reading Howl's Moving Castle and crying... a cozy vlog // Ep. 1 of The Wellread book club Nov. 2024

[@wnctube1]

The best feeling reading a book is the "speed up-slow down" pace. You love it so much you're tempted to read really fast and fly through it, but you force yourself to slow down because you don't want it to end

[@CarolynMarieReads]

YESSSS

[@joelharris4399]

When a book gets you emotional to the point of crying a river 😂, you know you've discovered something timeless and special. I never heard of Howl's Moving Castle, but I'll keep it in mind going forward☑ Cheers to the joy that comes with reading🤗

[@brittanyallemanayers3447]

Love the video and love that you shared comments from some of the Fable book club members. It really made the video feel very conversational and cozy ❤ I haven't read Howl's Moving Castle yet, but I want to!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Aw I’m so glad 🥰 I hope you enjoy it, if/when you pick it up!

[@mariajosefin]

Was so surprised seeing my comment pop up in the video 😅 So fun! I love both the book and the movie so you starting the book club was a great excuse to do a reread! Might have to watch the movie this weekend as well. I just love the magic and whimsy of it all.

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Thank you for your lovely comment! 😊 I’m so glad to hear this!! I just watched the movie last night, and it was amazing ✨ Surprisingly different!

[@haleykinser6988]

I must talk about watching your videos a lot because my 2 year old grabbed my phone and said “Hi Carolyn!” when he saw you on the screen 😂 This is definitely motivating me to read Howl’s Moving Castle!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

I’m going to cry 🥹 that just made my day!!!

[@haleykinser6988]

@ Awh! That makes me so happy to hear. 🥰 Thank you for your videos! They always make my day better!

[@MallowPuarangi]

Perfect timing ☁️🔆🌧️☔

[@dianewalker9154]

I joined your book club. I ordered a used copy of Howl’s Moving Castle from Thriftbooks. Reading it now. Slow start because I was hooked on Bram Stoker’s Dracula! Finished Dracula last night (so good!) so now I can catch back up with Howl’s.

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Yay!!! ☺️📖✨ Ooo sounds wonderful!

[@StashaA.]

I so love how we book lovers hug the books we love. 🥰I put my favorite books on my nightstand, so I see them first thing in the morning. 🤭 Howl's Moving Castle is definitely a modern classic. I have no doubt that I will be re-reading this book for many years.

[@dianewalker9154]

In Western cultures, the oldest is most favored; but in Eastern cultures, it is the youngest (the maknae) that holds the greatest power and fortune.

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Interesting…

[@chiming_]

You crying over the end of the book in the foreground , while Leo was calm and composed as always. The contrast was so funny 😂

[@__loveball]

What a sweet video, I love that you read some of the comments people made in the bookclub and responded to them ❤ Really looking forward to more of these vlogs ❤

[@martinelanglois3158]

Great Wellread logo!! I haven't read this book yet and sincerely, I don't think I could imagine Calcifer to be anything but an adorable orange tabby cat. 😄🐈 🧡

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Thank you ☺️📖💚 Honestly, I understand 😂🐈

[@h31918]

Omg❤ i love your reading vlogs❤ i love your voice and your videos give me so much joy 😊 I am temporarily staying in the states and will be going back to South Korea but still want to and will join the book club😊 love you!!!!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Aw I’m so happy to hear this!! I hope you have a wonderful time in the states 🥰

[@postcards-and-stories]

I recently read it, too, for the first time and loved how whimsical it was 💫 I also enjoyed the quirks of all the characters, everybody just felt so individual and real and odd in a good way. Plus, the underlying melancholy of Howl and his origins really made it a heartfelt book to me. I love a good pinch of melancholy. Another thing I loved was Sophies relation to her sisters. And that through their different point of view on the world, also Sophie learns to view things from different perspectives (for example, when she first thinks, Fanny is a truly good woman, then after talking with one of her sisters she sees her as selfish, but then again she learns that you can see it from different perspectives and she must be open to that). I sometimes struggled a little with the pacing, it sometimes felt very slow, then again very fast, especially in the ending, and I felt like not all the topics were fully resolved at the end, but this just was something that made me think about the book even more after having finished it - and so I think it is not a bad thing. Maybe we will also get some more information in the sequels? All in all: LOVED IT! I'm curious to watch the movie (and would also love to hear your take on the movie!!) Thank you for your cute and informative video on the book 😍 Sorry, this comment became waaay longer than expected 😅

