Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea | Tj Klune
Lambda Literary Award-winning author TJ Klunes breakout contemporary fantasy Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected placeand realizing that family is yours. "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." Gail Carriger, New York Times bestselling author of Soulless At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Jari-chan
post image
Pickpick

This was a reread before starting the second book, and I loved it all over again. It just hit me again, like the first time I read it. The kids went straight to my heart, again. And I went all Awwww, again. All the ❤❤❤❤

LiteraryinPA 💗💗💗💗💗 6d
34 likes1 comment
blurb
Read4life
post image

Still playing catch up. Bracket by @Catsandbooks

Tagged 💙💙💙

Catsandbooks Yay!! 🩵🩵 7d
45 likes1 comment
blurb
Jari-chan
post image

And my monthly wrap-up for September. One of the 17 books was a manga (loved it!) and one was a really good short story.

blurb
Jari-chan
post image

And it's my #bookofthemonth once again. Who would've guessed? 😄

#botm

blurb
vonnie862
post image

Finally got to read this one and it was cute!
I loved the character development of the MC and I really enjoyed the children. There were some parts that I thought were cheesy, but hey it was still heartwarming. 4 ⭐️

#authoramonth2024 @Soubhiville

blurb
Read4life
post image

#BookBracket @CSeydel

Tagged with a bonus pick of The Spellshop.

review
LeafingThroughLife
post image
Pickpick

What a sweet story about hapless, rule-abiding Linus Baker who gets sent on a four week assignment by the Department in Charge of Magical Youth to an island with a most unusual orphanage. As he observes and engages with the island‘s unique denizens he finds unexpected joy, acceptance, and himself. The messaging is heavy handed at times, but I fell in love with the characters and this feel-good story of found family and choosing the life you want.

15 likes1 comment
blurb
Texreader
post image

Seven books read in September. I finished the #LitsyAtoZ challenge this month with the #letterU! Two books read for #authoramonth, 3 for #foodandlit #Malaysia, 2 for #readingOceania #Australia and #Samoa. @Soubhiville @Catsandbooks @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Catsandbooks Awesome! I keep forgetting that Storygraph does these graphics! 1w
GingerAntics I think I‘m going to have to start tracking my reading in storygraph. I keep hearing so many good things. 1w
Librarybelle Hooray! A good reading month! 1w
43 likes3 comments
blurb
dabbe
post image

#bookbracket #bookbracket24 #bookbracket2024 @CSeydel

August: THE GOD IN THE WOODS
September: THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA

I've decided for the rest of the year that I'm not going to include rereads (so no Shardlake or Sherlock) in order to give the other books a chance. 😂

blurb
dabbe
post image

#bookbracket #bookbracket24 #bookbracket2024 @Catsandbooks

August: THE GOD IN THE WOODS
September: THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA

I've decided for the rest of the year that I'm not going to include rereads (so no Shardlake or Sherlock) in order to give the other books a chance. 😂

Catsandbooks Gotta give the other books a fair shot 😂 1w
dabbe @Catsandbooks IKR? Otherwise, it\'s THE HOUND OF THE BASERKVILLES across the board! 🤩😂🤗 1w
45 likes2 comments
review
Texreader
post image
Pickpick

What a charmer! Linus Baker, a government flunky, is tasked with determining whether an orphanage for the scariest of magical children (one is the son of Satan)is safe, or if harmful should be closed. Linus‘s gray world becomes so colorful when he learns and grows to love the children and their island, which is magical in different ways. The nearby town is antagonistic to these scary kids. Linus has many life decisions to make. A fantastic story.

Estherhasredhair One of my favorite books! I‘m so glad you liked it! 2w
LiteraryinPA This is one of my favorites too! I just started the recently released sequel. 💗 2w
CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 2w
GingerAntics Absolutely a favourite of mine. Such a feel good story. 2w
67 likes5 comments
quote
Texreader
post image

I love when cats get the zoomies!!

Such a good book so far!

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Soubhiville I love Zoomies too! 3w
54 likes1 comment
review
IndoorDame
post image
Pickpick

#AAM I needed a distraction today and couldn‘t settle on anything, so in the end I decided I‘d revisit this before picking up the sequel. I found reading it a second time around a less all consuming experience that I got swept up in, and a more analytical one that had me noticing new details. But it was just as funny, charming, and heartwarming as I remember it. @Soubhiville

BkClubCare Nice 3w
58 likes1 comment
quote
TheIntrovertedDodoBird
post image

I love this 🫶.

