- Cover of The Gargoyle
Ever since reading The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, I’ve been a big fan. A big enough fan that I could not keep silent when Entertainment Weekly, my celeb mag of choice, trashed it. Since then, I’ve had that great good fortune to be in contact with Andrew’s mother. I don’t think that a child could have a nicer mother or a bigger fan. Yesterday she let me know that The Gargoyle is being short-listed for the Galaxy British Book Award! Take that, EW! Go to www.galaxybritishbookawards.com/vote.asp and cast your vote today.
While you go and vote, why not listen to my current favorite song ~ Love Letter to Japan by The Bird and the Bee:
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This was one of my favourite reads for last year, so I am glad to see it getting some well deserved attention!
Marg’s last blog post..Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Oh my goodness, what a catchy song! You know it is going to infect my brain, and I’m going to have to download it on iTunes? As for Gargoyle, this is interesting. I read EW religiously, and trust it implicitly. It has never never, in the 5 years I’ve been reading it, led me astray. I saw the trashing of this book, in fact, they said it was the #3 worst book of the year! Therefore I avoided it. It might be an interesting experiment just to read it and see!
Sandy’s last blog post.."The Giver" by Lois Lowry (audio) with a guest post by Ryan
OK, you evil woman! I attached this post to my Facebook status, so all of my friends there can have your song drive them crazy too!
Sandy’s last blog post.."The Giver" by Lois Lowry (audio) with a guest post by Ryan
LOL! I am so glad to know that I’m spreading my infection throughout cyberspace.
Andrew posted this on facebook, so I already voted. I definitely think the book deserves more attention!
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I have not read this one yet, but I’ve heard a ton of positive feedback about it.
Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)’s last blog post..Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
I haven’t read The Gargoyle but my book club shot it down! I still plan to read it at some point though.
That song you posted is such a happy little song! I have never heard of it, or them but I liked it.
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The Gargoyle was by far my favorite book of the year, so I too was shocked to see it as #3 on EW’s worst list. The only thing that made me feel any better is that the worst, most disappointing book of the year (IMO)was ranked #2. I thought The Lace Reader could have been a wonderful, atmospheric book, but unfortunately story and character development were sacrificed for a “big twist” ending that was actually pretty predictable. Okay, rant over. Off to vote for Andrew Davidson.
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