Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs

When her former boss and mentor is arrested for murder and left to rot behind bars by his own kind, it's up to shapeshifting car mechanic Mercy Thompson to clear his name, whether he wants her to or not. And she'll have to choose between the two werewolves in her life-whether she wants to or not.

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A group of us are planning a "buddy read" of the third book in the Mercy Thompson series. Anyone is welcome to join in the discussion questions or just pop in to say "Hi!"

Planned start date: TBD

EXPECT SPOILERS!


Participants So Far

Midu
Vi
CaroB
Rose
Lisa Kay
Emespre



Lurkers

CHAPTER BREAKDOWN AND PEOPLE DOING DQs

Date		Chapters	PPDQs*
Jan. 31		01-05		Lisa Kay
Feb. 1		06-09		Vi??
Feb. 2		10-13		TBD

*PPDQs = Person Posting Discussion Questions

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Um, so start date? When is your pref, Lisa Kay? Before or After Christmas?

Can I think about it a day, Vi?

Sure, Lisa Kay. No hurries.

I have to get organized; see the lay of the "buddy read" land.

hehehe how DOTH the land lie?

Good q, Anomander.

It has a few hills and valleys, A. ☺

Name some, maybe Vi and I can visit?

Sorry it took so long to get back to you, ladies. I wanted to update the calendar b/f I directed you to it!! Here is what I have: RLftCI "Buddy Read" Calendar.

Yeah, I'm with you in almost all of those. :-)

Lisa Kay is a lean, not so mean, buddy reading machine. Those are a lot of buddy reads :O

Well, Sashana, I'm not in
all
of them... just most of them, LOL!

I'm one of the moderators of that group, so I like to keep people posted. People started wanting to do books I was already set-up here to do... one thing lead to another (why re-invent the wheel, right?) and I started added some of NBRC's BRs that I'm in onto that calendar.

hehehe I agree, Sashana!

Oh, are you agreeing with the "mean" part, A?! LOL!

Yes, that and giggling at the old "I'm one of the moderators" excuse! :-)

There's something different about you, Anomander Midu. I just can't put my finger on it. Hmmm ;)

*giggles* Is it my hair?

Yup. Definitely the hair :D

Why did you change your name? I'm curious.

Decided if the relatives couldn't deal with what kinda books I'm reading..its their problem. Connected my twitter and facebook accounts to goodreads and then did the Big Reveal!

Ahh so Midu is your real name? I can understand, my family only knows half of what I read. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the closet...the book closet. I don't think I'm ready to come out though. I'll let everyone think I'm still reading Nancy Drew lol

Ah, same here too! They sorta know half of what I'm reading but the other half - they don't. AND they'll think I'm silly for joining this website just to discuss books. Though, after I bought an ebook reader last year they sorta know how "serious" a book reader I am.

Hmm now I'm thinking that 'closet reading' may be an epidemic. Another great thing about an eReader is that your books are private for the most part. No debauch covers on display. Score!

My parents are okay with it all. Its the others I was worried about. No worrying from now on. Its Midhat means to praise someone/something. Midu's what they call me at home. Yeah, another advantage of having an e-reader.

True, true. My bro knows but my parents are turning a blind eye, I suspect. But the advent of e-readers have solved lot of problems. It's going to be a slow transition from Anomander to Midu. Midhat is Hindi or is it Urdu?

Its urdu. Take your time :-)

Just saw this :-) I'm in. Glad to see some familiar faces! Is Jan 23rd an ok time for everyone else to start?

It is good for me. ☺

Sorry, CaroB but can we make it 30th? I'm going on a trip during the week of 23rd.

No worries Vi :-)

So, I'm marking this for Jan. 30th on the "buddy read" calendar?

yes please, if that works for everyone else.

Okay, so I really want to do this, but I've never done a Buddy Read before so I might be little slow on the uptake.

I still have to read Blood Bound but I should be done with that by Jan 30th no problem.

Wonderful, Rose! Welcome. ☺

Thank you, I'm really excited. :D

Added your name, Rose, and fixed Anomander's Midu's. ☺

Thanks, LK!

Sure. ;)

Same as Rose. I'm in; also I'm definitely a closet reader.

Wonderful, Emespre! Welcome. ☺

Lisa Kay, I think you missed CaroB in the participants list :)

You're right, Vi! Thanks! Sorry, CaroB. **hangs head in shame**

Hey just saw this, thanks for catching that Vi!

Are we all still good to begin with this today?

I completely forgot all about this! I have the book on hand - so I'm ready to start anytime. Just confirm!

I'm really excited to start, is the calender going to be updated?

I've never done a buddy read before, so I'm kinda new to how it works.

Hey Vi! You changed your pic! Nice!