Emily Clay

Emily’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (386)
currently-reading‎ (2)
read‎ (330)
did-not-finish‎ (2)
fiction‎ (250)
nonfiction‎ (177)
contemporary‎ (106)
memoirs‎ (99)
2020‎ (70)
historical-fiction‎ (63)
2021‎ (60)

2022‎ (60)
literary-fiction‎ (51)
thrillers-mysteries‎ (43)
classics‎ (35)
essays‎ (35)
book-club‎ (33)
mental-health‎ (32)
2023‎ (31)
romance‎ (27)
self-exploration‎ (27)
social-justice‎ (25)

feminism‎ (24)
science‎ (22)
national-book-award-2021‎ (20)
spirituality‎ (20)
favorites‎ (19)
sci-fi-fantasy‎ (17)
womens-prize-fiction-2021‎ (15)
medicine‎ (14)
womens-prize-fiction-2022‎ (14)
booker-prize-2021‎ (13)
poetry‎ (13)

history‎ (12)
want-in-paperback‎ (12)
kids-young-adult‎ (9)
nature‎ (9)
bbbc‎ (4)
humor‎ (4)
art-culture‎ (3)
horror‎ (3)

Stats | More…

Emily is Currently Reading

Emily Clay is currently reading

Of Women and Salt

by Gabriela Garcia (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 48 of 207)
— Apr 01, 2026 09:11PM

Mar 22, 2026 09:44PM

Emily Clay is currently reading

Flirting Lessons

by Jasmine Guillory (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(19%)
— Mar 16, 2026 12:56PM

Mar 16, 2026 12:53PM

“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

tags: adulthood, aging, growing-up, selfhood

392 likes

“We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

tags: feeling, love, loving

507 likes

“To be well now is to learn to accept whatever body and mind I currently have.”
― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

11 likes

“The power of story is to heal and to sustain. And if we are brave enough to tell our own story, we realize we're not alone, again and again.”
― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

20 likes

“Humans are not the protagonists of this planet's story. If there is a main character, it is life itself, which makes of earth and starlight something more than earth and starlight. But in the age of the Anthropocene, humans tend to believe, despite all available evidence, that the world is here for our benefit.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

115 likes

More of Emily’s quotes…