The book we will be reading for this month is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I thought it was delightfully fun and loved it. I just hope everyone else likes it. You can check a couple posts down and see my Teaser Tuesday has an excerpt from the book, but here is a review from Amazon.comSophie Hatter reads a great deal and soon realizes that as the eldest of three daughters she is doomed to an uninteresting future. She resigns herself to making a living as a hatter and helping her younger sisters prepare to make their fortunes. But adventure seeks her out in the shop where she sits alone, dreaming over her hats. The wicked Witch of the Waste, angered by "competition" in the area, turns her into an old woman, so she seeks refuge inside the strange moving castle of the wizard Howl. Howl, advertised by his apprentice as an eater of souls, lives a mad, frantic life trying to escape the curse the witch has placed on him, find the perfect girl of his dreams and end the contract he and his fire demon have entered. Sophie, against her best instincts and at first unaware of her own powers, falls in love. So goes this intricate, humorous and puzzling tale of fantasy and adventure which should both challenge and involve readers.
Sound interesting? Pick up a copy at the library, or if you think you might like to own it you can find it on Amazon for $6.99. Happy reading!
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