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Skin Game (Dresden #15) by Jim Butcher (Start Date: May 27th, 2014)
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters PPDQs*
May 27 Chp. 01-10 = 17% ShoSho
May 28 Chp. 11-19 = 32% Lisa Kay
May 29 Chp. 20-28 = 51% ShoSho
May 30 Chp. 29-37 = 69% Lisa Kay
May 31 Chp. 38-44 = 84% Joann
June 1 Chp. 45-51 = 100% Lauren??
*PPDQs = Person Posting Discussion Questions
I've been checking audible every other day! It's not there yet!
Does the audiobook come out the same day as the physical book?
Lauren wrote: "Does the audiobook come out the same day as the physical book?"According to his web-site, yes!
Thanks Lisa Kay. Will see if I can pre-order.
I tried audible.com - and no dice.
I'm thinking of pre-ordering the kindle book and then getting audiobook at the whyspersync price but I don't know if it's going be available on whyspersync on the release day, do you?
Well maybe not ! Cold Days is not available on whyspersync , maybe this one isn't either!
I don't know why they have Whispersync for some and not others.
In 1 days 6 hours according to audible !
Oh, you get yours a day sooner. **sigh**
no I think I get mine with central US
on 12 am 27th of US central time
Ah!
Do you get it later than that ?
No, that's about the time I'll get it.
Two more days to go!
I've already changed this to currently-reading on my shelves :D I'm just hopeful !
**chuckles**
5 hours until Audible releases it, Ladies :)
yaaaay ! Can't wait
3 hours
It says a few minutes! How are we doing this? Chapter breakdown?
Have you started?
I got it! I haven't started it. My iPod is downstairs. I also got the eBook. (I was bad, because I'm collecting them all in PB.)
I'm listening on my mobile ,only on chapter 1 ( second time listening to this chapter! )
Lisa Kay wrote: "I got it! I haven't started it. My iPod is downstairs. I also got the eBook. (I was bad, because I'm collecting them all in PB.)"You're going to have in 3 formats:D
I was hoping it would be on whisper sync.
I was hoping for Whispersync, too. **sigh**
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters PPDQs*
May 27 Chp. 01-10 = 17% ShoSho
May 28 Chp. 11-19 = 32% Lisa Kay
May 29 Chp. 20-28 = 51% ShoSho
May 30 Chp. 29-37 = 69% Lisa Kay
May 31 Chp. 38-44 = 84% Joann
June 1 Chp. 45-51 = 100% Lauren
*PPDQs = Person Posting Discussion Questions
How does that breakdown look? It is kinda hard to do with an eBook. I could go to the bookstore and take a peek... but then I'd be tempted to buy the hardcover. LOL!
I think it's great ,thank LK
LK? That was Online Elf. ☺
Well then, thank you Mr. Elf ;)
Lisa Kay wrote: "LK? That was Online Elf. ☺"eeep! sorry the first thing I did this morning was reading this thread! that means before my coffee I was sleepwalking !
I'm on chapter 7 , do you want me to the first set of Qs?
ShoSho wrote: "I'm on chapter 7 , do you want me to the first set of Qs?"**hee hee** Sure! That would be great. Thanks, ShoSho!
They'll be up in 6 hours!
ShoSho’s Questions for chapter 1-101.It’s been more than a year since the end of the last book .It’s a really long time and apparently nothing has happened .It seems Harry’s been stuck on the island and been practicing Parkour !!!What do think about this big jump in time?
2.I want to know what’s going on with Molly , how do Michael and Charity feel about what happened to her and a million other things about her, do you think we’ll get to know these things in this book ?
3.The prisoner that rolled his eyes and sighed, he said that he should be there. Who or what do you think he is ? What has he done ?
4. That was a tight corner Mab put Harry in and it seems she had been altering the messages he had sent to Molly. Something about distrust! Can you guess what she’s done to the messages?
5.Mab had known all along how to stop the parasite temporarily but she had chosen not to anything about it until now that she needs Harry! Do you think the only purpose of the earing is to subdue the parasite or there is more to it?