37 likes1 stack add
review
TheIntrovertedDodoBird
post image
Pickpick

Is there anything better than slipping back into the pages of a Klune book? Whenever I'm wary or simply downcast, I find myself re-reading this book; my little refuge. The experience was made all the better knowing that the sequel was finally in my possession. This was delightful, as always. These characters never fail to feel like long-lost friends. The pages always feel like home. Klune is my safety blanket whenever I need a comfortable read.

quote
TheIntrovertedDodoBird
post image

This 🫶.

lil1inblue 💛 💖 💛 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this book! 3w
kspenmoll ❤️🩷💙 3w
See All 6 Comments
CBee This is one of my favorite quotes, probably ever ♥️ 3w
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @CBee I agree 🫶. Klune's quotes are always beautiful 🩷. 3w
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It's absolutely delightful 🩷. I'm about to start the sequel. I'm so excited 🫶. 3w
45 likes1 stack add6 comments
quote
TheIntrovertedDodoBird
post image

quote
Texreader
post image

“Ornery” is one of my favorite words. But I‘m wondering how y‘all pronounce it. I‘ve always pronounced it “awn-ree” but assumed I was saying it wrong. So I just looked it up and apparently I‘m not alone. How do you pronounce “ornery”?

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Deblovestoread I think I‘m more on-ree. I think my on is harder than your awn maybe. (edited) 3w
TobeyTheScavengerMonk 3 syllables for me, or-nuh-ree 3w
TheBookgeekFrau I pronounce it both awn- ree and or-nuh-ree. Awn-ree when referring to critters (I think I picked it up at the barn in my childhood) and or-nuh-re when referring to people 3w
See All 10 Comments
rubyslippersreads Orn-ree. 3w
KathyWheeler Apparently, I use the Mississippi pronunciation. 3w
Karisa I love this word too! Awn-ree for me. Since I‘m a sixth grade teacher, mother, pet owner— it gets used often. 😅 3w
BarbaraJean Somewhere between orn-ree and orn-er-ree. Kind of two-and-a-half syllables! 3w
kspenmoll Orn-er-ree here in CT at least Hartford area. (edited) 3w
Soubhiville 3 syllables for me, I grew up in New England. But actually never heard it used except by Yosemite Sam from Looney Toons, and he said it with 2. 3w
Librarybelle I‘m with @BarbaraJean …it‘s some odd combination of two syllables and three. If I‘m speaking formally, I make sure it‘s orn-er-ree. This may be my south central PA way of speaking. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w
43 likes10 comments
blurb
Texreader
post image

My next book for #authoramontb @Soubhiville even though I‘m only halfway through Wolfsong. My library hold for the ebook came in so I‘m starting it.

GingerAntics Go girl, go! Enjoy Marsyas Island! 4w
Texreader @GingerAntics Have you read Wolfsong by Klune? It‘s so good 4w
See All 11 Comments
CatLass007 I love this book! Of all the new-to-me authors I‘ve read this year with #AuthorAMonth, TJ Klune is my favorite. 4w
GingerAntics @Texreader not yet. I think that might have to be a thing one of these days. The one I‘m listening to right now is absolutely NOT the Cerulean Chronicles. 😂🤣😂 I‘m not sure what it is, but it‘s not going to be for everyone. 4w
Estherhasredhair One of my faves!!!! I hope you enjoy it! 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It‘s so good!! 💫💛 3w
Scochrane26 @gingerantics He has written some dark books from what he said at the signing I went to. I haven‘t ventured into his backlog yet but was looking at his list yesterday. He‘s a prolific writer & likes horror. I assume you‘re reading one of those. (edited) 3w
GingerAntics @Scochrane26 nope, I was reading Fairytales from Verania. It‘s not dark, but it is a trip. 3w
Scochrane26 @GingerAntics I saw that series listed, may check it out someday. I have Wolfsong as my next one of his to read. 3w
GingerAntics @Scochrane26 I‘ve been hearing good things about that one. I think I‘m going to have to read that one along with Verania. 3w
58 likes3 stack adds11 comments
blurb
dabbe
post image

