An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle, a book review

An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle is another great story to finish the series started in A Wrinkle in Time. This is the fifth and final book in the series.

I'm not entirely sure what the title means as it pertains to the story. I have my own ideas, of course, but the Bishop in the story said the phrase and I didn't really understand his meaning.

This is another great story about time travel. I like the way L'Engle handles time, again, though I'm not entirely sure if the main characters return only moments after they've left or much later. That isn't clarified in the ending of the story.

In this story, Meg's daughter travels back in time with another couple people from her own time. One of whom is seriously unwell in body and mind. I think, in large part, the story is really about him and that, though not stated overtly, he is much like Charles Wallace in A Wind in the Door. It's really interesting that the twins, Charles Wallace, and Meg are all absent in form, though not in spirit.

My eldest daughter has yet to read this one, but I'm sure she will love it because her reactions to the previous five have been in line with my own and I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I (and probably we) highly recommend this book to all readers.

Have you read An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle? What did you think of it?

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, a book review

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle is the fourth in the series of books about the same family.  It's not exactly what I've become used to in a series, but it is a version of a series.

Many Waters is an interesting potential story and/or retelling of the story pertaining to Noah and the ark. The twins, the normal two, accidentally travel back in time and experience the months preceding the onset of the baptism of the earth. I particularly enjoyed what happened to the daughter who the twins met, but never read about in the Bible.

My eldest daughter really liked this book. She mentioned in particular that it starts right in the middle of the action and moves forward continuously. She also said that it felt like it could be her right there in the story. I agree. We both highly recommend this book to all readers.

Have you read Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle? What did you think of it?

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle, a book review

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle is the third book in the five part series which begins with A Wrinkle in Time. In this installment, Charles Wallace and Meg again team up to save the future of earth. Meg is strangely less present in some ways, but just as present and necessary in others.

I love that L'Engle has written these stories in such a way as to illustrate some otherwise confusing scientific theories and ideas. Time and space travel being the primary focus of all five of the books. I especially appreciate that time is extremely relative.

In this book, Charles Wallace visits a time very much like what his niece will experience in the final book in the series. And the way that it all ties together is really interesting.

My eldest daughter really enjoyed this story. My second daughter will read it in due time and I'm pretty sure she will enjoy it. My eldest and I highly recommend this one as well as the two before it.

Have you read A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle? What did you think of it?

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle, a book review

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle is the second book in a five part series which started with A Wrinkle in Time. In this book, Meg's youngest brother (with whom she traveled through time and space in the first book becomes deathly ill and Meg embarks on a voyage into the interior to save him and the universe… and in so doing this story again illustrated truths from the Mandelbrot Set without once mentioning it overtly.

A wonderful story that reiterates, via an enjoyable adventure story, the truth that we are all one. Even the smallest part is integrally important to the whole. This is a precious truth an illustrated beautifully in this story!

My eldest daughter (12) loves this book. When she read it, it seemed akin to a very thirsty one drinking fresh spring water! My second daughter (10) looks forward to reading it. My first and I highly recommend it to all readers.

Have you read A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle? What did you think of it?