Chapter Sixty-Six: A Wrinkle in Time (and its sequels)

So I had been thinking about re-reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and its sequels for a while now, and finally I could resist no longer.  This may even start off a whole slew of re-reading fantastic classics!  For those of you who don't know, the books now labeled as the Time Quintet are: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.  A Wrinkle in Time is probably the best known of these books, although I find them all really enjoyable. Some are stranger than others as L'Engle explores the very strange nature of time, with the present or even the future often affecting the past.  These novels focus on the Murry family, a delightful crew of people who are practical and grounded while retaining an openness to the unexplained and downright strange.  The Murrys are delightful characters, and at least to me, they seem very real; I can easily imagine knowing them outside the bounds of fiction.  I also love the traditional New England setting of these books; as a New Englander, they just seem so homey and comfortable.  I'm really not sure how to describe the books themselves, except to say that the stories they tell remind me of all of the beautiful aspects of life and of the importance of love.  These are fantasy and children's classics, and if you haven't read them or haven't read them recently and are open to fantastical tales, I highly recommend them.