This a really nice video i found on youtube, so enjoy:D
The book and the movie are so different:(
I like the video a little bit better because it's easier to understand and because i saw it first. I like moving castle and find the door pretty amazing. It can open on four different locations. The locations are determined by which color is turned facing down when opening the door. For the first half of the book; which is before howl moved and changed the castle the doors opens on the following location:
Blue: Porthaven A seaside town where the real castle is situated. Blue for the sea!
Red: Kingsbury The capital and the home of the King. Red for royalty.
Green: The moving castle!!! Always moving on the hill above Market Chipping. Green for grass!!!
Black: Wales Howl's sister Megan's front drive. A weird mysterious place... Black for darkness...

Howl's Moving castle... Summary for the first 100 page :D
This story took place in Ingary, where magical things happen. Sophie the main character lives in the town of Market Chipping, Ingary and she is the oldest of the three. When her father died, her two younger sisters went out to seek their fortunes. However, Sophie was forced to stay and take care of the hat shop. On May day, Sophie went to visit her sister Lettie and on way she met Howl. Now the magical adventure began... When Sophie was back in the hat shop later that day, the Witch of the Waste came to the shop. She came to buy a bonnet but was very not pleased, so she turned Sophie into an old lady. Sophie do not want her family to see her like that, so she decide to leave. She must seek her own fortune. She walked for a long time until she saw the moving castle. She got in and fell asleep instantly because she was soo tired. She met a blue fire demon, which was really cute in my mind, not scary at all... Sophie stayed in the castle as a cleaning lady and kept herself busy all the time. This is a really good book, it's really interesting:D

I'm now reading the book Howl's Moving Castle. The reason i am reading it is because that i liked the movie and hoping that this book will be just right for me. The author is Diana Wynne Jone, she lives in Bristol, England. She wrote many books in her life including Power of Three, Fire and Hemlock and Stopping for a Spell. This book have 329 pages, so it will take me about 3 week to read it. Thanks to Stephanie for letting me borrow the book. :D

I'm done with the book The Secret Life of Bees. I will not write a summary for this book on the blog because i think that it will just spoil it for anyone that will read it. However, i will say that the book had a happy ending. The main character Lily learned to forgive both her mom and herself and she lived happily ever after. The characters in the book confused me. So if you are planning to read this book, it would help you if you already know the characters... Making this character profile helps me understands the book myself. so enjoy~

Lily Melissa Owens

The main character in the book. She is 14 years old and lived alone with her cruel father and her housekeeper. Her mom died mysteriously and this book tells a story where she learns about her mom and herself.

Rosaleen

She is the Owens family’s housekeeper. She is African American and is like a mother to Lily.

T. Ray Owens

T. Ray is Lily’s father. He is cruel and made Lily's life miserable. He never pays attention to Lily and hates everything she does. Yelling and disciplining Lily
harshly are the only two things that he ever does to her.

Deborah Owens

Deborah is Lily’s mother, she died when Lily was only four years old.

Mrs. Henry

Mrs. Henry is Lily’s teacher.

August Boatwright

August is the bee keeper that lives in a bright pink house. She is also the African American women that let Lily and Rosaleen stay in her house.

May Boatwright

May is August's sister. She is very emotional and suicide during the summer that Lily stayed with them.

June Boatwright

June is August's other sister.

Zach

Zach is an African American teen that works for August.

Neil

June married him after May died.

Queenie, Violet, Lunelle, Mabalee and Cressie

People that are part of the "Black Madonna" group and always come to August's house.

Otis and Sugar Girl

I do not know who they really are but i think that they are married to each other.

I'm like about more than half way done with the book The Secret Life of Bees. The story took place in South Carolina in 1964, where racism is a huge problem. Lily's mom died when she was still very young, so she now lives with her dad and Rosaleen. Rosaleen is African American but Lily is simply white. One day, Rosaleen went to the town to vote, on the way she insulted three racists. Because of her skin color, Rosaleen was sent to jail. Lily got punished for going with Rosaleen at home by her dad, so she decided to run away and also find her mom. Lily helped Rosaleen escape and so they went to Tiburon; where Lily's mom lived before. They were taken in by three bee keepers. There, Lily entered a world honey, bees and her secret life. This book reminds me of the book The Joy Luck Club. Both of the book focus on the relationship between mother and daughter. The relationship was never perfect in any of the two books. In the Joy Luck Club, the mom and the child often have hard time understanding each other. In this book, however, Lily is searching for this mother and daughter relationship.