Re-read A Wrinkle in Time. 4 stars this time around.

Upon rereading this book (the first time was in 5th grade), I was a little surprised to notice the strong anti-Communist message. The "red planet" where everyone is the same? totally missed that one when I was 11.

This story was easy to read and engaging. I recommend to anyone who enjoys a good book. I was sad to see it end and I look forward to seeing what else I can find from this author. This story was easy to read and engaging. I recommend to anyone who enjoys a good book. I was sad to see it end and I look forward to seeing what else I can find from this author.

Madeleine L'Engle used to be my favorite author until I realized she had passed away before I could send her a letter telling her how much I loved her. She really is (as said on the box) a "master of fantasy". All four of these books (especially A Wrinkle in Time and Many Waters) are genius in the way they are set up, exhibited, and closed. I saw a Ring of Endless light on the Disney channel (yeah, I used to watch those every time a new one came on) and I loved it. She's a lovely writer.

I adored a Wrinkle in time. It's one of my all time favorites, but I feel like the series slowly deteriorated from there. I liked A Wind in the Door, but I didn't love it quite as much. Quite frankly, I fell asleep reading a Swiftly Tilting Planet. I only made it halfway through the last book. I missed the interactions between Meg and Calvin in the last 2 books. They were my favorites. And it was weird to jump from being in school to being married and pregnant. It wasn't as fun to read. My friend didn't even want to read the last 2 books when I told her that Meg was married and pregnant in A Swiftly Tilting Planet. It was too much of a jump for me. If there was a book in between the 2nd and 3rd filling in the gaps, I think I would've been happier. Plus the 3rd book was just plain boring and hard to follow, especially if you're 12. I had to force myself to finish it.

While I did have trouble with some of the mathematical aspects of the book-- as any mention of math makes my brain immediately turn off-- I did enjoy them. I consider this series another one of my "5 fantasy series every child/teen should know."

My dad handed these to me on vacation one summer. I liked them especially for the relationships in the books. I remember them as containing some of the weirdest moments of any books I'd read at the time, including some of the more preposterous fantasy.

I can't tell you what these books have meant to me. And they're still so important. I love L'Engle's subject matter, even though her characters get stiff and erudite. Everyone talks like a Harvard humanities professor, whether 6y.o. or 60. Even so, she is one of my favorite authors.

This is the series that started it all for me. I was in 5th grade and hated reading, but then we had the choice of reading either A Wrinkle in Time or the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. Out of 3 classes of students reading only 5 of us chose Wrinkle because we were told it was hard to read. Apparently they were quite convincing, which makes me think they didn't like the book. It wasn't easy, but I felt special being in the small group and I was determined to succeed. I really liked the book. I also really liked the rest of the series, although some were a little odd. Then I had the pleasure of teaching this book in 6th grade and I made my students listen to the tapes every year for the whole book. Pure bliss! Anyhow, I thought I'd share a little background about the book that sparked my love for reading.

This is a fantastic series with multiple themes from coming of age to the nature of good and evil. I really enjoyed it, but I've found when I think back to it that I can only remember the events of the first (and most classic) one. They were a little repetative in my mind. Still they are on the list of books (at least A Wrinkle In Time) that everyone should read at least once in their lives.

A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books as a young reader. I decided to reread it after my adult daughter, Elise, recently read it. I felt a bit like my mother, who loved the Narnia books and discovered their religious underpinnings years after reading them. I had the same experience with L'Engle's Quartet which, to be honest, detracted from my enjoyment of them a bit. Each book seemed a bit preachier and scriptural which is not my cup of tea. This is not to say that the lessons preached - kindness, understanding, being caring custodians of our planet, the importance of science - are not worth learning! They are indeed, which is why I still love the first book in the series best of all.

Charles Wallace could kick Harry Potter's ass. Sing mitochondria, sing!