkle in Time
... it wanting.
I know it's hard to find absorbing material for kids, but does it have to be this? What was wrong with A Wrinkle in Time , or even Brian Jacques?
... it. I think I was about 5 at the time because you couldn't get a library card until then. My first sci-fi...probably A Wrinkle in Time which I still love and re-read to this day.
... I like the original Star Wars trilogy a lot, but not any of the novels (I've tried several). I hated Dune, didn't like A Wrinkle in Time very much despite multiple reads, and generally gave up after that.
My first fantasy I recognized as such was A Wrinkle in Time around 3rd grade. Of course, like many of you, I loved the fantasies of childhood - fairy tales, legends, etc. My first recognized science fiction was probably Countdown for Cindy. I was a grown woman by the time Star Wars came ...
... it was The Book of Three, but it might've been The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or A Wizard of Earthsea, or even A Wrinkle in Time . I was about eight and it was a very long time ago. Does Dr. Seuss count?
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Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Your Favorite Seuss by Dr Seuss
The Fairy Tales by Jan Pienkowski
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters by Madeleine ...
... and Edsel from Mage: the Hero Discovered
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Marjorie "Friday" Baldwin from Friday and Meg Murray from A Wrinkle in Time
Horror: Mother Abigail from The Stand
General Fiction: Lucy from the Narnia series, Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre, Mary from The Secret Garden, Kay Sc ...
... Based on the recommendations above, for the next batch i ordered The Phantom Tollbooth, Over Sea, Under Stone and A Wrinkle in Time .
I just finished A Wrinkle in Time , which I hadn't read since I was young. I'm not sure how this book is classified in a library, but I know I read it first when I was 9 or 10. It was published in 1962, yet it deals with some pretty scary ideas - nihilism and death - plus it includes a direct ...
... book even though it was disgusting. Readafew, like you, it only made me dislike Peter all the more.
I'd like to suggest A Wrinkle in Time and the sequel A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle. I didn't particularly care for the 3rd in the series. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basi ...
>26 Kerian - I'm now re-reading A Wrinkle in Time - it's a good transition book, and I haven't read it since I was a kid. (I saw it at Borders when I was buying DH and decided to buy it, too.) What I'm really doing, though, is waiting for my husband to finish DH so I can read it again!
... too juvenile but a few of my favorites from around the preteen time were:
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Are you there God, it's me Margaret? by Judy Blume
Watership Down by Richard Adams
and I also agree with The Dark is Rising ...
... was a children's book. Other loves through the years were the Narnia books, The Hobbit, The Chronicals of Prydain, The Wrinkle in Time books and The Dark is Rising series. Once I got into junior high I discovered A Spell for Chameleon, which I mainly picked up because of the cover, and ...
aviddiva,
A Wrinkle in Time ! I'd (almost) completely forgotten about those books. They were fun. :)
... (ie. science fiction/ youth/ nonfiction / horror / regular fiction..but that was getting difficult - for instance does A Wrinkle in Time go under "Youth" or "Science Fiction" (I actually had two copies so it went both places)
Then Library Thing came along!
Now, because I can "tag" in ...
... tman
Inheriting Our Mothers Gardens by Letty M. Russell
What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Menopause by John Lee
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
... Lewis, Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, and Little Women and Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott. Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien is another gem, although not ...
... by Guy Kay
The Riddle Master of Hed, etc., by Patricia McKillip
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
A Wrinkle in Time changed my perception of reality in a way few books have come close to since. Of course, I was eleven and impressionable, but nothing else has altered my thinking the way that book has.
... teenagers who went to ganymede and battled aliens. I forgot the title and i cant find the book anymore. drat. anyway, is a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle sf? that and frank herbert's dune series cemented my love for the genre.
... a gift. (before that i borrowed heavily from the library and relatives send me books). it was followed by the magnificent a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle. the first book i bought with my own money ( christmas gifts) was the children's book of question and answers.
... a gift. (before that i borrowed heavily from the library and relatives send me books). it was followed by the magnificent a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle. the first book i bought with my own money ( christmas gifts) was the children's book of question and answers.
... Ryan!), Number the Stars (very good), The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (a small detour to adult lit).
Reading Now: A Wrinkle in Time (it's interesting)
Up Next: A Great and Terrible Beauty (for the July discussion)
Though the Lookingglass by Lewis Carrol
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
BRidge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
... an episode of Buffy.
