2021: #65 – The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune)

I am late to this particular great-book-train, and I’m not sure there’s anything I can say about this that hasn’t already been said. This is a magical joyride full of charming characters that really can do no wrong. Linus is basically a CPS worker, but the department he works for deals specifically with magical children and Linus himself deals specifically with orphanages. He is surprised

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2021: #63 – Forever Amber (Kathleen Winsor)

“And look how you got here. ‘All rising to great places is by a winding stair.’ Have you ever heard that?” Referring to Amber’s journey as a winding stair is a bit of an understatement. This nearly 1000 page book covers approximately 10 years of her life, and yet I feel like it wasn’t enough. Through her multiple marriages, multiple children, and multiple sexual partners,

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