Title: Author Madeleine L'Engle dies at 88
EllyMae58 - September 7, 2007 07:02 PM (GMT)
musie - September 7, 2007 07:03 PM (GMT)
just read this and was going to post it but looks like someone beat me to it.
she'll be missed.
cheesygiraffe - September 7, 2007 07:16 PM (GMT)
:cry: I LOVED A Wrinkle in Time.
EllyMae58 - September 7, 2007 08:23 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 12:16 PM) |
| :cry: I LOVED A Wrinkle in Time. |
I've never read anything by her. :blink:
karendawn - September 7, 2007 09:07 PM (GMT)
Oh, how sad! A Wrinkle in Time is my absolute favorite book and L'Engle is my second favorite author (Marion Zimmer Bradley is first). :sigh:
cheesygiraffe - September 7, 2007 09:10 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (EllyMae58 @ Sep 7 2007, 03:23 PM) |
| QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 12:16 PM) | | :cry: I LOVED A Wrinkle in Time. |
I've never read anything by her. :blink:
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It's a children's book and it's fantasy. Do you like those kind of books? If you do maybe you should check her out. :)
musie - September 7, 2007 09:11 PM (GMT)
i can't remember if i've ever read anything by her but i do know she was on the required reading list for the school system when i was a children's librarian.
EllyMae58 - September 7, 2007 09:19 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 02:10 PM) |
| QUOTE (EllyMae58 @ Sep 7 2007, 03:23 PM) | | QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 12:16 PM) | | :cry: I LOVED A Wrinkle in Time. |
I've never read anything by her. :blink:
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It's a children's book and it's fantasy. Do you like those kind of books? If you do maybe you should check her out. :)
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Oh, I am familiar with her books. I've just never read any of them. Fantasy was not my thing as a reader when I was growing up.
karendawn - September 8, 2007 12:02 AM (GMT)
Really the Wrinkle in Time series is more science fiction than fantasy - at least starting out. An Acceptable Time would be more fantasy than sci fi. And the Austin family books aren't fantasy at all.
AlterEgoZoe - September 8, 2007 12:09 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (EllyMae58 @ Sep 7 2007, 05:19 PM) |
| QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 02:10 PM) | | QUOTE (EllyMae58 @ Sep 7 2007, 03:23 PM) | | QUOTE (cheesygiraffe @ Sep 7 2007, 12:16 PM) | | :cry: I LOVED A Wrinkle in Time. |
I've never read anything by her. :blink:
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It's a children's book and it's fantasy. Do you like those kind of books? If you do maybe you should check her out. :)
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Oh, I am familiar with her books. I've just never read any of them. Fantasy was not my thing as a reader when I was growing up.
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I tried reading "A Wrinkle in Time" and some of her other books, but none of them ever captured my attention, so I always put them down 20-30 pages into it.
Sad, though.
Potok-fan - September 8, 2007 02:38 PM (GMT)
She counts as one of my favorite authors. I like her essays as much as her fiction (maybe more, nowadays - it's been a while since I've read any of her fiction). Thanks for posting this.
JessicaEby - September 11, 2007 01:21 AM (GMT)
How sad :( RIP to her.
A Wrinkle in Time was required reading in grade 6, but I read it before then too (I had a habit of pinching my older brothers' school books after they read them, and ones my parents had to buy in high school, lol) so I've read that one a couple of times. Adam and I are in the middle of reading it together. I think that's the only one of her books I've read though.
terra57 - September 19, 2007 11:20 PM (GMT)
Another great writer who will be missed.