6. Were you expecting the man in the suit to be Nicodemus ? Mab’s and Nick’s both have hidden agendas in doing this . Can you guess what he’s up to? Nick might play straight until he achieves whatever he’s after and he must know Harry cannot be trusted ,so why Harry?
7.It seems Mab doesn’t like to be called a bitch!!! That was some slap. Harry should have figured out sooner the wording of Mab’s order.
8.What did he do in those 3 hours?I’m pretty sure it’s a plan B that he has put in place. And what a big surprise ,Murphy trusted Harry and accepted to be kept out of the loop!
9.What happened to Jordan wasn’t Harry’s fault but I’m sure he’ll feel guilty about it. That scene and what came after were really gruesome and icky .I wonder how Nick manipulates these men so they are looking forward to being maimed like that!
10 .Is it me or was there an emphasis on this sentence both times it was said “ only human for now” ? Does it mean he might not be human in the future?
11.Poor Murphy ! Nobody likes her men shoes !!! How she does make a living? Do you think she accepted Odin’s offer?
12.What do you think of Hanna Asher? She doesn’t give me a bad feeling or I’d better say I’m not getting an evil vibe of her . Why do they need 2 wizards on the team?
13.Now harry has 3 girls as sidekicks and they don’t get along !I’m looking forward to these 3 working together! You?
14.The cover art shows Hades’ vault on fire .Are we going to meet Hades? What do you think Nico wants from it? Is it an item or just the act of breaching that vault that is his goal?
15.Binder was sent to pick up Goodman Grey . Do we know him?
16. And apparently they high security place that they have to access in order to get to NeverNever belongs to Femurs !I think it’s time we know more about them!
17.Do you know why they had goats in that slaughter house?
Work has been hectic so I haven't had a chance to start yet. Will probably begin on Friday :0(
ShoSho’s Questions and Lisa Kay’s Answers for Chapter 1-10
1. It’s been more than a year since the end of the last book .It’s a really long time and apparently nothing has happened .It seems Harry’s been stuck on the island and been practicing Parkour!!! What do think about this big jump in time?
Man-oh-man! Poor Harry. A whole year with contact with his friends – and with that thing in his head to worry about. I’ve never heard of “Parkour” and had to look it up. I didn’t think anything about the time jump; I just figured it was JB trying to stay current with the year it took him to write it. But, of course, now you have me thinking!!!
2. I want to know what’s going on with Molly, how do Michael and Charity feel about what happened to her and a million other things about her, do you think we’ll get to know these things in this book?
Good Gravy Beans! I certainly hope so! JB wouldn’t be so cruel as to not tell us, would he?
3. The prisoner that rolled his eyes and sighed, he said that he should be there. Who or what do you think he is? What has he done?
The British guy? I don’t know. I wonder if Harry’s pain was trigger by something to do with him. What do you think? Just coincidence that he started having pain after talking to him?
4. That was a tight corner Mab put Harry in and it seems she had been altering the messages he had sent to Molly. Something about distrust! Can you guess what she’s done to the messages?
Mab said, “I find it useful how the tiniest amount of distrust creates so much opportunity for miscommunication.” I don’t know what she’s done with the messages. She was distorting them, right? She’s probably has since then destroyed them.
5. Mab had known all along how to stop the parasite temporarily but she had chosen not to anything about it until now that she needs Harry! Do you think the only purpose of the earring is to subdue the parasite or there is more to it?
I’m guessing it probably does more, knowing Mab.
6. Were you expecting the man in the suit to be Nicodemus? Mab and Nick both have hidden agendas in doing this. Can you guess what he’s up to? Nick might play straight until he achieves whatever he’s after and he must know Harry cannot be trusted, so why Harry?
I was totally and completely shocked it was Nicodemus! And that Mab was loaning him out to him. Then I figured she has something up her sleeve. Still, very risky. And I don’t think Nick ever plays it straight; he has revenge plans for Harry.
7. It seems Mab doesn’t like to be called a bitch!!! That was some slap. Harry should have figured out sooner the wording of Mab’s order.
