The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“Yes?” he asked. “Fuck me like a god,” she said. “If you wish it,” he said. “I wish it.” ~ Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“So what do you like to watch on television?” I ask, hoping she’ll take the hint. She frowns like I offended her. “I prefer to read.” “That’s great! What do you like to read?” “Books.” “What kind of books?” “The kind with words.” ~ Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“What I am is an adult woman with agency and the tools to make choices. Feel free to, you know, treat me accordingly.” ~ Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“A person’s troubles are not measured by the size of those troubles, but by how much they weigh on the individual carrying them.” ~ Jessica George, Maame

“I hope your dogs are all loyal and goofy and good-natured and that your chickens remain free of demons.” ~ T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“The people we love help teach us who we are. The best versions of who we are, if we’re lucky.” ~ Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

“I loved school! I loved reading. But we only got three days a week, if that. It was always being canceled because of a heat wave, a blackout, or teacher shortages. Your generation is so fortunate. Stability is one of those luxuries that people most often take for granted.” ~ Nick Fuller Googins, The Great Transition

The gift of the equinox, the day when there are as many hours of light as of darkness, is the gift of Janus, of looking ahead even as we look behind. ~ Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

“Humans have the memories of gnats. Dragons hold grudges.” ~ Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

There was a point, when he was younger, where he’d dreamed of understanding grown-up conversation. Now he could, and realized he’d overestimated it. ~ Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind

It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are. Sometimes I feel the same as you: I can’t risk having people behold me as I truly am. But there’s also a small voice in the back of my mind, a voice that tells me, “You will miss so much by being so guarded.” ~ Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.” ~ Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“So now what?” I said. “Neither of us can get that gun, and if you try to attack me my cat will murder you.” “I’m thinking,” Jacobs said. “You’re bleeding,” I said. “I can do both.” ~ John Scalzi, Starter Villain

“Violence against nature always goes hand in hand with violence against people.” ~ Stephen Markley, The Deluge

I like to see books spread out on a table like a banquet. Every time I pass by, I’m tempted to sit down and begin something delicious, or to pick up where I left off the last time I played hooky from work, the work that colonizes most of the rooms in our own house. ~ Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

“There’s no such thing as being an observer. Doing nothing is doing something. Being passive has consequences.” ~ Megan Goldin, Stay Awake

Cleon looked at [his reflection in] the mirror again and thought he looked a bit better if he did not actualize the third dimension. ~ Isaac Asimov, Forward the Foundation