#house in the cerulean sea controversy

[thechaoticreader]

10 More Booktok Books I Refuse To Read

Why am I doing this again? Well, I'm a bitch and feel like I've been rating books very highly lately so I need an outlet for the hater energy. Trying to keep the blog chaotic neutral!

*Disclaimer: If you like any of these books, slay! I'm happy for you! These are just my own consumer choices, and imo negative book reviews are just as helpful as positive ones!*

1. Twisted Love (& Series)

will HATE the love intrest

heard its a little incelly

too straight for my gay ass

as an Anna, I cannot condone this spelling so out of principle I will not read her books <3

2. The Fine Print (& Series)

Crusty billionaires aren't sexy

I repeat its too straight for my gay ass

I was born on December 5th which is the same day Walt Disney died and idk I just feel weird about it

eat the rich

I've had another one of Lauren Ashers books on my TBR for like a year and I keep putting off reading it (even tho its about F1 and Im obsessed with F1) so theres no hope of me reading and enjoying one about something I dont care about

3. A Little Life

I have enough mental illness without reading this book

I have enough queer trauma without reading this book

I'm not okay enough to read this book

Seriously though, this would be way too triggering for me and im chosing to prioritize my mental health over reading popular and critically acclaimed works (you all should too <3)

4. One Of Us Is Lying

I don't typically like Y/A thrillers

generally doesnt intrest me -> im getting tired of thrillers and have started leaning towards straight up horror

I HATE the cover

5. Inheritance Games

I've been burnt out of this genre/type of book since the 2000s-2010s dystopian craze

my housemate hated it and I trust his opinion

6. Lightlark

...do I really need to say anything

7. House In The Cerulean Sea

white author profiting off of indigenous trauma

mishandling of indigenous genocide (i.e the 60's scoop)

paints the residential school system as "not that bad"

I know the above books haven't been that serious but this one absolutely is and I will link information and resources in the comments. I put this one so low because I know if it was first people would just skip this whole post and potentially not look into the history of why this book is problematic.

8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

theres too much hype and i don't want to be dissapointed

9. The Love Hypothesis

galaxy leggings

I wont be able to overlook the cringy millenial humor

it will transport me back to 2016 (in a bad way...see above)

im too gay for that (I can be convinced to read bride tho👀)

10. From Blood and Ash

I have no good reasons tbh

the cover triggers my fight or flight

im not a series girlie (gender neutral) -> duologies are on thin ice

[thegirlwhorunsforthetrain]

House On The Cerulean Sea by TJ Clune

“Why is it that I must always worry about tomorrows?” (more…) “”

[mediawhorefics]

hi, i saw you recommended some lgbtq books a while ago but it's impossible to find anything from tumblr later on, so do you know any good fantasy/sci-fi/action/contemporary m/m books? like with actual plot instead of just romance and also with characters and (platonic) relationships other than the main couple. thanks!

hiiiii, sorry this is super late, but of course i can!

(apologies in advance cos some of these are prob books i’ve recced before 🤪✌🏻)

-> captive prince trilogy (cs pacat) | if you’re looking for something with actual plot, cp has a big political overarching plot that’s super compelling about the two princes of neighbouring enemy kingdoms trying to reclaim their respective thrones. there’s lots of triggering content so do look it up before… but while the romance is the main event, the political aspect of the book is really detailed and engaging.

-> dark rise trilogy (cs pacat) | 2 out of 3 books are out currently and the m/m romance is not the focus so far though it’s been well teased/a good slow start. the whole trilogy is a subversion of the classic medieval chosen one trope ft. an old world of magic being reawakened, a dark king’s return and an order of knights trying to prevent it. great found family vibes. ya historical fantasy.

-> hither page (cat sebastian) | a jaded spy and a shell-shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar england. historical murder mystery!

-> big bad wolf series (charlie adhara) | an ex fbi agent gets transferred to a secret agency dealing with werewolf crimes after being attacked by one of them. human and werewolf relations are tense and he ends up paired with a wolf agent from the wolf agency that echoes his to solve a series of brutal crimes. ok, i know this sounds like straight up werewolf porn, but i was really surprised by how engaging and well written the mysteries were in this series. i’m talking twists and shit, compelling/complex side characters…. this series completely took me by surprise.

