A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
February/March 2018
Obviously this book gets a "Fabulous" from me as well as a SUTMRS. Obvious why, you ask? Because L'Engle is one of my favorite authors of all time, I have read all of her books (most more than once), her children's book "The Other Dog" was a staple of my children's reading time, and well, just because. A Wrinkle In Time was the original fantasy book that started me on my lifelong love of reading in general and fantasy in particular. I read the book multiple times as a youngster and reread this book as an adult. And, in anticipation of the release of the Disney movie I read it out loud to my 9 year old and I must say, the out-loud reading to him was far better than the adult reading to myself. When he cheered out loud that the Mrs.'s were back I laugh/cried at his excitement. When he expressed how scary IT was and how scared the children must be, my heart warmed at his empathy.
The book certainly dates itself compared to the world we live in today. It was a simpler time in some ways before kids were slotted into gifted classes and encouraged to advance at whatever rate they could. The parent-child relationships in the books were also more formal that those that exist today, at least in my experience. But the concept of a tesseract will never be erased from my consciousness and Meg will forever be one of the most memorable characters in my fiction experience. If there is a child or young adult in your life, encourage them to read this book. I'm honestly not sure that a first time adult reader will "get it" but its short so I'd say give it a try! What do you have to lose????
rating: Fabulous - 2
Note that as a kid, I would have given it a #1: Best Book Ever rating.
February/March 2018
Obviously this book gets a "Fabulous" from me as well as a SUTMRS. Obvious why, you ask? Because L'Engle is one of my favorite authors of all time, I have read all of her books (most more than once), her children's book "The Other Dog" was a staple of my children's reading time, and well, just because. A Wrinkle In Time was the original fantasy book that started me on my lifelong love of reading in general and fantasy in particular. I read the book multiple times as a youngster and reread this book as an adult. And, in anticipation of the release of the Disney movie I read it out loud to my 9 year old and I must say, the out-loud reading to him was far better than the adult reading to myself. When he cheered out loud that the Mrs.'s were back I laugh/cried at his excitement. When he expressed how scary IT was and how scared the children must be, my heart warmed at his empathy.
The book certainly dates itself compared to the world we live in today. It was a simpler time in some ways before kids were slotted into gifted classes and encouraged to advance at whatever rate they could. The parent-child relationships in the books were also more formal that those that exist today, at least in my experience. But the concept of a tesseract will never be erased from my consciousness and Meg will forever be one of the most memorable characters in my fiction experience. If there is a child or young adult in your life, encourage them to read this book. I'm honestly not sure that a first time adult reader will "get it" but its short so I'd say give it a try! What do you have to lose????
rating: Fabulous - 2
Note that as a kid, I would have given it a #1: Best Book Ever rating.
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