Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle
I am realizing that not many readers of the “Time Quintet” read book #4 of the series. I am also now realizing that my mom skipped this book when she got me the series when I was a pre-teen. I loved this series and had no clue til I got older there was a story about the fabulous twins I had a crush on, Sandy and Dennys. I didn’t understand why this book was so controversial, til of course I read it. “Many Waters” is […]
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Okay. Honesty time. I am trying to wrest a full cannonball from the jaws of defeat. Once I get this review written I’m at 48, I’m halfway through reading one book and 7/8 through tackling another on audio so that’s got me at 50 which is SO. CLOSE. So, I picked up Wrinkle in Time partially to get another one in the W column; however, I am hoping/trying to get my ten-year-old to read it (and the quintet) because duh, awesome. I threw the word […]
When we decided to read A Wrinkle in Time for our #CannonBookClub, I was ecstatic! Perfect motivation to re-read it before the Ava Du’Vernay’s film release. Before its release, there seemed to be some negative buzz that disheartened me. I felt like I was defending the movie and the book to an extent before it hit the theaters! In the end, I managed to complete my re-read the morning before seeing the film. The refresh with the original text rekindled my childlike curiosity and sense of […]
So this is the fifth and final book of the time quintet. I read the fifth book before the 4th book because I had it on audiobook and I didn’t carpool for a week so I needed something to entertain me while I was driving to and from work. I mostly hated it! I was very surprised, because I generally liked the first three. I’m going to have to basically spoil the entire book to illustrate why I hated it so much. Spoilers after the […]
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the third book in the Time Quintet. In A Wrinkle in Time, Meg, Calvin, and Mr. Murray had all the adventures. In A Wind in the Door, it’s again Meg and Calvin with the addition of Meg’s former principal (Charles Wallace’s current principal). Book three finally lets Charles Wallace start adventuring! He also gets a unicorn to ride around on. The Murrays get a shocking phone call at Thanksgiving dinner. There’s a dictator in Patagonia (I think) who wants to […]
This is book two of the Time Quintet, and it happens a little while after A Wrinkle in Time. I’m a bit of a completionist (word?), so I want to read the whole Time Quintet. This book was only about 210 pages long, and it was a pretty quick read. I think I read it in three short sittings. It has all my favorite characters – Calvin, Charles Wallace, and Meg. I actually like Meg more in this book than I did in A Wrinkle […]