-> seven summer nights (harper fox) | post war england, a shell-shocked archaeologist and a vicar fall in love while trying to uncover a small town’s archaeological mystery in the south downs.

-> the last binding series (freya markse) | edwardian magical mystery series, each book focuses on a different queer couple while following an overarching mystery/plot that threatens the welfare of magical britain. big found family vibes, lots of great side characters introduced in each book that then become leads in later books, beautiful writing.

-> a taste of gold and iron (alexandra rowland) | ottoman empire inspired fantasy world, a prince and his bodyguard must investigate a break in at one of their guilds, the results of which could save their queen’s reign.

-> the will darling adventures (kj charles) | 1920s mystery adventure series. great side characters, insp by 20s pulp novels. a wwi vet turned bookseller get swiped up in mystery and a spy he’s not sure he can trust. first one is a bit slower, but it picks up in book 2 & 3.

-> the kingdoms (natasha pulley) | 19th century alternate history mystery. an amnesiac journeys from london to a scottish lighthouse to try and unlock the mystery of his forgotten past. complex narrative and extremely immersive storytelling. the romance is central but subtle.

-> the binding (bridget collins) | 19th century historical fantasy. emmet is training to be a bookbinder in a world where books contain people’s memories and are highly controversial… eternal sunshine of the spotless mind vibes.

-> less (andrew sean greer) | arthur less is going on a worldwide literary tour to avoid going to his ex’s wedding. this book really took me by surprise, it was so delightful.

-> the house in the cerulean sea (tj klune) | linus baker, a case worker for the department in charge of magical youth, gets sent to an orphanage for so labelled 'dangerous' children in order to evaluate whether they're about/able to end the world and if the orphanage/the man in charge of it is best for them. big feel good book, really funny, great found family vibes, subtle love story, wonderful side characters.

-> the bedlam stacks (natasha pulley) | merrick tremayne is called upon by the india office to go on a dangerous expedition deep in peru to fetch quinine (essential for the treatment of malaria) despite the debilitating injury that almost cost him a leg. every expedition before his has yielded no results apart from dead bodies, but merrick has family history deep in the country so he goes against his better judgement. there, he meets raphael, a priest surrounded by strange stories of disappearances, cursed woods and living stones, and who might hold the key to his family’s past. really cool world building, really immersive writing, very subtle romance. more plot heavy than romance heavy, but it's still !!!!

-> salt magic, skin magic (lee welch) | lord thorny is cursed and can't leave his father's estate. trapped there for over a year now, he is slowly losing his mind. until industrial magical john blake arrives on the land to investigate an unrelated case involving witchcraft. soon enough the men get closer and must work together to figure out a way to break thorny's curse. historical fantasy, good mystery, fun twists. i haven't read this one in a while, but i remember really enjoying the mythology.

-> the watchmaker of filiigree street & sequel (natasha pulley) | telegraphist thaniel receives a mysterious watch on his birthday whose pre-set alarm saves him from a terrorist bombing on scotland yard. since the bomb was made with clockwork parts and only the bomber could have known when to set the alarm, thaniel is sent by a detective investigating the bombing to live with the suspected watchmaker to figure out what’s going on. sherlock holmes vibes. slow burn/subtle romance. delightful writing.

-> under the whispering door (tj klune) | an unpleasant and selfish man in life, wallace price meets his reaper at his near-empty funeral and gets taken to a whimsical tea shop where he meets hugo, the ferryman whose job it is to help him move on and crossover into the afterlife. a task that becomes complicated as wallace starts developing feelings for hugo. found family vibes.

[smalltownfae]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge 📚

January 4th, 2023: Warm Fuzzies

My brand is dark sad books and I cannot be trusted with what I consider cozy because the Realm of the Elderlings series is that to me and some people call it torture porn 🤷‍♀️

I tried to pick books I think other people would also say would give them warm fuzzy feelings (I would include the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies and Piranesi here but I know those give that kind of feelings to me and others like me alone).