Hey, if the shoe fits, I hope it doesn’t pinch. She is one!! But I was alerted by her command to “SKIN them alive…” …since the title is Skin Game. Is there a connection there?
8. What did he do in those 3 hours? I’m pretty sure it’s a plan B that he has put in place. And what a big surprise, Murphy trusted Harry and accepted to be kept out of the loop!
Yeah, he was up to something then. I think Murphy has accepted this aspect of Harry and is just happy to be in on the thing.
9. What happened to Jordan wasn’t Harry’s fault but I’m sure he’ll feel guilty about it. That scene and what came after were really gruesome and icky. I wonder how Nick manipulates these men so they are looking forward to being maimed like that!
Ick is right. Some kind of voodoo, that’s for sure.
10. Is it me or was there an emphasis on this sentence both times it was said “only human for now”? Does it mean he might not be human in the future?
I know! Very cryptic, indeed.
11. Poor Murphy! Nobody likes her men shoes!!! How she does make a living? Do you think she accepted Odin’s offer?
LOL! That’s cracking me up. But, in all honesty, I’d be wearing them, too! Smart woman. And I loved her remarking about putting them up someone’s ass.
12. What do you think of Hanna Asher? She doesn’t give me a bad feeling or I’d better say I’m getting an evil vibe of her. Why do they need 2 wizards on the team?
Huh? You do or you don’t? Is that a type-o? Personally, I wouldn’t trust her – at all!! I figure, like Harry, she’s a monster. Loved Harry’s reply to her about Murphy being in the Lollipop Guild. FOFLMBO! I figure they need two wizards because, after they use Harry he dies. Then they have a spare. Plus, didn’t tell Binder the next time he saw him he’d kill him? So, maybe Binder is thinking he’d do so first.
13. Now Harry has 3 girls as sidekicks and they don’t get along! I’m looking forward to these 3 working together! You?
LMOB! Yes!
14. The cover art shows Hades’ vault on fire .Are we going to meet Hades? What do you think Nico wants from it? Is it an item or just the act of breaching that vault that is his goal?
I think he wants something specific.
15. Binder was sent to pick up Goodman Grey. Do we know him?
I don’t believe so.
16. And apparently the high security place that they have to access in order to get to NeverNever belongs to Fomors! I think it’s time we know more about them!
Definitely.
17. Do you know why they had goats in that slaughter house?
Hmmm… Sacrifices, maybe? You think it is something to do with the plotline?
Lauren wrote: "Work has been hectic so I haven't had a chance to start yet. Will probably begin on Friday :0("Not to worry, Lauren. You want us to leave the very last set of DQs for you to do?
So, should I do the next set of DQs? Or do Gisela or Joann want in on doing them? Totally up to you, ladies.
anyone started chapter 15?
Nope. I'm in chapter 12. Or is it 13?
@ Lisa Kay#1.Me too , I had to look it up.
#2.I hate to say this , but he can be cruel like that!
#3.There are no coincidences in these books!
#4.yes that's what I'm thinking
#7.eep !I'm sure there is.I hope this book is the end for Nick and his cronies!
#11.lol
#12.Sorry type-o!I'm not getting an evil vibe and I'm not saying she's good and should be trusted .
#17.Yes I thought of sacrifice and rituals at first .I'm sure there is some significant to them being tehre
@ ShoSho - in response to my answers.#1 - I've heard of something like this, but I thought it was spelled "par-course." Those we have in the parks around here. **shrugs**
#2 - Well, yes. As he proved at the end of Changes!
#3 - True. Very true. Then is it a coincidence that Binder is English, too?
#7 - Ditto!
#11 - I've owned some "ugly" shoes in my lifetime, too. But, man-oh-man! They get the job done!!!
@ Lisa Kay#3.That's exactly what I thought!
#11.I'm the master of ugly shoes!:P
ShoSho wrote: "#11.I'm the master of ugly shoes!:P"I had people tell me this, too! To my face. Like, really? Really? Rude. One pair someone called "Nun's shoes." LOL!
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