YA with action (and possibly a little romance) that I would recommend instead: Redwall, A Wrinkle in Time , The Book of Three, or Dealing with Dragons. Not strictly YA, but still recommendable: Dragonflight or Dune.
I would second A Wrinkle in Time as well as its sequels, and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and its sequels, which together make up the Chronicles of Narnia. I've heard people claim that the whole thing is a Christian allegory, but as a kid I never picked up on any Christian undertones ...
The ones I remember from 5th grade that I would still recommend today are The Little Prince, Julie of the Wolves, A Wrinkle in Time , Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I think those were my favorites.
I also loved Jack London's Call of the Wild ...
This is too much fun!
Take
Arsenic and old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Blue Velvet by Michael Atkinson
Iron out
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Add
Silk Stalkings by Victoria Nichols
And you have a
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
... meaning to work on my French a bit this summer). I loved The Keeper of the Isis Light, and I liked The Chrysalids and A Wrinkle in Time too.
If you do try The Giver again, you should join in the group discussion from a couple of months ago! http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?top ...
*giggles* Literary crushes are sometimes the best, you don't get your heart broken.
I totally crushed on Meg from the Wrinkle in Time series, and Lila from Sweet Valley (and Margo, tho she was only in a few books).
Let's see, who else? I kinda had a thing for Mary Anne from The Babysitt ...
Today I received a few goodies in the post:
Black Thorn, White Rose edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I by Anne Somerset
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Little Deaths edited ...
... prolific selection of favourites, I'd add that I too liked Elizabeth Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time as well as her third book in that series, A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Also long-standing favourites are the popular Island of the Blue Dolphins and ...
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16. Motherless Brooklyn -- Jonathan Lethem
April
17. Suite Francaise -- Irene Nemirovsky
18. A Wrinkle in Time -- Madeleine L'Engle
19. O Pioneers! -- Willa Cather
(Was traveling for half the month, so not so much reading!)
May
20. The Magus -- Joh ...
... Peppers and How they Grew
Bill Weasley: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Taran: Prydain Chronicles
Calvin: Wrinkle in Time
George: Song of the Lionness series by Tamora Pierce
Numair: Immortals series by Tamora Pierce
Nawat: Daughter of the Lionness series by Pierce ...
Kartik from A Great and Terrible Beauty;
Christopher from The Perilous Gard;
Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time ;
and Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre (minus the wife in the attic, of course).
... George R.R. Martin, Noam Chomsky
FAVORITE BOOK(s): Imajica, The Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, A Wrinkle in Time , The Dragon Reborn and so many others.
FAVORITE DRINK: It's usually some sort of microbrew, but I'll take Newcastle in a pinch. Room temp, please.
FAVO ...
... my favourite childhood books. So far, I've read South Country Secrets (no touchstone available) by Barbara Euphan Todd, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
... to have a copy of "Crime and Punishment" in the bathroom. *snicker*
how about "This Side of Paradise"
or maybe "A Wrinkle in Time" ?
and my favorite "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" LoL. ;
Oh, completely Remus and Sirius from Harry Potter and Calvin O'Keefe from A Wrinkle in Time . I also loved Caspian from Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
That's me really restricting myself to YA, though. Otherwise I'd have to get into Mr. Rochester, Eponine, Enjolras, Newman Noggs (shut up, he's ...
... The Hobbit), but I liked science fiction very much--I especially remember being spellbound by Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time . I'm still fond of Star Trek and occasionally read one of the novels.
And thanks for the memories of the milk bottles,(eek) polio shots, etc. Although ...
Funny! I was just trying to re-read Madeleine L'Engle for the first time since I was a teenager. I read A Wrinkle in Time and thought, "Hey, that was pretty good! Why didn't I finish the series when I was a kid?" Next was A Wind in the Door and I thought, "Ooo-kay, this has little or no ...
#32 - I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door. I read the others, but did not care for them at all. I have also read A Wrinkle in Time several times and frequently suggest it to my students.
If we can go to children's fantasy, how about the Time Quartet? A Wrinkle in Time is all kinds of wonderful and amazing (I make it a point to reread it at least once a year). A Wind in the Door was pretty good and I liked the naming of the stars and mitochondria parts. Not as good as A Wrink ...
A Wrinkle in Time et al by Madeleine L'Engle
... a man I'd like to have fully enmeshed in my daily life.
So I had a total crush on Calvin from the very first time I read A Wrinkle in Time
I adored Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, like so many others on this thread.
And I never got enough of Aragorn or Gandalf from Lord of the Rings ...
Does the The Wizard of Oz count? A Wrinkle in Time .
