The Saucy Wenches Book Club

It’s the panic that gets you. Makes it hard to trust what you’re seeing. ~ Force of Nature , Jane Harper

The air is different in New Orleans. It holds the scents of fry and the peppery blends the locals drown their seafood in, and the buzzing of cicadas, and the stomps of jazz pianists. It smothers your senses with a slight hint of intoxication, making you want more. Maybe that's why vampires have always loved it here. The Romeo Catchers ~~Alys Arden

Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations. ~ Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

“You’re sexy as hell,” he says. Lots of men have said this to me. They like a woman with no shame. We’re rare, you see, because we’re told to be ashamed of everything every day by everyone. Ashamed to give them what they want, ashamed not to want to give it to them. Ashamed to show our average bodies, ashamed not to have a perfect one. I have no idea how normal women date. The world seems like it’d be an unbearable place for people with real feelings. ~ Victoria Helen Stone, Jane Doe

“Well, that’s simple, Nezra. I ran away from him and swore to him that I’d never do anything he says. You should try it sometime.  It’s called ‘I hate you, leave me alone.’ It gets all the psychos foaming at the mouth for more. Add a little ‘I’ll never love you,’ and bam! Instant crazy.” Sea of Stars ( Kricket #2), Amy A. Bartol

I knew what I had to do — I just didn’t like it. I’d have to blow the remaining two at the same time. Please don’t quote that last sentence out of context. Artemis by Andy Weir