Howl's Moving Castle book + movie review

Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

Paperback, 429 pages
Read: Nov. 6
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure
Summery: Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.

Review: The story starts with Sophie Hatter, the eldest of three, talking to hats. I loved this story. I had seen the movie that was based of/inspired by this book so I knew a good amount of what was going to happen in the book, but there were quite a few sub-plots that were not in the movie, and were really interesting, they also lent more to the main plot as well. I had seen the movie before finding out that it was based of a book, and since I had seen and loved the movie I decided to read the book. I was honestly not expecting to love the book as much as I did. It had me hooked from the first chapter. I loved all of the characters, the main character, Sophie, and Calcifer, were my favorites, but all of the characters seemed to have something that I liked or at least enjoyed about them. The adventure Sophie went on was definitely exciting. I normally don't read larger book (429 pages) in one day, but the first third, to the middle third, to the last third all had funny and exciting chapters that made me not want to put the book down, and keep reading through to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good fantasy/adventure book, and if you have seen the movie I would definitely recommend reading it. It was a very fun read for me.

Now onto the movie

Book-to-Movie Rating: 4/5
Thoughts on the Book to Movie Adaptation: I love this movie. If you have read the book and decide to watch the movie, there are going to be some differences. Some main one are the witch of the waste, the scarecrow, the relationship development between Sophie and Howl is slightly different, the race and age of Markl (Marukuru)/Michael (which did disappoint me when I found that out, there are a few other minor differences as well. Even though there are some differences it is still a very enjoyable movie.


Hope everybody had/has a great day : )

November T.B.R. List

I did not expect to become so busy last week of Oct.. So I was not able to read Howl's Moving Castle in Oct., so I will be reading it this month.

#1
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

#2
Asylum (Asylum book #1 of 3) by Madeleine Roux

#3
Legend (Legend book #1 of 3) by Marie Lu

#4
SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles book #1 of 3) by D.J. MacHale

#4
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds book #1 of 3) by Alexandra Bracken

#5
The Devouring (The Devouring book #1 of 3) by Simon Holt

#6
Soulstice (The Devouring book #2 of 3) by Simon Holt

#7
Fearscape (The Devouring book #3 of 3) bu Simon Holt

#8
The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist book #1 of 4) by Rick Yancey

# 9
Chaos Walking 2 In 1 Omnibus (Chaos Walking book #1-2 of 3) by Patrick Ness

So I have 9 books I'm hoping to read this month (technically 10 if you count the Chaos Walking Omnibus as 2 books). I'm hoping to read at least 50 books this year, so far I've read 34 books.

Hope everybody had/has a great day.

October T.B.R. List

I was hoping to finish The Scorch Trials in September but the day after (Sept. 23rd) I ended up with the flu, along with some food poisoning,so I'm hoping to finish, and have a review up tomorrow. I still have a little bit of a flu, I tried reading some today but sadly I have very little concentration right now. I tend not to be able to read much on Tues. and Wed. anyway. I'm going to go back to having a set number of books, along with specific titles. So let's get on with the list.

#1
2nd 1/2 of The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner book #2 of 4) by James Dashner

While I did read the first half in Sept. I still have to read the second half, so I'm including this on my Oct. T.B.R. list. I'm sad that I got the flu half-way in because it was what I had read so far was really good, so I really hope that I'll be able to finish it tomorrow.

#2
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner book #3 of 4) by James Dashner

#3
The Kill Order (The Maze Runner book #4 of 4) by James Dashner

When I finish with the 2nd book I'm most likely going to want to read and finish the 3rd, last sequel in the series as well as the 4th book, the prequel to the series.

#4
Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Untamed Scoundrel by T. T. MacDangereuse

#5
Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues by T. T. MacDangereuse

I seen these in Walmart, and since I love the show I decided to buy them. They sound like they'll be fun, and they're not big so they should be a quick read.

#6
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

I had seen Hayo Miyazaki's film before finding out that it was based off/inspired by this book so when I found that out I had to buy the book and read it. I love the film, so I definitely think I'll like the book, and if I do I will buy the other two book. The second book sounds like it will be either with smaller characters in the first book, and the third book sound like it might be with a granddaughter of the two mane characters of the first book, I'm not sure though so I might be wrong about what both the other books are about.

#7
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness book #1 of 4) by Tamora Pierce

I seen this book on I think PeruseProject's youtube channel, so I decide to check it out. It sounds like a real good book, and it seems like you get to follow the character for years (similar to Harry Potter and a few others that way) which I tend to like with series.


I have spelled so many words wrong trying to type this (thank you for spell check), I've also had to go back and check and noticed I also put letters instead of numbers for a few before I corrected it, so obviously I am not over my flu yet, and still can't concentrate that well.

Hope everybody had/has a great day : )

April Book Haul

Both my review for the second Harry Potter and this one are late, while I finished Harry Potter on the last day of April (Yesterday), I wasn't able to get on my computer until now.
Now onto the book haul.

First up, what I bought at Winco.

I have heard quite a few good reviews about this book so I decided to pick it up. I also like the fact that you can tell who's P.O.V. you're reading in each chapter because one character has black text and the other has gold.

Second up is what I bought from Amazon.com

First is Howl's Moving Castle, I had seen Studio Ghibli's movie before I had known it was based on a book, so since I loved the movie I put this on my To But List, and it stayed there for at least three years before I finally bought it. Next up is Throne Of Glass, I had seen a video on PeruseProject's channel with this book I fell in love with the cover, and then when i heard the summery, it sounded like a really great action packed book to read. And again, I have to say how in love I am with this amazing cover (the back of the paperback looks pretty awesome too), I kind of upset that they changed the cover to one that is not only generic in the YA world, but also doesn't seem to fit the summery, the cover makes it seem like the book would be your typical historical YA romance novel, which it doesn't sound like it will be.

Third and last up is what I bought from Thriftbooks.com

First is Alanna: The First Adventurer, I had, again seen a video on LittleBookOwl's Youtube channel about the book and it sounded like a good, and interesting book so I decide to buy it. Next is Wicked Lovely, I had heard interesting things about the love triangle that peaked my interest in reading this book, then I read the summery, and it sound like a good fairy story. Third is I m Not A Serial Killer, I had seen a review of this book on The Readables channel and it sound like a good, and possibly gory story, for some reason lately I've been really into gorier stories. Last is The Monstrumologist, another book that I had seen a review on The Readables channel, and again it sounded like it would be a good and possibly gory story.

Later tonight I will have a May T.B.R. list up.

Hope everybody had/has a great day : )