She Who Wrenches: A Mercy Thompson Re-Read-Along Podcast
Attention Mercy Thompson books and Mercy-verse fans! Uncle Mike’s Book Club (Brittany, Eric, and Kelly) get together to talk all things Mercy Thompson, Alpha and Omega books, and slightly related tangents. Walkers, werewolves, vampires, fae, and mundanes are all welcome!
All episodes are chock-full of spoilers from ALL the books unless specifically marked "spoiler-free", so if you aren’t caught up, beware!
Episodes
12 episodes
Moon Called Cliff Notes: A Wildly Inaccurate Retelling of Mercy Thompson
Moon Called Cliff Notes is our wildly inaccurate recap of Moon Called, the first book in the Mercy Thompson series, by Patricia Briggs. It’s stitched together from all the Recap Guys in our coverage of Moon Called over multiple episodes.
E01 Star of David: The Puns Will Continue Until Moral Improves
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club discuss Patricia Briggs short story The Star of David. A Christmas Story about David Christiansen, the first werewolf to admit what he was publicly (even though this is before he does that). This was orig...
E02 Blind Date with a Werewolf: I Live to Complicate Your Life
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club first talk about who they are, their relationship to the Mercy-verse books, and their favorite books (River Marked, Wild Sign, Storm Cursed). Then they do a fresh-reaction overview of Blind Date with a We...
E03 Moon Called 1: That’s how you derail a podcast, folks!
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club Discuss chapters 1-4 of Moon Called—the very first book in the Mercy Thompson universe! They talk generally about the book and world building, then get into the real story of Moon Called, when will Tony a...
E04 Moon Called 2: Declare Independence from Humanity
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club Discuss chapters 5-7 of Moon Called from the Mercy Thompson Series. Sure, we discuss Mercy's awkward reunion to Aspen Creek, but we also spend a good chunk of time discussing the towing capacity of a Vana...
E05 Moon Called 3: Vampire SAM-pler Platter
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club Discuss chapters 7-10 of Moon Called. Mercy is leaving Aspen Creek with the bonus of a Samuel to make things extra awkward. We talked about how creators (not Patricia Briggs!) still need to be checked on ...
E06 Moon Called 4: Stovetop is an Act of Aggression
In this Episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club Discuss Chapters 11-13 of Moon Called, this time all recording from the same room! (Apologies for resultant echos from microphones kind of near each other during conversation overlap.) They c...
E07 Moon Called 05: A Family Circus Cartoon of a Plan
Uncle Mike's Book Club Discusses chapters 14-15 of Moon Called. We go to the warehouse to rescue Adam and Jesse and witness a plan so convoluted, Sheev Palpatine could have thought it up. We discuss Jesse’s relationship to the werewolves, ALL t...
E08 Moon Called 6: Six Degrees of Mercy Thompson
Uncle Mike’s Book Club Discusses Chapter 16 of Moon Called, where we finally meet Gabriel; discuss Tad being away at school and Zee’s concern (which later morphs into worry about Gabriel in Winter Lost); Jesse’s hair, Warren’s questionable gay ...
E09 Blood Bound 01: Meanwhile, at the Airport Ramada
In this episode, Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses chapters 1-3 of Blood Bound. This is the episode where you find out what terrible people we actually are. It also begins a new running joke: we start the ongoing way to bring us bac...
E11 Blood Bound 03: Exact Recreation of Mercy’s Closet
Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses chapters 5–6 of Blood Bound, the second book in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. Like, part of each chapter. They cover: which member of the metaphorical Scooby-Doo gang Stefan would be...
E10 Blood Bound 2: Self-Care for the Preternatural
In this episode, Uncle Mike’s Book Club discusses chapters 4–5 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs.They discuss supernatural coping mechanisms; whether the Fae can listen to heavy metal like Iron Maiden (htt...