The Saucy Wenches Book Club

I felt like kissing Emmy. Or throwing up, from how mixed up I was. Possibly both. You’d want to do it in the right order, though. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“It’s an unimaginative accusation and one that I am frankly tired of hearing. Witchcraft. As though there is no other explanation for a woman who excels at her work.” ~ Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“Because sometimes the only cure for homesickness is to enlarge the definition of home.” ~ Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Until everything topples, we have no idea what we actually have, how precariously and perfectly it all hangs together. ~ Blake Crouch, Dark Matter

“The Queen Who Never Was; what did Viserys ever have that she did not? A little sausage? Is that all it takes to be a king? Let Mushroom rule, then. My sausage is thrice the size of his.” ~ George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood ( A Targaryen History #1)

If just once a day people read a poem instead of picking up their phone, I guarantee you the world would be a better place. ~ Paul Murray, The Bee Sting

“Some words are more than letters on a page, don't you think? They have shape and texture. They are like bullets, full of energy, and when you give one breath you can feel its sharp edge against your lip.” ~ Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words