#Wendy Trimboli

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BOOK REVIEW: Anatomy by Dana Schwartz

Anatomy: A Love Story is set in Edinburgh in 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a young woman of seventeen who wants to be a surgeon. Unfortunately, as a member of the upper class, she is destined to marry to provide a rich man an heir, to be pretty, and idle away her life in luxury. She’s known her future fiancé since they were babies but now his kisses leave her unmoved. Still determined to become a…

[jammeke]

Dodge, you really are the most awful man I've ever known.

With warmest regards, Sibylla

-Wendy Trimboli & Alicia Zaloga, The Resurrectionist of Caligo

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SFX Magazine: This excellent debut weaves together magic, grave-robbing, and royal scandals….Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga build their world with meticulous care, and the plotting is rich and cunning.… A story and characters to savour, in a world painted in vivid detail.

via caitlin mcdonald – Donald Maass Literary Agency

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Desperately need to do new photos but have had no motivation, ya feel me? In any case. I finished my N.E.W.Ts. it may have been with 10 min left. But i got it. Go me. *shame bell rings in the background* My breakdown as follows Pages Read: 4767  ​ Books: 11 ​ Favorite Read: The Ten Thousand Doors                             of January                              By: Alix E. Harrow Least Favorite Read:  My Favorite Half-                              Night Stand                              By: Christina Lauren ​ Rating Breakdown ​ 5 Stars--2 4 Stars-- 2 3 Stars-- 7 . . Wendy Trimboli The Resurecctionist of Caligo             3 stars ​ Alix E. Harrow The  Ten Thousand Doors of January                                         4.5 stars ​ Sarah J Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses           4.5 stars A Court of Mist and Fury                    5 stars A Court of Wings and Ruin                 5 stars A Court of Frost and Starlight          3.5 stars Christina Lauren My Favorite Half-Night Stand            3 stars Roomies                                            3.5 stars Katherine Howe The Daughters of  Temperance Hobbs                                                  3 stars Kerri Maniscalco Hunting Prince Dracula                    3.5 stars Escaping From Houdini                    3.5 ......................................................................... #bookaholic #bookstamums #creativebookphotography #books #bookstagram #Booknerd #BooksofInstagram #bookwormsofInstagram #BooksofIG#BooksandFlowers #Bookstagramer #Bookish#bookworm #Bookblog #bookblogger #bookpics #bibliophile #bookaddict #booklife #bookphotography #reader #readerforlife#bookaholic #booklover #bookaesthetic #ilovebooks #ilovereading #wrapup https://www.instagram.com/p/B17RJ93F7Zl/?igshid=18qdqlv0w1ujh

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My Favorite Bit: Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga talk about THE RESURRECTIONIST OF CALIGO

My Favorite Bit: Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga talk about THE RESURRECTIONIST OF CALIGO

Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga are joining us to talk about their novel The Resurrectionist of Caligo. Here’s the publisher’s description:

With a murderer on the loose, it’s up to an enlightened bodysnatcher and a rebellious princess to save the city, in this wonderfully inventive Victorian-tinged fantasy noir.

“Man of Science” Roger Weathersby scrapes out a risky living digging up corpses for…

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November TBR

Hello again! I know we still have a week left of October, but I wanted to get started on listing my November TBR for 2020! Some of these I might start around Halloween, depending on how quickly I get through other books I have to read! So here’s to a fun November, as I'm excited for the weather to get colder and darker, and having lots of tea and books. 

(These are in no particular reading order, by the way). 

1. Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco 

2. Night Shine by Tessa Gratton 

3. Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas 

4. Piransei by Susanna Clarke 

5. The Bear and Nightingale by Katherine Arden

6. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

7. The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden 

8. The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 

9. The Mirror Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao 

10. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (Novelization) 

11. The Night Jar by Deborah Hewitt 

12. A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe 

13. The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga 

It’s quite a hefty load I wish to read! And there might be more that I read on the side, or read as rereads. But I'll post stuff about my reading adventures as I get through them. 

I hope everyone has a good rest of their October and November. Happy Halloween and I hope you have a good Thanksgiving next month! 

Happy reading! 

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The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga

The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga is, I believe, the debut novel of both coauthors. It's a fantasy-Victorian-era/gas-lamp fantasy novel about a princess and a "resurrectionist" who (illegally) digs up bodies to sell to doctors and medical students. Also, it has a gorgeous cover, which I urge you to zoom in on if you haven't already.

