Howl's Moving Castle

I'm going to try and read all 3 of the books in this series this year.
First up is Howl's which I enjoyed even more than the movie (which I LOVE). We are in Sophie's head more. There are more characters. I felt like I understood Michael more.
We know the book is almost always better, but I loved being steeped in this world. Sophie has always kind of amazed me. She wakes up an old woman, losing probably 50 years of her life, and she's like well, okay. She owns it and moves on.
I listened to most of the audiobook while getting the garden ready for planting. It was perfect.