{"id":267,"date":"2008-09-06T17:04:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/09\/06\/howls-moving-castle\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:48:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:48:15","slug":"howls-moving-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/09\/06\/howls-moving-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Howl’s Moving Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Happy\" Mood:<\/strong> Happy ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> \"Listening Currently:<\/strong> Listening to CBC Radio One ]<\/strong>
Sophie is the eldest of three daughters of a millner. As the oldest daughter, she knows that nothing remarkable will ever happen to her as it is always the youngest of three sisters who has great things ahead.<\/p>\n

Resigned to an ordinary life, Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Wastes. Turned into an old woman, Sophie runs, well hobbles, away. She takes refuge in a castle that is moving across the landscape.<\/p>\n

The castle belongs to the Howl, a powerful wizard who supposedly eats young women. Howl allows her to stay on as a cleaning woman. Avtually, he just ignores Sophie, who decides to stay.<\/p>\n

I know I am late coming to this party as the book was published in 1986 and also has a Hayao Miyazaki filmed adaptation, which was in turn nominated for an Academy Award.<\/p>\n

This is a WOW!! book. Funny, poking fun at the conventions of fairy tales, it also manages to be an exciting tale that unrolls at breakneak speed, with interweaving plots and characters.<\/p>\n

Worth the time and effort and will be in the next "What to Read After Harry".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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