With a murderer on the loose, it's up to an enlightened bodysnatcher and a rebellious princess to save the city, in this wonderfully inventive Victorian-tinged fantasy noir. "Man of Science" Roger Weathersby scrapes out a risky living digging up corpses for medical schools. When he's framed for the murder of one of his cadavers, he's forced to trust in the superstitions he's always rejected: his former friend, princess Sibylla, offers to commute Roger's execution in a blood magic ritual which will bind him to her forever. With little choice, he finds himself indentured to Sibylla and propelled into an investigation. There's a murderer loose in the city of Caligo, and the duo must navigate science and sorcery, palace intrigue and dank boneyards to catch the butcher before the killings tear their whole country apart.

This book is set in a world where the nobility (and especially royalty) has magic, technology is roughly early-Victorian, and class and poverty divides are stark. Our low-class protagonist, Roger, wants to be a surgeon, but can't afford the tuition fees. He also becomes interested in a string of murders after stumbling over an unusual dead body and wants to solve them, getting himself framed in the process. The princess Sibylla, meanwhile, was a childhood friend-then-lover of his, but is mostly consumed by her own typical problems, like a forced betrothal to her annoying cousin. Their stories don't directly intersect until quite late in the book, which I found a little disappointing. I kept waiting for a dramatic reconnection, but it was pushed back surprisingly far. I found the start of the book a little slow. This was exacerbated by the fact that the blurb summarises a large swath of the story and I was more than half-way through the book by the time I felt like I'd caught up with the expectations the blurb had set. Also, while Roger was trying to solve the murder mystery, it wasn't so much his cleverness that helped him with the day as luck, always a disappointing plot twist. Overall, this book was OK. It took me a while to get into it and the resolution was interesting but not executed the way I expected. There's also a spoilery thing near the end which made me raise an eyebrow for the lack of exploration given to it and was an unpleasant note to leave on. That said, the story is self-contained but the end set up a potential sequel which could be an interesting read. I would certainly consider picking it up if it comes to exist. I recommend this book to fans of gas-lamp fantasy and Victorian-ish settings. Also, corpses. 3.5 / 5 stars First published: September 2019, Angry Robot Series: Not yet but maybe? Format read: eARC Source: Publisher via NetGalley Content imported from Blogger https://ift.tt/34Gn39P. If you would like to leave a comment, please do so at the aforementioned link.

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The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli & Alicia Zaloga (1.5/5 stars) | ARC Review

Although there are many elements which should have worked well for me, this novel didn’t quite pull together the way I might have hoped. The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli & Alicia Zaloga (1.5/5 stars) | ARC Review

Thank you to Angry Robot for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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Genre(s): Victorian Fantasy Series: N/A – Stand Alone Publisher: Angry Robot Release date: September 10th, 2019 /r/Fantasy Bingo Squares: Published in 2019 (HM), Four Word Title

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Execution: ⭐⭐ Enjoyment: ⭐

“She’s the ninth to die, they say. Just like the ones before her.” Her voice…

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My top 20 books for 2019 are:

1. Writers & Lovers by Lily King

2. When Death Becomes Life by Joshua D Mezrich

3. The Wild Impossibility by Cheryl A. Ossola

4. The Muralist by B. A. Shapiro

5. A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen

6. You Can See More from Up Here by Mark Guerin

7. The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli

8. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

9. The Last Book Party by Karen Kukess

10. The Forgetting Flower by Karen Hugg

11. West with the Night by Beryl Markham

12. The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

13. Angel in the Fog by T. J. Turner

14. Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

15. Her Mother’s Daughter by Daniela Petrova

16. Light from Other Stars by Erika Swiller

17. In the City by the Lake by Taylor Saracen

18. Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards

19. The Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza

20. The Furies by Katie Lowe

What are some of your top books so far this year?

Here are nine of mine! 😆

*On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by @ocean_vuong

*An American Marriage by @tayari

*Americanah by @chimamanda_adichie

*Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

*The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami

*The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

*My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

*A Woman is No Man by @etafrum

*Flush by Virginia Woolf • • Have you read any of these books? . . . . . . . . . #bookrecommendation #readthisbook #bookishflatlay #bookishlove #flatlaystyle #bookcovers #booksandbeans #bookworms

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Book Review: The Resurrectionist of Caligo

Book Review: The Resurrectionist of Caligo

The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga is a gothic fantasy with Victorian England overtones, Jack-the-Ripper type murders, political intrigue, a bit of romance, and some magic tossed into the mix. It’s a delight to read with an original plot, inventive vocabulary, unique world-building, and compelling characters. I was immediately drawn into this world.