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

I think quite a few of us chose this one this week. 🧡🩶🧡

AmyG Such a heartwarming book. 1mo
dabbe @AmyG IKR? 🩶🧡🩶 1mo
Read4life It was my pick! Definitely a favorite of many. 💙💙💙 1mo
See All 7 Comments
dabbe @Read4life 🧡🩶🧡 1mo
SilversReviews This is a cute idea. So you post your favorite book of the week? 1mo
dabbe @SilversReviews Yep! And it was all @Read4Life's idea! 🤩 1mo
Read4life Thanks, @dabbe 💙💙💙 @SilversReviews I post a new graphic each month & we use the #WeeklyFavorites tag. You can find the graphic on my post and I‘d be happy to add you to the tag list if you‘d like. 💙 1mo
48 likes7 comments
blurb
Deblovestoread
post image

#WeeklyFavorites

The only book I finished this last week but that doesn‘t mean it isn‘t a gem.

@Read4life

Read4life It was my pick, too. 💙 1mo
42 likes1 comment
review
dabbe
post image
Pickpick

#readtheceruleansea @CBee

What don't I love about this book? Nothing. I laughed, I cried, I got goosebumps in all the right places. Then I read a bit more about the background, and it was partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop, where the Canadian government removed Indigenous children from their homes and placed them with unrelated white, middle-class families. What they endured was beyond horrific, so perhaps Klune felt the need to show ⬇️

dabbe the positive effect of what can happen when children are given a loving, nurturing environment in which to embrace their differences. Some reviews I read lambasted Klune for writing such a feel-good story when the origin of it was so abominable, but I choose to see the story for what it is: a fantasy story about six magical kids, their loving mentor, Arthur, and dear Linus, the hero of this novel. I can't wait to read the sequel! Thanks CBee! 1mo
BkClubCare And there are plenty of pie mentions! ❤️ 1mo
dabbe @BkClubCare 🤩😂🤗 1mo
See All 14 Comments
Texreader What a marvelous review. I hope I‘m able to get to it this month! I‘m currently reading his Wolfsong and it‘s so good. 1mo
CBee @dabbe I had no idea about the background! Thank you for posting about it ♥️ 1mo
CatLass007 @dabbe I loved this book too! Thanks for the info about the partial basis for the story. It‘s horrific but it‘s something that needs to be known and never forgotten. 1mo
CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 1mo
AnnCrystal 📚 Did you make the model? 🤩👍💝. 1mo
dabbe @Texreader 🤩🤗😘 1mo
dabbe @CBee 🤩🤗😘 1mo
dabbe @CatLass007 Agree 💯. 🤩🤗😘 1mo
dabbe @CoffeeNBooks 🎯 🤩🤗😘 1mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal I wish! I stole the image from good ol' Google! 🤩🤗😘 1mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe ☺️😎👍💝. 1mo
75 likes2 stack adds14 comments
review
Read4life
post image
Pickpick

Easily my favorite book of the week. And I enjoyed all of the books I read. This one is just that good.

#WeeklyFavorites

CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 1mo
51 likes1 comment
blurb
Deblovestoread
post image

#5JoysFridayonSaturday

1) Wonderful reread of the tagged book.
2) A couple of small home maintenance tasks checked off the list
3) Flare up symptoms abated in time to go see
4) Sum 41 last night and
5) get introduced to The Interrupters

Never too late to share your joys!

@DebinHawaii

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo
DebinHawaii Yep, joy has no time limits! 😉💛💛💛 Great list! I loved THITCS 💙 Can‘t wait for the follow up. Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 1mo
49 likes2 comments
review
Read4life
post image
Pickpick

#readtheceruleansea @CBee

Thanks for hosting this, @CBee

I LOVE this book. I enjoyed it even more this time around. I feel like I picked up on new things and appreciated all of the characters more. 💙💙💙

CBee You‘re welcome! I‘m so excited for the new one 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
Sace Such a good book! 1mo
59 likes2 comments
blurb
vanslibanan
post image
blurb
Read4life
post image
review
CBee
post image
Pickpick

Like some of y‘all have mentioned, this was even better the second time around ♥️♥️ Thanks for joining me, whether it was your first or second (or fifth 😂) time reading it! On to the next, and I cannot WAIT 😊😊

