The Saucy Wenches Book Club

I could see books in front of me. I had read them secretly, but this time, in this fever dream, I was able to read without fear of being discovered. I had wondered every time I sneaked in there what white people would do to a slave who had learned how to read. What would they do to a slave who had taught the other slaves to read? What would they do to a slave who knew what a hypotenuse was, what irony meant, how retribution was spelled? ~ Percival Everett, James

“You see? Ignorance is our enemy.” “No one is killed for witchcraft now.” “Ignorance changes over time. But it is always there, and it remains just as lethal.” ~ Matt Haig, How To Stop Time

“ Mature ? Good grief! I’m not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border.” ~ Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

“That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its wake, whether we like it or not. We can come out of it wearing a different coat.” ~ Katherine May, Wintering

“Even thinking about the approaching blank slate of a new year causes a twang of anticipation to thrum through her body. New day planner. New set of notebooks. New goals. New dreams. On New Year’s Day, anything feels possible.” ~ Julia McKay, The Holiday Honeymoon Switch