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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

[ravs6709]

So before I start my short burst of spam, I'd just like to say that I usually read a book a week, but it's been nearly 3 weeks since I've had this book and I'm on like page 35

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Episode 5: Mysterious Galaxy Summer Bingo Showdown -- Part One

You can listen to episode five on any major podcast provider HERE and on Apple Podcasts HERE.

We made the rookie mistake of recording in front of an open because it was a beautiful day and who closes their windows on a beautiful day?

A: people recording podcasts, because that “gentle breeze” causes some weird vibrations.

(Sorry, everyone. Our bad.)

Book Tournament/Competition

To review our summer bingo reads, Gabi and Smack wrote all the titles they read on little pieces of paper and put them in bowls. They swapped the bowls (so they’re pulling titles that the other person has read) and then have to convince each other that the title they read was better than the title the other person read.

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett vs. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

Spoiler Alert:

Read it when you’re sick of our real world *coughpolitics*

Good fat rep

Golden retriever of a love interest with a secret online identity

Gabi’s favorite part: at what point is it okay to tell the person you’re dating a giant secret? A: by the time you know for sure that you can tell them, it’s too late.

Legitimate misunderstandings and adult responses

The Winter Duke:

Magic marine biology

Sleeping curse!

Main character is so shit at being in charge and would very much prefer to not being in charge

An Important YA read for our current political climate

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara vs. Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark:

True crime (a genre that Smack has never before in her entire life read) but also part memoir

Don’t read true crime at night before bed!

Author got to give the Golden State Killer his moniker

Serial killer terrorized Sacramento who moved south

Smack’s favorite part was when the author outlines a bunch of petty crimes committed by some unknown guy and argues that the unknown peeping tom was the Golden State Killer before he started murdering people

The book was fine

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses was better

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison vs. Legendary Cracow by Ewa Basiura

The Angel of the Crows:

Same author of one of Gabi’s favorite books (The Goblin Emperor)

Started as Sherlock Holmes wingfic

Fantasy retelling of all the best Sherlock Holmes stories without all the racism or boring parts

Incredibly well written

Not a weird parallel world like Smack suspected; it really, honestly is NOT Sherlock or Watson.

Fun and lovely and progressive

Legendary Cracow:

Collection of Polish folk tales

It’s fine, but it’s also not Katherine Addison <3

Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden vs Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction by Sami Schalk

Stealing Thunder:

Trans girl who is born the crown prince of an India-inspired empire

Her dad sucks, so she runs away, transitions, and lives as a hijira (Here’s briefly what that is)

Falls in love with the local prince

Feathered dragons!

Bodyminds Reimagined:

Intro was the densest part, keep going, we believe in you!

Academically critiques the intersection of disability, race, and gender in black women’s speculative fiction.

Pretty short but also very powerful

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman vs The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill:

An introvert with a rich social life (???)

A structured life thrown into disarray by the discovery of an entire extended family!

Nina’s dad got around a lot, there’s a lot of extended family

Trivia rivals to lovers, but more about the family

The Winter Queen:

An hour long audiobook! (It’s not cheating, it’s still an audiobook)

Completely different from the Disney movie

It’s Gerta, not Greta

Christian overtones–everything works out for the MC because she is good, kind, innocent, etc.

Still worth reading if you like fairy tales

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin vs. The Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa

The Nature of Witches:

Magical academy

Witches control all the weather and stuff; the MC has powers for all four seasons and her personality shifts as the seasons do

Second half if better than the first one

The Night of the Dragon:

We’ve talked about this trilogy at length; Gabi automatically won this round

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor vs. The Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo

Remote Control:

SUPER weird

Ending was intense.

The MC has this intrinsic radioactive glow that kills people and machines

She accidentally killed her entire town

“The Daughter of Death”

The Demon in the Wood:

Darkling prequel to the Shadow and Bone trilogy

Gabi wants it to have been the prologue instead of a side story

The darkling is a magical amplifier?? Go figure.

Spoilers last from 49:20 to 51:15

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo vs Shuri: The Search for Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor

Six of Crows:

We’ve also talked about this one at length, Gabi automatically wins this round

Shuri: The Search for Black Panther:

Technically volume I but Smack felt a little lost; she’s more familiar with the MCU than the comics

Gods and Monsters by Shelby Mahurin vs. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

Gods and Monsters:

Really good trilogy ending

Smack is embarrassed but also shameless about how much she enjoyed it

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes:

Middle of a five book series

Same qualms as Gabi has about the rest of the series

The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Alicia Zaloga and Wendy Trimboli vs The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

The Heist:

Sort of like the TV show White Collar if the FBI agent was a woman and it was a typical hetero romance.

Breasts come up an annoying amount??

But it’s fun overall; cute dynamic between the two mains. Also the FBI agent’s dad is awesome.

The Resurrectionist of Caligo:

A ressurectionist is someone who digs up dead bodies and sells them to medical schools

Subplot: second chance romance

Got a string of gruesome murders to solve!!

Terrifying magic mushrooms

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison vs. Shuri: The Search for Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor

Well this was an easy pick. (See episode 2, “When In Doubt, DNF,” for Smack’s reactions to The Book of the Unnamed Midwife)

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi translated by Cathy Hirano vs. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom won, obviously.

Gabi has won six rounds and Smack has won five–tune in to episode six to find out who won! Until then, here’s hoping that… you win your next trivia night? That your significant other doesn’t ice you out when you have an anxiety attack? No–here’s hoping you win your next showdown with your BFF!

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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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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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The Resurrectionist of Caligo - UK

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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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my day today is resting as much as I can since both hips keep going in/out & walking is a challenge (sos talking but that’s easier to deal w). did both hands mani, too since I wanted a thing to do while enjoying “The Resurrectionist of Caligo” which, if you enjoy Victorian Gothic at all, you will enjoy this dark comedy gem that was just released this last NewBookTuesday 💗💕✨ #nails #nailpolish #indiepolish #indienailpolish #honeybunnylacquer #booklr #bookstagram #books #reading #audiobook #audible #audiobookstagram #girlswithtattoos #spooniefashion #spoonielife #spoonie #femme https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UifPegyOD/?igshid=xpkzo3vmhjo3

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[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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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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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