GingerAntics Friday, I was absolutely convinced it was Monday, so I kept thinking “tomorrow! One more sleep!” But no. 1mo
See All 10 Comments
CBee @GingerAntics I knowwwww 😩😩 Almost!!! 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee at least it‘s Sunday now! 2 more days! 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics almost Monday!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee ONE MORE DAY!!! My preorders on Apple Books tend to become available late the day before… so fingers crossed that happens again with this one! 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee for some reason, my Amazon preorder won‘t be here until Wednesday. 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics really? That stinks 😩 I preordered the Kindle version so it should download tomorrow 🤞🏻🤞🏻 1mo
78 likes10 comments
review
JoyBlue
post image
Pickpick

I re-read this in anticipation of the sequel publishing next week. I liked it even better the second time around (hard to believe)! This is exactly what I needed to read in this moment. 💙 [Full review to come, hopefully.]

review
CatLass007
post image
Pickpick

September #AuthorAMonth #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 I loved this book! I couldn‘t stop listening. The first couple of chapters were a bit rough because it felt like 1984 with kids. But I fell in love with the characters and their story. I can‘t wait for the second book to come out in just a few days. And TJ Klune has become a new “must” buy.

TheSpineView Fantastic!💙📖 1mo
Melismatic I loved this too! Will be reading the sequel for #AuthorAMonth as soon as I can get my hands on it! 1mo
CatLass007 @Melismatic I borrowed it from the library but I think I want to add it to my personal collection. It‘s definitely something I‘ll want to go back to. 1mo
Melismatic @CatLass007 for sure! It‘s such a classic book, honestly. Really checks all the boxes for a re-read. 1mo
DieAReader 🥳Great 1mo
63 likes5 comments
blurb
Deblovestoread
post image

#Readtheceruleansea

So glad to have reread this book in anticipation of the release of the sequel. I think I loved it even more this time.

Thanks for hosting @CBee

CBee I feel the same, it‘s even better the 2nd time! 1mo
Aimeesue CHAUNCEY! 💚💚💚 1mo
51 likes2 comments
review
AmandaBlaze
post image
Pickpick

This book was full of hope and found families. It was also about discovering who you really are inside. The emotions were there in all the right places. 5 stars.
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
#LitsyLoveReads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude
@WJCintron

DieAReader 🥳Awesome!! 1mo
Soubhiville Glad you liked it! 1mo
36 likes3 comments
blurb
Read4life
post image
CBee How are you liking it? Or wait, is this a reread for you? 1mo
Read4life @CBee it‘s a reread but I feel like there‘s so much I‘ve either forgotten or missed the first time. I‘m enjoying it even more this time around. 1mo
CBee @Read4life I feel exactly the same 😊♥️ 1mo
Prairiegirl_reading I liked it the first time, I loved it the second time!! I‘m so glad we are buddy reading! I couldn‘t stop on the weekend so I‘m ready for the next one! 1mo
44 likes4 comments
blurb
Read4life
post image

#WickedWords #brain 🧠

Word 2/5

review
JenReadsAlot
post image
Pickpick

I really enjoyed this! #authoramonth @Soubhiville

blurb
CatLass007
This post contains spoilers
show me

#AuthorAMonth Spider Robinson created a character who was a were-Beagle. In one of the movies with Wesley Snipes as Blade there were vampire Pomeranians. In this book I‘ve just been introduced to a were-Pomeranian.

blurb
Read4life
post image
42 likes1 stack add
blurb
dabbe
post image
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🧡🩶🧡 1mo
41 likes2 comments
blurb
AmandaBlaze
post image

Next up!

review
GingerAntics
post image
Pickpick

I read this twice and gave it a pick both times, so this is definitely a double pick. I can‘t wait, even more, for the next one. I can‘t decide if I want Arthur and Linus‘s wedding to be in this one, or if I want them to be married already. I don‘t care, as long as I can just get my hands on that book! Reading this book feels like going home!