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is my main comfort book. So short, so funny, so comforting and it has a happy ending. I love it so much and I am one of those people that prefer it to the movie, especially when it comes to Howl and Sophie. You see what I mean because I think Howl and Sophie are too sweet in the movie and I like them more dramatic and full of spite like in the book.

The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip is a book I've heard being compared to Howl's Moving Castle. But, it's less funny and the ending more bittersweet I would say. I hope other people consider a book where the main characters keep crying of sadness to be conforting... It has a cozy warm inn near a magical sea, ok?

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura is a book about friendship and finding people that will understand you. Doesn't that sound so sweet? Sure, there are themes of bullying and the kids come together because of trauma, but the friendship between them is really sweet, I swear!

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett is part of the Discworld series and should be read around Christmas time. This is not only an extremelly funny book, but is also full of heart... and it has a psychotic assassin that kidnaps the hogfather (Discworld's father Christmas) and kills a few people. We can't have it all.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune is a book I've seen many people say it's cozy so I don't think the trauma of a few characters stops a book from being cozy to others after all, right? I also heard about the discussion around the author's idea that gave origin to this story and all the controversy. I read it before all of that and still think that as a fictional story it is a good one and it has a sort of happy ending.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

Hello, how are your rules with controversial authors/authors who are/were awful as humans? I'm just asking, because I just wanted to submit a book I liked as a teen and so I looked up the author's name to write it correctly and of course the Wikipedia article told me they made some terrible things. I'm in a little in shock right now 😂 I usually don't look up authors, not when I only read one little fiction book, especially when it was that long ago. Said author has been dead for over 20 years by now, by the way.

hello! this is a good question, and I hadn’t totally settled on an answer. I have been grappling with this in relation to two submissions, one of a book by Brandon Sanderson, who despite his lip-service to social liberalism still tithes to the Mormon church, and one of T.J. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, which cozifies the Sixties Scoop in Canada (as well as residential schools), part of the Canadian state’s ongoing policies of genocide against Indigenous people, in a way that I find deeply troubling.

insofar as this blog serves, in part, to make people aware of a range of books they may not have previously encountered (certainly I anticipate this being the case for many, if not most, of my own additions to the queue), it feels to me like I would be de facto recommending these books, or at least serving as a platform for others’ recommendations, if I simply queue them along with the others.

having said that, I don’t have the time or, frankly, energy to look up every author I’m not already familiar with. my options, as I currently see them, are:

post whatever is submitted, relying on submitters’ discretion to exclude, for example, Orson Scott Card’s fantasy novels;

post whatever is submitted, relying on submitters’ discretion, and stop including blurbs for any books — just cover, title / author, and poll;

post whatever is submitted but exclude blurbs and/or provide contextual information for authors and books I’m not comfortable promoting; or

maintain a list of authors or books that I won’t accept, with brief explanations, updated on a case-by-case basis as submissions come in.

none of these is ideal. option 1 requires me to overlook my own discomfort with authors like Card or Sanderson or works like The House in the Cerulean Sea, and I don’t like that at all. option 2 means sacrificing the promotional value of these polls (little though I’m sure it is) for books that people might otherwise not have encountered.

meanwhile, options 3 and, especially, 4 would inevitably be inconsistent, even if I set out guidelines (I would, for example, most likely only include living authors on the list for option 4), and they also open up possibilities for disagreement — see the smear campaigns disproportionately directed at marginalized authors (Maya Deane’s Wrath Goddess Sing, e.g., or Isabel Fall’s “Helicopter Story”). for my own mental health’s sake, I don’t want to risk having to argue with people about which authors or books should or shouldn’t be too problematic to include on this blog, especially since many people (myself often included!) don’t know much, if anything, about most of the authors they read.

of these options, 2 seems to me to be the least bad. the idea of enticing people to read new things (insofar as blurbs accomplish this) is appealing — it was a nice dream while it lasted! — but I don’t think there’s another reasonable way to handle this without sinking hours into tracking down information about every author. I’m going to go through and remove the blurbs now, although obviously older reblogged versions of the first few posts will continue to circulate with blurbs.

this is probably a longer response than you were expecting! to answer your specific question: currently, it would be at your discretion.

if my feelings about the best way to handle this change in future, I’ll make an announcement to that effect.

