emily

https://www.instagram.com/gruntled.library

https://www.goodreads.com/gruntledlibrary

emily’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (158)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (461)
did-not-finish‎ (101)
on-hold-for-now‎ (9)
fantasy‎ (121)
books-i-own‎ (66)
historical‎ (40)
adult‎ (35)
favorites‎ (30)

romance‎ (29)
contemporary‎ (26)
mythology‎ (22)
classics‎ (21)
middle-grade‎ (21)
dystopian‎ (20)
ku‎ (19)
fantasy-paranormal‎ (17)
retellings‎ (15)
2023-releases‎ (14)

fall-2022-tbr‎ (14)
new-adult‎ (14)
2022-releases‎ (12)
mystery-thriller‎ (12)
fall-2021-tbr‎ (11)
2024-releases‎ (10)
books-about-books‎ (9)
ebooks-i-own‎ (7)
literary-fiction‎ (6)
pirates‎ (6)

march-2022-tbr‎ (4)
science-fantasy‎ (4)
nonfiction‎ (3)
urban-fantasy‎ (3)
poetry‎ (2)
books-i-want-to-read-in-2023‎ (1)
free-spotify-audiobooks‎ (0)

Stats | More…

emily is Currently Reading

emily is currently reading

The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

by V.E. Schwab

bookshelves: 2023-releases, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in November 2023

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 300 of 656)
— Feb 15, 2026 10:47AM

Nov 20, 2023 07:28AM

“When you’re young, fear is debilitating. Its presence clouds your mind and senses. Now, I had been afraid for so long, so ceaselessly, that it was just another bodily function to regulate—heartbeat, breath, sweat, muscles.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

0 likes

“To what are we to give unholy gratitude for the dark delight of your visit, Master?”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

3 likes

“No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and rose.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

1914 likes

“and he wasn’t going to have the woman walk—that would be too time consuming and perhaps needlessly cruel.”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

0 likes

“Damien wrapped his free arm around her back and yanked her away from the wall so she could no longer kick it. Pulling her up against him, he dipped his head beside her ear. “I will not allow anything to happen to you,” he said, leveling something like comfort into his voice, “but you must be quiet now. Please.”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

3 likes

More of emily’s quotes…