A Wrinkle in Time

I just finished the Time quartet. Wow- what amazing books. I especially loved A Wrinkle in Time and Many Waters. First off, it's surprising I enjoyed a science fiction/fantasy series so much. Usually I don't. Second, I am surprised I liked Many Waters so much, seeing as it is based on the story of Noah and the ark and I sometimes have a hard time believing in the literality of scriptural stories.

Anyways, these books were great. I thought the stories themselves were well-written, except for A Swiftly Tilting Planet being a little hard to follow with characters from all different times tied together with some similar names. However, even that book redeemed itself in the end when the author puts what I took to be the overlying theme of all 4 books into the words of one of her characters: "What happens in one time can make a difference in what happens in another time, far more than we realize... Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference."

I think about that often. I worry about if I have made the right choices, I feel regret over past choices, I wonder if I will make a difference, etc. What I need to remember is that of course everyone makes a difference. And as to my choices, well, they have led me to who I am today, and I actually like who I have become right now. :)

By the way, yes, I should have read these books a long time ago as Kerri mentioned in her comment in my last post. :) There are too many amazing books I have not yet read, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Just so everyone knows, I have not read the entirety of The Chronicles of Narnia....I know, horrible, right? I think I have read the first three and got about halfway through the fourth and stopped for some reason. That's another one I know I need to read someday.