tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post9042472442807583191..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: Thursday Treat #26: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-18610730963727304702010-09-06T23:47:34.540-04:002010-09-06T23:47:34.540-04:00Hmm, I read the other books by her you lsited abov...Hmm, I read the other books by her you lsited above but I never read this, and I've always wanted to watch the film because I love Spirited Away, butttt never got to it.<br />Looks like I'm gonna have to read this :) and bonus: theres romance. Yesssss!Torrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-46148561914275603652010-09-02T20:43:00.586-04:002010-09-02T20:43:00.586-04:00Ooh, I read this when I was a teen and loved it! I...Ooh, I read this when I was a teen and loved it! I, possibly, may have had a little crush on Howl. The movie was brilliant as well, but I kind of wish that there was another movie that followed the book's plot more closely. Just because I'm greedy like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-29043744784744757042010-09-02T20:31:03.905-04:002010-09-02T20:31:03.905-04:00I didn't discover this book until the Miyazaki...I didn't discover this book until the Miyazaki movie, but when I read it I loved it. Have you read either of the two loosely related follow-ups, <i>Castle in the Air</i> or <i>House of Many Ways</i>? I wasn't as fond of the second, although it may just need a re-read, but I was as charmed by <i>Castle in the Air</i> as I was by <i>Howl's Moving Castle</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-28683801817212574722010-09-02T15:11:19.094-04:002010-09-02T15:11:19.094-04:00Ooooo I really must read this. I've heard noth...Ooooo I really must read this. I've heard nothing but splendid things about it and I loved the film.Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-44460467525998341662010-09-02T13:38:55.215-04:002010-09-02T13:38:55.215-04:00I haven't read any of her books, but I do have...I haven't read any of her books, but I do have The Merlin Conspiracy sitting on my bookshelf just waiting for its turn.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870662298657958483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-4442869827868221042010-09-02T13:20:53.758-04:002010-09-02T13:20:53.758-04:00My friend Karen has been trying to get me to read ...My friend Karen has been trying to get me to read this for ages. I will at some point, but I'm not sure when...I've never read anything by DWJones and had never even heard of her until less than a year ago.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-71994541886862586602010-09-02T11:57:01.377-04:002010-09-02T11:57:01.377-04:00I always feel like I discovered Diana Wynne Jones ...I always feel like I discovered Diana Wynne Jones as an adult, because I continue to love her books so much, but actually I read Howl's Moving Castle for the first time when I was thirteen or fourteen. It's so great! And it carries on being good even now that I'm older.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com