"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been."
^Madeleine L'Engle
+ I just heard that Judy Blume’s Tiger Eyes is going to be made into a movie, as is Madeleine L’Engle’s Camilla. I wonder if this is going to be a new trend: classic slice-of-life YA books getting turned into movies. I mean: the movie studios are still snatching up the rights to Paranormal Romance novels, aren’t they? And I think ( Read more... )
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I so agree that the first two fit together. A Swiftly Tilting Planet was always my least favourite, too. And kadfjljfaa how I LOVE Many Waters. I even got my mom to read it, ha.
Now you're making me want to go hunt down the other books L'Engle wrote and read them ALL. As if I didn't already have a stack of unread books waiting for my on the shelf. Oops.
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Pretty sure that’s An Acceptable Time! Which reminds me; I haven’t read that one. For some reason, the other O’ Keefe books never quite made a mark on me. I think it’s because I couldn’t reconcile the teenage Meg and Calvin (and I think I remember Sandy being in one) with their grown-up selves.
I remember always feeling like something was missing when I read Wrinkle in Time, like, "is that all? tell me more!" And I used to think Wind in the Door was bizarre when read on its own. Now I really think they’re two halves of each other and make each other better.
MANY WATERS IS SO GOOD. I lent it to so many of my friends when I first read it. That’s pretty awesome, your mom reading it! I think mine would have mildly disapproved (back when I was thirteen) because of more mature stuff in the story, haha. What did she think of it ( ... )
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My mom actually thought Many Waters was really interesting and quite enjoyed it. I remember having a good conversation about it with her afterwards, which was interesting because we don't normally read the same books at all.
And oh yes, the ever-growing reading list. I was so proud of buying a bunch of the books I had on it with Christmas gift-cards and such about a month ago, and have only gotten through one so far. Sigh. One day I shall get through it. ONE DAY.
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The Arm of the Starfish, Dragons in the Waters, and A House Like A Lotus have some of the Murrys appearing as grown-ups. There aren’t any time travel elements to them, though. They’re generally called the “O’Keefe books” but Starfish stars Adam from the Austin books, and Dragons has another main character, Simon. The O’Keefes appear as secondary characters in those two. And from what I remember of the third one, it’s Polly in a coming-of-age story in Greece.
Heh, my mom’s usual reply to any book we recommend is, “I’m just so busy! Is there a movie?” Which is how she once spent a week watching the LOTR trilogy in hour-long chunks.
I just saw that Has Been Read/Will Be Read pic you reblogged on Tumblr! Boy do we ever need that in our lives!
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YES. I remember reading it and feeling this rawness. Like pain and healing at the same time. Gahhh, I hope that the movie captures all of that. Especially Davey’s relationships with her mom and brother and that close friendship with Wolf.
You know, I used to think of Wolf as this ~rough older man~ (I blame the 80’s book cover XD) but now I think, dang he is so young to be going through all that, poor guy. Wonder how he keeps himself together.
I'm thinking maybe I should now, better late than never!
Oh, yes! With the way she writes, I think her fans never feel too old for her books.
I'm just not in the mood at the moment, whatever that mood is
Those moods are so weird, aren’t they? I have some Holly Black books next to my bed that I know I will like just based on the narration and the premise, but for some reason, can’t get into them right now. Same with the fourth Queen’s Thief book by Megan Whalen Turner. But good luck with LeviathanI’m not really interested in ( ... )
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*clears throat* Anyway. Wrinkle in Time series is so much love. <3 I've only read Many Waters once so I'm afraid I don't recall it as well as the other three. ^^ ; I always loved the dynamic though of the Murray family- so many families in fiction anymore or so dysfunctional, it's nice to see a family that does have problems but genuinely care about each other. Now that I'm older I can see I love the Meg/Charles relationship because I feel much the same way towards my own little brother. ^^
Aaah! Swiftly Tilting Planet is actually my favorite. ^^ ; I just loved the epic feel of it, and of course the unicorn. <3 I can see where you're coming from though, it is somewhat disturbing, though I think for me I saw it more as a cycle of bad influence continuing on by choices that were negative or ill intentioned. It continued on in this family because they were pivotal in the struggle for the future, so I saw it more that way than a bad heritage/bad genes sort of thing. The Echthroi targeted ( ... )
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See, I think Many Waters is one that takes a longer while to make an impact. I have a friend who read it a second time, removing her expectations that it would be as fast and epic-scaled as the other two, and she liked it a lot more. : )
though I think for me I saw it more as a cycle of bad influence continuing on by choices that were negative or ill intentioned.
I would have liked L’Engle to show us MORE of the ‘bad choices’ bit, though. In every timeline, Gwdyr/Gedder/whoever ancestor just showed up. and the narration would set off alarm bells: bad! Evil! He’s from THAT family line! I think it would’ve been more interesting if we’d seen how they made bad choices, how they passed on the grudge to their descendants, etc. We didn’t get to see the full picture of that side of the story, which is why I think it’s flawed ( ... )
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