[thatwasthenightthingschanged]

hey sarah I was your books read in 2023 post and just wondered what you thought of house on the cerulean sea because it doesn’t have a rating and it’s been on my tbr for a while and I’ve always really loved the books you recommend

I chose not to rate it because there's been a lot of controversy around the author's inspiration (which I only found out after I read the book) for that book so I felt uncomfortable "advertising" it :/ if it wasn't for that I probably would've given it a five star rating (again, before I learned abt the problems surrounding it) because I really enjoyed but yeah, maybe read up on the controversy around it first & then decide if you still want to read it :/

[thelibraryofeden]

Written for my high school’s newspaper

“Regardless of what else he is, he is still a child, as they all are. And don’t all children deserve to be protected? To be loved and nurtured so that they may grow and shape the world to make it a better place?”

The House in The Cerulean Sea is an urban fantasy published in 2020 by TJ Klune set in a world with magical people who are separated from non-magical people from a young age. They are either put in orphanages or schools designed for magical people and the main character, Linus Baker, is a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth or DICOMY that reviews if orphanages need to be closed. Linus lives a boring life and has resigned himself to loneliness until he gets a highly unusual classified case. He is assigned to investigate Marsyas Island Orphanage, which is home to six dangerous and extraordinary children and a mysterious but charming man that houses them. What he experiences on the island changes everything.

This book is the definition of charming with its witty lines, thought-provoking speeches, characters you can’t find every day, and gorgeous sensory details that ask, “Don’t you wish you were here?” Today, when students are daunted by the prospect of a lonely dull future and are constantly hearing about hate for kids like them and their friends, here instead, is a book about finding the magic in the ordinary and the humanity of all children big and small.

As TJ Klune said in an interview with The Hub, “I think there’s something not only topical about the story, but also universal in its messaging. Fantasy is often filled with grim, dark stories (absolutely nothing wrong with that!), and we don’t get to see a lot of ‘happy’ fantasy these days. I wanted to write a story that reminded me of the cozy fantasies I read as a kid—books that not only made me happy, but allowed me to believe everything could be OK. Hope can often seem like it’s in short supply these days, and while a novel like The House in the Cerulean Sea won’t fix the world’s problems, I hope it can at least serve as a small reminder that we are capable of so much when we stand for what we believe in and lift each other up.”

There is some controversy surrounding the book because the author has stated that the story is partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop, a time between the 1950s and 1980s in Canada where Indigenous children were put in residential schools and adopted into White families. Klune has stated that he had a faint idea of the story beforehand and then hearing that helped him form it more, as well as other instances of children being separated from their families in history and the modern day. Some people feel as if it is overshadowing the horror of the Sixties Scoop by using the concept for a heartwarming story, and for as long as there have been stories where fantastical beings are metaphors for oppressed people there has been the debate about if that metaphor is dehumanizing. There are some aspects of the children in the book that are dangerous, but in real life the indigeous children and all kids taken away from their families because of ethnicity are harmless. Although the characters in this book feel very human, relating real oppressed people to fantastical characters could lead to people not completely seeing oppressed people as normal people like them.

Personally, I can respect this argument, but I feel that this story is a good (but not perfect) metaphor that can help people young and old learn empathy for people different from them, and as someone that is from multiple oppressed groups, I felt seen by the characters and how magical people are treated. This book was the book of the month for the [the high school’s] book club, and you can find it under the fantasy section in our school's library.

“Hate is loud, but I think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as you remember you're not alone, you will overcome.”

[choklitfroggie]

For the book ask: 2, 6, and 11!

2. Did you reread anything? What?

Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian because I wanted to read along with the podcast The Newest Olympian. The host is reading them for the first time spoiler-free as an adult and it is WONDERFUL.

