You still have a couple of weeks to grab your copy of "The House in the Cerulean Sea" before the book is celebrated across the county beginning January 18th. "The House in the Cerulean Sea" is the 2025 selection for Door County Reads, the 17th annual event organized by the Door County Library that brings the entire community together to celebrate a common book. Copies were free at all Door County Library locations shortly after Thanksgiving. Community Relations Library Assistant Maggie Behme says many branches are out of the free copies with patrons checking out their available copies, finding it digitally, or buying their own. She adds that library employees have heard plenty of positive feedback from people who have already read the book in anticipation of the Door County Reads events.

"The House in the Cerulean Sea" is about Linus Baker, who works as a Case Worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, who is sent to track down six children from an orphanage and discovers an unlikely family in an unexpected place. The Door County Reads events begin January 18th at 1 p.m. inside the Sturgeon Bay High School Auditorium for a forum with the book's author, TJ Klune. You can click here for a complete listing of events, which includes stops at every Door County Library branch and other locations across the county.