[@anaelwynn]

Howl's Moving Castle is one of my all time favourite books, I have reread it quite a few times ❤ I adore the edition that you have and really want to get my hands on it 😍 I just find the characters and the story so comforting and cozy. Hearing you talk about it just made me want to reread it again. Also, Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways are companion books to Howl's. They are set in the same world but they follow different characters, some characters from Howl do make an appearance in them as well ☺

[@denisefreitas6727]

Carolyn, i love to see you and Leon reading together, it's so cute! Oh, this book is perfect! Love the movie too. 💖😊

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Aw I’m very glad 🥰

[@silverplim]

Howl’s Moving Castle is my all time favorite movie and I’ve never read the book, I am sure that I would absolutely LOVE it. I love Howl & Sophie 💗💗

[@AshWednesday06]

I have yet to read Howl’s Moving Castle but it is definitely on my TBR! It looks and sounds beautiful!

[@jillenglish5878]

I haven't read it, just seen the film, but I am going to. Folio society has a copy of it if you love it so much you wanted a special edition, They also have the two follow up books.

[@jeeranko3359]

The movie is cute, no denying that, but I adore this book, one of my favourites! It's so witty and funny, and real, such a delight. Ah, now I want a reread. Ok then.

[@WildHorseFeathers37]

I LOVE Dianna Wynne Jones. She's such an amazing author. I've been finding her books secondhand and slowly reading my way through her work as I find it. I devoured her Howl's series. The audiobooks are excellent, as well--I particularly love House of Many Ways (I plan to one day name a dog Waif

[@neshkavirdure8289]

Just Finished it😊📚I Really Really Loved Reading This!!! This Kept me Enchanted The Whole Time✨️I Will Never, Ever Look At a Fireplace The Same Again. Calcifer Is My Favorite Character and Most Definitely Howl😊📚

[@kathrynreinitz6619]

So cute you're both reading it together. I was banned from reading the same book with my daughter in the same room because I would react.

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

I watched the movie of Howl's Moving Castle for the first time a few months ago and I loved it. I haven't read the book but I will. I notice that when a story that's a movie or show gets turned into a book after the movie or show isn't as good, because it feels like you're reading the script. They try to add details and put you in the character's head, but it's not the same as if the book had come first.

[@writerchic676]

Howl’s Moving Castle is one of my favorite books of all time!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🥰 the movie is close to my heart too, it’s the first movie my husband and I watched together when we first started dating. I have a tattoo of Howl and Sophie on my arm, and I love looking down at it and thinking about the book, and my husband 🥰

[@CarolynMarieReads]

that’s PRECIOUS 🥲

[@deegrows7589]

Howl’s Moving Castle is one of the books I donated to a Holiday Book Drive for local children.✨❤💚❤️💚✨

[@selmanached1288]

yeah, castle in the air and a house of many ways are all a part of the trilogy. I highly recommend the Chrestomanci series also by Diana Wynne Jones, her books are the reason i love reading. now i want to reread it 😍

[@jennysbookshelf]

I am so glad I discovered this book through your book club! I absolutely devoured the audiobook in two days 🙈

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Yay!!! I’m so glad ☺️

[@DianaLong-om3ck]

Thanks to your book club I read Howl's Moving Castle, however I couldn't put it aside to only read a few pages a day and raced through the pages. Then my son found the animated story and we watched it together, there is quite a big difference in the visual vs. book but I loved the book and liked the visual.

