The House in the Cerulean Sea | 
pickI write this review through tears. I was so touched by this story. So much magic, yet equal amounts of reality and true life lessons. I absolutely loved almost every character, and want so badly to visit this magical land (or one like it). I hope to make some positive changes in my life due to the lessons I learned in this book. I am a better person for having read it…..
pickSuch a sweet story about finding where you belong. My favorite part was when all the children went into town for an outing. I love how Linus has so little self worth yet always seems to say the right thing. This book made me feel happy.
pickWhat a wonderful book filled with magical children and a magical island. I fell in love with the children in this book. Tallia and Luci are my fave. The story within a story in this book about finding yourself and accepting people for who they are and not what they look like is the real gem. I give this book 10 out of 10 for its exquisite story telling.
pickPhenomenal book with great character development and many important messages throughout. I was very pleasantly surprised with how much I loved this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick#2021Book109
This is easily one of my new favorite books. The story is funny, heart-breaking, heart-mending, romantic, and just all-around beautifully written. The characters are delightful, unique, and magical in every sense of the word. I recommend that absolutely everyone read this book, and I'm going to spend the next few months figuring out how to fit it into my freshman English curriculum.
@Chrissyreadit I am very excited about your #NewYearWhoDis list & I can‘t make up my mind where to start. Possibly the tagged book, which I have been wanting to read so badly but don‘t own yet (the same with Jane Fairfax & Ophie‘s Ghosts). The other 5 books pictured here I do own but have not gotten around to reading yet, so I think you‘ll give me the push I need. The remaining 8 books on your list look great too! 📚📚🤗📚📚📚
#sundayfunday
1. Definitely Nora Roberts, she is such a force for women authors and the romance genre.
2. Nope
3. Tagged book is like a warm hug.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Thanks for the tag, @wanderinglynn ! 🙂
1. My library hold of the tagged book just came in a few minutes ago. 🤓
2. Apple pie or pumpkin pie
3. The Woman in the Window
pickThis was charming and wholesome and adorable. If you like the found family trope and don't mind things getting a bit saccharine, this is a lovely little diamond in the rough.
Perfect palate cleanser.
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I am so stinkin‘ excited to dive into my match‘s list for #NYWD22. @MeganAnn and I both included the tagged book on our lists and I read - and loved - The Outsiders earlier this year, so I already know we‘re in good company. The titles pictured here are my goals…and I cannot wait. 🤗💜📚
pickThe entire time I was reading this book I was expecting a sad ending for all the reviews I have seen said it made the readers cry. I am so glad it wasn‘t a sad book. This was a middle grade plot with YA humor. I loved the children and all their dark jokes, and Chauncey especially because who just randomly comes up with an amorphous green blob who wants to be a bellhop? 5🌟
Thank you @SamanthaMarie for tagging me 😊 I'm still playing, even though it's Saturday already 😅
1. I love unreliable narrators. They make the whole thing more interesting. And who can you trust, if you know, that the narrator isn't trustworthy?
2. I love t-shirts, magnets, key chains with bookish texts and pictures 😄
3. Tagged. Such a great book ❤
@MoonWitch94
bailedI really wanted to love this, but found I didn‘t really care for about any of the characters, and there was not much of a plot. It was clever and cute, but not enough to keep me interested.
pickWas worried after all the hype that I wouldn‘t enjoy this one but I loved it.
Wasn‘t sure about the narrator at first but he grew on me.
This book made me seriously lol 😂 and while I loved all the children my favourite has to be Talia
pickI may not live near a cerulean sea, but I certainly have access to a mossy tree ?
I am not a fan of the fantasy genre, but this story about a bearded girl, forest sprites, a boy who has always been called a monster, and the son of the devil himself drew me in and didn't seem all that far "out there."
It takes a talented writer to pull that off!
#litsymademedoit and I'm #gladidid
I've got the afternoon free and it's cold outside, so I'm just going to rest here in bed in my snuggly jumper with a snuggly book and try to stay awake and try not to feel guilty for not doing anything productive today!
I don't think I would have discovered this book if it wasn't for Litsy 💕
pickThere's so much cuteness in this book, but it doesn't get annoying! Great characters, with a lot of very nice development. The themes and issues are very recognizable / relatable, but are told in quitte a refreshing or interesting way. I really liked how there was some romance in the story, without having the story be completely about it.
This book touched me and I completely loved it!
