The Worst Books of 2023 👀

0:00-Intro
1:30-The Frugal Wizard's Guide
3:31-The Loving Spirit
7:45-The Last Final Girl
8:37-The Eye of Argon
14:40-Kisses And Croissants
23:54-Outro

WHERE TO FIND ME:

[merphynapierreviews]

Also the first kiss scene in K&C was the most “I have to insert the book title in this story so I’m going to make it happen weather you like it or not” I’ve ever read. Here’s an excerpt. Spoilers.





I brush my nose against his and get another whiff of him, sunshine and cedar. I inhale deeply, trying to bottle it up in my memory. Everything about this moment feels right: the murmurs from the street around us, the warm air, the sweet taste of his breath. My heart can no longer handle the anticipation: I part my lips and close the tiny bit of space between us to go find his. I’m sure you’ve had croissants before. You can get them pretty much anywhere. They usually taste fine, a little bland, maybe. But when you come to Paris, the croissants are unlike anything else you’ve eaten before. They’re warm and soft, golden and buttery. Like baked clouds. Deliciously decadent clouds. They may look the same as the other croissants, but they are far superior in every single way. And why I am thinking about that right now? Because croissants are like kisses. You don’t fully “get” them until you’ve had them in Paris. And now I know this: French kisses taste a million times better in France.

[liligirl]

“Then the incest started.” I don’t know what I was expecting to hear in this video, but this certainly wasn’t on my bingo card.

[goofiustroopceratops]

"then the incest started" caught me so off-guard I choked on my food.

[luke-ilnr]

I don't know what i like better. Seeing you absolutely loving a book or absolutely hating it lol

[Recchi]

"and then the incest started" lmao wut. That escalated quickly.

[NonAnonD]

“Then the incest started” is a fucking wild sentence

[unavezms]

Honestly having character who's kinda a dick to everyone and NOBODY acknowledges it and they never apologize is 😠.

[KMort]

As much as I love gushes, there is something so engaging about a proper enraged rant.

[mikesbookreviews]

*Sees a Sanderson book in the thumbnail*

**Grabs Popcorn & heads to the comments**

*Note: I've not read it yet

[HurricaneDDragon]

Wow, not only is Merphy an amazing mom, but she’s also an amazing aunt for reading Kisses and Croissants 🤣

[helenFX]

Mum just walked past the computer: "Oh I've read that. its a fantastic book".
Me: "She has it as her worst book of the year"
*miffed* "well what kind of books does she like"
"Books that I like"
Mum: "Well she shouldn't have been reviewing it than" lol

<3 She was (briefly) so delighted to see a book she loved on my computer screen :)

[eismatt]

Man I really loved Frugal Wizard and literally every person I've seen online absolutely hated it. Maybe I got a different copy then everyone else?

[justjuanreader]

👋🏻 Fellow DuMaurier fan here! I actually wrote a paper about her and her work in order to become a psychoanalyst, which was incredibly interesting since I had to read a lot about her life and inner conflicts. Her work is sort of mixed, given that she was quite prolific, but still there’s always something in her writing that I find haunting, repressed, but on the verge of bursting with emotion.
I personally didn’t like “Jamaica Inn” that much, it was one of my disappointments of last year, but I know you really liked it.
I will probably be reading “The Scapegoat” by her next month, I’ve heard nothing but good things.
In my top 10 books of 2023 I included Josephine Tey, a new to me author who gave me DuMaurier vibes, maybe you would enjoy her stuff 😊
Happy reading Merphy!

[mrfrancyofficial]

Welcome back ranting Merphy! You have been missed!!!! Hahaha.
On a serious note, I just LOVE how passionate you get when talking about books you love or books you really really DON'T.
Great to see the passion again!.

[SamusStories]

"Then the incest started..." 😵

[IndiaTides]

You always begin your new year with thinking about the worst so the graph would be ascending.
Great idea!

[emmal]

My first encounter with Eye of Argon was someone's MSTing* of it.

*Basically, adding a commentary track, ala Mystery Science Theater 3000, to a written work. (Doesn't always involve the MST3K cast, but this one did.)

[Evil__Morty]

" Louie find someone else to date. this one's bad, throw her back " 😂😂😂

[ja-qidv]

ah, my favorite time of the year, not New Year, not Christmnas, but the time when rant Merphy is unleashed🎉❤

[norspider]

"Then the incest started." has ruined many stories for me, too.