![]() ![]() The second thing that happened was Wyngraf. I was curious what they’d end up thinking about the book (not a surprise-they loved it). I was interested and amused that they were reading something I had (wrongly) categorized as a mere children’s book. One, my wife’s book club selected the book to read, which brought the novel front and center in my attention. I had looked at it once and thought it might be a good read for my preteen daughter based on its resemblance to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, but I hadn’t given it a thought to read myself, and after considering it my adult mind did what it always does-put it in cold storage. ![]() Let me explain.įirst, however, I’ll get this out of the way: I did not expect to like this book. Now more than ever, that’s my answer too. Across the top was the legend DON’T YOU WISH YOU WERE HERE? The only things that belonged to him were the clothes on his back and the mouse pad, a faded picture of a white sandy beach and the bluest ocean in the world. ![]() ![]() There is a scene early on in TJ Klune’s sweet, quirky, and wonderful book The House in the Cerulean Sea where the main character-Linus Baker, a fortysomething, overweight mouse of a man-looks at one of the few possessions he maintains at work, a mouse pad, while nervously fidgeting in the presence of his sadistic boss Ms. Wish You Were Here: A Review of The House in The Cerulean Sea Michael Aaron Harrington ![]()
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