I've lost count how many times I've read these, but it's 3+:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Any of The Babysitter's Club books (those were all I would read when I was younger.
The Wizard of Oz by L ...
... remus from harry potter
george and gary from the alanna series
numair from the wild magic series
and
calvin from a wrinkle in time
literary crushes are the best...thanks for letting me reminisce...
... Whalen Turner is another fave (The Thief/Queen of Attolia/King of Attolia). Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet (A Wrinkle in Time , etc.) are classics in the genre. I'd also recommend Magic Kingdom for Sale and the rest of that series by Terry Brooks.
Favorite subject of ...
... of now:
The Pilgrim's Progress from Little Women
Jamaica Inn from Church of Dead Girls
Oh I remember another--A Wrinkle in Time was mentioned in one of the Babysitter's Club books.
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12. Surprised By Joy by C.S. Lewis
13. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
14. The Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Happy reading to all those doing the challenge!
... -- like the other posters, i'm also a huge fan of Victor Hugo and Madeleine l'Engle (especially Many Waters, the Wrinkle in Time series, and the Austen family series)!
... been mentioned above.
I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier (LOVED IT!!)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Night John by Gary Paulsen
I would recommend any of these title to anyone. ...
... recall how I ended up with it. In fact, it wasn't even MY copy that the school gave me during the assignment. I also have A Wrinkle in Time that I'm pretty sure was a copy from my science teachers room. Again, I don't recall purposely keeping it, but there you have it, I still have it 13 ...
Madeleine L'Engle is very good & her books, especially A Wrinkle in Time in addition to the sequels, have strong Christian themes to them.
I was quite a way into Many Waters (the last of the Time books) until I realized what the story was about. (don't want to spoil it for anyone)
The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle. I read A Wrinkle in Time when I was in elementary or middle school, but can't remember any of it. I don't think I really understood it when I read it, and never moved on to the other books. I've been thinking about them since they came up on the Childre ...
... my personal favorites. First would have to be C.S. Lewis Voyage of the Dawn Treader
and second Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time
Well, right now I'm finishing up Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet (A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters) which range from 200 to 300 pages each, but are young adult books and hence, easier reads.
After that I plan to reread Umberto Eco's ...
Wind in the Willows, the whole magic series by Edward Eager, Roald Dahl books, Wrinkle in Time , Phantom Tollbooth all stand the test of time. I re-read a few Narnia books as an adult and was very turned off by the Christian symbolism that went way over my head as a child. I think "enco ...
... Martin's Babysitters Club books. It's a fun reminder of books I loved a long time ago. And I will never grow tired of A Wrinkle in Time . My copy is falling apart. I should find myself a new copy.
... of Dark is Rising series, but when I finally remembered it I bought it and reread it. I plan on rereading at least a Wrinkle in Time since it's been about 20 years reading it last. The sugar creek gang is the only other set of books I remember reading before high school (Except for Lo ...
... Kafka Americana by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz
February
10. Vertical Run by Joseph R. Garber
11. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I'll be reading the rest of the Time Quartet and then perhaps I'll try to squeeze in the complete Series of Unfortunate Events ...
... my basement. She's been asking me to do it ever since I moved out.
Because of LT I discovered books like Ender's Game, Wrinkle in Time , The Devil's Dictionary and countless others that I had never heard of before.
Because of LT I'm buying more books than ever before and am therefore ...
That's...interesting. Maybe I need to go back and reread A Wrinkle in Time now. I did re-read A Wind in the Door a while back, and that one's quite scientific. At least - so far as I remember... Oh dear.
I have Lord of Light on my shelf. Might need to try it sometime.
...
It's seraphim and nephilim. The cherbim was only in the other book.
And _Zoe_ basically said it - I reread A Wrinkle in Time in or after high school and found that there was a lot of religion that I hadn't noticed before - the three ladies said a lot of religious quotes, and so ...
... notice any religion in the earlier books when I first read them - I think I was about 9 at the time. But when I re-read A Wrinkle in Time in high school, I found that it was a lot more religious than I remembered, and that bothered me because I sort of felt like I had been tricked when I was ...
... These kids might as well have been orphans visiting a family friend. In some respects it reminded me of L'Engle's book A Wrinkle in Time but I enjoyed this much more. There's nothing preachy about this book.
I was also surprised to find out that the book was written 40+ years ago. But ...
I haven't read the Wrinkle in Time series since I was young, but the mentions of Calvin twigged a vague memory of having a crush on him.
