Candy Bunny Reader

  ...the movie was better. I gave the book version of Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 3 stars . Honestly one of the main reasons I even read the book was just to compare it to the movie. I can say now this is a rare case where the movie is way better than the book.  But here are some things I actually did like about the book: Sophie's sisters play a bigger role in the story We actually get some context as to why Sophie ran away from the hat shop without telling anyone (her stepmother was exploiting her as a worker) We get to see Michael/Markl's backstory on how he came to live with Howl. (Michael is his name in the book, his name is Markl in the movie) We get to see Howl's family, and they live in Wales Now here's everything I didn't like which is why I gave it a low rating: I could not stand Sophie and Howl's relationship in this book, it was sooo toxic!  Howl is such a bossy manchild and Sophie is really grumpy and cynical.  They also real...

  I've known about this challenge for years but only now I decided to partcipate in it.  So here are the prompts for this year's middle grade March and the books I have decided to read for each: 1. Part of a series: For this I chose book two of the Amari series by BB Alston . I already read book one last month (review for that here). Book two is titled Amari and the Great Game . 2. An author with three names. I chose Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones . I will also be comparing it with the Studio Ghibli movie.  3. Include travel: Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver 4. Flowers on the cover: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder 5. Published in the 1900s: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit I am so excited to read all these books! I love middle grade fiction.