Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast
Release Date: 10/15/2024
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info_outlineIt’s episode 202 and that means it’s time for our One Book One Podcast Battle of the Books episode where we discuss A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher!
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In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards
Media We Mentioned
- A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
- The House Witch by Delemhach
- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
- Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
- The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
- Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
- Tangled
Links, Articles, and Things
- Flogging Molly (based in LA with an Irish lead singer)
- Dropkick Murphys (the Boston punk band Jam was probably thinking about)
- Garderobe
- Don Bluth
15 Erotic Romance Books by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen
- Up for Air by Christina Berry
- If She Says Yes by Tasha L. Harrison
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- Being Hospitable by Meka James
- Cuffed by Candlelight: An Erotic Romance Anthology by Beverly Jenkins
- Just for the Cameras by Viano Oniomoh
- Glutton for Pleasure by Alisha Rai
- Double Pleasure, Double Pain by Nikki Rashan
- Yes, Roya by C. Spike Trotman & EA Denich
- Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
- Quarantine and Chill by Kenya Wright
- Wild Ones by Kristine Wyllys
- A Taste of Sin by Fiona Zedde
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