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

A co-worker recommended Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick back in June but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. It sounds really good, but potentially very sad. I haven't felt like I've been in quite the right mood for that yet. Maybe next year...

11. What was your favourite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

I know there's some (understandable) controversy around what inspired him to write it, but The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune felt like a warm hug in book form. I listened to the audiobook on a long drive and absolutely fell in love with the characters and the setting. When I finished it, I had this unbelievable yearning for it to be a real place and it was the first time in ages that a book had made me feel that way.

Thanks asking!

[sarah-dessen-things]

April 29, 2023: Sarah celebrated Independent Bookstore Day with some purchases from Chapel Hill’s Flyleaf Books. 

Silver Alert by Lee Smith (Sarah’s former employer, later Lee would help her get published) 

The House in the Cerulean Sean by TJ Klune (a fantasy novel that has been called controversial but has received positive acclaim) 

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (the writer of Station Eleven which the HBO show was adapted from) 

She also stuck around to autograph some books for Flyleaf shoppers. 

[inhalingbooks]

REVIEW:

The House In The Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune, 2020)

This animated novel dives into the life of a middle aged man named Linus Baker. Bored by monotony, but holding a job for 17 years in the Department In Charge Of Magical Youth (DICOMY) he is someone who follows the rules and stays low. However, once tasked with going to an island where “dangerous children” reside, he has to grapple with the idea that the rules he has cherished for 4 decades are not ok, in the slightest. The book follows his journey of acceptance and reckoning; with an ending so satisfactory that readers can’t be mad.

Going into this book I expected to hate it. TJ Klune (the author) has been part of some controversies in the recent year, specifically when it came to the inspiration for the orphanages in THITCS. He stated that the idea of separation and government sanctioned buildings was greatly inspired by him learning about the atrocities committed to indigenous individuals throughout the 1900s. I am not indigenous so my opinion in the end doesn’t truly matter, but it seemed as if the allegory in this book can be widely applied to any type of discrimination, and there wasn’t any romanticization of the situation. I was gladly satisfied when I discovered what this book stands for, and that is learning to accept oneself and others, and also changing the system when it needs to be changed. Above all, following one’s own happiness. It is heartwarming, happy, and makes the reader reflect on life. I adored it! The characters are lovable, the message comes across perfectly, and it is a book that can be picked up at any time and will comfort you.

[howlsmovinglibrary]

1, 11 & 21 for the end of the year book ask please!

1. How many books did you read this year?

41 out of a target of 35!! woop, this is genuinely v good for post-pandemic bandwidth me. Hoping to get a few more read before New Year, in between writing fanfic.

11. What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune! Good book!!

21. Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

I am a massive fan of Hannah Azerang (A Clockwork Reader) so watched all of her "I read 5 books in...." youtube videos, I think the booktok one and the Colleen Hoover one she's just released are the closest to drama that I've engaged with this year. I really like her discussions of problematic media/books so I would really recommend her to watch! As for me I think I've been (book) drama free, unless anyone wants to ask me any controversial opinions and I have a fight in the last week of the year :')

[tazisreading]

Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag

I found this on Youtube and thought it could be fun. Feel free to give it a go too.

1. Best book you’ve read so far this year: Top two so far are For the Wolf and The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

 2. Best sequel you've read so far this year: Before The Coffee Gets Cold #3 (Before Your Memory Fades)

 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: I dont pay much attention to recent releases cause I never end up reading them on time.

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Lore Olympus vol 4.

5. Biggest disappointment: Japan: A Photographic Journey. I wanted nice pictures of rural Japan, temples, and festivals. What I got was 30 year old pictures of Tokyo.

6. Biggest surprise: The Big Sleep

7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you): Amanda Lovelace, Hannah Witten

8. Newest fictional crush: *cough*Shin*cough*

9. Newest favourite character: maybe Tress? Im having a hard time with this one for some reason. Or whatever the main characters of Wotakoi are called...I always forget their names.

