💜💚Howls Moving Castle is one of my favourite young adult fantasy novels. 💚💜 Wizard Howl is one of the funniest and most outrageous fictional characters in fantasy and I honestly wish I’d read this book when I was around 9-12 because I only read it a year ago for a children’s lit elective I took at university. It’s the basis of the beautiful Studio Ghibli anime by the same name, but it’s very very different from it and I think the book and anime should be judged separately. I personally prefer book Howl because he’s way more interesting and whimsical, and undeniably endearing and articulate despite his folly. I found Sophie highly relatable and a very entertaining main character, her argumentative dynamic with Howl is really the best part of the book. They’re adorable together. Diana Wynne Jones was a student of JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis at Oxford in the 50s, and there are numerous Easter eggs in the book that refer to iconic fantasy stories like lord of the rings, Arthurian legend and Alice in Wonderland to name a few. #howlsmovingcastle #studioghibli#wizardhowl#book#books#bookstagram#bookish#booktube#reading#igreads#purpleandgreen#greyfloors#deer#goldendeer#reindeer#lamp#macbookair#dianawynnejones#fantasy#ya#childrenslit#middlegradebooks#youngadult#fairytale#bookrecommendations# https://www.instagram.com/readingwonderlands/p/BxZ25woHIK0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a6fc0lgsu3c1