Dave the Laugh is also my fave from the Louise Rennison books as well.
Wow, I'd forgotten about Strat from the Caroline B. Cooney time books as ...
...
The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster | The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis.
Juliette by Marquis de Sade | A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
The Powers of Ten by Philip Morrison | The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis again.
Process and Reality by Alfred N ...
... but didn't get it. When I went back later, they didn't have it anymore :-(
Didn't really care for the mini-series of A Wrinkle in Time .
Other mini-series that I liked are Jack & the Beanstalk: The Real Story and Five Days to Midnight. Does anyone know if these were ever books? I haven' ...
I didn't really care for the movie version of A Wrinkle in Time . I hadn't read the book in a long time when I watched the movie, but it just didn't seem at all like I remembered the book. I think it would've been better if it had been a major motion picture instead of a miniseries.
I loved A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet but for some reason couldn't really get in to Many Waters and never finished reading it.
... kids (http://www.headlinekids.com/) in 2007. It is called Revenge by Frank Pandora.
By the way, I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time when I was a kid. I loved that book! I bought it for my kids to read, even bought the sequel. Unfortunatly I don't think they liked it as much as I did. Oh ...
... Ghostwritten.
And I discovered many books that others here on LT knew from their childhoods, like Ender's Game, A Wrinkle in Time or the Lemony Snickets books. All books I had never even heard of before LT. Snow Crash is also one of those. And so many more...
... (though her (other) SF is better), I absolutely hated George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, I don't care for A Wrinkle In Time , etc, anymore, and I hate just about everything by Piers Anthony, with the sort-of exception of some of the Incarnations of Immortality books. I ...
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Some of my favorite kids novels are:
Harry Potter
Anything by Roald Dahl, but especially Charlie and Matilda
A Wrinkle in Time
Because of Winn-Dixie
Speak
The Folk Keeper
Well Wished
Great suggestions everyone ~ thanks!
Fyrefly ~ I also very much enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle!
My all-time favorite is the Dancers at the End of Time trilogy by Michael Moorcock, which includes An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End of All Songs.
Here's a brief ...
... for Owen Meany Guns of August, everything by Mary Stewart and
Helen MacInnes and many, many children's books--A Wrinkle in Time . The list is endless. (Okay, okay enough!) For me half of the pleasure of reading is in rereading old favorites.
... about gift cards and hoped-for book gifts, which books did you actually get on Christmas? I received:
L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time
Moore: The Stupidest Angel
LeGuin: The Tombs of Atuan
LeGuin: The Farthest Shore
McDevitt: Seeker
Anderson: The Broken S ...
I didn't necessarily hate these books, but I found them all quite disappointing:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I'd never read it before, and I really wanted to like it, but I just couldn't. It struck me as one of those books where the author is writing more about her own ...
... the Tolkien trilogy.
Another series would be the quite popular Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet, starting with A Wrinkle in Time , though my favorite was the third installment, A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
And last but not least, Orson Scott Card's "Alvin the Maker" series, ...
... Zimmerman
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King
The Humorous Verse of Lewis Carroll
Junior High:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Divine Comedy:Hell by Dante (Dorothy L. Sayers, trans.)
The Dot and the Line by Norman Justin
The Worlds of Frank ...
How about A Wrinkle in Time ?
... literary crushes when I was actually a YA -- Sam Gribley from My Side of the Mountain, maybe and definitely Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time . Oh, and Laurie from Little Women. I'm still bitter that he didn't end up with Jo. Amy was a brat and didn't deserve him. I was much happier that Ros ...
... series starting with The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A Wrinkle in Time , A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
More contemporary books I've read that would be good for middle school ...
I just ordered Black Beauty, I am the Messenger, Uglies, 1984 and A Wrinkle in Time from Amazon.
... to YA books.....
My first crush I can remember was on Peter Pan.
After that...
I'm totally with you on Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time , although by the time we got around to A Swiftly Tilting Planet I started crushing on Charles Wallace as well.
Nat Eaton from The Witch of Blackbird ...
What YA lit character(s) did/do you have a crush on?
I was (and arguably still am) totally in love with Calvin from the Wrinkle in Time series - he had me from that scene where he tells Meg to keep wearing her glasses so nobody else will find out how beautiful her eyes are. Aww! ;)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle initiated me to sensawunda and alienation simultaneously in a junior high school corridor.
I also identified with Meg in A Wrinkle in Time and Beth in Little Women. But if I were to really say what character I most identified with, it would be Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings.
