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!
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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 originally our test episode, but we figured we’d publish it anyway, so one can *hopefully* see improvement over time…
As always, ...
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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 Werewolf, which had just come out. Including Sherwood Post reveals, how pretty Asil apparently is, and a debate over Asil’s future.&n...
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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 ask out Silvia again!?, Kelly’s Lost-like theory about Medea the cat, how long Mercy has known Stefan, Brittany’s weird ...
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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 Vanagon uphill in the snow, the march of caller ID technology since Moon Called was written, a very Gen X nostalgia trip about pagers (kids, ...
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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 things, and how refreshing that isn't in Mercy Thompson. We also speculated what is involved in werewolf dominance hashing out that we ne...
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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 covers Samuel post-vampire enthrallment a d the junior high gossip machine that is the Colombian Basin werewolf pack, through Thanksgiving...
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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 the gun information and video game guns, using a wire coat hanger to get into your car with the keys locked inside, Tad’s offs...
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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 cowboy hair-cutting ability, and how awful Jesse’s mom is; why “nudge” is not really a secret w...
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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.
Indulge the least responsible way to get caught up on Moon Called. (But you’ll probably enjoy it more if you’ve alread...
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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 back from tangents, “Meanwhile, at the Airport Ramada…”
We discuss vampire lore across fandoms, vampires not...
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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 (https://www.ironmaiden.com), Mötley Crüe (https://motley.com), and Led Zeppelin (https://www.ledzeppelin.com); comparing the vam...
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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; the challenges of intimacy around a werewolf pack and the related logistical conundrums; "Denny likes to watch" and yet another r...
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Uncle Mike’s Book Club discusses chapters 6–7 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs.
The gang starts off the random references strong with quotes from Tommy Wiseau’s The Room (“How’s your sex life?” and “Hi doggie!”); Black/Beckworth corners Honey and Mercy to get the lowdown; Mercy’s been ju...
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Uncle Mike’s Book Club discusses Chapters 7–8 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson series.
They discuss de facto rank changes in Adam’s pack over the years (and how that relates to Pokémon), a theoretical Pride Parade in the Tri-Cities, the origins of Uncle Mike’s Tavern, leaving a message on an answering machine, and, once again, how large Mercy...
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Uncle Mike's Book Club dissect chapters 8-9 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson book series. Join us and share your own tangents!
They cover:
From the End of Chapter 8
* Mercy Thompson meets Marsilia and Andre at Uncle Mike’s Tavern to get assigned hunting the demon-possessed vampire Littleton via a Trello card
* White vampire fashion versus ...
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Uncle Mike’s Book Club discusses Chapter 10 of Blood Bound, the second novel in Patricia Briggs’ bestselling Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series.
As always, there are potentially spoilers for every single book published in the Mercy Thompson Universe (Mercyverse): shorts, the Mercy Thompson book series, AND the Alpha and Omega book series (everything through B...
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Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses chapters 11-13 of Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs from the Mercy Thompson book series.
Apologies for the delay getting this out— we forgot this was 2-3x our usual episode length because we recorded on a Saturday and had time to record until the toddler woke up from a nap. (Cameo in the outtake.) Also, I was reworking the episode...
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Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses the back half of chapter 13 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson book series, by Patricia Briggs.
Recorded May 15, 2026.
In this episode:
- Recap Guy runs on song lyrics: Concrete Blonde's Joey ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdpTcvSn8HQ ), the Smashing Pumpkins Rat in a Cage ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0 ), L...
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Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses chapter 14 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson book series, by Patricia Briggs.
Recorded May 22, 2026.
In this episode:
- Recap Guy goes full crossover: AC/DC’s If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EWqTym2cQU ), Samuel filing his TPS reports and going full PC load letter ( https://ww...
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Uncle Mike's Book Club discusses chapter 14 of Blood Bound from the Mercy Thompson book series, by Patricia Briggs. Brittany is severely under-slept (and it shows) because there’s a brand new baby hiding out of camera view on her lap, and any RBF on her video is mostly a zombie-like trance.
Recorded June 29, 2026.
In this episode:
- Recap Guy references
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