Did I NEED special editions with fancy sprayed edges? No.
Did I BUY special editions with fancy sprayed edges? Yes. Yes, I did.
Any suggestions for 7-9 year old girls for a Christmas gift book?
"Sounds like quite the existential crisis. Perhaps consider having it somewhere else." - Ms. Bubblegum
pickAll I can say is: This book is #huggable
Okay, I‘ll say a little more: these characters are a delight, and I would read an entire series about them. As it is, this is a charming, feel good stand alone.
Loved it!
pickI loved this book, it was such a charming and heart warming read
pickAnother book that I had bought on a Kindle deal, well over a year ago. 😅 It was so good!! Tugged at the heart strings. I enjoyed living in their world for a bit very much. ♡
“I would rather be home than anywhere else at all”
pickI just finished this one and I adored it! I loved all the characters! This is a fun light hearted read that will have you laughing out loud and rooting for Linus! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
bailedTwo chapters in and I cannot go on… really not feeling the narrator. Maybe I‘ll pick up the physical book eventually, but life is short and I refuse to muddle through something I‘m not enjoying.
pickSuch a lovely and heartwarming story 💚 I laughed out loud many times, especially on Lucy 😄🖤
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
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Charming. High expectations and it did not disappoint. #audiobook narrator was good but would have been helped by 1-2 others given the number of characters and need for variety of voices. Disappointed that he chose to go with a countrified “hick” accent for the fellow who held prejudices against those different from him. Using that accent played into a stereotype when not stereotyping was a major message of the story.
We are on a weekend getaway so, of course, I checked out the local bookstore.
The bridge in the background is the bridge on the bookmark. Not a shabby view from the hotel balcony!
Picking up this book is a total #litsymademedoit - I've read so many good reviews.
I made it down to London to see some friends at the weekend and, despite hoping to get to lots of indie book stores, only had time to visit this one. They were awesome though and promised to post me up a stack of bookmarks when I said I was collecting them.
As always I'm slightly behind the curve, but excited to pick this one up.
pickThis book is marvelous. It‘s beautifully written and so adaptable to many scenarios we have all likely had at one time or another. I love that it focuses on seeing others, regardless of our differences and caring for one another.
pickHands down, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!
A new favorite and one I would recommend to all!
pick𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻.
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱.
𝗬𝗲𝘀.
𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱.
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Y'all, this charmed my socks off! The antichrist, a gnome, a wyvern, a forest sprite, a shifter, a child of unknown origin, the mysterious master of the house, beloved Ms. Chapelwhite, and a man used to a rainy routine. I came to love them all, and yes, I wish I was there! 💙💙💙
pickThe blurb on this book describes it as a being “wrapped in a big gay blanket” and that is the perfect description for this book. It was so comforting.
This is the 3rd copy of this I have bought. I keep giving them away. It is my favorite book of the year by far.
pickWhat can I possibly add? I laughed, I cried, I loved and while charming does not describe all the emotions it does des describe many aspects of this book. I would live in The House on the Cerulean Sea too. I almost forgot this was my September #bookspin
@Beatlefan129 I gave in to temptation and bought The House in the Cerulean Sea ❤
Also five non-fiction reads and Last Night at the Telegraph Club which has a gorgeous cover.
Oh, and my toastie maker arrived too!
Eeeeek so excited! 📖 A few chapters in but already knew from chapter 1 that I was going to love it!!
September wrap up! I did pretty good this month! Now I'm gonna read some spookier stuff for October 👻
@Blueberry
pick'And his thoughts were all cerulean' .. and so are mine!
This is a warm hug and I'd encourage anyone whose feeling a bit meh or run down by life to pick this up. Its so captivating and its positively sparkles everywhere.
Great fat and LGBT representation. A fantastic book not only for adults but MG & YA readers, it's so uplifting.
Great characters, fully fleshed out individuals - I am here for a sequal, sod that, a full series please Klune!
pickLinus Baker, a DICMY (the Department In Charge of Magical Youth) inspector, comes to Marsyas Island to inspect the orphanage there.
There were times when I thought the AUTHOR'S MESSAGE was getting a bit heavy-handed, but the characters worm their way into your heart enough to overcome that and make this book a delight.
pickFinished this one on my lunch break today. It was a good book with happy feelings, however, from the hype, I thought I wouldn‘t be able to put it down. Still, I most certainly enjoyed it!