 10. Book that made you cry: Before Your Memory Fades, theres probably at least two more Im forgetting.

11. Book that made you happy: Legends and Lattes, Howl’s Moving Castle

12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): I cannot believe I havent bought any super pretty books this year. That means I can go out and buy some now, right?

13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year: Daughter of the Moon Goddess, House on the Cerulean Sea, How to Lose the Time War

14. DNFs: She Who Became the Sun is probably the most controversial one.

[littleubereads]

My Top Recommendations of 2022

in no particular order

Fiction

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by 싱숑 (Singshong) - a truly enrapturing and engrossing Korean web novel about the power of stories across our world, one of the greatest works I've ever read

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn - an exhilarating YA fantasy read that tackles race in a real-life setting with a history of racial controversy

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - a cozy fantasy read that exemplifies the best of the found family trope

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman - a contemporary Swedish translation that beautifully illustrates the human experience with all of its anxieties and comforts

Assassination Classroom by 松井優征 (Yūsei Matsui) - an odd, yet comical manga of what it means to be a student and a teacher

Non-Fiction

Driving Forwards by Sophie L. Morgan - an incredible memoir about life before, during, and after becoming paralyzed

Burnout by Emily Nagoski - a feminist self-help book that offers empathy along with research and creative expression

How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster - a witty guide that serves as a great introduction to literary analysis

This past year, I read over 90 books which is an insane amount. I read a lot of good, bad, and mediocre books, and looking at this list makes me incredibly excited for all the reading to come in the next year.

[an-absolute-trainwreck]

Official reading wrap up of 2022!

This is a long time coming

I read so hard this year. I don’t have any other adjectives for it other than ‘hard’.

Here’s every book I read this year, plus a tier ranking

Overall, I read 60 books this year! That’s not including DNFs or things I put down for later, so I just hit my goal :)

My favorites this year were the house in the cerulean sea, all 4 heartstopper books, gallant, solitaire, greywaren, some mixed feelings but mostly positive about stellarlune, and American gods (I’m a bit biased on that one since I just finished it, but I really loved it).

If you look at the tier ranking, I’d suggest anything “made my brain melt in a good way” and over. Also that tier ranking isn’t definitive, like a tale of two cities is listed below picture of Dorian gray and dracula, but I liked it maybe better? It just made my brain melt.

Obligatory warning here that if you disagree with any of my bad or good rankings, that’s your opinion and I respect that, I just disagree.

All the mediocres are alright, worth a read if you’re invested in the authors or the series that they’re a part of.

I wouldn’t recommend the bad books, even if I finished them. I think my most controversial take of the year is that I really didn’t like last night at the telegraph club, and please don’t kill me about that one.

I made the pure rage category specifically for king of crows, because I feel like it ruins the rest of the diviners series. They just get progressively worse.

So yeah! I read a lot of good books this year and I’m very happy with them. I wanna try to read 70 books next year >:)

[the-saltwaterselkie-writer]

22 and 24 for the book asks please?

22. What’s the longest book you read?

Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes, clocking in at a whopping 704 pages.

24. Did you DNF anything? Why?

A funny coincidence--I almost DNF'd Seven Blades in Black, because I only got about halfway through when my first library loan ran out and it wasn't really doing it for me. I ended up finishing it when my hold came back around anyway ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ (something similar happened with I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston--the feeling of watching the MC wreck her life in real time was strong enough that I abandoned it halfway through, then rallied again to finish it.)

in terms of true DNFs, I abandoned Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn, Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson, Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, and, perhaps controversially, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. To answer the why: MoR, LWM, and THitCS just didn't grab me; Midnight Robber I plan to finish in the future, because it had a great start from what I remember, but I had to return it to my library before I could finish it.

thanks for the ask!

(for this list of end-of-the-year book questions)

[nfinitefreetime]

In which I am curious

In which I am curious

The post I wrote about TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea is, for no reason I can figure out, one of my most popular posts of the year, and I keep getting bursts of visits to it from sites that I don’t recognize and can’t access. Maybe someone following a link will look at the rest of the blog and answer this; what exactly is discuss.ourindigo.ca? Indigo.ca is “Canada’s biggest bookstore,”…