GingerAntics I want to go live on Marsyas Island, and just love all those kids, enjoy the fresh air, and go on adventures every Saturday. 1mo
CBee I preordered the new one as soon as it was available 😂😂 Cannot WAIT! 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee right? Apple Books alerted me to its availability to pre-order and I literally went in the bathroom at work and pre-ordered (since we couldn‘t have our phones out at our desks). I was so excited. 1mo
17 likes4 comments
blurb
GingerAntics
post image
blurb
GingerAntics
post image
blurb
GingerAntics
post image

1/3
Updated character descriptions… this all used to fit in one square…

#TJKlune #TheHouseInTheCeruleanSea #HouseInTheCeruleanSea #audiobook #welcomehome #soexcited #readtheceruleansea @CBee

blurb
GingerAntics
post image

Someone PLEASE tell me that Lucy will be having snowball fights with his new brother, David, in the next book!!! I need this so much!!!
#TJKlune #TheHouseInTheCeruleanSea #HouseInTheCeruleanSea #readtheceruleansea #audiobook #lucy #david #yetti #yettionanisland

CBee Yes!! ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee I love how it‘s Lucy that first uses the term “brother.” He really is a good kid. I love him. I seriously hope David is in this book. I wonder if it will be set soon after the first one or several years. Teenager Lucy might be A LOT of fun! 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics I can‘t wait to find out! 😊😊 1mo
See All 12 Comments
GingerAntics @CBee I know! I feel like it‘s so close now (it‘s finally September) and yet still so far away! 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics I‘m still reading it and oh, the warm fuzzies are in full effect 🥰🥰🥰 September 10 is Tuesday!! It‘s a week away! 💃🏻 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee I have new fidgets coming on Thursday and that feels like so far away. Next Tuesday feels like a month right now. lol 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics 😂😂 I have times like that too. Currently I‘m in the “time is flying by” phase - which is great if you‘re waiting for a new book but not so great in other ways 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤪 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee been there! Either way is a catch 22 in one way or another. 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics exactly. Such is life 🤷‍♀️😁 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee I just saw that Beyond the Sea is listed under “Fall‘s Most Anticipated” under Romantasy, so that could be good news for an Arthur and Linus wedding! 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics oh PLEASE let that be true ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
GingerAntics @CBee right?! 🤞🏻 1mo
11 likes12 comments
blurb
GingerAntics
post image

I have finished, so I‘m starting again, because I seriously love this story!
I just need Daniel Henning to learn to say the word gazebo.
#TJKlune #TheHouseInTheCeruleanSea #HouseInTheCeruleanSea #audiobook #welcomehome #soexcited #readtheceruleansea

Lauredhel Wait, does the narrator say it "gaze-bow"?? 1mo
GingerAntics @Lauredhel no, it‘s more like gaz-ay-bow. He makes the a short like it‘s supposed to be, but then said the e as a long an and it‘s trip every time. He says everything else perfectly, does great voices, but every time I hear him say gaz-ay-bow my brain rebels. (edited) 1mo
GingerAntics It‘s been less than 24 hours and I just finished it again. I am so torn. 1mo
20 likes1 stack add3 comments
quote
GingerAntics
post image
quote
GingerAntics
post image
blurb
Read4life
post image
Cupcake12 I love this book x 1mo
ShyBookOwl Such a good one ❤️ 1mo
48 likes2 comments
blurb
CBee
post image

Just a quick check in! I‘m loving this list as much as the first time ♥️ Anyone else have “Beyond the Sea” running through your head? Well, if not, you do now 😂 Links to songs in comments 🌊 🌊🌊 #readtheceruleansea

CBee Also including The Everly Brothers song, because it‘s lovely 🥰 1mo
See All 11 Comments
dabbe This is my first read, and I am loving it!!! Thanks for the music, too! 🌊🌊🌊 1mo
CBee @dabbe I‘m so glad you‘re loving it 🥰🥰 1mo
GingerAntics I do love some good music to go with my books! 1mo
GingerAntics I‘ve been humming somewhere beyond the sea since I saw the title of the new book. 1mo
lil1inblue Ooh! I haven't started my re-read yet, but I'll definitely be reading to music now! I'm very much looking forward to abundant reading over the long weekend. 💙 1mo
CBee @GingerAntics me too!! 1mo
CBee @lil1inblue sounds awesome 😊😊 1mo
GingerAntics @lil1inblue I keep forgetting this is a long weekend. 1mo
55 likes11 comments
blurb
AmandaBlaze
post image

After Ghost Station comes The House in the Cerulean Sea for #authoramonth
@Soubhiville

PaperbackPirate I hope you love it! 💙📚 1mo
Soubhiville 🩷 this book!!! 1mo
33 likes2 comments