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I enjoyed reading this novel set in NYC during my trip there last week. I adore books where the setting becomes a character and that is very true of this one.

The Gargoyle Hunters is rich with the feeling of NYC. I don‘t know how much of it is true, but the descriptions of the architecture and all of the small decorative touches on the buildings is perfect.
This is a family drama, a coming of age story, and a bittersweet love letter to New York-that-was. Cities change and grow, and in growth sometimes historically important sites suffer. The same can be said of families.
I see why this was a staff pick.

“She looked like the orange-haired girl-monster from Where the Wild Things Are, the one with the pointy teeth and pigtails whose guilty smirk suggested a certain embarrassment about the outsize pleasure she took in monstering.”

Don‘t you love when the book you‘re reading references one of your favorites?

This is a pretty great way to start a holiday morning! Froedrick agrees🐱. Don‘t trust that innocent look!

I see I made the last post on this book too, when I bought it a year ago! For some reason I thought it was a memoir, but it‘s fiction. It even says “a novel” on the cover (bottom corner under the blanket here.). Don‘t know how I got confused. But anyway, enjoying it so far!

#CatsOfLitsy #PetsOfLitsy #Froedrick

I managed finally to make it to Knoxville‘s #indiebookstore, Union Avenue Books, where I picked up The Gargoyle Hunters. It sounds pretty good. Anyone read it yet?

I won't give anything away,I was so excited about this book.I've always loved old buildings, their history.Being at a show & thinking about all the previous performers that stood on that stage always amazes.This story seemed to change course.When I finished I was thinking so-so because it wasn't what I wanted.But the story stayed with me even days later.Not what I expected,but because it got me to think I have come to realize I still enjoyed it.

#humpdaypost @MinDea

1. Geese who congregate at a nearby wildlife refuge as they migrate.
2. The Gargoyle Hunters by John Freeman Gill
3. 70s and lovely. Starting to feel like fall.
4. Too many books!
5. Celebrating two family birthdays

#TBRtemptation post 6! Released a couple months ago. If Ann Proulx gives this #YA book high praise, then it's an automatic TBR add 👌🏻. Tender, funny, & poignant, this book solves the heist of an entire Manhattan building, making the 1974 NYTs' front page. 13-year-old Griffin is recruited by his father to steal gargoyle sculptures from all over NYC for his architectural salvage business from destroyed by urban renewal. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

This book is a paean to New York City architecture and bad parenting. It's a tender, hilarious coming of age story. Griffin discovers himself, his city, and a lot about his father along the way. Gill writes him without sentimentality, as a giggling crude kid with his friends and an awkward neophyte with his first crush. I loved this story of a completely abnormal childhood, alternately bizarre and magical.

Full review at www.TheBibliophage.com

At least twice on any given page, the language pulls me in and makes me smile or say "yes!" I want to do a photo walk through my own town and then head to Manhattan. But this isn't just a book about architecture, the father-son relationship is equally charming and odd.

I found a few moments of #Litsypartyofone before we head off to the littlest's dance recital and then family lunch. Eating a leftover baked potato to tide me over. And learning about caryatids along with the MC in this novel.

This isn't fantasy, it's description. And I love this kind of wry writing. 👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣

I pulled this off the library #newbooks shelf with glee. Now that I've finished my recent #netgalley read, I can dig in!

#currentread #riotgrams

John: “The Gargoyle Hunters is the story of a boy who is recruited into his father's salvage business. He is sent to steal gargoyles right off the facade of buildings. The father is furious that his son doesn't see the world around him and how it's changing. Stopping the passage of time – it's a tempting fantasy, but it's an impossibility." Read the full interview on https://www.instagram.com/subwaybookreview/

look what came in the mail! the conceit of John Freeman Gill's debut novel sounds remarkably clever and compelling, and i'm so excited to start it. i think i'll subtly slide it closer to the top of my #TBR stack... #newreleases