This is another book chosen by the book club I belong to. I would not have chosen this book by myself, but I am jubilant that someone else did. A Circle of Quiet is the first book in L’ Engle’s The Crosswicks Journal. L’Engle is the well renowned author of at Wrinkle in Time, An Acceptable Time, Many Waters and many other wonderful novels that many of us were likely exposed to as teenagers. A Circle of Quiet is worth reading. This book is full of L’Engle’s reflections, ideas and experiences in Crosswicks, where she spent her summers, and a few reflections of events that shaped her works and career outside of her summers in Crosswicks. It is a journal; and a few spots seemed a little monotonous, but overall this is a good book. I appreciated many of L’Engle’s thoughts and ideas. L’Engle states: “I am going to contradict myself.” I am thankful L’Engle addresses this point, because many of us contradict ourselves without even realizing it; and even fewer of us identify and reflect upon our contradictions. This is one of my favored passages in this book: “To be responsible means precisely what the word implies: to be capable of giving a response…. To refuse to respond is in itself a response. Those of us who write are responsible for the effect of our books. Those who teach, who suggest books to either children or adults, are responsible for their choices. Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surround us or we light a candle to see by.”
My rating: 3.8 put of 5
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