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Aww I’m so glad!!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@ellarose8696]

I can’t wait to start this when I finish Anna Karenina!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Oh my goodnessssss I hope you’re loving Anna Karenina and that you also love Howl 🥹📖✨

[@jamesduggan7200]

Congratulations on your new book club, Carolyn, and best wishes for its success now as well as in the foreseeable future! As soon as I can - my tbr is pretty well set for a few months at least - I will be able to join you for a few good reads. On that note, I've a quick question for you: Now I've finished Anne of Green Gables, am I encouraged to read the second, third, etc novels in the 8-book series? I really did enjoy it, even if I have some doubts to what extent she is able to make hard decisions of her own. Of course, that could be a result of being a writer's character, but it's very, very good. So, Thanks!

[@rujahpoetess9166]

Hahahaha the same i do with a very very good book (like u hugged and sighing smilingly) 😅

[@shamyasuresh5976]

❤❤❤

[@munirafatima3414]

Will there be a discussion with spoilers? because I want to hear you talk about so many things that you couldn’t in this video!

[@dianewalker9154]

In the movie, Calcifer is voiced by Billy Crystal, so I hear his voice while I read the book.

[@LoriCremer]

I also finished reading HMC in 4 days! I couldn’t stop reading it either. I loved the differences in the book from the movie and kept comparing them. I loved the movie more than the book though. I felt the book dragged in certain parts, but I loved the ending in the book more than the movie!

[@sofiamilla7809]

Castle in the air and house of many ways are KIND OF sequels... Like, they are all in the same world but different lands, and also different characters and stories. But sophie or Sophie and Howl show up in both of them!!

[@haerhawk]

What a reprieve from the past day's misery I hope emmie will also post a vlog soon

[@nikkivenable73]

Nov 4 was the best day!

[@bookishBisexual]

All three books have Howl and Sophie, but the last two just have brief appearances from them. The other two are good but the first is my favorite ❤️

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Amazing! Thank you for letting me know ☺️✨📖

[@ChanyeolsHaneul]

I love the book even more than the ghibli movie. And the best part it has other 2 books in the series 😊

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Yesss

[@KevinDedhia11]

Thank You! Your videos are so cute and honest ❤ Can you make a video on cozy books???

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Thank you! I sure can 😊📖

[@wandering0wonderland]

Glad that you enjoyed! My best friend and I buddy read Howl's, and both rated it 2-stars. It was quite disheartening after loving the movie!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Oh no 🙃

[@jasminegriggs4153]

Is the book for next month announced? When and where do we find out?

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Towards the end of November, I’ll be posting a poll on Fable with 4 different books to choose from (all winter/holiday classics) which everyone can vote on!

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

I have just got it

[@booklady8888]

I was able to get the book on my Kindle. When will the bookclub "meet"? This is the 1rst time I have been in a book club on an app, so Im not clear how it all works. Enjoy your day 😊📚

[@CarolynMarieReads]

There is no official “meeting” 😊 We’ll just be chatting throughout the month and our time reading the book together! I’ll be posting monthly vlogs dedicated to each book club pick, so we can also discuss in the comments! 📖✨

[@shybunnymia]

2nd time reading Howl's Moving Castle ❤

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Amazing!!

[@AnnetteRullman-oy6ci]

Would this be ok to read to 6 yr old?

[@vilvin2893]

After reading the book I stopped loving the movie, because it started to feel so much less than the book. And I feel kind of sad that a lot of people consider this story as a Miyazaki invention and they don't know about Diana Wynne Jones. The book is absolutely amazing ❤

[@george-fn6oc]

I don't know what to do to download the app. Can you help, please?

[@CarolynMarieReads]

I’m not sure where you’re having the issue, but you can find the app in the App Store on your phone. You can also click the link in my description box and it should bring you to the Fable app and my book club in particular. After that it should be pretty self explanatory :)

[@clarewoosley8376]

I just found this channel, and I’m very interested in your book club. However, in this video, I think you are telling too much about the book before anyone has a chance to read it. I don’t want to know how it ends, so I just turned off the video at six minutes into it.