Link to Howl’s Moving Castle on Amazon
I bought the kindle version of this book for $1.99. I know what you’re thinking – Howl’s Moving Castle for $1.99? That can’t be! Well, you’re right. I went back and checked and it’s now $7.99, so it must have been some kind of promotion. But whatever. They had no business giving this book away so cheap. It’s a classic. If you haven’t read it, you should.
What is this book about? A F*CKING MOVING CASTLE. And witches and wizards and fire demons. I was surprised how different it was from the movie. If you’ve seen the movie and you think you know the story, you don’t (though I never did fully understand that movie… I got confused when they start chasing falling stars and Howl sprouts feathers and flies around fighting things in the air. The book explains things better).
Quick Summary: Sophie, who works in a hat shop, runs into the Wicked Witch of the Waste, who turns her into an old lady. What does she do? She packs her bags and meanders off into the Waste where she runs into the infamous Howl’s Moving Castle and barges in to become his cleaning lady.
If you have read Howl’s Moving Castle, but not the sequels, they are also fantastic.
The Castle in the Air is about a carpet merchant who buys a magic carpet and falls in love with a princess, only she is stolen by a Djinn.
The House of Many Ways is about a girl who takes care of her Uncle’s house, only he’s a wizard and the house if full of magical doors. That book also has freaky creatures called the Lubbock which look like giant insect people and they can lay eggs in your body by just touching you. Um… yeah.
On a side note, there are many great Diana Wynne Jones books available as eBooks on Amazon. I’ve been reading my way through them.
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