MissMeliss on September 23rd, 2007

by Madeleine L’Engle
It seems fitting, with her death still so very recent, that my next book for the 11 Decades challenge is Madeleine L’Engle’s first published novel.
It takes place in a slightly romanticized New York, and traces the story of Katherine, a brilliant pianist, and Sarah, and aspiring actress, friends of a sort, though the [...]

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MissMeliss on September 7th, 2007

I saw a line item in someone’s LiveJournal this morning that Madeleine L’Engle had died. Publishers Weekly had a couple of lines about it on their website today, with a comment that they only got the information at deadline, and would have a longer piece next week, and that’s all very well and good, but [...]

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MissMeliss on September 7th, 2007

I haven’t been in school for years – almost decades – but in honor of most students being back at school by now, my list this week is books that involve school.

Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh: Harriet’s entire plot involves the reactions of her schoolmates to her spy notebook, after all. Plus, I always [...]

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MissMeliss on May 30th, 2005

Madeleine L’Engle
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I picked this up a couple months ago, but put it aside, because I’d been reading so much religious/spiritual stuff that my head was getting clogged. I’m glad I waited, because this book, really a series of essays, was refreshing and inspiring.
L’Engle’s been a favorite author of mine since I [...]

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