The Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking is one of my favorite T.Kingfisher books. It’s just so stinking cute! Glad it was a hit for you 😄

You recording this vlog and your cat sitting on your lap. That was so wonderful. My cats are the same way especially in winter.

Oh i‘m excited to see a German book in a vlog 😍 I loved it, the German title translates to Bookstroller or something like that so it‘s interesting seeing the title in english

I definitely thought that Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking was a Harry Potter themed cookbook, until one of my friends set me straight lol! Glad she did, cause I ended up loving it!

Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking was my first T Kingfisher (and absolutely my favorite!), and after subsequently enjoying Nettle & Bone and A House With Good Bones, I've decided I'll probably read everything she writes! I'm excited to get into her other works (and its extra cool since she lives just a couple towns over from me!)

I finished A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking last week and loved it. It was so charming and I loved how creative Mona got at the end. Like you, I cried a little at that one scene even though I'm not really a crier. Thanks for the recommendation!

Here you go again, adding books to my, already too long, TBR :D

The VA for the audiobook of A Wizard is great!

The door to door bookstore is a wonderful book. I loved it, read it in one day.

I finished Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking this week, and I was super surprised at how much I adored it. Made me want to rewatch Shrek 2. Because of Gingy. 😂😂

Im definitely going to have to pick up Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking!

Ahhhh I loved defensive baking!

Merphy has the best kind of cat. A lap cat. 🥰

The Door-to-Door Bookstore sounds so good and heartwarming! You can’t keep adding to my TBR like this.😭

Perfect! Another book to the list. Wizards guide to defense baking. Also merphy that loaf looks beautiful!!

The moment you mentionned smoke detector, mine just went on!

If you put a wet, folded paper towel under your bowl, it won't move around as you work the dough. It'll stick to the counter thanks to some weird sorcery. I know, I know, not the main focus, but this is how my brain works. It picks weird stuff to comment about!

For anyone that listens to audiobooks Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking has a phenomenal narrator with an incredible British accent.

I had complicated feelings about A Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking. I agree that there were many wonderful whimsical and fun things, and I liked the magical ideas, etc. However, Aunt Tabitha's complete lack of direct presence and unrealistic behavior for the bulk of the book had me expecting a reveal that she was a figment of Mona's imagination and Mona was an orphan running a bakery on her own. Overall I liked it, but I really felt that her aunt and uncle were horrible guardians that were extraordinarily irresponsible in a way that tainted the experience for me. Also adding Door to Door Bookstore to my TBR given A Man Called Ove is my favorite Backman.

T. Kingfisher is hit or miss for me but this sounds so cute!

If you really liked that T. Kingfisher book, the next one you should try by her is Minor Mage or possibly Illuminations. Very similar vibes.

If you liked this German author, then I would recommend Michael Ende; he is a German children's book author. His most well-known books are Jim Button (2 books), Momo, and The Neverending Story.

I'm taking your recommendation and just got A Wizards Guide... from the library. It'll be next read. 😊

YAY! Our Venn diagram got a little bit more overlapping. Loved both of these books.

I’ve been trying to get my little sister into reading. Think I’m going to try to read Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking with her to try to get her to read.

Since nobody else is talking about it, I will say that sandwich looked delicious.

I loved a wizards guide to defensive baking. I didn't know anything about it before going in. I wasn't expecting middle grade, but I still loved it. Door to door bookstore sounds great! I've been making sourdough for a couple years and your loaf looks perfect.

If you appreciate T Kingfisher's humor in The WIzard's Guide to Defensive Baking, I think you would really enjoy Digger Unearthed. It's a nice compilation of her comic written under Urusla Vernon.

The Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking was my favorite YA/middle grade read from last year, I was so shocked by how gripping the plot was and how well done and interesting the world was. I absolutely know which character you cried for and so did I! She was amazing. I even bought this one for my nephew because I just had to get more people to read it.

I really think you should read the comic Digger that Kingfisher wrote (under her real name Ursula Vernon)! It's definitely unique, it has a lot of the little quirky worldbuilding bits you liked in this one, and Ursula's art matches her writing perfectly! It was originally a webcomic so you might even be able to still read it online for free :D

A Man Called Ove is my favorite book. Immediately adding The Door to Door Bookstore to my TBR!

I liked The wizards guide to defensive baking too, but almost didn't bother as I had previously DNF another one of T. Kingfishers books

FOMO is a great motivator

As somebody who has been reading T Kingfisher books for years now, I'm so excited to see more people picking her books up and enjoying them. Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is absolutely one of my favorites and also made me cry. She has other middle grade books like Minor Mage and Illuminations, but I also really recommend Swordheart. It's an adult fantasy romance (not a romantasy, to be clear!) and it's so good.

I just read Door-to-Door Book Store last weekend & it both wrecked me & made me feel so good! As a former bookseller/current librarian I loved the aspect of connecting people with books, not just the ones they want, but ones they need. That said, when I went into work Tuesday I was able to send it home with someone else to pass the love along 🙂I read the Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking last year when looking for something Pratchetty. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the Tiffany Aching stories.

I plan on bringing both of these books to my book club with my mom and sister. Thank you for the recommendations!

I'll definitely be picking up The Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking for my kids.

