howl’s moving castle – VoVatia (original) (raw)

I See Noom and Noom Sees Me

Lost in the Moment and Found, by Seanan McGuire – The books in this series change between being about the magical lands in which various children find themselves and about how they deal with their experiences afterwards. As with some … Continue reading →

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The Howl-Bound Heart

Howl’s Moving Castle – I finally got around to watching this today. I’d already read the book a few years ago, but I’d forgotten parts of it, due to Diana Wynne Jones’s tendency to introduce a lot of intricacies in … Continue reading →

How to Lick a Lubbock

House of Many Ways, by Diana Wynne Jones – As this book takes place in the same world as Howl’s Moving Castle and Castle in the Air, it’s pretty much inevitable that Howl and Sophie would put in an appearance. … Continue reading →

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Fallen Stars and Fallen Djinn

Stardust, by Neil Gaiman – A pretty interesting, if sometimes confusing, journey through the realm of Faerie with the half-fay Tristran Thorn. I think some of the confusion is done on purpose, to give the impression that Faerie is a … Continue reading →