... good book about teeth for kids, I got Little House in the Big Woods, the first 'Magic Treehouse: Dinosuars Before Dark', A Wrinkle in Time , Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing and The BFG. But nuts, I put back Tiger Rising. I'll have to get it next time. And The Edge Chronicles sound ...
... never read a book with a character I really identified with. I guess the closest I could come to it would be the girl in A Wrinkle in Time , but I can't remember her name.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, because I read that one before any of the others on the list.
Still not mentioned that I would add:
A Wrinkle in Time
Anne of Green Gables
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Little Britches
Charlotte's Web
Tucker's Countryside which I liked more than its better known predecessor A Cricket in Times Square
... For example, a search for "Madeleine L'Engle" on Amazon turned up only five results, whereas a search for her book A Wrinkle in Time turned up 66 results on its own.
There are probably others I've read but am not thinking of, but my all-time favorite is probably A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. It's one of those YA books that I can always go back to, fall into, and find something else to love.
Anything by Judy Blume
A Wrinkle in Time is also a must-read.
thanks. I thought I was A Wrinkle In Time I was recalling but I couldn't find any reference in the first book when my daughter read it recently - it never occured to me that I might have been remembering a sequel :)
... The ones in Many Waters were mostly seraphim. But yes, that's almost certainly L'Engle's Murry books, which start with A Wrinkle in Time , Unless you're absolutely sure it's not them, in which case I'm stumped.
I made a papier-mache cherubim in one of my grade school art classes.
... baby.
I read it in the late 70's - at the time I was reading juvenile Robert A. Heinlein and things like the Wrinkle In Time and Wizard of Earthsea series, but I don't think it was one of them.
any assistance greatly appreciated.
... children's lit the past two weeks:
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
Just started Cynthia Rylant's Missing May, ...
The page for A Wrinkle In Time is long enough to be a mammoth scroll as it is. Maybe some of the sections (both new and old) could be roll-ups. As a UI concept it is better than multiple tabs and better than scrolling large areas IME.
... series? Or something else first that I don't remember?
I think Animorphs was first, when I was seven. After that--A Wrinkle in Time by eight, for sure, because I was familiar with it when I auditioned for the play, and so therefore also A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet ...
... Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Robe when I was around your age. I read A Wrinkle in Time and Catherine, Called Birdie by Karen Cushman when I was an adult, but I think you might enjoy those too.
Here's what Catherine, called Birdie is ...
...
Nell Gwyn: 1-3 of HP (although mine aren't in French), the same edition of the Once and Future King, the same edition of A Wrinkle in Time , Anna Kareninaalthough I didn't finish it, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and A Wind in the Door, the Phantom Tollbooth, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of ...
... of the magic. Science fiction typically does not. So Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land are science fiction to me. A Wrinkle in Time is a fantasy - even though it contains space travel. Star Trek holodecks are science fiction. The old TV Series Fantasy Island is a ...
I had a bit of a reading binge over the last few days and I got through a is for alibi, dragons of darkness, a wrinkle in time , checkmate and a.k.a. Goddess all of which were pretty quick reads
Fun stuff
... Skates
40s
The Twenty-one Balloons (I plan to re-read this soon!)
50s
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
60s
A Wrinkle in Time
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (which inspired me and a friend to run away and hide in a mall).
70s
Bridge to Terabithia
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A Wrinkle in Time takes me back to my first sensawunda; I was in junior high.
Hm... right now on my bedside table: The Silver Donkey, The Iliad, A Wrinkle in Time , The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, En Attendant Godot, Tanglewreck, Le petit Nicolas et les Copains, Vampire Loves, Le petit Nicolas, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!", Within a Budding Grove, G ...
... in the state capital (that sounds so fancy), so I stopped by their local Goodwill. For 50-99 cents per book, I acquired:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Now and Then: From Coney Island to Hereby Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
by Charles Dick ...
When I was about 7 in the early sixties I read Eleanor Cameron's Mushroom Planet books, then Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time and loved them both. There wasn't much else sf in the kids' section and I didn't know to look elsewhere.
In high school my boyfriend had a huge sf ...
When I was about 7 in the early sixties I read Eleanor Cameron's Mushroom Planet books, then Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time and loved them both. There wasn't much else sf in the kids' section and I didn't know to look elsewhere.
In high school my boyfriend had a huge sf ...
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64. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Tags: 1960s, fiction, YA, sci-fi, U.S.A.
Rating: ★★★★
Okay pretty much everyone I know on LT has mentioned this book in some conversation or other so ...