I read A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking 2 years ago when I decided to start branching out more with my reading, and I absolutely loved it.

try scissors to cut up those chicken tenderlions - it's way quicker! Defensive Baking is on my list - was suggested by someone somewhere

I really enjoyed A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Door to Door Bookstore is now on my TBR list.

I loved A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking and now I am going to try Door to Door Bookstore based on your review. Thanks!

I am reading my first T.Kingfisher book soon(-ish). That will be Nettle & Bone. If I like it, Defensive Baking might be next. It sounds like a great time.

Door to door bookstore sounds so cute 😩

Gorgeous bread! The WGTDB is probably one of my most favorite books ever! After reading it I too named my Sourdough starter. Sir Goo hasn't eaten any rats yet tho. I am delighted you enjoyed the book!! I'll have to check out the Door to Door Bookshop next.

I wonder, have you read the Powder Mage trilogy? Your description of the magic in The Wizards Guide To Defensive Baking reminded me of its magic system, which fortunately can be summarized without getting spoilery. (Everything I put here is stuff I'm pretty sure is in the first chapter or two, but I'll leave a gap in case you would prefer to go in completely blind): VERY VERY MINOR SPOILERS BELOW: The Powder Mage trilogy has 3 main classes of magic user: The Privileged: powerful elemental casters who use primordial forces to devastating effect Powder Mages: people who are enhanced by exposure to gunpowder, and are capable of astonishing feats with firearms The Knacked: people who have this one quirky supernatural power. Sometimes it's something that's super rare IRL, like an eidetic memory, sometimes it's outright supernatural. There's way more to this, of course, but that would be pushing beyond introductory chapter reveals, which I'm avoiding.

T.Kingfisher has frequently ended up being the same for me - interesting premise with an execution that's disappointing - but you've convinced me to give The Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking a try once I've finished my current TBR. The Door-to-Door Bookstore was already in my orbit, so I'm even more excited to start that!

Thank you for the 2 interludes Merphy and now I am hungry coz they look good and delicious!!! And yeah those 2 books are getting good reviews...

"I didn't mean to do it" :D AKA Accidentally finishing a book :D

Door to Door moving up on my TBR Wizards Guide is my favorite T Kingfisher then Minor Mage and Swordheart… I need to read Illuminations & then Paladin series this year

All of her fantasy books are in the same world. I'm not a big fan of the 'Paladin's' books, but the rest of them are so fantastic. I love her brain. :D Also, that character, I love her too.

You should try What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher! It’s a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher and the sequel comes out later this year.

Yayyyy door to door bookstore 😍

adding book 1 to my tbr... annnddd unfortunately I don't know if my copy of 2nd book will arrive in time to read with the discord due to weather delays... BUT I will read it as soon as I can

Currently on track to finish Speaking Bones. Thank you so much for introducing me to YET another favourite series of mine (no, like my new number 1 fave because I trust Ken to land the ending). Jia's character progression is one of the best I've ever encountered in fiction, honestly speaking. The Dandelion Dynasty needs more hype, deserves all the awards and DESERVES an adaptation as soon as yesterday.

Welcome to another episode of Merphy pronounces words.

Despite my age I never really became anything of a cook. I make a basic dinner of chicken and potatoes (slightly seasoned), some sort of sammich for lunch, and a mega-healthy smoothie for breakfast.

T kingfisher writes middle grade books that im excited to read with my kids

I'm currently obsessed with Kingfishers self-published World of the White Rat books. Amazing world building, interesting, weird, different stuff from what I'm used to seeing. Yes they're all Hallmark movies plot wise but GNOLES guys. Gnoles are the best.

Carsten Henn is indeed a German (bestselling) author. I read two book by him, one of them really wasnt my favorite so I was kind of not going to read another book by him but now I am very intrigued 😂

I don't read that many books, but my favorite three authors i would eagerly consume their books are Sanderson, Scott Lynch and i've recently added T.Kingfisher, i am glad you are enjoying her books as well!

So do you plan on reading "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches"? it's really cute and I think you may like it.

t kingfisher also writers under the name ursula vernon. i would rec Castle Hangnail it's the closest to defensive baking. i didn't really enjoy kingfishers adult fiction as much.

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I have read one T Kingfisher "House With Good Bones" and I found it too over the top for me. Are they all this way, or any suggestions would be appreciated team Murph.

You know we need that sourdough recipe..... I've been making artisan but interested in sandwich bread like you made.

I love your stuff but this was the first time watching your stuff that I was upset. A glass cutting board!? Your poor knives 😭. Please switch to a wood (or even plastic). Seriously though, love your stuff and I will certainly check out defensive baking.

Hey there. I can't download this video. Please fix 😢

Since you are a lover of middle grade fantasy and nautical stories, I recommend “The Last Mapmaker” by Christina Soontornvat, I read it last year and loved it (review video on my channel for it if you’d like more info)

I see a ton of people reading and loving A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, but almost no one then picking up Minor Mage, which I think is a real shame. They’re both fantastic.

"A sourdough starter named Bob." A nod to Dresden Files? Too generic? Also, your starter is a LOT wetter than mine. If I tried to pour it (her?) it would just cling, screaming, to the bottom of the jar.

Where do I find the discord link?

I will recommend reading fantasy novel The lord of mysteries from a Chinese author translate by fans free, my personal opinion one the best novel read outside wester market especially fantasy lore Victoria setting. (I will support author books are release in English, search online for websites for fans translation free)

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