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Crocodile Hunter Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:01 PM
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A Wrinkle In Time
Does anyone else love this book by Madeleine L'Engle?
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:04 PM
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1. Oh yeah.
I should read it again - it must be 30 years since I read it last. My wife tells me that the sequels were quite good as well.
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ChazII Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:04 PM
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2. The book is
one of my favorites from childhood. Have you read the the others in the series ?
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:05 PM
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3. I love that book.
One of my childhood favorites too. :)
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:10 PM
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4. Oh, yeah. My favorite book when I was younger.
I need to re-read this; it's been years.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:12 PM
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5. I read that, many years ago. It was quite good. NT
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:22 PM
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6. What a fond memory. It opened an entire new world of books.
The movie wasn't too bad, either.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 06:39 PM
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7. Movie?
Edited on Tue Jul-10-07 07:30 PM by Greyskye
Wow. First I've heard about this!

On edit: found the trailer for the movie - doesn't look too bad! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290382/trailers-screenplay-E22041-10-2

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Crocodile Hunter Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 06:11 PM
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8. Yes, I read the sequels
I've read the sequels. A Wrinkle In Time is my favourite, though. It's a series where I love all the characters. I loved the Mrs Ws in Wrinkle and Meg and Calvin and Charles, and I was fond of Sandy and Dennys too.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 11:41 PM
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14. Of the whole series...
...A Wind in the Door was my favorite. Simply beautiful writing!

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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-19-07 06:11 PM
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9. I've loved it for many years.
I was greatly saddened by her death last month.
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RebelSansCause Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-19-07 08:23 PM
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10. i loved this book when i was younger
in 4th grade the running joke between me and a friend of mine was that a line is not the shortest way to get somewhere, you need to TESSER!!!!!
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 08:03 PM
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11. It was my favorite book when I was a child.
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 08:06 PM by superconnected
It got replaced by Enders Game, then Wuthering Heights and then later The Hunchback of Notre Dame for my favorite book every written.

Still, that book was my favorite for over a decade.

I'm glad she was there for me and so many other generations of kids.
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Wheezy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 05:01 PM
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12. Loved it. She was a wonderful author.
I had dinner with Madeleine once about 20 years ago -- I was just a college kid. She was very encouraging to me about my own writing. I'll never forget that.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 12:14 AM
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13. I just reread it this past summer...
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-08-07 10:19 PM
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15. I just read it for the first time
after reading of her death.

I can't say I loved it. There were parts I liked, but overall, I was less-than-impressed.
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