{"id":28041,"date":"2026-11-10T15:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=28041"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:27:43","slug":"a-wizards-guide-to-defensive-baking-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/28041","title":{"rendered":"A Wizard’s Guide To Defensive Baking"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Wizard’s Guide To Defensive Baking<\/em><\/a> (2020) T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Patricia Santomasso<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re feeling really dry, I suggested to the bread. Really stale. Hard as a rock. Usually I have to be touching something in order to make it do anything really impressive, but for just going stale, as long as I can see it, I can work with it. It wants to go stale. Bread is very accommodating that way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIs something troubling you, my child?\u201d he asked, after a while. And before I could say anything, he smiled and added, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you tell me, you know. I am stone-deaf and cannot hear it anyway. It makes me very popular in the confessional these days.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I pulled Spindle in with me and made him wash. <\/p>\n

He muttered. \u201cThis soap smells like roses.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYes, isn\u2019t it nice?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Mona, Aunt Tabitha, Uncle Albert, Bob, Constable Alphonse, Constable Montgomery, Miss McGrammar, Master Elwidge, Mrs. Weatherfort, Brutus, Widow Holloway, Inquisitor Oberon, Duchess, Lord Ethan, the Golden General, Knackering Molly, Spring Green Man, Tibbie, Spindle, Argonel, Jenny, Lena<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tantor Audio<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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