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When A Wrinkle in Time became available on Kindle, I immediately bought it and the others in the Time series. It is just as good when I first read it, many years ago.
Read again 07/24/2017:
Reading again 03/04/2018, before I see the movie. Finished 3/7/18. Now I am ready to see the movie.
Read again 07/24/2017:
Reading again 03/04/2018, before I see the movie. Finished 3/7/18. Now I am ready to see the movie.
If I had read this as a child I wonder if I'd have liked it more. Just not my thing really.
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Feb 13, 2018
Jean-Marie
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fantasy
This was a reread for me and a first time read for my 10-year-old. We are ready for next month's very exciting movie release.
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This was super weird, but also lovely.
I didn't like it as a kid, and didn't get too far in. It was too foreign. Phantom Tollbooth was my limit. I still sometimes struggle with fantasy/sci-fi today.
Surprisingly, it seems L'Engle works much better for me as an adult. People seem to get prickly about the Christianity portions, but the story strikes me as more universal than that element, and I think that's proven by its success over the years. Personally, I'll always take any magical tale about c ...more
A surprisingly enjoyable and profound read. Highly recommend it.
A Wrinkle In Time is a quintessential feel-good children's book and I sped through it!
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Dec 30, 2014
Anna Din
marked it as to-read
