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brandifox's review against another edition
4.0
What a sweet and companionable little book. If you have ever read and enjoyed L’Engle’s “Walking on Water” this is a beautiful chance to see similar thoughts unfolded in a conversational way.
I commend it especially to those balancing motherhood and making.
I commend it especially to those balancing motherhood and making.
jaminnj's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this.. so glad I read it. So many thoughts.. profound.. light hearted.... sincere... a gift of sharing.
fromsarahsbooknook's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.0
bekab20's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. Kairos vs chronology. Human emotions. Compassion. Beautiful vocabulary. Self - image. Timelessness.
arielamandah's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. I really loved this collection of essays. The thoughtful way L’Engle writes about community, reading, teaching, faith, and “mundane” life is inspiring and beautiful. There’s something nostalgic and classy about this type of writing. You feel elevated for having read it. Yet she also manages to share little human quirks and moments of pettiness that make her so, so relatable. It’s a book about big, messy, beautiful human experience, written by a dear childhood favorite, that expects you to stay with it and keep up - never for a moment do you feel as if it’s dumbed down (and I so appreciate that right now).
adamrshields's review
5.0
Short Review: I picked this up looking for a book of wisdom. That is what I found. It is meandering. There are a ton of threads that do not always come together. But this is essentially an edited journal. It is not supposed to have a plot or action, it is supposed to be reflections on life. It is in those reflections that wisdom comes in. And that is what I found.
my full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/circle-of-quiet/
my full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/circle-of-quiet/
carlybarly6's review against another edition
4.0
The first installment of Madeleine L'Engle’s Crosswick Journals, this book is so very lovely. L’Engle is down-to-earth, writes from a place of integrity and love, and is deeply thoughtful. A book of musings and tales, budding with wisdom. I especially appreciated her perspective on spiritual life, writing, the sense of self, and ontology. Just writing this review, my body is calming, matching the pace that L’Engle sets in this journal — one that assures the dear reader that there is time for learning and relearning, space for growing, room for being.
mrswythe89's review against another edition
4.0
This book is about teaching children, writing, family and community, the modern world, love, religion and some other things. I don't agree with L'Engle on lots of things, but I agree with her on lots of other things, and I came away from the book feeling refreshed, revived.
Other favourite books on living I'd tag as self-help:
[book: The Importance of Living] by [author: Lin Yutang]
[book: A Room of One's Own] by [author: Virginia Woolf] (a book about writing is basically a book about living)
[book: The Prophet] by [author: Kahlil Gibran] -- this one's a bit embarrassing, but I did like it, and it would be unworthy to exclude a book from a list for fear of appearing naive or obvious or uncultured. That would be behaving like that silly LJ community that made you list your top 20 books and then judged whether you were elite enough to join them, and never did anything else.
Other favourite books on living I'd tag as self-help:
[book: The Importance of Living] by [author: Lin Yutang]
[book: A Room of One's Own] by [author: Virginia Woolf] (a book about writing is basically a book about living)
[book: The Prophet] by [author: Kahlil Gibran] -- this one's a bit embarrassing, but I did like it, and it would be unworthy to exclude a book from a list for fear of appearing naive or obvious or uncultured. That would be behaving like that silly LJ community that made you list your top 20 books and then judged whether you were elite enough to join them, and never did anything else.