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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

T. Kingfisher

Start date: November 6, 2021

Finish date: January 30, 2022

Discussion: Mythopoeic Award Group Read

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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, Spoilers
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Aug 10, 2021 Melki rated it it was amazing

Shelves: humorous-fiction, best-of-2021, fantasy

"Walk careful, bread girl. Little people like us, we're not safe these days. Watch your back."

Young Mona has a way with bread. She can keep it from burning, or make it taste fresher (or staler, if need be.) She can even make gingerbread men dance the can-can. 'Cause she's a wizard, you see. A 14-year-old wizard who's about to have her life turned upside-down.

I squeezed my eyes shut - it was going to be a cold bright pain, I just knew it, and then I was going to die, and that would be the end o ...more

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Sep 20, 2023 ¸.•*¨*•Gina *A Bookwyrm in Belgium*•*¨*•.¸ rated it it was amazing

I loved this combination of baking and fantasy.

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Dec 30, 2021 Annette rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, audiobook, youth, sci-fi-fantasy, books-by-women, into-the-forest-2021, 2021

A cute book -- in a good way :)

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Jun 12, 2024 Ivana added it

Šašavo taman kol'ko treba, zabavno, zanimljiva magija, taman onoliko mračno da klincima bude super-interesantno a da se odrasli isprepadaju za njih. ...more

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Sep 11, 2024 Sol González rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasía, 2024

¿Fantasía oscura?
¿Fantasía juvenil?
¿Recetario de pan?

Como bien dice en los agradecimientos, este es un libro que la autora quería escribir y es el único lugar donde se acomoda.

Mona es una maga menor… en un mundo en donde hay magos pero la mayoría no son la gran cosa. Mona solo sabe usar magia con pan, con masa de pan y galletas, pero prefiere hacer pan… y galletas de jengibre.

Pero de repente comienzan a ocurrir cosas raras y Mona debe comenzar a pensar en su magia, en cómo usarla y aprender a ...more

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Dec 14, 2021 Kathleen Newton rated it it was amazing

Shelves: z-katie-2021

Hilarious, especially for centering such dark topics. The audiobook was fantastic.

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Oct 08, 2021 Tam G rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, fantasy, coming-of-age

I think I would consider this more a late elementary novel (10-13), than a teen novel, but it definitely does the job with humor and speed. Fun ideas. Enjoyable.

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