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Emma is Currently Reading

Emma is currently reading

Blue Blood

by Craig Unger

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, 2026-february, biography, non-fiction

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The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life

by Drew Harvell

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, 2026-february, audiobooks, non-fiction

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Feb 17, 2026 09:33PM

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L'amante di città. Mistero in Monferrato

by Unknown Author

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2024, 2024-october

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Emma’s Notes & Highlights

The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

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It seemed my right, that was how I would enter adulthood. But as I got off the train I was scared, that wasn’t the way I wanted to grow up. The beauty that Roberto had recognized in me too closely resembled the beauty of someone who hurts ...more

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Really Good, Actually

by Monica Heisey

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Emma’s Quotes

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

tags: friends, humor, people

8993 likes

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

20687 likes

“It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.”
― Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

73 likes

“I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends

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