The first book wriiten by Jones that i read was "Howl's Moving Castle". Kak chik borrowed it from her friend. She and Hammad recommended it to me that i found the time to read it during my one-week long 3rd block break. boleh la. i found it interesting.
The book was adapted into an animated movie by a Japanese company. thus we had to watch it with translations. As always, the movie has a different version from the book but i liked it anyway.
A couple of weeks ago, there was a small bookfair in the midst of Kuantan Parade. As i was browsing through the second hand books i found the sequel to HMC, "Castle in the Air" and seized it immedietly. Azza found another book written by Jones called "The Lives of Christopher Chant". We had a slight tug-of-war since both of us wanted to buy both books for our siblings. We ended up buying the copies we found.
I managed to read "Castle in the Air" before the seminar just to divert myself from the dreaded avian flu thoughts. The story setting was very different from the first that i was starting to doubt of it being a sequel. nearing the end, both worlds converged and i met again the familiar characters of Howl, Sophia, Calcifer and the sisters.
With the seminar over, i had time to start on the 1st book of the Chrestomanci series, the one Azza bought. Jones maintained her style of writing but it was interesting nonetheless. interesting enough for me to want to buy the whole series for Hammad and Chik. I'll have to dig up my scholar for that one. But i guess it'll be worth it.
7/4/05 (2.40 pm)
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