Roger Weathersby…

[jammeke]

Dutch

Wat Wij Zagen—Hanna Bervoets | 7,5/10

De Weg van de Mens—Martin Buber | 8/10

Het Negende Gebod—Chris Houtman | 7/10

Verhalen van de Passage—Meta Menkveld | 8/10

De Zeven Zussen—Lucinda Riley | 7,5/10

De Magische Apotheek: Er Hangt een Geheim in de Lucht—Anne Ruhe | 8/10

De Magische Apotheek: Het Mysterie van de Zwarte Bloem—Anne Ruhe | 7/10

De Zeven Zwaarden—Anthony Ryan | 6,5/10

Winter in Madrid—C.J. Sansom | 7,5/10

Heks—Susan Smit | 8/10

Alles Over Tristan—Tommy Wieringa | 7,5/10

English

Stars—Tal Bauer | 7/10

The Betrayals—Bridget Collins | 8/10

The Haunting Season—Bridget Collins, Laura Purcell, Elizabeth MacNeal, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley | 8/10

Celtic Tree Oracle—Sharlyn Hidalgo | 7,5/10

Under The Whispering Door—T.J. Klune | 6,5/10

Murder At Pirate's Cove—Josh Lanyon | 7/10

Secret At Skull House—Josh Lanyon | 6,5/10

Mystery At The Masquerade—Josh Lanyon | 7/10

The Fran Lebowitz Reader—Fran Lebowitz | 8/10

The Geometry Of Holding Hands—Alexander McCall Smith | 6,5/10

The Silent Stars Go By—Sally Nicholls | 7,5/10

Heresy—S.J Parris | 6,5/10

The Kingdoms—Natasha Pulley | 8,5/10

Vicious—V.E. Schwab | 6,5/10

Map of the World—Seperis | 7,5/10

It's The Stars That Lie—Seperis | 8,5/10

A Thousand Lights in Space—Seperis | 9/10

The Witch of Blackbird Pond—Elizabeth George Speare | 7,5/10

The Resurrectionist of Caligo—Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga | 7/10

The Ghosts of Sherwood—Carrie Vaughn | 8/10

The Heirs of Locksley—Carrie Vaughn | 8/10

Ashes of the Sun—Django Wexler | 7/10

Short Stories

Nightingale: London 1966—Ben Aaronovitch | 7/10

The Home Crowd Advantage—Ben Aaronovitch | 7/10

Tobias Winter - Meckenheim—Ben Aaronovitch | 7,5/10

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With a murderer on the loose, it’s up to an enlightened bodysnatcher and a rebellious princess to save the city, in this wonderfully inventive Victorian-tinged fantasy noir.

“Man of Science” Roger Weathersby scrapes out a risky living digging up corpses for medical schools. When he’s framed for the murder of one of his cadavers, he’s forced to trust in the superstitions he’s always rejected: his former friend, princess Sibylla, offers to commute Roger’s execution in a blood magic ritual which will bind him to her forever. With little choice, he finds himself indentured to Sibylla and propelled into an investigation. There’s a murderer loose in the city of Caligo, and the duo must navigate science and sorcery, palace intrigue and dank boneyards to catch the butcher before the killings tear their whole country apart.

via caitlin mcdonald – Donald Maass Literary Agency

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• Title: The Resurecctionist of Caligo . • Author: Wendy Trimboli . • Series: Legends of the Condor Book 1 . • Pages: 360 . • Genre: Historical Fantasy . • Rating Out of 5 Stars: 3.5 . My Thoughts: This was such an odd book. When I first read the synopsis I was expecting a gas-lamp/ steampunk murder mystery with a male and female tag team. What I got was book that was trying to mesh together two different story styles. While it didn’t fully mesh and work out, I did enjoy my time reading it. . We have two protagonists with Princess Sibylla and grave robber/med student in training Roger Weathersby. One of the corpses Roger sells ends up possibly being a murder victim. When the body starts showing signs similar to others and strange mushrooms are being grown and harvested from these corpses things really start getting interesting. . . Sibylla and Roger were childhood friends, he worked in the palace she was the princess who took a liking to him. When it comes to parts her of the story, it felt like a high fantasy. The majority of the characters have fanciful names, the royal family has magic in their veins that allow them elemental controls. She’s set to be married off and doesn’t want to be but a foreign prince makes her change her mind..you get the idea. She really plays a minor role in the overall scheme of things which I don't mind. I found her to be extremely whiny. . Now on Roger’s side of the story, the characters all have fairly standard names, the environments all run in the Victorian /gas-lamp era setting even with the few fantastical elements. His actions guide most of the story and the solving of the mystery. It’s not until around the last 25% of the story that the two come together to work on the investigation. I really enjoyed Roger as a character and the path that he took. The interaction of him with Sibylla I could have done without. I think the mystery could have been implemented without having her personal story-arc involved. . While this was not at all what I anticipated, I’m not mad about it. It was quick, interesting read and the cover is gorgeous. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HPw_9lLh5/?igshid=rt40q0ffwwd3

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